Recipe - Friendship Soup Mix

One half cup Dry split peas
1/3 cup Beef bouillon granules
One fourth cup Pearl barley
One half cup Dry lentils
One fourth cup Dried minced onion
2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
One half cup Uncooked long grain rice
One half cup Alphabet macaroni or other
small macaroni
ADDlTlONAL INGREDIENTS:
1 pound Ground beef
3 qt Water
1 cn Diced Tomatoes; (28
Ounces)Undrained

In a l1/2pint jar, layer the first eight ingredients in the order listed.
Seal tightly. Yield: 1 batch. To prepare soup: Carefully remove macaroni
from top of jar and set aside. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown
beef; drain. Add the water, tomatoes and soup mix; bring to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Add the reserved macaroni; cover and
simmer for 1520 minutes or until macaroni, peas, lentils and barley are
tender. Yield: 16 servings (4 quarts) per batch. Nutritional Analysis: One
1cup serving (prepared with low sodium bouillon and lean ground beef)
equals 165 calories, 106 mg sodium, 19 mg cholesterol, 21 gm carbohydrate,
12 gm protein, 4 gm fat. Diabetic Exchanges: 1One half starch, 1 meat.

"I layer this pretty, delicious soup mix in glass jars to give as gifts , "
relates Wendy Taylor of Mason City, lowa.

Recipe by: Taste of Home Magazine Dec/Jan '97

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 328 by Dianne Waller
dwaller@frontier.gulf.net on Nov 29, 1997