Beef & Vegetable Soup - $3.72 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). 1 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 ground beef | Pre® Grass Fed & Finished Ground Beef 92% Lean 8% Fat · 16 oz | $9.99 | 454 g | $9.99 | - |
| 1 medium onion, diced | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 2 cloves garlic, minced | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 2 | $1.00 | $1.49 |
| 1 can low sodium beef broth (14.5-ounce can) | Kroger® Fat Free Reduced Sodium Beef Broth · 32 oz | $1.59 | 430 ml | $0.75 | $0.84 |
| 1 can sliced carrots, drained (14.5-ounce can) | Kroger Sliced Carrots - 14.5oz can · 14.5 oz | $1.09 | 411 g | $1.09 | $0.00 |
| 1 can no salt added cut green beans (14.5-ounce can) | Kroger® No Salt Cut Canned Green Beans · 14.5 oz | $1.00 | 411 g | $1.00 | $0.00 |
| 1 can no salt added stewed tomatoes (14.5-ounce can) | Kroger Tomatoes Stewed Tomatoes · 14.5 oz | $1.00 | 411 g | $1.00 | $0.00 |
| 1 teaspoon dried basilCHECK THIS | Kroger® Basil Leaves Shaker · 0.43 oz | $1.99 | 2 g | $0.33 | $1.66 |
| 1 cup cooked egg noodles | Kroger® Wide Egg Noodles · 16 oz | $1.99 | 160 g | $0.70 | $1.29 |
lean ground beef drives this basket at $9.99, 45% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic ($2.49) and dried basil ($1.99). $6.18 of the basket - 28% - 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® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 3 left, $1.49 of value
- Kroger® Wide Egg Noodles · about 294 g left, $1.29 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value
- Kroger® Fat Free Reduced Sodium Beef Broth · about 477 ml left, $0.84 of value
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- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 can low sodium beef broth (14.5-ounce can)
- 1 can sliced carrots, drained (14.5-ounce can)
- 1 can no salt added cut green beans (14.5-ounce can)
- 1 can no salt added stewed tomatoes (14.5-ounce can)
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 cup cooked egg noodles
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Cans Get You Cooking), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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