Soup gift baskets? A new hot trend in gift giving
Soup gift baskets? A new hot trend in gift givingNo one needs to tell you that food costs are getting out of hand and that lots of people are having trouble making ends meet and putting food on the table. This is just one reason that food gift baskets are becoming more popular than ever before. In the gift basket genre of gifting, soup gift baskets are now a hot new trend.
Surely you know an elderly person, right in your own neighborhood, short on funds and perhaps unable to prepare nutritious meals for themselves. Many of these elderly people live alone and are short on visitors. Perhaps you have a friend or coworker who is recuperating from a lengthy hospital stay and just doesn't have the energy to get up and make a healthy meal. Unless someone steps up to the plate with some help in the food department, they may well just do without, unwilling to ask. You can be the person who makes all the difference with a soup gift basket!
The soup gift basket also makes an ideal gift for students, singles, empty nesters and also makes a thoughtful hostess gift. You can also organize a fund raising event, purchasing soup gift baskets online at discounted quantity prices, using the profits to fund a worthy cause. Churches, schools and other non-profit organizations do just that, with great success.
There are websites which specialize in soup gift baskets, offering an array of choices and combinations. Some even offer a 'build your own soup basket' option. You'll also find baskets which contain soup mixes, quick bread mixes, such as cornbread, as well as pasta salad mixes that make a complete, delicious and hearty meal.
There are also websites which have recipe pages, based on recipes for soups that are submitted by customers, which makes a nice addition to your soup gift basket package.
The soup mixes on offer surpass the old standards, like chicken noodle. Some of the more exotic examples include tortilla soup, Jambalaya, mushroom and wild rice, authentic bistro style French onion. Other gourmet soups, such as the famed Italian wedding soup, Spanish style gazpacho, crab bisque and asparagus with toasted almond, are there for the taking. You'll even find the ever popular alphabet soup mix, a hit with kids of all ages. (Don't you remember fiddling with your alphabet soup, writing your name with the noodles?)
These soup mixes are easy and quick to prepare, so you can see that almost anyone on your gift list will be pleased with your soup gift basket. After all, soup is comfort food at its best and simplest. These make a great gift for a favorite and busy teacher. Elderly folks and patients recovering from illness welcome this gift basket, which makes their life just a bit easier. No matter what the occasion,a soup gift basket is always a hit!
