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100 Easy Recipes in Jars
The most innovative way to give gifts from your kitchen. 100 Easy Recipes In Jars is a collection of easy to make, delicious jar recipes that will make a big dent in your holiday gift giving list.
100 Easy Recipes In Jars includes recipes for cookies, beverages, bars and snacks. There is also a tasty assortment of muffins, breads and hearty soups that everyone will enjoy.
The recipes use simple ingredients to create a homemade meal or snack that’s as easy to use as a store-bought mix. You do the hard part, while the recipient sits back and enjoys.
As an added bonus, readers have access to more than 2000 online labels and recipe cards to decorate and personalize their handcrafted gift. These handsome, professionally designed templates can be used to add a personal touch and create a one of a kind gift that will be the highlight of any occasion.
100 Easy Recipes In Jars includes recipes for cookies, beverages, bars and snacks. There is also a tasty assortment of muffins, breads and hearty soups that everyone will enjoy.
The recipes use simple ingredients to create a homemade meal or snack that’s as easy to use as a store-bought mix. You do the hard part, while the recipient sits back and enjoys.
As an added bonus, readers have access to more than 2000 online labels and recipe cards to decorate and personalize their handcrafted gift. These handsome, professionally designed templates can be used to add a personal touch and create a one of a kind gift that will be the highlight of any occasion.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 9, 2012
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About the author
Bonnie Scott
55 books14 followersBonnie Scott is the author of dozens of cookbooks, including the Bestselling "In Jars" series, and "Cookie Indulgence". She is an independent web designer and freelance writer for numerous websites. Her latest publications are "Chocolate Bliss: 150 Easy Chocolate Recipes" and "A Taste of Italy: Authentic Italian Recipes". She has degrees in Journalism and Computer Information Systems. Bonnie lives with her husband in Amarillo, TX.
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November 11, 2023
If you’re looking for DIY gifts for friends, families and your kids’ teachers, 100 Easy Recipes in Jars is a perfect book for you. It even has free labels for your gifts of cookie mix, bread mixes, etc., that you prepare in your kitchen.
However, I have been using these jar recipe cookbooks to prepare weeknight meals for a husband and children who are clueless in the kitchen. When I’m working late or simply exhausted, they can take a mason jar I’ve filled with the dry ingredients and just add water, broth and maybe an item or two. It’s not the same as freshly prepared dinner, but it’s cheaper and healthier than take-out. I was able to find three recipes I could use, and one was for pineapple bread, which I will not even both to put in a mason jar ahead of time.
If you’re like me, you’ll be happier with Mason Jar Cookbook: 60 Super #Delish Mason Jar Recipes & Seasoning Mixes. Even better, it’s also free on Kindle Unlimited.
However, I have been using these jar recipe cookbooks to prepare weeknight meals for a husband and children who are clueless in the kitchen. When I’m working late or simply exhausted, they can take a mason jar I’ve filled with the dry ingredients and just add water, broth and maybe an item or two. It’s not the same as freshly prepared dinner, but it’s cheaper and healthier than take-out. I was able to find three recipes I could use, and one was for pineapple bread, which I will not even both to put in a mason jar ahead of time.
If you’re like me, you’ll be happier with Mason Jar Cookbook: 60 Super #Delish Mason Jar Recipes & Seasoning Mixes. Even better, it’s also free on Kindle Unlimited.
February 15, 2020
With author Bonnie Scott, you always win. Her recipes are basic with a twist, directions are simple and result always tasty. She writes LOTS of types of recipes, but has extensive choices in recipes in jars, for gift giving, etc. I like to keep a couple in the pantry for an unexpected gift or a quick fix when I need a chocolate infusion. I have yet to have one just sitting around when I need a quick gift, however. I found three in this book that I had never seen or thought to want before. And those new, must-have kitchen appliances - like the instant pot, or air fryer - adapt to these instructions well.
Received Feb 2, 2020
Reviewed February 15, 2020, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, and BookBub. Not available for review at Kobo or GooglePlay.
Received Feb 2, 2020
Reviewed February 15, 2020, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, and BookBub. Not available for review at Kobo or GooglePlay.
