Meal In a Jar: Tortellini Soup

In practically twenty years of sharing recipes on this web site I do not assume I’ve ever posted a meal in a jar. I am speaking in regards to the “simply add water” model jar meals. The type you’ll be able to maintain within the pantry, present to pals, or pack with you for a street journey or tenting journey. In distinction, I am not speaking about inexperienced salads in a jar, or burrito in a jar, or these kinds of meals. Simply need to make clear. I like a meal in a jar that may be cooked in one pan and solely requires water and maybe one can of one thing (tomatoes, or coconut milk, and many others.) to be nice. 

I make a variety of those at any time when we go tenting or take our journey trailer out. We have been doing a variety of fall/winter coastal tenting and a comfortable soup or stew at all times hits the spot. We have been at lovely Crystal Cove State Park for a number of days final week and needed to hitch up the trailer within the worst rain and wind storm to hit the California Coast all 12 months. Full chuckle/cry mud fest. Torrential downpour. Sideways rain. This was the proper hearty bowl of soup to thaw us out.

Meal In A Jar Tortellini Soup

In case you’ve tried this Curried Tomato Tortellini Soup, you will instantly acknowledge the inspiration. That is principally the “meal in a jar” model of that soup. It is a fortifying lentil and tomato-based stew dotted with plump, tender tortellini, and spiked with a variety of spices. It is so scrumptious, and easy, and this model you mix the jar components with water and a can of crushed tomatoes. There’s actually no prep required for this model as soon as you have constructed your jar. I discuss bonus components down beneath, they usually’re utterly non-obligatory however as an alternative of the spinach known as for within the non-jar recipe, I like so as to add finely chopped kale or broccoli florets, or no matter I’ve on needed to work in a inexperienced veg element on this model.
 

Meal in A Jar Directions

That is only a reminder to be good to your future self. Remember to embrace all directions on the facet of your jar or container. You need to use a sticker, washi tape, tag, or Sharpie marker. In case you’re designing your individual meal in a jar (I typically rework favourite recipes) attempt to maintain issues so simple as potential. This implies components and directions. Take a primary stab after which tweak as you go till you will have an ideal grasp recipe. For this soup, I do know I can at all times monitor down a can of tomatoes (I maintain a pair cans within the trailer), so except for the jar contents all I want is that and water. The directions match on one line. It is principally so simple as this: simmer contents of jar with 5 1/2 cups water and 14-oz can of tomatoes. 

Bonus Components

With these meal in a jar conditions I typically look to the fridge or cooler field for an additional ingredient or two. They don’t seem to be needed, however could be good to have. Principally, consider it as bonus factors for rounding out no matter goes within the pot with no matter recent ingredient(s) like kale or broccoli you might need readily available. Half the time for me, it is broccoli, or some chopped kale. Use what you have obtained, it is onerous to go improper! Cabbage, asparagus, corn, and many others. So many add-ins would work right here.

Professional-tip! Good Herbs & Spices

A majority of these meals in jars rely closely on dry spices, herbs, and the like for taste and seasoning. You need to use the very best, freshest you have obtained. It is the distinction between utilizing a curry paste and a curry powder. Or, the distinction between utilizing one thing like sriracha sauce and dried chile peppers and garlic.  If you are going to make a bunch of those jars for future meals go forward and reboot your most used spices, spice blends and dried components. Supply from nice sources, retailer them in a darkish, cool place, and make sure they’re fantastically aromatic. I listing my favourite suppliers at the back of all of my books.

In case you like this kind of meal in a jar recipe, let me know. I are inclined to maintain these kinds of recipes to myself, Partially as a result of I typically throw them collectively in a rush. However I at all times take notes, and make tweaks, and have fairly a group of them in my notebooks. Comfortable to share extra in case you like!

If soups are your factor, make sure you browse the archives. Nobody loves yet another than me and there are dozens of nice soup recipes available. Do not miss this lentil soup, this easy tomato soup, or this ribollita.

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