Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2009

I made these for my fiance' family for Christmas and they loved them! I substituted the beef bouillon with veggie bouillon cubes for the vegan in the family, and she loved that too. When I make this for myself (instead of as a gift) I omit the bouillon cubes all together and replace the water with beef broth. Great Recipe!! I love it!!

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Erika

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Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2008

Yikes why do people like this?? I wanted to test the recipe before making the gifts, and I'm so glad that I did. The soup was a stinky porridge of barley-lentil-rice goo. I had even added carrots, celery and onions, but it didn't make a difference. Be warned!

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Zuppa_Anna

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Living In: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2008

Really flavorful, and healthy too. A great vegan dish, as I am vegan myself. It is full of protein which makes it quite delectable if I do say so myself. I would just add that the water should probably be cut in half as it makes quite a lot, and the entire quantity would not fit in the crockpot. I made it without the bouillon or the pasta and it still tasted fantastic. Yet it is hard to distinguish the flavors of all the ingredients as they all sort of blend together, and that was my only misfortune with the recipe.

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Kristen

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2007

I'm rating this a 5 on presentation only as I gave them away as gifts. Nobody seemed to make the soup and they left them up as 'pretties'!

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Zap

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Home Town: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Living In: Manchester, Kentucky, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2007

I received this soup as a gift for Christmas (after I recommended the site to my Aunt). My husband said it was the best soup he ever had, so am going to be making this myself, as well as giving it out as gifts too. The soup got thicker the longer it sat, so if you have leftovers like I did, I just added more chicken broth to thin it out. Delicious.

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KINEM

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Living In: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2006

I am getting ready to make this for gifts and wondering if anyone used bouillon cubes instead of granules? I would like to keep the recipe vegetarian and can't find veggie granules. So I am trying to figure out how many bouillon cubes are equal to 2 Tbls of granules. Thanks!

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Beth

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2002

I make "Gift in a Jar"s for people. This was, by far, one of the prettiest that I've ever made. Got raves from family, friends and coworkers on presentation. However, I always make recipes before I give them away. But this one I didn't. You see, I don't like soup at all. But I know a lot of people do, especially in the winter. I've never gotten a "bad" recipe from this website, so I figured "4 stars...GREAT!" Well, that must've been on presentation only, because numerous people have come up to me to tell me that the soup wasn't good and that the recipe wasn't correct. (I felt awful!) Apparently the liquid isn't adaquate at all. And when you do add enough liquid to make it "soupy" then it makes 2 VERY LARGE POTS of soup! Not bad if you are having company, but it should say that on the label. I won't make this recipe again.

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MARLA CLANCY

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Home Town: Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

Living In: Hampton, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2002

WOW! So pretty and easy to make! I can't wait to give these to my family on Christmas day!!! The layers of colors are so pretty!!! I used shell pasta instead of twists and it looks wonderful! Thanks so much Patti!!!!

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Verna

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Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2002

I just finished making 36 jars of this for holiday gifts! Very easy to do and looks great. I would suggest buying red lentils to add some more color - a nice contrast to green split pea. Also, the jar wasn't totally full at the top when I finished - I used elbow pasta, so I bet adding a little more of the twist pasta would fill up the jar a little better. The cost is under $2 for each jar and they look fabulous in the mason jars.

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PURDYPEARLS

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Living In: Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2002

A little too salty. I added 4 qts. of water, two cans of diced tomatoes and extra cabbage. I also added a little vinegar to it to brighten the flavor. A good soup. My 13 yr. old liked it too.

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TEDDER

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2002

Something I really liked about this recipe as compared to the Friendship Soup recipe is that it doesn't require so much prep work that the maker is wondering they they making it from a jar in the first place. I think the essence of "in a jar" recipes is supposed to be homemade convenience foods, something that can be put together with little effort. I do think that size varies too much in the ingredients and would probably opt for some other pasta shapes that are more uniform to the overall appearance.

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Sioranth

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2002

We're trying recipes out to give as gifts this year. Although the recipe tastes good, this was not our favorite. I think the recipe called for too much rice and the size of the ingredients varied too much from tiny to large (the twist pasta). The Friendship soup in a jar is much more to our liking and is the one we're going with!

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ZCOSTILLAS

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Reviewed: Sep. 20, 2002

Made this last week as a housewarming gift for a friend who just purchased her first house and she said this tasted just like her grandmother's soup used to, and she loved it. Thanks so much for sharing.

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JAZZY-GIRL

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Home Town: Stryker, Ohio, USA

Living In: Pittsford, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2002

This looks so beautiful in the jar. I am going to send a bunch of these out as Christmas gifts. These would also make great teacher's gifts.

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Elizabeth

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Home Town: Troy, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: May 14, 2002

There is this lady at the nursing home. She always talks about growing up at her ranch and such. I came home and found this recipe. I msde a jar for her and tied a bow around the top. She tried it and it brought a tear to her eye. She said how she couldnt beleive just how much it tasted like her mothers soup! Now i make it all the time! I love it!

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2002

Great Gift Idea. Our family made these jars of soup for Christmas and I am still getting calls asking for the recipe. We changed the order of the ingredients to change the appearence and used Texas shaped pasta (we live in Texas) instead of alphabet shapes. We hot glued a dark green ribbon to the lid, vacuum sealed the jars and they are just so beautiful, people have them sitting around their homes as decorations. It tastes great too - kids & adults all loved it.

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THE ACRED FAMILY

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2002

I bought a case of canning jars and put together 12 batches of this soup to send as Christmas gifts. Everyone loved it! My sister has even requested that I send some to her son at college because he loved the soup so much.

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Anastasia

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Home Town: Littleton, Colorado, USA

Living In: Moscow, Idaho, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2001

I had to try this out before I give it as a gift, and I have to say that this is the best soup I've ever made. The only thing I left out was the minced dried onions (I substituted 2 tsp onion salt), because I didn't have any, and it still tastes great. Its very pretty in the jar too!

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CHRYSYNTHIA

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2001

This soup looks very nice in the jar and I was skeptical as to how it would taste. It was really VERY good! The pasta was a little mushy though. I plan to make it for gifts this Christmas, but I may leave out the pasta all together. It made 8 good-sized servings.

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Home Town: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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Reviewed: May 14, 2001

I made several batches of this soup mix this weekend. They turned out wonderfully. It is a very nice layered effect. Don't add tomatoes to the beans until they are tender. The acid in the tomatoes keeps the beans from getting any softer when they are added. I haven't made the soup yet, but I will let you know how it turns out.

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