Friendship soup mix
16 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Dry split peas |
| ⅓ | cup | Beef bouillon granules |
| ¼ | cup | Pearl barley |
| ½ | cup | Dry lentils |
| ¼ | cup | Dried minced onion |
| 2 | teaspoons | Italian seasoning |
| ½ | cup | Uncooked long grain rice |
| ½ | cup | Alphabet macaroni or other small macaroni |
| ADDlTlONAL INGREDIENTS: | ||
| 1 | pounds | Ground beef |
| 3 | quarts | Water |
| 1 | can | Diced Tomatoes; (28 Ounces)Undrained |
Directions
In a l-½-pint jar, layer the first eight ingredients in the order listed.
Seal tightly. Yield: 1 batch. To prepare soup: Carefully remove macaroni from top of jar and set aside. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown beef; drain. Add the water, tomatoes and soup mix; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Add the reserved macaroni; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until macaroni, peas, lentils and barley are tender. Yield: 16 servings (4 quarts) per batch. Nutritional Analysis: One 1-cup serving (prepared with low- sodium bouillon and lean ground beef) equals 165 calories, 106 mg sodium, 19 mg cholesterol, 21 gm carbohydrate, 12 gm protein, 4 gm fat. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-½ starch, 1 meat.
"I layer this pretty, delicious soup mix in glass jars to give as gifts , " relates Wendy Taylor of Mason City, lowa.
Recipe by: Taste of Home Magazine Dec/Jan '97 Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 328 by Dianne Waller <dwaller@...> on Nov 29, 1997