Not all of of my “meal in a jar” recipes are soups, however numerous them are. We’ll department out sooner or later, I promise! Within the meantime, that is the second recipe in a sequence that began just lately once I posted a favourite tortellini soup in a jar. You had been extremely receptive to that (♥!!), so right here we’re with a second meal in a jar. It’s an herb-flecked, hearty, Italian Barley Soup. Italian-ish would most likely be a extra correct description as I like to spice up the jar contents with mung beans and quinoa from my pantry, and any greens are usually added on the finish fairly than the beginning.
I like to maintain these jars available for quick weeknight meals and take them out on highway journeys and tenting as nicely. I maintain the bottom recipes fairly strict and my normal rule of thumb is to purpose for “simply add water.” Or, on this case (and the tortellini soup), simply add water + a can of tomatoes is honest recreation. The thought is that if all you might have is the content material of the jar, water, and maybe an pantry-friendly ingredient or two, you might have all you want for a extremely good meal.
Italian Barley Soup Variations & Concepts
- swap in 1 cup of pearled farro for the barley. Or go halfsies!
- add a well-drained can of chickpeas
- put an egg on it, my desire right here is poached
- drizzle with chile oil
- add some cubes of root greens like potatoes, carrots, or candy potatoes together with the jar contents. This offers them sufficient time to cook dinner alongside the grains.
This soup matches properly in a pint jar. I all the time get emails concerning the jar pictured on the left (beneath) right here, it is a Weck jar, they usually are available a variety of styles and sizes. I additionally like to reuse all method of jam and sauce jars in for storage in an effort to maintain plastics to a minimal in my kitchen.
One different factor I am going to point out is do not retailer these “without end”. I attempt to use mine within the coming month or so. The grains will probably be higher (and never rancid), herbs and spices extra aromatic, and all the remaining.
You may not suppose the contents of this jar will ship an enormous pot of soup, nevertheless it does! The grains actually swell up and take up the herby-tomato broth. You may even want so as to add an additional splash of water relying on how lengthy you enable the soup to simmer – to skinny issues out to your liking. 
This is a group of dump & stir meals in jars able to go (above photograph). In case you’re interested by any of the baking variations I do, let me know! I take these out with us too when tenting – for pancake mixes, breads baked in our transportable pizza oven, and so on. Or I am completely happy to stay with soups, curries, and the like for now.
Extra Concepts!
I point out this down beneath, within the recipe, you may add all kinds of contemporary greens to this soup relying on what you might have available. I sometimes add plenty of chopped kale. Now we have a seemingly infinite provide of it coming from our backyard plot. It cooks manner down, so for those who’re going to make use of it go forward and use greater than you may suppose. Broccoli florets are one other good booster vegetable to get some inexperienced entering into your bowl. Chopped or shredded cabbage can also be a brilliant selection right here.
Right here’s the Meal in a Jar: Tortellini Soup, and right here’s the place you may browse the entire archive of soup recipes.
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