Slow Cooker Pasta E Fagioli Soup Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipe

Ingredients For Slow Cooker Pasta E Fagioli Soup Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipe

• 2 tablespoon Olive oil avocado or grapeseed oil work as well
• 1 Large onion chopped
• 0.75 pound Extra lean ground turkey
• 2 Garlic cloves minced
• 0.5 teaspoon Dried red pepper chili flakes optional
• 2 Celery ribs chopped
• 2 Large carrots chopped
• 3 cup Homemade or canned tomato sauce
• 28 ounce 1 can diced tomatoes undrained
• 0.5 cup Homemade beef stock or good quality no salt beef broth
• 1 tablespoon Dried italian seasoning
• 1 Bay leaf
• 0.25 teaspoon Fennel seeds
• 0.5 cup Cooked or drained and rinsed canned kidney beans
• 0.5 cup Cooked or drained and rinsed canned great northern beans
• 2 Medium zucchini chopped
• 0.25 cup Dry uncooked ditalini pasta or other small pasta use gluten free or leave out entirely if preferred
• As required Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar to taste
• Water as needed to thin out soup to desired consistency
• 2 tablespoon Fresh parsley chopped