Onion Soup Mix and A Couple Reuse Tricks

Before I jump into the recipe for my homemade Onion Soup Mix, did you know a Parmesan Cheese lid will fit onto a regular size canning jar?  This is how I store my onion soup mix.

 

 

How handy is that?  Makes me feel good, too, that even though I can't recycle the lid like I do the canister, I can reuse it so it stays out of the landfill, too.

Back to the recipe.  I use this to make dips and to season several beef dishes like Beef 'n Noodles and Roast Beef.  If you ask me, I think it tastes identical to the packages you buy in the store.

 

Onion Soup Mix

 

1/3 cup powdered beef broth base

3/4 cup dried minced onion

4 tsp onion powder

1/4 tsp crushed celery seed

1/4 tsp sugar

 

Mix together and store in an air tight container.  2 tablespoons of the mix equals 1 envelope of the store bought version.  This recipe is equivalent to about 10 envelopes.

 

Here's another way to reuse a canning jar. 

 

 

 

 

A standard salt box lid will fit onto a wide mouth canning jar.  It takes a little trimming, but it totally works.  I keep my bulk yeast in this jar.  The flip top makes it really easy to measure out what I need.

 

I love finding new ways to use old things.  What other ways do you reuse canning jars? 

 

 

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