Chicken Vegetable Soup with Kale - $7.77 a serving
Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 cup onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 80 g | $0.21 | $0.98 |
| 1/2 cup carrots, chopped | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 65 g | $0.24 | $1.45 |
| 1 teaspoon thyme, dried | Private Selection® Thyme Leaves Shaker · 0.68 oz | $3.49 | 1 g | $0.18 | $3.31 |
| 2 garlic cloves, minced | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 2 | $1.00 | $1.49 |
| 2 cups water (or low-sodium chicken broth) | Swanson® 33% Less Sodium Chicken Broth · 14.5 ozx2 | $1.49 | 480 ml | $1.74 | $1.24 |
| 3/4 cup tomatoes, diced | Kroger Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz | $1.00 | 180 g | $0.44 | $0.56 |
| 1 cup chicken, cooked, skinned and cubedCHECK THIS | Private Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · 32 oz | $7.99 | 140 g | $1.23 | $6.76 |
| 1/2 cup brown rice, cooked (or white rice) | Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 oz | $0.99 | 95 g | $0.21 | $0.78 |
| 1 cup kale, chopped (about one large leaf) | Kale Lettuce Bunch · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.49 | 20 g | $1.49 | - |
cooked chicken breast drives this basket at $7.99, 34% of the total. The next biggest lines are dried thyme ($3.49) and low-sodium chicken broth ($2.98). $16.57 of the basket - 71% - 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.
- Private Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · about 767 g left, $6.76 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 3 left, $1.49 of value
- Carrots · about 389 g left, $1.45 of value
- Swanson® 33% Less Sodium Chicken Broth · about 342 ml left, $1.24 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 374 g left, $0.98 of value
- Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · about 359 g left, $0.78 of value
Kale and carrots add lots of vitamin A to this hearty soup. It is a great recipe for using the beautiful kale from the farmers market.
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil (or cooking oil of choice)
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 teaspoon thyme, dried
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups water (or low-sodium chicken broth)
- 3/4 cup tomatoes, diced
- 1 cup chicken, cooked, skinned and cubed
- 1/2 cup brown rice, cooked (or white rice)
- 1 cup kale, chopped (about one large leaf)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Washington State University The Washington Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Puyallup Research and Extension Center), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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