Slow Cooker Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup Recipe with Whole Wheat Orzo (and the Ninja Cooker!)

Slow Cooker Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup
I made Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup in my new Ninja Cooker, but you can use any slow cooker.

Pasta e Fagioli means simply "pasta and beans" and there are many variations of this traditional Italian soup.  If you have an Italian grandmother, this is the soup she probably made for you, or perhaps you've had a version of it at an Italian restaurant.  Either way, this soup is Italian comfort food at its best.  In Utah we're right smack in the middle of those spring weather fluctuations where the temperature can drop 20 degrees overnight, and this Slow Cooker Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup tasted great when I tried it out with my brother Rand on one of those chilly days.

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