Apple Carrot Soup - $1.58 a serving
Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-17 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 2 pantry staples excluded. 1 match is flagged for you to check rather than silently swapped. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.
| The recipe says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 pound lean pork, cut into chunksCHECK THIS | Kroger® Fresh Natural Pork Loin Boneless · 1 lb | $2.99 | 454 g | $2.99 | - |
| 4 medium apples, cored and quartered (with skin) | Kroger® Pink Lady® Apples – 3 Pound Bag · 3 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $3.99 | 4 | $2.11 | $1.88 |
| 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks | Carrots · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.69 | 4 | $0.89 | $0.80 |
| 4 slices ginger | Spice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · 7 oz | $3.99 | - | $3.99 | - |
apples drives this basket at $3.99, 32% of the total. The next biggest lines are fresh ginger ($3.99) and lean pork ($2.99). $2.67 of the basket - 21% - is package remainder: food you buy because stores sell packages and recipes call for amounts. It does not vanish, it sits in your kitchen for the next meal.
- Kroger® Pink Lady® Apples – 3 Pound Bag · about 641 g left, $1.88 of value
- Carrots · about 214 g left, $0.80 of value
Ginger and orange peel are the secret ingredients to this pork, apple, and carrot soup.
- 1 pound lean pork, cut into chunks
- 4 medium apples, cored and quartered (with skin)
- 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
- orange peel, dried (1 teaspoon, optional)
- 4 slices ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 20 cups water
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Healthy & Delicious: Simple Ways to Low Fat Chinese Cooking San Francisco Department of Public Health Chinatown Public Health Center), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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