I wanted to share my soup base recipe. This is dehydrated & stored in vacuum bags and not canned.

These amounts make 6-8 quart bags of soup mix. Just adapt the quantities above if you want to do larger amounts.

20 cups of 1/2 cubed carrots

30 cups 1/2 cubed potatoes

20 cups peas

2 cups diced celery

2 cups diced onion

2 cups diced Bell Pepper

Dehydrate above ingredients until throughly dehydrated and dried.

Depending on the size of your family, add above ingredients to either a quart, 1/2 gallon or gallon vacuum bag. The amounts given below are for a quart bag. Adjust for bag size keeping ratios.

Into each bag add

1 tsp salt (less or more if you prefer)

1/2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp dried parsley

1/4 cup sun-dried/dehydrated tomato chopped very fine

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp pepper

Vacuum and seal each bag label and date. The beauty of this is that it does not take up room in your freezer or pantry. I buy rubbermaid containers and store it in one of those.

To rehydrate: Add one quart bag of soup mix to 3 12oz cans of either chicken or Beef broth, 3 cups of water. Simmer until vegies are fully reconstituted. This is really great to throw in the crockpot and forgetaboutit on busy days.

I do a varieation on the above by adding pasta or instant rice to the bags as well.