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You layer robust sun-dried tomatoes, dned mushiooms, penne pasta and spices. The appreciative recipients add an aiomatic Bouquet Garni, canned cannelhm beans and vegetable broth While the soup smnneis, they stn up a batch of homemade Butteinnlk Biscuits with the mix that you provide Think about an elegant showei collection tor a friend who loves to pampci herself. Line an ice bucket with an exquisite embroidered tea towel. Fill it to overflowing with jars of homemade Lavender Champagne Jelly and Citron Scone Mix. Embellish with lavender sachet 01 Flower Blossom Tea bags tied with a satin ribbon Remember that gift baskets aien’t just tor the women m youi life. Got a chili loving brother? Pack a handy tool tote with base fixings toi a quick, heaity meal he can put togethei himselt, including a big jai of Four Bean Chon/o Chili Mix and homemade Sour Cieam Corn Bread Mix. Halt the tun of making a gift basket is creating a knockout presentation. Colorful dry mixes shine through decorative jam and jelly jars. And standaid home canning jars are the perfect size tor soups and salsas. Textures like linen, satin, flannel and netting beg to be touched Adorn a single jar or tuck sevei al in a clever cachet pot, garden tug or wicker keepsake box Spare no panache as you hand-write instructions tor completing each mix based tecipe Include leave-behmds like a decorative spreadei, fresh-cut tloweis, a chunky soup mug or a small memory book marking the celebiatoiy occasion Think “personal,” “delicious,” “homemade” and “unexpected” and you’ll be part of a savvy new gift-giving tradition, too 1 Four Bean Chorizo Chili Mix 1/4 cup dried white beans 1/4 cup dried kidney beans S/2 tup dt ted pinto beans 1/2 cup dried black beans 4 to 6 dried jalapeno peppers Corn husk garni (see recipe) 1 aver mix ingredients into a eju irt home canning jar in tile Older given \djust eip Prepale eoi n husk gum Att ich corn husk girni md recipe card to jar 1 quart Four Bean Clwnzo Chili Mix V cups finely diced onion 1/2 pound chonzo 2 tablespoons canola oil I pound plum tomatoes, diced 1 (14 ‘I ounce) can tomato puree 2 cups water or cooking liquid from beans I lime, optional Corn husk garni Salt (. ook be ms separatelv in vvatei to eovei b> I 1 inches until ilmost tendei Drun, icse iv mg cooking liquids tor soup, except from black beans it desired Remove c ising from suisage crumble sausage ( i ush dried jalapeno peppets Saute sausige crushed peppeis and onion in oil until cooked through , Raise heat to medium high md continue cooking until ingiedieiits become riehlv brown but not binned Dnm siusige md onion on i pipet towel Combine ill ingiedieiits m i luge stockpol Simmei soup Is minutes Season to taste with sill ( ontmue simmering IS minutes Remove corn husk gum Note lj then is not atom'll lujiud m soup add additional wala oi Looking lujind bom beans 3 thin coin husks 4 clcncsgarhc, impeded 6 to 8 sprigs dried oregano, broken (Mexican if a\ailabh ) I tablespoon black peppercorns [ iver 2 corn husk together turning b isc ends in opposite direction Peat lemaming coi n husk into thin sti ips lengthwise Place garlic oregino md peppeicot ns m ceiuei ot lavered corn husks f old tong sides toward center then t»img ends togcllui forming a packet lit ends securely with strips of eoin husk Sour Cream Corn Bread Mix /'. t ups one gtound conumal 1/4 tup flour 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons baking ponder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons toasted cumin seeds, ground Combine eomme il flour, sugar baking powder baking sod i md silt I ightlv loist eumm seeds in o\eii at 1 Cool Ciiind toasted eirrmn seeds with mort u md pestle or in food processor Stir ground e Limm seeds into tlom mixture Pack into pint home canning tar Adjust eip Attaeh itupe eaid to | u 1 pint fat Sout Cream Coin Bread Mix 2 Inrgi i 2/1 cup milk / iup sout iicam 2 tablespoon unsalttd buttu, melted ( ombine eggs md milk hghtb belting with i whisk oi (oik Add solii ere im md butte t lightb ’ beating until well blended Stir in eoi n bread mix just until di \ ingredients are moistened Bake in Vv ,f Corn Husk Garni .1$ 7' M
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