Homemade and lovingly packagedGifts from the kitchenare always well received and give the recipient a lot of joy. We offer you the perfect gift idea for the cold autumn and winter days: you can give a soup in a glass as a gift. These are carefully dosed, nicely filled glasses with dry ingredients. A lovingly crafted gift tag with the recipe for the delicious soup completes the gift. We offer you several recipe ideas.
Recipes fordelicious and filling soupsare particularly in demand in autumn and winter. There are numerous variations available with or without meat, cold or warm, creamy or clear: the soups are true comforters for the cold season. What would be a better gift for family and friends? You can give a glass of soup as a gift without cooking it. It's more about stylishly layering the ingredients in the glass and dosing them so that you can prepare 4 portions of soup. The recipe is printed on a tag. Below we give you 15 recipes for gifts in jars. Proceed as follows:
1. Take an airtight 450 ml clear glass jam jar with a screw lid. Clean the glass thoroughly and let it dry.
2. Layer the ingredients in the jar one at a time (the ingredients listed first go in the jar first).
3 Make a paper gift tag.
4. Print out the recipe or write it on the tag.
5. Decorate the screw-top jar with decorative ribbons, paint it or decorate it with self-adhesive colored paper, washi tape or felt.
6. Wrap the gift and give it away.
We offer you several recipe ideas, but of course you can also choose ingredients for your family's favorite recipe. Follow the following basic rules when layering:
- Only ingredients that last a long time and do not need to be stored in the refrigerator go into the jar. Example: nuts, beans, lentils, herbs. No meat, no fish, no dairy products, no vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes, etc
- First fill the spices and herbs into the jar.
- Pack the pasta in a bag and add it to the jar last.
Gifts in a jar: Italian soup with beans
The first recipe is for a delicious Italian soupwith beansand lenses. Here are the necessary ingredients. Please layer them in the order listed in a 450ml jam jar.
- Spice mix of 2 teaspoons basil, 2 teaspoons oregano, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper, 1/2 teaspoon marjoram and 1/2 teaspoon sage. All spices should be dried. Mix the spices and pour them into the jar first
- 1 tsp vegetable broth, granules
- 75 g lentils and 75 g split peas, mixed
- 75g white beans
- 75g green lentils
To prepare it you still need 1 liter of water and 240 ml canned tomatoes. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation (please print out the recipe or copy it onto the gift tag):
- Pour 1 liter of water into a pot
- Pour the contents of the jam jar into the pot
- Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 90 minutes
- Add the canned tomatoes and season with salt. Simmer for another 15 minutes
Give the gift of soup in a glass: recipe with quinoa, black beans and beef
These are the ingredients for the next recipe for soup in a jarwith quinoa:
- 56 g Quinoa
- 60 g dried soup greens (carrot, celery, leek, parsley) mixed with 5 g dried jalapeño, 5 g dried garlic, 5 g dried coriander and 30 g walnuts
- 170g black beans
- 1 Chilipulver socket
- 1 tsp beef broth, granules
To prepare it you still need 1 liter of water, 220 g beef, 1/4 teaspoon sugar and 240 ml canned tomatoes. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Pour 1 liter of water into a pot
- Cut the beef into small pieces and add it to the pot.
- Pour the contents of the jam jar into the pot.
- Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer the soup over low heat for 90 minutes. If necessary, add hot water.
- Add the tomatoes and sugar, season with salt and simmer for another 15 minutes.
Gifts from the kitchen: chicken soup with rice noodles
Ingredients:
- 2 tsp soup greens (celery, leek, carrots, parsley), dried
- Spice mix of 1 teaspoon thyme, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon sage, 1/2 teaspoon marjoram, 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
- 1 tsp chicken broth, granules
- two handfuls of rice noodles
- a lemon zest, dried (cut the lemon in two, squeeze one half, let the zest dry overnight in a warm place)
To prepare it you need 1 liter of water, 220 g chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces, and the juice of half a lemon. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Remove the rice noodles from the jar and set aside.
- Pour the water into a pot and bring to the boil
- Add the chicken broth and the remaining contents of the jam jar to the water.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the chicken breast and simmer the soup until the meat is cooked through.
- Add the rice noodles and cook for 3 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Pour in the lemon juice.
