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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2009
Gave this as gifts last year, really cheap to make. Was a awesome gift, easy to layer ingrediebrs with a funnel. It isn't the best soup EVER, but as a gift to people who may not cook often, it's close.
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Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2009
I replaced the lentils with dry beans, which needed to be pre cooked, or replaced with canned beans.
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Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2009
This was fabulous! I did take advice from others reviews and used less tomatoes, also used fresh garlic. My only other advice is to boil the beans first as they don't cook as quickly as the other ingredients.
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Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2009
I made these for Christmas gifts this year and from the people who have actually made the soup so far I get great compliments. I made a jar for us and it was wonderful. I used chopped up turkey sausage links and it was so yummy!
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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2009
I can't rate this recipe based on flavor, so I'm rating it based on it's attractiveness as a gift. I couldn't find the 1-1/2 pint jars, so I used 1-pint jars, reduced the amount of rice by a tiny bit, and tied the baggie of pasta on the outside of the jar. It was a beautiful presentation and my gift recipients really liked the idea. I also mixed up baggies of Easy Beer Bread Mix (from this site) to give with the soup mix so they would have a complete meal ready to mix up. UPDATE (1/26/09) - My parents received one of these from me as a Christmas gift. They called last night to tell me they had made the soup and, to use my father's words, "It is fantastic! I ate two bowls and was sorry I was too full for a third!"
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Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2009
This was awesome! We made about 15 of them for Christmas presents and got rave reviews from all our friends. One friend told me she made it with sausage instead of ground beef and it was delicious. Great recipe!
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Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2009
I gave this a Christmas presents to family and coworkers. I didn't have time to test it myself ahead of time but went with it because the reviews are good and so far I have had several requests for the recipe. I did make the few small change that everyone else suggested (tomato sauce instead of pasted) and a smaller can of diced tomatoes.
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Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2009
good, but way, way, WAY too much salt. The amount of bullion cubes was just too much for that amount of water. I counted about 15 for 12 cups of water. we needed to add a ton more water. I recommend eating in it one night as the pasta gets mushy quickly. Thanks for sharing
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Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009
This is a healthy, hearty soup. I am considering using brown rice next time, and possibly whole wheat pasta. We really enjoyed this soup. I also made cannisters of it with my daycare kids for Christmas gifts. They turned out fantastic!
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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2009
I received this as a gift, and it was very tasty. It really thickened up and made a nice hearty soup. Next time I'll use the basic soup recipe and add some vegetables (cabbage, carrot.)
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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2008
I took the risk of giving this soup as a gift before trying it myself...based on all the rave reviews I figured I could. I put on the recipe card to use one can tomato sauce and one can tomato chunks. I also used veggie broth instead of beef, and left out the rice, as rice and noodles seemed redundant. I doubled the pasta instead. Well, I finally made it myself, and it was really good! Not as good as fresh soup of course, but better than canned. And so easy! One thing: I got 1 liter (1 quart) jars, and they were too big. I had to stuff tissue paper in the top to make it all fit.
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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2008
This was very good soup. I followed other reviewers tips and used tomato sauce and a 15 ounce can of tomatoes. It looked very pretty in the jar with the bullion at the bottom as some reviewers recommended. I would have given it 5 strs, but it was not "knock your socks off good".
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Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2008
I put this together this Christmas - I bought cute 1/2 quart jars from Old Time Pottery for $1.50; put the ingredients in the jar; wrapped it in Christmas - themed basket wrap with a pretty bow and a spoon (4 for $1) and gave it as gifts for teachers and neighbors. They turned out really pretty - do so hope the soup is good; as I didn't try it. But it really made a pretty gift.
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Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2008
Great recipe for gifts. I cut the recipe in half for about 4 servings (much more manageable for smaller families). I also added a 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder and used Acini Di Pepe pasta instead of barley pearls.
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Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2008
I plan on giving this as Christmas gifts this year and tried it out tonight to see how we like it. DELICIOUS! As others suggested, I used 1 can of diced tomatoes and 1 can of tomato sauce. Otherwise, I made the recipe as written. I thought the rice and pasta worked well together and it had plenty of flavor. For myself, I may add crushed red pepper flakes and some frozen vegetables next time. For gifts, I'll make some with chicken granules. I plan on packing it in 1 qt. jars with the cans of tomatoes and sauce and a package of crackers. Put everything in a basket and add a ladle for the finishing touch. Thanks for a great recipe. I'm sure everyone will want a copy of it. :)
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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2008
This was wonderful! I tried it with both beef and chicken, and while I prefer the chicken, my family prefered the beef. I just used left over chicken, and used the chicken bouillon. Very good. My one issue was when I rinsed the peas,lentils, and barly they did not dry well which caused my bouillon to absorb the moisture in the jar. It stuck to the bottom of the jar, so I had to add more when making the soup. Also I had to buy jars and the 2 pint size worked just fine, I upped the pasta to 2/3rds cup. This makes great gifts!!1 I also used a 15 oz can of tomato sauce, and a 15 oz can of diced tomatoes.
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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008
Haven't actually tried this myself but I made up a bunch of jars to go in my Christmas baskets. It looked really nice layered. SO PRETTY IN 1 QUART JARS! The only thing I did different was instead of adding boulion granules, I actually placed 5 cubes of boulion squares in a plastic bag just below the plastic bag of pasta. I couldn't find the granules so this is all that I could make work. I sure hope it tastes good and not justs look pretty!!! Once I try it myself I will update.
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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2008
Before giving as gifts this year, I made the soup myself and it was very good. After reading many of the reviews, I also used 2 cans of tomato sauce in place of the tomato paste and one can of diced tomatoes. I also used minced garlic with the ground beef instead of garlic powder. I didn't have any pearl barley and couldn't find any at my local store so I omitted it from the recipe and slightly increased the split peas and lentils and I really don't think it made that much of a difference. Also, my personal preference is pasta in soup and not rice and I thought having both was a bit much so I also omitted the rice and increased the pasta to 1 cup. I used ditalini pasta instead of the alphabet pasta. Overall it came out great and was very quick and easy to make.
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Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2008
We made this a couple of years ago for Christmas presents and they were a huge hit. Not only does the soup taste great, it looks really impressive when layered in glass jars.
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Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2008
I gave this soup last year as gifts and it was a huge success! I had several extra jars that I saved for us, but whenever I went to the pantry to pull one out, I'd found my daughter had given them all away to friends who'd had the soup and wanted to make more!
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