Cooking Demo and Tasting: Pasta e Fagioli Soup

canned cannellini beans

🥗Healthier: dried cannellini beans

💰Cheaper: canned navy beans

Dried beans are more economical and healthier when cooked from scratch.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor without dairy.

Start by cooking 1 pound of lean ground beef in a pot, breaking it into small pieces as it cooks.

Add a splash of extra virgin olive oil to the pot with the ground beef.

While the ground beef is cooking, chop up some carrots, celery, and onions.

Cut the carrots into small pieces to fit with the pasta in the soup.

Chop the celery, noting that larger bunches can be found at some stores.

Wrap celery in aluminum foil to keep it fresh for up to a month.

Chop the onions, preferably using Spanish onions for flavor.

Ensure the ground beef is fully cooked with no pink remaining before proceeding.

Strain the cooked ground beef to remove excess grease.

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