Preparing Italian soup in a glass: recipe with sun-dried tomatoes
Ingredients:
- 150 g barley pearls
- 75 g tomatoes, dried but not salted
- 1 teaspoon onion, freeze-dried, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, dried and chopped
- 2 tsp basil
- 1 TL Oregano
- 1 teaspoon parsley, dried
- 1 tsp vegetable broth, granules
To prepare it you still need 1 liter of water, 240 g canned tomatoes, 1/4 teaspoon sugar and the juice of half a lemon. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Pour the contents of the jam jar into a pot.
- Pour in 1 liter of water.
- Bring the soup to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and sugar, salt, season with pepper if desired and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.
Give the gift of soup in a glass: recipe with split peas and chicken broth
Ingredients:
- 300 g split peas
- 1/2 tsp celery seed
- 1 teaspoon onion, freeze-dried, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, dried and chopped
- 1 Lorbeerblatt
- 1 tsp chicken broth, granules
To prepare it you need 1 liter of water and 100 g of ham, chopped into small pieces. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Pour the contents of the jam jar into a pot
- Pour in water, bring to the boil and simmer for about 30 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaf from the soup.
- Garnish with the ham.
Gifts in a glass: soup with coconut and curry
Ingredients:
- 200 g root lentils
- 1 TL Curry powder
- 200g green lentils
- 1 teaspoon onion, freeze-dried, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, dried and chopped
- 2 tsp vegetable broth, granules
- a small red chili, dried
To prepare it you still need 1 liter of water and 400 ml of coconut milk. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Pour the contents of the jam jar into a pot.
- Pour in the water and coconut milk.
- Bring the soup to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the soup from the heat, season, salt and let cool.
- Remove the red chili from the soup and serve the soup lukewarm.
Prepare soup in a glass as a gift: five-bean soup
Ingredients:
- 60 g quail beans
- 60g green peas
- 60g black beans
- 60 g white giant beans
- 60 g Kidneybohnen
- 1 tsp dry mustard
- 1 tsp red pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion, freeze-dried, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, dried and chopped
- 1 TL Oregano
- 1 Lorbeerblatt
- a small red chili, dried (if desired)
- 1 tsp vegetable broth, granules
To prepare it you still need 1 liter of water and 240 g of canned tomatoes. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Pour the contents of the jam jar into a pot.
- Pour in water and bring to the boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer the beans for about 90 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat.
- Remove the bay leaf and chili from the soup.
The preparation time can vary greatly. As a rule, the older the beans, the longer the cooking time is.
Give tortilla soup in a glass as a gift
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp red pepper
- 2 teaspoons turmeric, ground
- 1 teaspoon coriander, ground
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 75 g tomatoes, dried
- 1 teaspoon onion, freeze-dried, chopped
- 1 TL More, getrocknet
- 1 teaspoon garlic, dried and chopped
To prepare it you still need 1 liter of chicken broth, 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil, 220 g of chicken meat, cut into finger-thick pieces, salt and pepper, a lime, an avocado and tortilla chips for serving. These ingredients do not go into the glass, but are added during preparation.
Preparation:
- Salt the chicken, season with pepper and place in a pot with the vegetable oil
- Brown the chicken, add the chicken broth and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
- Add the contents of the jam jar to the chicken and simmer for 1 hour. Add hot water if necessary.
- Garnish with freshly squeezed lime juice and avocado and serve with tortilla chips.
Spicy winter soup in a glass
Ingredients:
- 350g black beans
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons turmeric, ground
- 1 TL celery seed
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp vegetable broth, granules
- 1 small red chili pepper, dried
You still need 1 liter of water to prepare it.
Preparation:
- Put all ingredients in a pot and add water.
- Bring the soup to the boil briefly, reduce the heat and then simmer for 90 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heatSeason and salt the soup.
- Remove the red chili and bay leaves from the soup.
You are always right with a gift from the kitchen and is guaranteed to bring a lot of joy to your family and friends! And hardly any other dish or appetizer goes down better in winter than a spicy, filling soup. A great surprise are the dry soup mixes, which consist of soup greens, spices and long-lasting ingredients such as beans or peas. Attractively layered in a glass and correctly measured for a soup for four people, the soups in a glass are our favorite among the homemade Christmas gifts!
