Pasta Fagioli

1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan put at medium heat.
2. Cook onion, garlic, celery, parsley, red pepper flakes, salt and Italian seasoning.
3. Keep stirring and cooking until onions turn translucent, this will take roughly 5 minutes.
4. Pour in chicken broth, tomato sauce and tomatoes and keep the mixture simmering inside the pan on low for 20 minutes max.
5. Add pasta to the pan and cook it for 10 minutes, until the pasta has become tender.
6. Now, add un-drained beans to the mixture and mix it well with the others.
7. Take out the soup in a bowl and sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on top of it.
8. Serve when it is hot.

Trivia

Pasta is distributed in many parts and spaghetti, macaroni and penne are the most consumed and popular forms of pasta. Italy is the major producer of pasta, and the dish is supposed to have originated from there. Around 4 billion plus pounds of pasta are consumed in the United States on an annual basis.