Turkey Roast and Rice Soup - $3.60 a serving

Makes 8 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$28.79
basket total, in-store
$3.60
per serving (8 servings)
-$1.02
cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner

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). 2 pantry staples excluded. 3 matches are 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
5 ounces thawed turkey roast (about 1 cup, chopped)CHECK THISOscar Mayer Carving Board Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Thick Sliced Lunchmeat · 7.5 oz$4.49142 g$3.00$1.49
4 celery stalks (chopped)Sleeved Celery · 1 ctx4$2.594$10.36-
4 carrots (peeled and sliced)Carrots · 1 lb$1.694$0.89$0.80
1 onion (chopped)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.191$0.29$0.90
1 chicken bouillon cubeCHECK THISBetter Than Bouillon™ Reduced Sodium Roasted Chicken Base · 8 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMEDSUBSTITUTE$5.991$5.99-
1 tablespoon margarineCHECK THISBlue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz$1.3914 g$0.04$1.35
1 cup rice (uncooked)Kroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · 32 oz$1.79200 g$0.39$1.40
1 can low-sodium green beans (drained, about 15 ounces)Del Monte Reduced Sodium Cut Green Beans · 14.5 oz$1.89425 g$1.89-

celery drives this basket at $10.36, 36% of the total. The next biggest lines are chicken bouillon cube ($5.99) and turkey roast ($4.49). $5.93 of the basket - 21% - 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.

Make a hearty soup by adding lean, chopped turkey roast. You may also serve turkey roasts with steamed vegetables or side salad and potatoes or rice to make a complete meal.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Source: Recipe adapted from Commodity Supplemental Food Program Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Source: Recipe adapted from Commodity Supplemental Food Program Cookbook. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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