Pasta Faglioli (Ollve Garden)

1 pound lean ground beef, browned and drained
1/2 large red onion, chopped
1 cup carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, sliced
2 cans (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes (and juice)
1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
4 cups beef broth
1 jar (16.5 oz) pasta sauce
2 tsp oregano
1 T Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup dry pasta, to add at end of cooking time (i used whatever I had on hand..spiral pasta)

For the crockpot:
Use a 6 quart or larger crockpot, or cut the recipe in half. This makes a lot.
Brown the meat on the stovetop, and drain well. Let it cool a bit.
Chop up the carrots, onion, and celery.
Add it to the empty crockpot.
Drain and rinse the beans, and add them.
Add the whole cans of tomatoes, and the pasta sauce.
Add the beef broth.
Add the salt, pepper, oregano, and Tobasco sauce.
Stir in your meat.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 4. When the vegetables are tender, stir in the 1/2 cup of dry pasta. Cover and cook for another hour on low, or until the pasta is tender. It will swell quite a bit. Serve with a bit of parmesan cheese if you have it.

Stovetop:
Brown and drain meat. Add the veggies and everything else. I let this get to a boil and then simmered until Luke got home. I added the pasta about 30 minutes before we were ready to eat.

Extra tidbit:
This was FANTASTIC. Very similar to a minestrone-esque soup, but with much, MUCH MORE! Very good and I ate about 4 bowls BEFORE dinner! Yummy!