You’ll love, love, love this rich, hearty, fiber-packed soup! It tastes very similar to the Pasta e Fagioli at Olive Garden. It’s one of the lowest-fat items on the Olive Garden menu, with 2.5 of fat per serving. My recipe actually contains more calories than theirs does because I’ve added more beans and veggies. Each 1-cup serving has 156 calories, 2 grams fat, and 6 grams of fiber. So flavorful, this recipe makes a TON of soup to stock your freezer with. It’s great as a first course or makes the serving size 1½ to 2 cups and it becomes a very filling main-course soup. You’ll want to add this satisfying dish to your soup repertoire. It’s a keeper for sure!
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Healthy Benefits
Beans are loaded with protein and fiber. They actually contain a wider variety of healthy nutrients than most foods. These include calcium, potassium, vitamin B6, magnesium, folate, and alpha-linolenic acid.
Just by browning the beef and draining the fat before adding it to the soup, you’ll cut way down on the fat. It’s a simple prep tip that makes browning any type of meat healthier.
Shopping Tips
Look for the leanest ground beef in your supermarket. I bought mine at Trader Joe’s.
Storage Tips
Freeze leftover soup in pint-size containers. Stores like Smart and Final sell deli-style plastic containers that are perfect to freeze in. They’re very reasonably priced.
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Beans are loaded with protein and fiber. They actually contain a wider variety of healthy nutrients than most foods. These include calcium, potassium, vitamin B6, magnesium, folate, and alpha-linolenic acid.
Just by browning the beef and draining the fat before adding it to the soup, you’ll cut way down on the fat. It’s a simple prep tip that makes browning any type of meat healthier.
Shopping Tips
Look for the leanest ground beef in your supermarket. I bought mine at Trader Joe’s.
Storage Tips
Freeze leftover soup in pint-size containers. Stores like Smart and Final sell deli-style plastic containers that are perfect to freeze in. They’re very reasonably priced.
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| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 cup (not including cheese) 156 calories, 2g fat, 1g sat. fat, 12mg chol, 12g protein, 25g carbs, 6g fiber, 438mg sodium, 6g sugar |
| FACTS: for 1 serving Olive Gardens Pasta E. Fagioli 130 calories, 2.5g fat, 17g carbs, 6g fiber, 680g sodium, 6g sugar |
