Recipes in a jar - muffin mixes, cocoa mixes, soup mixes, and the like - are featuring big on our gift-giving list this year. They're perfect for teachers, neighbors, and co-workers, and they look beautiful wrapped with just a simple bow. These ideas from the Food Network sound especially tasty!
We have a feeling these recipes were picked just as much for how striking they look layered in a beautiful canning jar as for how good they'll end up tasting! Our favorites are the curried lentil soup (pictured above) and the holiday panettone. Both of these recipes are a little different from the usual and definitely won't be sitting in someone's pantry for long!
• Take a Look! Sealed & Delivered: Recipes in a Jar from the Food Network
Each recipe comes with a handy printable gift tag that includes the specific recipe, what other ingredients will be needed (like milk or chicken broth), and a picture of the finished product.
What other recipes in a jar have become your favorite?
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(Image: Levi Brown/Food Network)
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I'm gifting jars of consumables to neighbors and coworkers this year...I just can't decide which route to take! Cocoa is looking like the winner at this point, but this post is making me rethink my decision.
uh, nice on, a good way of using up different spices...
LOL!!! just reminded me of; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2A0fshb70
I prepared the olive oil granola from the NY Times and will be presenting it to my friends/family in mason jars as well. Cheap and easy.
Why is it that whenever I search for a recipe on this site, within the next week there's an article up about it? I swear, I was just searching for jar recipes last night! The same thing happened with lentil recipes a month or so ago! It's eerie.
From past experience, do not deliver the cocoa mix layered as pictured. It's really hard to mix in a full jar, and if you don't get it mixed, it doesn't taste right.
Does anyone else think the blue cornbread looks more like blue cheese?