If you have ever gone to Olive Garden for the unlimited soup and salad, chances are you’ve tried the Pasta Fagiola. It’s like an Italian version of chili. So hearty and delicious. This soup has a combination of beef, vegetables, beans, and pasta. The salad and bread sticks are the only thing missing.
Freezer to Crockpot Pasta Fagiola Recipe
The recipe for this one makes a ton, easily enough for two meals. It requires some work, browning the burger and chopping your veggies. I found the carrots are best shredded in the food processor. If you don’t have one you can buy them already shredded or run carrot sticks across your cheese grater. My feeling is a little extra TLC goes a long way when preparing a delicious soup.
For all freezer meals make sure to label your freezer bag with the name of the recipe, cooking instructions, and prep date. Freezer meals can be frozen for up to 3 months.
- 1 pound cooked ground beef
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 2 14.5 oz cans diced tomatoes
- 1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 16.5 oz Pasta Sauce (or you can use homemade sauce)
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 Tablespoon Tabasco Sauce (optional)
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 cup dry pasta (cooked at end)
- Mix all the ingredients and divide equally in (2) gallon-size freezer bag (except Pasta)
- Label with name of recipe, cooking instructions, and prep date (Can freeze up to 3 months)
- Allow to defrost overnight in the refrigerator.
- Dump in the crockpot and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours
- Add 1 cup of dry pasta when there is an hour left of cooking time
Serve with a nice salad and garlic bread sticks.
Here are some other awesome things about freezer-to-crockpot meals:
- Most of these meals require no cooking ahead of time, so that means the recipes are very easy to prep.
- The meals cook for the first time out of the freezer so they don’t taste like leftovers (BUT leftovers are okay right?!)
- For us that coupon, we can take advantage of all the sales and freeze a couple at a time. (Most freezer meals will last for at least 3 months.)
- 1 pound cooked ground beef
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 2 14.5 oz cans diced tomatoes
- 1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 16.5 oz Pasta Sauce (or you can use homemade)
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 Tablespoon Tabasco Sauce (optional)
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 cup dry pasta (cooked at end)
- Mix all the ingredients and divide equally in (2) gallon-size freezer bag (except Pasta)
- Label with name of recipe, cooking instructions, and prep date (Can freeze up to 3 months)
- Allow to defrost overnight in the refrigerator.
- Dump in the crockpot and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours
- Add 1 cup of dry pasta when there is an hour left of cooking time
- Serve with a nice salad and bread sticks
Have you ever frozen a meal for your crockpot before? Please share your thoughts in a comment below!
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So do you cook the pasta and then add it to the crock pot just before serving or do you add it to the crock pot dry and then it cooks in the soup? If you add it dry, how long does it cook in the crock pot? Thanks.
You can do it either way. Dry pasta will take 1 hour to cook (normally) in the crockpot or you can cook on stovetop and add right before you are ready to serve, whichever is more convenient:)
Thank you!!