April 29, 2024
100 Easy Recipes In Jars by Bonnie Scott. These aren’t your typical types of recipes, where you make them yourself (though you can, if you want). The expectation is that you prepare a jar of ingredients for someone (putting in things like flour, sugar, baking soda, etc), and they use this to create the item for themselves, depending on the recipe you are preparing for them. They (the recipient(s)) will need to add their own ingredients (such as eggs, margarine, etc) to a lot of these recipes, and prepare it as written on a recipe card that you need to include with the jar. The recipe chapters are “Cookies”, “Popcorn Seasoning”, “Coffee, Tea, Cocoa”, “Soups”, “Chili”, Nuts & Snacks”, “Muffins”, “Bars”, and “Breads”. The author has sometimes included images of the jars they’ve prepared using these recipes. However, there are not always photographs of what the final produced recipe will look like.
In the beginning of the book, there are several chapters dedicated to things like ideas about decorating the jars, ideas for who to give them to, and how to fill them (along with images on how to use a funnel and to pack the stuff like flour with a bean masher). I think it was a pretty well thought out few chapters on things. And I appreciate that the author took the time to show us how to do it. Also, one thing I did appreciate is that the author listed the size of the jar needed.
Though, one thing I noticed is that the cookies chapter lists that the recipes will often make 24 cookies, and some say “Makes 3 dozen”. I noticed at least one said it would make 4 dozen. However, looking over the ingredients lists in such recipes… I just don’t think they will make that many. And, if they were to make such an amount, many of these cookies would have to be really, really small. At most, I think some of these recipes would make only one dozen. In a lot of later recipes, it doesn’t say how many servings it will make. Such as in the soups and chili recipes. So it might be difficult for recipients (or even you) to know how people many each jar will feed.
I feel like there sometimes aren’t enough explanations in the directions for the recipient to make the recipes just with the recipe card. I’ll use the “Chocolate Cherry Cookie Mix” as an example. It expects the recipient to “Melt the remainder of the chocolate chips in the microwave…” But doesn’t list a temperature setting or time to cook them. Which is problematic because, some beginner cooks/ bakers aren’t completely familiar with the use of microwaves, and might not know how to properly do such a step, without looking it up in a recipe somewhere first. So, it means that a recipient of this might need to use a resource, apart from this recipe card, in order to find out how to do something like that. I use this example specifically because chocolate melting using the microwave can be something people easily mess up, if they are unaware of how to do it. And it could lead to that portion of the recipe being ruined by them putting in the wrong time or temperature on the microwave. The “Soups” section has multiple instances of the recipient needing to use precooked items; meats like cooked chicken and ham. But it doesn’t give the recipient any instructions on how to cook them, how the items need to be cooked (baked, fried, etc?), etc. For the chicken one, it doesn’t even say how much the recipient would be expected to use. Sometimes the author expects elements to be cooked (usually by the recipient), but doesn’t include temperatures. Like the “Santa’s Spiced Walnuts” recipe simply says to “Bring to a boil and cook until mixture thickens.” But it doesn’t say what temperature.
A thought I had about some of the recipes is that they’re written kind of strangely, and the idea of them is kind of not well thought through. So I’ll talk about the “Santa’s M&M Cookie Mix” as an example. The top layer in the jar is meant to be the M&Ms. However, the recipe that is given to the recipient says that they need to halve the M&Ms and save that half for later. Which I think is pretty weird, considering that they will need to scoop out a handful of these, rather than just dumping all the ingredients in a bowl and mixing them. Another recipe that sort of does this is the “Chocolate Cherry Cookie Mix”. So it says to have a “Small jar of maraschino cherries (about 24)” that you are to give this recipient alongside the main jar. But I noticed that it doesn’t even say an exact size amount (ounces or grams) that this small jar needs to be; which is an issue because these types of things can come in all sorts of different sizes, and I wouldn’t know how many cherries is in these types of things. Anyway, the recipient is then to take the chocolate chips out of the jar, then put them in the middle of each cherry, which then go in the cookie. So, again, this recipient needs to scoop out ingredients from this jar. Which doesn’t make sense to have them in the jar in the first place. And the “Magical Caramel Cookie Mix” has us include prepackaged candies in the jar, which the recipient would need to remove from the jar and unwrap the candy from its packaging… Honestly, for several of these recipes, I feel like them being in a jar is not a good idea. If they need to separate these ingredients, it feels like these ingredients shouldn’t be together in the jar at all. If anything, keep the ingredients (like the M&Ms or chocolate chips I’ve used as examples, or any other relevant ingredient) separate; so the recipient doesn’t need to dig around in the jar.
