Recipe for cooking Colorful Soup Mix in a Jar

Soups for Salads :: Soup Mixes

Colorful Soup Mix in a Jar

1 cube beef bouillon
1/4 C. dried minced onion
1/2 C. dried split peas
1/2 C. uncooked twist macaroni
1/4 C. barley
1/2 C. dry lentils
1/3 C. long-grain white rice
1 C. uncooked tri-color spiral pasta

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

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

Attach tag with cooking instructions:

Colorful Soup

In lrg. kettle, brown 1 lb. lean ground beef or stew beef cut into bite-size pieces in a little extra virgin olive oil. Remove tricolor pasta from top of jar and reserve. Add the rest of the jar contents to the kettle with 12 C. water. Let come to a boil and simmer 45 min.

Add tricolor pasta and simmer 15 min. more.

Serve with your favorite bread or rolls and a tossed salad.