Delicious Soup Recipes for Affordable Gift-Giving

[PamperedCaniac]

Any tried and tested recipes???? I have cute bowls I am giving people and wanted to do "jar of soup" with this! However, I want something yummy and not terribly expensive!?!?!?

 

[Lisa/ChefBear]

Dawn,
Here's a recipe I made a few years ago, and one teacher always asks if she'll get that again if she gets the younger girls, so must have been good.

Cheesy Potatoe Soup Mix~
2 cup powdered coffee creamer
½ cup Imitation Bacon Bits
2 (1.5 oz.) Packages Knorr Four Cheese Sauce Mix
2 T. Parsley Flakes
1 tsp. salt free-seasoning blend
½ tsp. pepper
2 Cups Potato Buds (Betty Crocker Instant Potatoes)

Layer the ingredients in the order given into a wide
mouth 1 quart canning
jar. Pack each layer in place before adding the next
ingredient.

Attach a gift tag with the cooking instructions:
Cheesy Potatoe Soup
1 Jar Cheesy Potatoe Soup Mix
2 (5 oz) cans ham *optional*

Place the Cheesy Potatoe SOup mix in a large soup pot.
Add 8 cups boiling
water. Mix well and let stand 5 minutes. Heat Ham in
Microwave and stir in.

This is sooo delicious! It is VERY thick and full
bodied! My family really
loves it!

I serve it with the following Garden Bread.

Garden Herb Bread
3/4 c. water
2 C. white flour
1 T. Dry Milk *powdered*
1 T. Sugar
1 t. salt
1 T. Butter
1 t. Chives
1 t. Marjoram
1 t. Thyme
1/2 t. Basil
2 t. Dry Active Yeast

**Use dried flaked herbs. If using ground, reduce by
half. If using fresh,
double.


Place in Breadmaker in order given and follow Bread
machine directions...

Lisa

 

[PamperedCaniac]

Thank you Lisa!!
This sounds yummy and I think I will use this!! THANK YOU!!!

 

[emo812]

Wow, that does sound good!! I might try that myself just to be able to have soup on hand when I'm in the mood for it.

 

[gailz2]

The soup and bread both sound wonderful!

 

[janetupnorth]

Dawn,
Here's a recipe I made a few years ago, and one teacher always asks if she'll get that again if she gets the younger girls, so must have been good.

Cheesy Potatoe Soup Mix~
2 cup powdered coffee creamer
½ cup Imitation Bacon Bits
2 (1.5 oz.) Packages Knorr Four Cheese Sauce Mix
2 T. Parsley Flakes
1 tsp. salt free-seasoning blend
½ tsp. pepper
2 Cups Potato Buds (Betty Crocker Instant Potatoes)

Layer the ingredients in the order given into a wide
mouth 1 quart canning
jar. Pack each layer in place before adding the next
ingredient.

Attach a gift tag with the cooking instructions:
Cheesy Potatoe Soup
1 Jar Cheesy Potatoe Soup Mix
2 (5 oz) cans ham *optional*

Place the Cheesy Potatoe SOup mix in a large soup pot.
Add 8 cups boiling
water. Mix well and let stand 5 minutes. Heat Ham in
Microwave and stir in.

This is sooo delicious! It is VERY thick and full
bodied! My family really
loves it!

I serve it with the following Garden Bread.

Garden Herb Bread
3/4 c. water
2 C. white flour
1 T. Dry Milk *powdered*
1 T. Sugar
1 t. salt
1 T. Butter
1 t. Chives
1 t. Marjoram
1 t. Thyme
1/2 t. Basil
2 t. Dry Active Yeast

**Use dried flaked herbs. If using ground, reduce by
half. If using fresh,
double.


Place in Breadmaker in order given and follow Bread
machine directions...

Lisa

That bread recipe looks amazingly similar to the Taste of Home 4 Herb Bread recipe I've used for quite a few years.

 

[princessmeshelle]

they both sound great, but, i don't have a bread machine for the bread!... :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

[janetupnorth]

they both sound great, but, i don't have a bread machine for the bread!... :cry: :cry: :cry:

Mix, let rise and bake it in the oven.

Or go to the local Goodwill and buy a new bread machine for $2.00 like I did!

 

[princessmeshelle]

Mix, let rise and bake it in the oven.

Or go to the local Goodwill and buy a new bread machine for $2.00 like I did!

i don't go to thrift stores often enough to find great deals.... plus i always end up wondering, "What's wrong with it?" if i do find a steal.

 

[ughubug]

My boyfriends mom finds a TON of PC stuff at her thrift stores in California...How do I compete with stones for $3 and a chopper(NIB) for $1....YOWZA!

 

[princessmeshelle]

see, i just don't get that! why buy it if you won't use it? i get stuff and decide when i open it wether or not i will use it.. donate NIB chopper?? never, if nothing else i would gift it to somone!

 

[PamperedCaniac]

Just packed my jars FULL and I mean FULL of ingredients to send off to DH job tomorrow for gifts!! I really want to make a pot for me now though! LOL