Lentil Vegetable Soup - $1.89 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). 4 pantry staples excluded. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

celery drives this basket at $2.59, 23% of the total. The next biggest lines are bay leaf ($2.49) and dry lentils ($1.69). $6.23 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® Distilled White Vinegar · about 443 ml left, $1.30 of value
• Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 439 g left, $1.15 of value
• La Preferida® Lentils Dry Beans · about 264 g left, $0.98 of value
• Kroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · about 185 ml left, $0.44 of value

Enjoy this hearty vegetable and lentil soup -- packed with lentils, celery, onion, and tomato sauce -- on a cold winter's evening.

• 1 cup lentils (dry)
• 5 cups water
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon onion (finely chopped)
• 1 cup canned tomato sauce, low-sodium
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (or 1 garlic clove)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 celery stalk (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons vinegar

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe Collection University of Nebraska at Lincoln Nebraska Nutrition Education Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

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