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Santa's Soup Mix

This dry beany soup-mix is assembled in just 10 minutes and is a great gift idea for Christmas.

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Prep Time 10 min
Total Time 10 min
Servings 6

Ingredients

Santa's Soup Mix

2: cups mixed dried beans (1/3 cup each yellow split peas, green split peas, lima beans, pinto beans, kidney beans and great northern beans)

1/4: cup dried minced onion

2: teaspoons chicken bouillon granules

1/4: teaspoon ground cumin

1/4: teaspoon garlic powder

Santa's Soup

8: cups water

: Santa's Soup Mix

2: medium carrots, chopped (1 cup)

2: medium stalks celery, chopped (1 cup)

2: lb smoked ham shanks

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Directions

1 To make Santa's Soup Mix: In 1-pint glass jar, layer dried beans, dried onion, chicken bouillon, cumin and garlic powder. Store tightly covered at room temperature up to 2 months. Give with gift card that includes Santa's Soup recipe.
2 To make Santa's Soup: In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat water and Santa's Soup Mix to boiling. Boil 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover; let stand 1 hour. Stir in carrots and celery. Add ham shanks. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer about 2 hours or until beans are tender. Skim fat if necessary. Remove ham shanks; remove ham from bone. Trim excess fat from ham. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Stir ham into soup; heat until hot.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Instead of the ham shanks, 2 lb ham hocks or 1 ham bone can be used.

Package this heartwarming soup mix in a pretty glass jar, and include soup bowls or large mugs and a copy of Santa's Soup recipe.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 310
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, 2 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 570mg; 570%;
Total Carbohydrate: 43g; 43%
(Dietary Fiber 12g 12% Sugars 5g 5% ),
Protein: 19g; 19%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 80%;
Vitamin C: 6%;
Calcium: 10%;
Iron: 25%;

Exchanges:

3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/17/2010 12:25:39 PM REPORT ABUSE KatLady313 said:

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Made the recipe using Turkey-Ham and gave it already made. I can't cook without a recipe -- this turned out delicious!

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Posted 12/7/2010 7:24:02 PM REPORT ABUSE blsams55 said:

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just click on photo of soup and recipe will come up. There is more to add with the water.

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Posted 11/9/2010 10:30:13 PM REPORT ABUSE tlb1630 said:

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Place contents of jar with 5 cups of water into pot. Heat to boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer gently for 2 hours until beans are tender. Stir occasionally. Each jar of soup mix will make approximately 6 - 8 generous servings.

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