Also, similarly, the “Chocolate Dreams Cookie Mix” includes “1 package brownie mix (19.8 ounces)). Why can’t the author give us the list of ingredients needed to make such a mixture ourselves? If we’re giving the recipient a jar with a premade pack of brownie mix, I feel like it would be simpler to just give them the box of brownie mix and tell them to make it themselves. Because it’s basically like taking someone else’s work (the company who made that brownie mix), and trying to claim it as your own effort. That wasn’t the only instance of such a thing in the book; the “Coffee, Tea, Cocoa” section included multiple recipes where you are expected to use premade storebought products like drink mixes, there’s a chili recipe where the recipient needs to use “1 can of soup” (the author doesn’t even say how big of a can is needed). The “Ranch Oyster Crackers” uses a premade pack of crackers, and then a premade salad dressing mix. There are so many places where the author has not included enough information to properly prepare recipes ourselves, or for the recipient to do it themselves. By not giving us an adequate recipe, instead expecting us to use premade storebought items, they have limited the amounts of recipes people can do properly. A lot of these brand name things, and other products used, are ones I can’t get in my local stores. Instead, the author ought to have given us a complete recipe, on how to make it ourselves, or so that the recipient can make it themselves. One of the most confusing ones is the “Raisin Carrot Bar Mix” where you tip “1 package carrot cake mix” into a jar, with a couple of extra ingredients, and the recipient is basically making a carrot cake with it.
One recommendation I will make is to please be careful with things like food allergies and intolerances. People can have allergies to really common things like peanuts, fruits, etc. And some people can be intolerant of lactose (which can be found in milk) or gluten, which are both pretty common food items. If you are aware of an allergy or intolerance a recipient has to food items, please make sure to choose a recipe that does not include such food items. And, if you are unaware of such things, it’s probably best to ask them, just in case. Especially because some food allergies can be literally life threatening. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Even if it ruins any “surprise” you had planned with this gift. And the same if they have a specific diet that they are on. As an example, since some people avoid animal products (for vegetarian and vegan diets), it can be appropriate to avoid the recipes that contain animal products, if you know they would not want to make that recipe. Celiac/ coeliac disease is another example; which can be a very serious medical condition. So, again, if you don’t know about any dietary needs, just ask the recipient before preparing a jar for them. And try to be really clear, when giving a jar like this to anyone, about what ingredients are in the jar, and what they would be expected to add to it to make the recipe.
I mentioned the photographs a little earlier in the review. Sometimes there will be images of what the jars look like when they have been prepared, sometimes there will be images of the final product, and sometimes there can be both. However, I noticed (on at least one occasion) that ingredients in the final product don’t necessarily match up to the ones listed; so it can be a little bit misleading. As an example, the “Gingerbread Cookie Mix”, the image has little candies used as buttons for the gingerbread people. However, there’s nowhere in the recipe that includes candy. So I presume that the author just expects the recipients to have these candies ready, without mentioning them at all in the recipe. The same for the “Santa’s Sugar Cookie Mix”. The final cookie product pictured has all sorts of coloured icing on top, sprinkles and little candies. However, the recipe doesn’t even mention any icing of any sort, it doesn’t mention any candies or decorating at all. So how is the recipient meant to decorate these cookies to look like the final product, if none of those required items are even mentioned in the recipe or ingredients listings?
Let’s quickly talk about ingredient availability and whether you need to substitute anything. A lot of the ingredients are fairly common; things like flours, sugars, etc. However, there are definitely some things that not everyone can get. I mentioned earlier, when I was talking about the brand name prepackaged storebought stuff, that I wouldn’t be able to get a bunch of those ingredients. So just be aware, when you’re picking recipes that you’d like to make, that you and/ or the recipient of this gift might not be able to get all the ingredients, in some cases. Not just because of availability, but also because sometimes they might not be able to afford them. Looking through some of the ingredients recipients would need to use to fulfil the recipes, some of them are kind of expensive. One of them was premade cream cheese frosting, and the only one available for my local supermarket is $6.50 for 400g, which is pretty expensive. Another was molasses, which is $5.10 for one jar at my local supermarket. So… Yeah… Try and be considerate of the people you’re gifting these jars to, please. Some might not want to spare the cost to make them.
