Poor Man’s Pasta Fagioli

Ingredients

• 5 1/2 cups water
• 1 pound ditalini pasta
• 4 (4 ounce) cans tomato sauce (such as Hunt’s)
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas
• 1 1/2 cups frozen green peas
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn
• 1 large potato, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 small head of garlic, peeled and minced
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
• 1 pinch Italian seasoning
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Directions

Bring water to a boil in a large soup pot and stir ditalini pasta into the boiling water. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 12 minutes.

Stir tomato sauce, cannellini beans, kidney beans, black-eyed peas, frozen green peas, corn, potato, carrots, onion, garlic, parsley, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper into pasta. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer to blend flavors, 30 to 45 minutes.

Serve topped with olive oil and Parmesan cheese.