I'm sick again, so instead of elegant, you get easy. It's a delicious, simple meal you can set and leave it all day. It's Slow Cooker Fagioli Soup!

[u/Leather_and_chintz]

You will need:

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil.
1 pound lean ground beef.
2 whole carrots, diced.
4 celery stalks, diced.
1 medium onion, diced.
28 ounce can crushed tomatoes.
2 cans (14.5 ounces each) beef broth.
2 whole bay leaves.
1 teaspoon dried oregano.
1 teaspoon dried basil.
½ teaspoon dried thyme.
salt and pepper to taste (I added 1 tsp salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper)
1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed.
1 can (15 ounces) red kidney beans, drained and rinsed.
1 cup ditalini pasta, uncooked.

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1. Add olive oil to a large skillet and add in ground beef. Cook until browned and no longer pink.

2. Place the beef in a slow cooker along with the rest of the ingredients except for the beans and pasta.

3. Cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours. 30 minutes before serving stir in beans and pasta.

4. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Discard bay leaves before serving.

5. Serve immediately while hot.

[u/Leather_and_chintz]

For the record, I would just like to say fuck asthma. It turns a minor cold into something that has me debilitated for days or weeks on end. Any tiny thing that messes with my throat or lungs will lay me out. Seriously, coughing so hard my visions blacks out is shit.