Making Dry Soup Mix

[Taz]

A very dear doomer friend and I get together and do things like can, shop for preps, etc. Her husband cannot have salt and he can't have potassium either. She tells me that salt substitutes are full of potassium. So we have been thinking about making dried soups out of dehydrated meat and veggies and spices. We can then leave the salt out of hers.

Has anyone done this? Have a recipe? We thought we would vacu pak in half pint jars.

Taz...who has done a lot of stuff including canning french bread, but never dried soup mix.

 

[gardia]

I would think that you would just use the spices you must use if you can't use salt or salt subs. I have made dryed soup mixes for backpacking, but never without some soup starter or bullion, which of course has all sorts of sodium in them. Think of what you put in soup when you cook and go from there. Dryed chives, veggies and meats........I do think that there are some very low sodium soup bases around........try the special diet aisle of the grocery store.

 

[angelight]

French Bread?

I have a few gift in a jar books-will check them-

KM

 

[Taz]

Make your favorite yeast bread recipe, fill WIDE MOUTH jar half full. Let raise to 1/2 inch from top. Bake in oven and when you bring them out, slap a hot lid on. We did some in 1998 and opened the last one last year. Was sorta tough but made excellent toast.

I think the next thing I will try is vacu pak cooked biscuits in a quart jar.

Re Jar Cakes....did tons of them and they all turned mushy after two years.

Taz

 

[Taz]

I KNOW you can buy the soup mixes, but thats not the idea. The idea is to make our own and save money and only put those things in which we want/like. Personally I use a lot of bullion, esp chicken, because I cook a lot of Mexican foods. I buy it in 5# jars. Saves having all the weight and storage space of chicken broth, plus I don't like paying for water. LOL

Taz

 

[Gateway]

Soup in a Jar -- Chicken Noodle and Minestrone Soup in a Jar Recipes
http://http://www.allfreecrafts.com/giftinajar/soup-mixes.shtml

Both these have beef bullion in them, but you could substitute.

 

[Taz]

link doesn't work

 

[tropicalfish]

Try this link:
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/giftinajar/soup-mixes.shtml

 

[gardia]

Taz, I wasn't suggesting that you buy soup mixes. What I was suggesting was that you look in the heathfood or special diet section for soup BASES that would do instead of the high sodium bullions we both like to use. This was for your friend who couldn't do sodium or potassium...right? Sorry if I didn't make myself clear.

 

[Taz]

oh....great idea. Sorry I misunderstood. Will do that tomorrow as I am going to a big health food store here in Housten. Thanks
Taz

 

[goatlady2]

Taz, I'm at the end of my 4th year of cake in a jar and they are all just fine and dandy. I used the original from scratch recipes and not bought mixes though. I have a friend who makes them by the dozens and sells at craft fairs for years and, again, using the original from scratch, has had no problems or negative feedback from her sales. I wonder if it somehow was high humidity where you lived that effected them? Just curious as I figure them for long-term prep storage in addition to current eating.

 

[Taz]

Might be, but we did them in the winter. I used scratch recipes too. Did about 6 different ones. They all seemed like they must have sweated and were still good flavor but were wet and mushy. Hmmm...maybe I need your recipes. Did any come out better than others. I know I did cranberry and it was the worst. I only did things like you would find in muffin mix. Wonder how a regular white or chocolate cake would do? Is it perhaps we did different TYPES of cakes?
Taz