Otherwise, I often try to consider whether recipes in cookbooks would be good for beginners. In this case… My answer to that question is “yes and no…” I feel like many of these recipes would be a good introduction to cooking for some people, and it can be like a mini cooking adventure for some, who might not want to dig through recipe books for too long. Though, with this book, I feel like there are a bunch of flaws which might make some of the recipes difficult for some people. Such as missing details; cooking temperatures not being included, and no instructions on how to do certain things, etc.
Overall, I kind of like the idea of the book, and it’s a book that I want to enjoy. But the execution of the book definitely needs improvement. Mainly because some of these recipes do not suit being given as gifts in this manner, and the recipes for such examples (that I’ve listed above) ought to be rewritten to make it more suitable for the people making them. Like my remarks about us including items (like the chocolates) in the jar, only for the recipient to need to dig it out again; the author should just have us keep that bit separate in the first place. And there are other issues, like with the author including premade (premade cake/ brownie mixes, premade drinks mixes, a can of soup, etc) storebought items, rather than giving us the information so we can make those bits ourselves. Other than that… I think it’s an okay book. But, in its current form, I think it could definitely use some improvements.
In the beginning of the book, there are several chapters dedicated to things like ideas about decorating the jars, ideas for who to give them to, and how to fill them (along with images on how to use a funnel and to pack the stuff like flour with a bean masher). I think it was a pretty well thought out few chapters on things. And I appreciate that the author took the time to show us how to do it. Also, one thing I did appreciate is that the author listed the size of the jar needed.
Though, one thing I noticed is that the cookies chapter lists that the recipes will often make 24 cookies, and some say “Makes 3 dozen”. I noticed at least one said it would make 4 dozen. However, looking over the ingredients lists in such recipes… I just don’t think they will make that many. And, if they were to make such an amount, many of these cookies would have to be really, really small. At most, I think some of these recipes would make only one dozen. In a lot of later recipes, it doesn’t say how many servings it will make. Such as in the soups and chili recipes. So it might be difficult for recipients (or even you) to know how people many each jar will feed.
I feel like there sometimes aren’t enough explanations in the directions for the recipient to make the recipes just with the recipe card. I’ll use the “Chocolate Cherry Cookie Mix” as an example. It expects the recipient to “Melt the remainder of the chocolate chips in the microwave…” But doesn’t list a temperature setting or time to cook them. Which is problematic because, some beginner cooks/ bakers aren’t completely familiar with the use of microwaves, and might not know how to properly do such a step, without looking it up in a recipe somewhere first. So, it means that a recipient of this might need to use a resource, apart from this recipe card, in order to find out how to do something like that. I use this example specifically because chocolate melting using the microwave can be something people easily mess up, if they are unaware of how to do it. And it could lead to that portion of the recipe being ruined by them putting in the wrong time or temperature on the microwave. The “Soups” section has multiple instances of the recipient needing to use precooked items; meats like cooked chicken and ham. But it doesn’t give the recipient any instructions on how to cook them, how the items need to be cooked (baked, fried, etc?), etc. For the chicken one, it doesn’t even say how much the recipient would be expected to use. Sometimes the author expects elements to be cooked (usually by the recipient), but doesn’t include temperatures. Like the “Santa’s Spiced Walnuts” recipe simply says to “Bring to a boil and cook until mixture thickens.” But it doesn’t say what temperature.
A thought I had about some of the recipes is that they’re written kind of strangely, and the idea of them is kind of not well thought through. So I’ll talk about the “Santa’s M&M Cookie Mix” as an example. The top layer in the jar is meant to be the M&Ms. However, the recipe that is given to the recipient says that they need to halve the M&Ms and save that half for later. Which I think is pretty weird, considering that they will need to scoop out a handful of these, rather than just dumping all the ingredients in a bowl and mixing them. Another recipe that sort of does this is the “Chocolate Cherry Cookie Mix”. So it says to have a “Small jar of maraschino cherries (about 24)” that you are to give this recipient alongside the main jar. But I noticed that it doesn’t even say an exact size amount (ounces or grams) that this small jar needs to be; which is an issue because these types of things can come in all sorts of different sizes, and I wouldn’t know how many cherries is in these types of things. Anyway, the recipient is then to take the chocolate chips out of the jar, then put them in the middle of each cherry, which then go in the cookie. So, again, this recipient needs to scoop out ingredients from this jar. Which doesn’t make sense to have them in the jar in the first place. And the “Magical Caramel Cookie Mix” has us include prepackaged candies in the jar, which the recipient would need to remove from the jar and unwrap the candy from its packaging… Honestly, for several of these recipes, I feel like them being in a jar is not a good idea. If they need to separate these ingredients, it feels like these ingredients shouldn’t be together in the jar at all. If anything, keep the ingredients (like the M&Ms or chocolate chips I’ve used as examples, or any other relevant ingredient) separate; so the recipient doesn’t need to dig around in the jar.
