Soup in a Jar

Description
What a wonderful thing, soup. It warms you up when it's cold outside, and with this clever gift in a jar, it warms your heart to give as well. Gifts in a jar make great holiday presents, so stock up on ingredients and make a whole bunch!

Yields: 1

Ingredients
1/2 cup barley [112 g]
1/2 cup dried split peas [95 g]
1/2 cup uncooked rice [112 g]
1/2 cup dry lentils [100 g]
2 tablespoon dried minced onion [33.4 g]
2 tablespoon dried parsley
2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
2 tablespoon beef bouillon granules
1/2 cup uncooked alphabet pasta [67 g]
1 cup uncooked twist macaroni [133 g]

Instructions
1. In a wide mouth 1 quart jar, layer the barley, peas, rice and lentils.

2. Then layer around the edges the onion, parsley, salt, lemon pepper, bouillon and the alphabet pasta.

3. Fill the rest of the jar with the twist macaroni.

The gift card should read:

1. Add contents of jar to 3 quarts of water, 2 stalks of chopped celery, 2 sliced carrots, 1 cup [112 g] of shredded cabbage (optional) and 2 cups [496 g] diced tomatoes.

2. Over medium low heat, cover and simmer about 1 hour, or until vegetables are tender.
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