Colorful Soup Mix In A Jar
"Great for gift baskets. Be sure to use a wide-mouth quart jar with a decorative lid."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (130.9 g)
- Calories 422.9
- Total Fat - 2.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 3.3 mg
- Sodium - 316.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 81 g
- Dietary Fiber - 19 g
- Sugars - 3.3 g
- Protein - 19.3 g
- Calcium - 43.5 mg
- Iron - 4.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
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.
Step 2
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.
Step 3
Attach tag with cooking instructions:
Colorful Soup
Step 4
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.
Step 5
Add tricolor pasta and simmer 15 minutes more.
Step 6
Serve with your favorite bread or rolls and a tossed salad.
Tips
No special items needed.