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Spiral Soup in a Jar Mix
with Printable Gift Tags
by Jane Lake
This soup mix recipe is one of the easiest jar recipes to assemble, using ingredients that you may already have in the pantry. Although you could use plain spiral pasta for this jar mix, the tricolor variety adds a lot of visual interest.
As you can see from our photos, you can separate the three colors of pasta for a pretty layered look, or simply pour the tricolor spirals into the jar as they come from the package. Both versions look attractive when you add our free printable jar labels - one for the front of your jar, and a label of instructions for the back.
Although I like this soup as it comes from the jar mix, you can add additional vegetables along with the canned tomatoes. Leftover peas and carrots, frozen french-style green beans or frozen corn would blend in beautifully. Serve this soup piping hot, with rounds of melba toast, crackers, or toasted garlic bread. Garnish with grated parmesan, if desired.
Spiral Soup Jar Mix
Flavor Version 1:1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes
optional: 1 tsp dried basil, 1/2 tsp celery seed and 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/3 cup beef boullion granules
1/2 cup dried minced or flaked onion
3-1/2 cups of tri-colored spiral pasta (or enough to fill the jar)
Flavor Version 2: ~ contributed by Kate
2 TB dried basil
1 tsp herbes de provence
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp garlic powder (not garlic salt)
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1/4 cup dried onions; 4 chicken bouillon cubes
3/4 cup dried tortellini
Fill the rest of the jar with the tri-colored spiral pasta.
Layered Gift in a Jar Instructions:
Easy to assemble and inexpensive to make!
Starting with the spices and ending with the pasta, layer the ingredients, in the order given, in a wide-mouthed 1-quart Mason jar. If you want a more formal look, separate the tri-color pasta and make a layer of each color.
Print the jar labels provided on this page and glue in place, or make your own gift labels.
Cover the top of the jar with a circle of fabric held in place with a rubber band. Cover the rubber band with a twist of raffia or a ribbon and small bow.Free Printable Jar Labels
Print the Spiral Soup Label for the front of the jar, then print the Spiral Soup Directions label. Cut out both labels and glue to the jar.
Use low-sodium crushed and chopped tomato-CANNED
And low-sodium or very small amount of beef boullion granules, or try using Canned Beef Stock in place of the boullion if you are making it for yourself. You could always put an "envelope" of boullion inside as an "option". Which means they could use the packet (envelope made of wax paper) or replace with liquid-canned beef stock.
It's a wonderful thing you are doing Jane. These ideas will help many of us save money and face this year and for a few to come.
God bless you!
I made this for all of my family members and friends for Christmas and they have all asked me for the recipe. I did the first version, but I used 4 tsp of chicken bullion granules. I also added the "optional" ingredients. My mother in law added chicken to hers and my best friend used sausage. Very good and inexpensive gift idea. Thank you!
what type of insurance would you need if you were to sell these mix jars?
I got this soup mix jar as a gift and made it the other night. It was absolutely wonderful, my kids loved it. I made a roast the night before and had about half of a chuck roast left over so I added it to the soup when you add the contents of the jar. The roast really made the soup a hearty meal. Served it with hot homemade rolls. Delicious and it took no time at all.
I just received this soup mix as part of a Christmas gift and made it for my husband and myself last night. The flavor of the soup was really delicious but it was so salty we couldn't finish it. I nearly always add salt to my food, but this was waaaay over the top! I only had the printed instruction label that came with the jar, so didn't know to use canned tomatoes, with the extra liquid they contain. That would have helped quite a bit, I think. I used only the pulp of fresh, chopped tomatoes and no extra liquid.
I would suggest that the instruction label be changed to show "one 16-oz can of diced or stewed tomateoes, undrained" for the benefit of the recipients. That, and using a lesser amount of beef bullion or at least low-sodium bullion would make this gift perfect!
I plan to try it again myself with these changes. This would be great to have on hand as an impromptu winter gift for under-the-weather friends and relatives, too.
I totally agree with you on this. A lot of us have high blood pressure and have to cut down on the salt. And I dont like substitute salts so that is out of the question, I do however use Sea Salt instead of table salt, but I prefer to add it at the table so I can control how much salt I take in, if any.
You can add low-sodium ingredients.
My daughter and I will be making these soup jars for teacher's gifts! She is so excited to help (she is 5 years old). What a great way to spend a Saturday evening!
I'm including a link to this recipe in my holiday nutrition newsletter about inexpensive holiday gifts. (I'm a Registered Dietitian) I tried the recipe, and it passed the teenage boy taste test! It reminded me of french onion soup. I thought it was a little too salty, but that could be fixed by using less beef bouillon or by using a lower sodium one.
I recently saw some jars at a Craft Fair for $5.00 which I though was very cheap. They were for cookie mixes, not soups though.
Seems you have to go by the area that you are trying to sell in. Some place like Macy's, Target, Sears would sell at a slightly higher price, then say a school event or craft fair would. You diffently want to cover your cost and some of your labor as well. Sometimes volume sales at a lower price vs. smaller sales at a higher price can work in your favor. Hope this helps in some small way.
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