I found this recipe on food.com but holey moley look at the amount of ingredients!
http://www.food.com/recipe/olive-garden-pasta-e-fagioli-481 (there is also the crock pot version on there, but it is the same except add the pasta 1 hour before it is done, 7-8 hours on low, 4-5 hours on high). I tore this recipe apart and here is MY (easier) version.
Sarah's Pasta e Fagoli
1 lb ground turkey (or whatever meat you'd like to use)
1 15 oz can of diced tomatoes
3 14.5 oz cans of beef broth
1 jar of spaghetti sauce (my usual Classico Spicy Red Pepper works really well for this)
6 oz diced onion
7 oz diced celery
6 oz shredded carrots (or however much you'd like)
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1 1/2 tsp Tabasco
2 cans of beans (now I am faithful to my Kroger Private selection Organic tri beans, also I always put tons of beans when they are called for.)
4 oz of dry elbow macaroni (I actually threw in a little more because it didn't look like enough)
Simple to make. Brown ground meat. Add in diced tomatoes, onions, carrots, and celery and simmer together for a few minutes. Add in spaghetti sauce, pepper, Tabasco, pasta, beans and spaghetti sauce. I stirred it all and blended it well then added in the broth (2 cans to start with, my pot is only so big! But I ended up using the third).
Bring to a boil then simmer for about 45 minutes.
In my opinion...delicious. I think the amount of diced tomatoes and the type of spaghetti sauce you use will make a big difference in taste. I like spicy. Only problem was my celery was still a little crunchy when I would have considered it done.
(after eating: next time, more beans, but this coming from the person who usually puts three times the beans in her chili *shrugs* and pasta-next time I'll add more elbow macaroni)
ANNNND! I put my exact ingredients into my calorie app and it is only 260 calories a serving!