Also, similarly, the “Chocolate Dreams Cookie Mix” includes “1 package brownie mix (19.8 ounces)). Why can’t the author give us the list of ingredients needed to make such a mixture ourselves? If we’re giving the recipient a jar with a premade pack of brownie mix, I feel like it would be simpler to just give them the box of brownie mix and tell them to make it themselves. Because it’s basically like taking someone else’s work (the company who made that brownie mix), and trying to claim it as your own effort. That wasn’t the only instance of such a thing in the book; the “Coffee, Tea, Cocoa” section included multiple recipes where you are expected to use premade storebought products like drink mixes, there’s a chili recipe where the recipient needs to use “1 can of soup” (the author doesn’t even say how big of a can is needed). The “Ranch Oyster Crackers” uses a premade pack of crackers, and then a premade salad dressing mix. There are so many places where the author has not included enough information to properly prepare recipes ourselves, or for the recipient to do it themselves. By not giving us an adequate recipe, instead expecting us to use premade storebought items, they have limited the amounts of recipes people can do properly. A lot of these brand name things, and other products used, are ones I can’t get in my local stores. Instead, the author ought to have given us a complete recipe, on how to make it ourselves, or so that the recipient can make it themselves. One of the most confusing ones is the “Raisin Carrot Bar Mix” where you tip “1 package carrot cake mix” into a jar, with a couple of extra ingredients, and the recipient is basically making a carrot cake with it.
One recommendation I will make is to please be careful with things like food allergies and intolerances. People can have allergies to really common things like peanuts, fruits, etc. And some people can be intolerant of lactose (which can be found in milk) or gluten, which are both pretty common food items. If you are aware of an allergy or intolerance a recipient has to food items, please make sure to choose a recipe that does not include such food items. And, if you are unaware of such things, it’s probably best to ask them, just in case. Especially because some food allergies can be literally life threatening. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Even if it ruins any “surprise” you had planned with this gift. And the same if they have a specific diet that they are on. As an example, since some people avoid animal products (for vegetarian and vegan diets), it can be appropriate to avoid the recipes that contain animal products, if you know they would not want to make that recipe. Celiac/ coeliac disease is another example; which can be a very serious medical condition. So, again, if you don’t know about any dietary needs, just ask the recipient before preparing a jar for them. And try to be really clear, when giving a jar like this to anyone, about what ingredients are in the jar, and what they would be expected to add to it to make the recipe.
I mentioned the photographs a little earlier in the review. Sometimes there will be images of what the jars look like when they have been prepared, sometimes there will be images of the final product, and sometimes there can be both. However, I noticed (on at least one occasion) that ingredients in the final product don’t necessarily match up to the ones listed; so it can be a little bit misleading. As an example, the “Gingerbread Cookie Mix”, the image has little candies used as buttons for the gingerbread people. However, there’s nowhere in the recipe that includes candy. So I presume that the author just expects the recipients to have these candies ready, without mentioning them at all in the recipe. The same for the “Santa’s Sugar Cookie Mix”. The final cookie product pictured has all sorts of coloured icing on top, sprinkles and little candies. However, the recipe doesn’t even mention any icing of any sort, it doesn’t mention any candies or decorating at all. So how is the recipient meant to decorate these cookies to look like the final product, if none of those required items are even mentioned in the recipe or ingredients listings?
