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Layered Soup in a Jar -- Chicken Noodle and Minestrone Soup in a Jar Recipes
by Jane Lake
Layered soup in a jar makes a super stand-alone gift any time. But combined in a "theme" gift basket they make an even more impressive gift in a jar presentation. Inexpensive ingredients and quick to assemble!
I made these layered soup in a jar recipes for my Christmas gift baskets last year. They were nestled in a Rice Buddy Hot Pack along with soda crackers, pine cones, a Christmas ornament and homemade kahlua. All this in a clementine orange crate wrapped in cellophane and tied with curling ribbon.
This idea would also be a great pick-me-up for a friend who has the flu. Pack in a crate or basket: a Rice Buddy Hot Pack, Chicken Noodle Soup in a Jar, cough drops, Vicks vapor rub, and a good book. Sure to be well received!
Chicken Noodle Soup in a JarIngredients: ¼ cup of red lentils Chicken Noodle SoupDirections: In a two-cup jar, layer from bottom in the order listed above, then seal the jar. Write these instructions on your gift tag: Bring 8 cups of water to boil in large saucepan. Stir in jar of soup mix. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 25 minutes. Discard bay leaf and stir in 1½ cups of frozen corn or mixed vegetables and 2 cups of cooked, diced chicken or turkey. Simmer for five minutes until vegetables are tender and chicken is heated through.  Copyright Terms:Free for personal use only. Do not reprint or copy for any other purpose. See our Terms of Service for more information. | Minestrone Soup Jar MixIngredients: ¼ cup red lentils Minestrone Soup Jar MixDirections: In a two-cup jar, layer from bottom in the order given, then seal the jar. Include these instructions on your gift tag: In a very large saucepan combine 8 to 10 cups of water, a 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes, and soup mix. Add 2 chopped carrots, and 2 to 4 chopped potatoes (optional: 2 cups chopped cabbage). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for one hour or until peas are tender. Enjoy! |
My daughter is at University and these recipes will make some wonderful stocking fillers I can make for her to take back next term. Cookies and cake for treats and soups for those cold winter days in Scotland.
With money being so tight this christmas I am giving this as all of my gifts and a jar of cookies. Some I am going to buy a soup pot and cookie sheet with maybe some new dish towels. Luckily I found canning Jars on clearance. I cant wait to try this soup. Nothing warms the heart and soul like homemade chicken noodle soup! And when you walk in the door on that cold snowy day soup makes the sniffles go away!
Jane,
Before using as a gift I made up the soup recipe (wanted to know what I might be giving away).
Everyone should know that this little jar makes 12 cups of thick, hearty, WONDERFUL soup (easily add water if unexpected guests show up). To try it quickly I used a pound of Deli chicken sliced 1/2 " thick,cubed and a bag of frozen mixed vegetables.
After 10 gift bags, I will now make some up for my own pantry!
Thank you very much for sharing your recipe.
our civic club has a bake sale for various charities. These are great ideas. How much do people ususally charge for a jar of soup?
It is called "soup for you" it is all organic the packaging and everything in the product is environmentally correct. You would not find this soup in the grocery stores, but hallmark stores and like spiritual businesses, you see this would be a gift of love and caring that would nourish the soul before the belly. This soup would be blessed by prayer and God for all. Packaging would look gift like,there would be a place to write your name and message to the one you choose to love. I have much more thoughts from years of plans. Maybe this works for you without me which I understand or maybe you feel it would be good to talk.
always looking forward
Andrew
Hello I am needing some help with the Chicken Noodle soup recipe. We are a church group and could only get 8oz jars in our budget. This is going to be a craft for our group of 80 moms. Can someone tell me how to half the recipe so that it will fit in the 1c jar? Thank you and God Bless ~ Kristen
I have been working on doing food strorage. One suggestion I got recently was to do the whole soup recipe and substitute dehydrated vegetables and TVP meats for the meats and seal in Mylar vaccuum packed bags for food storage. Doing that will make it so all I would have to do is add the water and cook I definately want to try that with these recipes.
Just a quick question from "Down Under"... When you say Beef Bouillon powder do you been something like beef stock? I came across a recipe called "Gift Giving soup mix" - not sure where from - and it calls for the same thing (beef bouillon) and I just wanted to check if they were similar enough to be substituted - don't want to put my gift receivers off of my gifts! ;)
Well, it's kind of like powdered Oxo cubes. I have substituted beef soup mix on occasion, but if I do this, I usually stick to a name brand that I can trust rather than a generic brand.
Just wanted to let you know is like the bouillon Cubes they sell it in just powder form at most stores they are the same thing
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