Premix soup recipes (just add water)?

I have a bunch in my group you need to look for things like gifts in a jar.

Colorful Soup Mix in a Jar

1 cube beef bouillon

1/4 cup dried minced onion

1/2 cup dried split peas

1/2 cup uncooked twist macaroni

1/4 cup barley

1/2 cup dry lentils

1/3 cup long-grain white rice

1 cup uncooked tri-color spiral pasta

Use a canning funnel or any funnel that has about a 2-inch neck. This will make it easier to fill the jars with the ingredients. Be sure to use a wide-mouth, 1-quart canning jar.

Layer ingredients in the order given: bouillon, onion flakes, split peas, small shape pasta, barley, lentils, rice, and enough tricolor spiral pasta to fill jar.

Attach tag with cooking instructions:

Colorful Soup

In large kettle, brown 1 pound ground beef or stew beef cut into bite-size pieces in a little olive oil. Remove tricolor pasta from top of jar and reserve. Add the rest of the jar contents to the kettle with 12 cups water. Let come to a boil and simmer 45 minutes.

Add tricolor pasta and simmer 15 minutes more.

Serve with your favorite bread or rolls and a tossed salad

Country Soup Mix in a Jar

Fills one 1-quart jar

1/2 cup barley

1/2 cup dried split peas

1/2 cup uncooked rice

1/2 cup dry lentils

2 tablespoons dried minced onion

2 tablespoons dried parsley

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper

2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules

1/2 cup uncooked alphabet pasta

1 cup uncooked twist macaroni

In a wide mouth 1-quart jar, layer the barley, peas, rice and lentils. Then layer around the edges the onion, parsley, salt, lemon pepper, bouillon and the alphabet pasta. Fill the rest of the jar with the twist macaroni. Seal.

Attach a gift card with the following instructions:

Add contents of jar to 3 quarts of water, 2 stalks chopped celery, 2 sliced carrots, 1 cup shredded cabbage (optional) and 2 cups diced tomatoes. Over medium low heat, cover and simmer about 1 hour, or until vegetables are tender

Double-Fudge Brownie Mix

Dense and fudgy, these are the best brownies in the world.

2 cups sugar

1 cup cocoa (not Dutch process)

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup chocolate chips

Mix all the ingredients together and store in an airtight container.

Attach this to the Jar

Double-Fudge Brownies

Makes 24

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

4 eggs

1 package Double-Fudge Brownie Mix

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 12 by 9 inch pan. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the Double-Fudge Brownie Mix & continue to beat the mixture until it is smooth. Spread the mixture into the greased pan, & bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

Candy Cookie Mix in a Jar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 teaspoon powdered vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups flour

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Whisk the ingredients together until they are evenly distributed, making sure all brown sugar lumps are crushed. Store in an airtight container.

Attach these instructions to the jar:

Candy Cookies

Makes 3 dozen cookies

1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened

1 large egg

Candy Cookie Mix

1 cup candy bar chunks (Reese's peanut

butter cups, Butterfinger bars, white or

milk chocolate chunks)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until it is smooth. Add the egg, and continue beating until the egg is combined. Add the Candy Cookie Mix and candy bar chunks and blend on low just until the cookie mix is incorporated. Form the cookies into 1 1/2-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden on the edges. Remove from oven, and cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes.

Was it something wet or dry?

If it was wet - it was a homemade condensed soup. You can freeze it or put it up in canning jars.

If it was dry - it was soup mix. There are many recipes for this to give as gifts. It is basically dry soup ingredients like beans, barley, dried corn, etc - plus seasonings in a jar with a little paper explaining how to make it.

Here are some examples to get you started. Searching for "homemade condensed soup"

cream of chicken: http://www.tammysrecipes.com/homemade_cream_chicke...

cream of mushroom: http://castlekitchens.blogspot.com/2007/03/substit...

Searching for "dry soup mix gift recipe"

This is for "friendship soup" and it looks nice layered in a jar: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Friendship-Soup-Mix-i...

This site lists over 70 soup-in-a-jar dry mix recipes for gifts! http://www.recipe-recipes.net/soups/soup-mixes.htm

I hope that helps. Merry Christmas.

Why don't you get those Ramen noodles that come in a cup. All you do is fill it with water and they give you the rest of the directions. They are sooo simple. They come in many flavors such as chicken,shrimp,beef and more! Hope I have been a great help!

One of the most healthy foods are fruits and vegetables. There is absolutely no healthy diet without them!

Fruits and vegetables have not many calories, and they're easy to burn off w/ light exercise. And some vegetables like avocados are high in healthy fats.

Try "homemade dry soup mix" in your search. Below is a link to one of the many pages with such recipes.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Soups-Stews-and-Chil...

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