Let’s quickly talk about ingredient availability and whether you need to substitute anything. A lot of the ingredients are fairly common; things like flours, sugars, etc. However, there are definitely some things that not everyone can get. I mentioned earlier, when I was talking about the brand name prepackaged storebought stuff, that I wouldn’t be able to get a bunch of those ingredients. So just be aware, when you’re picking recipes that you’d like to make, that you and/ or the recipient of this gift might not be able to get all the ingredients, in some cases. Not just because of availability, but also because sometimes they might not be able to afford them. Looking through some of the ingredients recipients would need to use to fulfil the recipes, some of them are kind of expensive. One of them was premade cream cheese frosting, and the only one available for my local supermarket is $6.50 for 400g, which is pretty expensive. Another was molasses, which is $5.10 for one jar at my local supermarket. So… Yeah… Try and be considerate of the people you’re gifting these jars to, please. Some might not want to spare the cost to make them.
Otherwise, I often try to consider whether recipes in cookbooks would be good for beginners. In this case… My answer to that question is “yes and no…” I feel like many of these recipes would be a good introduction to cooking for some people, and it can be like a mini cooking adventure for some, who might not want to dig through recipe books for too long. Though, with this book, I feel like there are a bunch of flaws which might make some of the recipes difficult for some people. Such as missing details; cooking temperatures not being included, and no instructions on how to do certain things, etc.
Overall, I kind of like the idea of the book, and it’s a book that I want to enjoy. But the execution of the book definitely needs improvement. Mainly because some of these recipes do not suit being given as gifts in this manner, and the recipes for such examples (that I’ve listed above) ought to be rewritten to make it more suitable for the people making them. Like my remarks about us including items (like the chocolates) in the jar, only for the recipient to need to dig it out again; the author should just have us keep that bit separate in the first place. And there are other issues, like with the author including premade (premade cake/ brownie mixes, premade drinks mixes, a can of soup, etc) storebought items, rather than giving us the information so we can make those bits ourselves. Other than that… I think it’s an okay book. But, in its current form, I think it could definitely use some improvements.
April 29, 2019
I am going through my many kindle cookbooks to winnow out those I will not be keeping. I am keeping this one for the wealth of information.
April 21, 2019
This book is full of great ideas and easy recipies. Good for us they come with recipe cards. As a bonus to this book there are over 2000 labels and recipe cards that can be downloaded. You put together these homemade gifts to give to family and friends. They can be Wedding favors or table decorations. They can also be welcome to the neighborhood gifts. Many more ideas in the book.
On the jars You can use ribbon, Rick rack. Leather, twine, fabric, or buttons. You can also take cookie cutters and add a recipie. You don't have to just use jars. You can use cardboard containers that kids can decorate. There are many more ideas in this book.
A few of the recipes are:
Popcorn Seasonings
Nuts and Snacks
Cookies
Muffins
Soups
There is a lot more in this book that you can make ahead of time. You will get a name as a gift giver extraordinaire.
I found this book on a website for free for an honest review.
On the jars You can use ribbon, Rick rack. Leather, twine, fabric, or buttons. You can also take cookie cutters and add a recipie. You don't have to just use jars. You can use cardboard containers that kids can decorate. There are many more ideas in this book.
A few of the recipes are:
Popcorn Seasonings
Nuts and Snacks
Cookies
Muffins
Soups
There is a lot more in this book that you can make ahead of time. You will get a name as a gift giver extraordinaire.
I found this book on a website for free for an honest review.
January 5, 2019
🏕⛺️🛶🛸👽 5 stars ✨
Title:
An early version of MREs. . . .
Say you wanted to have a good meal and didn t really have the time to get everything together, measure, mix, et cetera. This is one of the ways our ancestors lined up dinners that were essentially: grab off the shelf, use the contents to make either a dish of the meal. Or the complete meal.
With everything in a jar you could have “fresh” meals, desserts, salads, pretty much everything just waiting to be completed. These were also handy to have for excursions into the outside, or for natural emergencies or personal emergencies.
Live life,
John Shrek Walters
Title:
An early version of MREs. . . .
Say you wanted to have a good meal and didn t really have the time to get everything together, measure, mix, et cetera. This is one of the ways our ancestors lined up dinners that were essentially: grab off the shelf, use the contents to make either a dish of the meal. Or the complete meal.
With everything in a jar you could have “fresh” meals, desserts, salads, pretty much everything just waiting to be completed. These were also handy to have for excursions into the outside, or for natural emergencies or personal emergencies.
Live life,
John Shrek Walters
April 7, 2024
Easy to Make Great Gifts
If you’re short on money, time, or ideas for gifts, this is the book for you. It guides you through the process of making attractive, useful gifts.
