Crockpot Pasta E Fagioli Soup

On a cold, dreary day soup is one of the first thing that pops into my head when I started thinking about what to cook for dinner.  The fact that I can make this soup in the crockpot is the icing on the cake.  Make sure to add the pasta in the last 30 minutes of cooking so it doesn't become mushy.

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Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef
1 small onion,  finely diced
2 carrots, finely diced
2 stalks celery, finely diced
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can dark red kidney beans drained and rinsed
1 can cannellini beans,  drained and rinsed
3 cups beef stock
1 24oz jar jar spaghetti sauce
2 tsp dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Salt to taste (about ½ Tbsp. kosher salt)
1 cup ditalini pasta

Directions
In a medium drying pan, brown ground beef. Drain excess grease.  Add meat and all the other ingredients to the slow cooker (except for pasta) and stir. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.  During the last 30 minutes of cooking, add in the pasta and stir.