Early Garden Pea Soup - $2.35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/4 cup onion (sliced) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 120 g | $0.31 | $0.88 |
| 1 clove garlic (chopped) | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 1 | $0.50 | $1.99 |
| 1 tablespoon margarineCHECK THIS | Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz | $1.39 | 14 g | $0.04 | $1.35 |
| 2 cans low-sodium peas (about 15 ounces each) | Kroger Garden Variety No Salt Sweet Peas - 8.5oz can · 8.5 ozx4 | $0.69 | 850 g | $2.43 | $0.33 |
| 1 cup low-fat milk | Simple Truth Organic® 1% Lowfat Milk Half Gallon · 1/2 gal | $4.69 | 240 ml | $0.59 | $4.10 |
| 1/2 cup reduced fat, low-sodium chicken broth | Kroger® 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth · 32 oz | $1.59 | 120 ml | $0.21 | $1.38 |
low-fat milk drives this basket at $4.69, 33% of the total. The next biggest lines are canned peas ($2.76) and garlic ($2.49). $10.02 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.
- Simple Truth Organic® 1% Lowfat Milk Half Gallon · about 1653 ml left, $4.10 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 4 left, $1.99 of value
- Kroger® 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth · about 787 ml left, $1.38 of value
- Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · about 440 g left, $1.35 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 334 g left, $0.88 of value
- Kroger Garden Variety No Salt Sweet Peas - 8.5oz can · about 114 g left, $0.33 of value
Canned green peas can be served in salads, or heated in soups and main dishes. Low-sodium canned peas are used to make this Early Garden Pea Soup.
- 3/4 cup onion (sliced)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 2 cans low-sodium peas (about 15 ounces each)
- 1 cup low-fat milk
- 1/2 cup reduced fat, low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley (if you like)
- A dash of pepper (dash=1/16 of a teaspoon)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from Delmonte.com.), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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