Most of the people on my list don’t need extra stuff or money, but they’re busy.
I wanted to give thoughtful gifts that would make life a little easier for them. I made all of the soups & gave them a nice collection of each. I printed out the instructions to go with them. I received several compliments & gratitude for providing something nutritious that didn’t take too much time to make & was nutritious & tasty.
If you’re short on money, time, or ideas for gifts, this is the book for you. It guides you through the process of making attractive, useful gifts.
Most of the people on my list don’t need extra stuff or money, but they’re busy.
I wanted to give thoughtful gifts that would make life a little easier for them. I made all of the soups & gave them a nice collection of each. I printed out the instructions to go with them. I received several compliments & gratitude for providing something nutritious that didn’t take too much time to make & was nutritious & tasty.
August 4, 2017
Really Easy
Other reviewers commented on the fact that there are a lot of cookle mixes and fewer other mixes. The idea is for these to be gifts. I appreciate that the author gave the size jar everything fits, and the ideas and suggestions in the opening chapters are really helpful. I am going to . Costco to stock up on the ingredients and to BiMart for jars. Christmas is only 4 months away and I have a couple birthdays for some older friends who would enjoy the tea and coffee mixes.
Other reviewers commented on the fact that there are a lot of cookle mixes and fewer other mixes. The idea is for these to be gifts. I appreciate that the author gave the size jar everything fits, and the ideas and suggestions in the opening chapters are really helpful. I am going to . Costco to stock up on the ingredients and to BiMart for jars. Christmas is only 4 months away and I have a couple birthdays for some older friends who would enjoy the tea and coffee mixes.
March 19, 2021
Great gifts
This has a great variety of recipes. Soup, dessert, muffins. Very easy to put together and to fix. I love having these made up for days I need something easy. Since we've been on stay home orders I have also been giving as gifts. My elderly neighbors love that they can just add liquid and fresh ingredients and just cook so they don't have to do a lot of work for a good meal. The Noel Toffee cookies and Chicken and Rice soup are yummy. The Granola is great as is and also makes a great cereal with milk, hot or cold! These make really perfect gifts!
This has a great variety of recipes. Soup, dessert, muffins. Very easy to put together and to fix. I love having these made up for days I need something easy. Since we've been on stay home orders I have also been giving as gifts. My elderly neighbors love that they can just add liquid and fresh ingredients and just cook so they don't have to do a lot of work for a good meal. The Noel Toffee cookies and Chicken and Rice soup are yummy. The Granola is great as is and also makes a great cereal with milk, hot or cold! These make really perfect gifts!
March 19, 2022
100 EASY RECIPES IN JARS is an excellent publication. There are recipes for homemade gifts for friends and family. The author also includes labels and recipe cards that can be downloaded and affixed to your treats. Here are the categories: cookies and bars, muffins, nuts and snacks, popcorn seasonings, soups.
The directions are clear, aided by the images. There is no nutritional info. Finally, there is a photo of almost all of the treats offered in this book. The author also has suggestions for using these jars for fundraising. This is a keeper.
The directions are clear, aided by the images. There is no nutritional info. Finally, there is a photo of almost all of the treats offered in this book. The author also has suggestions for using these jars for fundraising. This is a keeper.
December 23, 2021
Pretty decent
This actually has some pretty decent recipes for jar gifts. I would have rated it higher had it had some sugar free options for diabetics or those on keto. I would actually make some of these recipes for my family for dinber, breakfast, and snacks. I absolutely love the energy bar recipe.
This actually has some pretty decent recipes for jar gifts. I would have rated it higher had it had some sugar free options for diabetics or those on keto. I would actually make some of these recipes for my family for dinber, breakfast, and snacks. I absolutely love the energy bar recipe.
September 23, 2024
Easy homemade gifts for friends, family, bazars and so much more. This little book is choke full of great recipes for jar gifting. Pretty in jars, but also great in other containers as well.
I really liked the recipes and the ideas even in the book. I plan to use many of them for this year's gifting.
I really liked the recipes and the ideas even in the book. I plan to use many of them for this year's gifting.
April 22, 2019
Great Use of Canning Jars
This book is a great idea for those who want to share great recipes with others. It is full of usable recipes that would be sure to pleasure those who receive these as gifts. I plan on using many of these in an upcoming event.
