Hearty Homemade Olive Garden Slow Cooker Pasta Fagioli Recipe - Beard and Bonnet

Ingredients

• 1 lb extra lean ground beef (browned and drained)
• 4 cups beef broth
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• ½ cup chopped celery
• 1 can diced tomatoes (14-16 oz / 397-454 g, with juice)
• 1 can kidney beans (14-15 oz / 397-425 g, rinsed and drained)
• 1 can white beans (14-15 oz / 397-425 g, rinsed and drained)
• 1 jar tomato-basil marinara sauce (24-26 oz / 680-737 g)
• 1 ¼ cups dry pasta (fusilli, shells, or ditalini, cooked separately)
• 1 ½ tsps oregano
• ¾ tsp hot pepper sauce (optional)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley (optional)
• grated Parmesan (optional, for garnish)