Friendship soup mix

Yield: 16 Servings

Measure 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
\N \N ADDlTlONAL INGREDIENTS:
1 pounds Ground beef
3 quarts Water
1 can Diced Tomatoes; (28 Ounces)Undrained

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

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