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What can you put in a mason jar as a gift??

If you are looking for homemade gifts this year, then check out this mason jar gift idea I have for you! This one is a dry soup mix in a jar recipe for curried lentil soup – a delicious gift!

For this one, you need just a few dry ingredients to make a curried lentil soup mix, a mason jar, and the printed recipe card that I have already made for you! This is the perfect gift idea that is practical because it also fits the bill as food gift ideas! This also works great as a last-minute gift idea you can give to many friends, neighbors, or teachers! You will have 8 jars when you are done, which is an easy way to cross off 8 gifts off of your gift-giving list!

Ingredients needed for this holiday gift idea for Curried Lentil Soup Mix in Simple Mason Jars:

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1/2 cup green lentils

1 cup of rice

1/3 cup of red lentils

spice mix (*see recipe below)

pint sized cute mason jar

Curried Lentil Soup Mix Recipe Card – fill out the form below to get yours sent to your inbox! You can also use this as the gift tag!

Nessy Ladle

Twine

Fill out the form below to get your cute labels sent to your inbox! These make unique gifts great to give at Christmas time!

Spice Mix Recipe:

1/2 tsp. turmeric

3/4 tsp. cardamom

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground pepper

1/8 tsp. nutmeg

To Make 8 Jars of edible gifts (which is what I did):

4 tsp. turmeric

6 tsp. cardamom

2 tsp. cinnamon

2 tsp. ground pepper

1 tsp. nutmeg

(use 1 3/4 tsp. of spice mix per jar)

Instructions on how to make this diy Christmas gift:

1.  Take your clean and empty jars and start by filling them with 1/2 cup of green lentils. Then add 1 3/4 tsp of the spice mix.

2. Add a cup of rice to each jar and top off with 1/3 cup of red lentils.

3. Go ahead and cap your jar. Grap a hole punch and punch your recipe card. Get some twine and tie it around the diy mason jar project. The recipe card also serves as free printable tags you can use to label your special gift.

I think these Nessy Ladles (you can choose a different color) are such a cute idea as an addition to one of the best mason jar gift ideas. So I attached one of these as well to each soup mix to complete these diy mason jar gift ideas. Your friends will have to get a few more ingredients to complete the soup – onion, garlic, coconut milk and water. It only takes 45 minutes to cook on the stove top and takes about 5 minutes to prep. All of that information is spelled out on the free printable recipe card. Hopefully your friends will find this little gift

also a thoughtful gift. Food gifts like this are a favorite way Ito frugally show someone you care this holiday season. t’s inexpensive and you can make enough for 8 friends! If you are looking for what you can put in mason jars for Christmas, I hope you try out this idea! When you try the recipe, come back and let me know what you think!! Have other creative mason jar gift ideas? Share them with us in the comments!

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