This book is a great idea for those who want to share great recipes with others. It is full of usable recipes that would be sure to pleasure those who receive these as gifts. I plan on using many of these in an upcoming event.
November 5, 2020
Great Recipes
The recipes are great. I have recommended this book and would again. Family and friends love homemade gifts and these recipes are fantastic when done up in the jars with that little bit of extra love.
The recipes are great. I have recommended this book and would again. Family and friends love homemade gifts and these recipes are fantastic when done up in the jars with that little bit of extra love.
February 13, 2021
Recipes
I love that not only are there recipes for the jar but it gives you detailed instructions on how to pack them with pictures. Lots of delicious of recipes with something for everyone.
I love that not only are there recipes for the jar but it gives you detailed instructions on how to pack them with pictures. Lots of delicious of recipes with something for everyone.
August 8, 2017
Great recipes
This book had easy simple go to great recipes! I would buy for sure I did! Its a great deal!
This book had easy simple go to great recipes! I would buy for sure I did! Its a great deal!
November 15, 2017
great recipes and great gift ideas
January 26, 2020
Ok
Some good recipes, some I don't think I'll ever try. Too many sweet recipes. Would probably recommend to a friend.
Some good recipes, some I don't think I'll ever try. Too many sweet recipes. Would probably recommend to a friend.
June 10, 2020
YUM!! She has easy delicious recipes. Something for everyone.
December 4, 2020
Something for everyone
I will be using many of these for Christmas gifts this year. There are recipes that will please many people.
I will be using many of these for Christmas gifts this year. There are recipes that will please many people.
December 7, 2020
On what fun!
Me Scott's book is delightful, easy to read and follow and appears to be fun to make. Also practical fun as you can give the jars as gifts. Enjoy!
Me Scott's book is delightful, easy to read and follow and appears to be fun to make. Also practical fun as you can give the jars as gifts. Enjoy!
December 5, 2021
Christmas jars
What a cool idea. Would be very unlikely to match their other gifts. Everyone uses food. Will have to try this.
What a cool idea. Would be very unlikely to match their other gifts. Everyone uses food. Will have to try this.
March 13, 2022
Great recipes
This are easy to make. I made some for my grandchildren and they loved them. I'm going to make some for gifts.
This are easy to make. I made some for my grandchildren and they loved them. I'm going to make some for gifts.
July 18, 2022
Its ok
Just not what i was looking, i was look for more like complete dried meals. This is more for lighter fair. But please take a look!
Just not what i was looking, i was look for more like complete dried meals. This is more for lighter fair. But please take a look!
November 26, 2022
Good reipes
This is a great book for recipes for gift giving. I would recommend it for anyone interested in homemade gifts.
This is a great book for recipes for gift giving. I would recommend it for anyone interested in homemade gifts.
January 5, 2023
Good ideas
August 26, 2023
Great ideas.
I will be gifting these this Christmas. The recipes are great. Family and friends will be pleased with these pretty gifts.
I will be gifting these this Christmas. The recipes are great. Family and friends will be pleased with these pretty gifts.
December 21, 2023
Very easy instructions to follow and recipes taste great.
June 18, 2024
definitely more for sweets than anything else. great for anyone with sweet tooths or gift givers.
January 22, 2013
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My opinion: I love when I get great cookbooks for free on Kindle. This was one of those cookbooks. The author laid out the recipes beautifully, as well as the preparation to be printed onto the bottles. To boot, she had some unusual recipes, particularly in the cookie section. Each recipe had a picture that was included, some with several steps so even the most novice baker can put them together. Second, she gave very specific directions, as well as tips/tidbits for constructing the jars so that they look very professional. I also loved the fact that there is a website for printing of labels and such. Everything about this book was well thought out. As someone who is no longer buying commercial gifts but giving homemade goodies, this fit in perfectly to my plans.
My opinion: I love when I get great cookbooks for free on Kindle. This was one of those cookbooks. The author laid out the recipes beautifully, as well as the preparation to be printed onto the bottles. To boot, she had some unusual recipes, particularly in the cookie section. Each recipe had a picture that was included, some with several steps so even the most novice baker can put them together. Second, she gave very specific directions, as well as tips/tidbits for constructing the jars so that they look very professional. I also loved the fact that there is a website for printing of labels and such. Everything about this book was well thought out. As someone who is no longer buying commercial gifts but giving homemade goodies, this fit in perfectly to my plans.
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