Ground Beef Stew - $5.34 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). 3 pantry staples excluded. 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 pound ground beef, or ground turkey, or venison (lean) | Kroger® 85/15 Ground Beef Tray 1 LB · 1 lb | $8.99 | 227 g | $4.50 | $4.49 |
| 1 can tomato soup, condensed, low-sodium (10 1/2 ounces) | Campbell's® Condensed Heart Healthy Tomato Soup · 10.75 oz | $1.99 | 298 g | $1.95 | $0.04 |
| 6 medium carrots (diced or sliced) | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 6 | $1.34 | $0.35 |
| 2 medium potatoes (diced or sliced) | Kroger® Gold Potatoes · 5 lb | $7.49 | 2 | $1.39 | $6.10 |
| 1 cup onion (diced) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 160 g | $0.42 | $0.77 |
ground beef drives this basket at $8.99, 42% of the total. The next biggest lines are potatoes ($7.49) and condensed tomato soup ($1.99). $11.76 of the basket - 55% - 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® Gold Potatoes · about 1848 g left, $6.10 of value
- Kroger® 85/15 Ground Beef Tray 1 LB · about 227 g left, $4.49 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 294 g left, $0.77 of value
- Carrots · about 94 g left, $0.35 of value
Ground beef and canned tomato soup make a tasty base for the vegetables in this delicious and hearty stew.
- 1/2 pound ground beef, or ground turkey, or venison (lean)
- salt (optional, 1/8 teaspoon)
- black pepper (optional, 1/8 teaspoon)
- 1 can tomato soup, condensed, low-sodium (10 1/2 ounces)
- 10 1/2 us fluid ounces water (one soup can full)
- 6 medium carrots (diced or sliced)
- 2 medium potatoes (diced or sliced)
- 1 cup onion (diced)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simply Good Eating Recipe Cards, Vol. 1, 2000 University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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