Layer the dry friendship soup ingredients in the jar in this order to prevent the seasonings from sifting through the dried legumes and grains: onion, Italian seasoning, beef granules, ½ cup split peas, rice, ½ cup lentils, ½ cup split peas, barley, and ½ cup lentils.
¼ cup dried minced onion, 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning, ⅓ cup beef granules, 1 cup dried split peas, 1 cup dried lentils, ¼ cup uncooked white rice, ½ cup pearl barley
Cut a piece of card stock to fit inside the jar and set it on top of the ingredients before adding the pasta. This will make it easy to set the pasta aside as required when cooking the soup.
Seal and attach gift tag with instructions for making soup.
2 bay leaves, ½ cup uncooked small pasta, 1 pound ground beef, 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes, 2 cloves garlic, 15 ounces tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste
Notes
Once you have the ingredients out, assembling a number of these soup in a jar gifts at once won’t take much longer than doing a single one! Might as well do several. Line up jars and measure ingredients in assembly-line style.