Mushroom Barley Soup - $9.43 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). 2 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 onion (chopped) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 2 celery stalks (sliced thin) | Sleeved Celery · 1 ctx2 | $2.59 | 2 | $5.18 | - |
| 2 carrots (peeled and sliced thin) | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 2 | $0.45 | $1.24 |
| 1 cup potatoes (cut into pieces) | Kroger® Gold Potatoes · 5 lb | $7.49 | 200 g | $0.66 | $6.83 |
| 2 cups mushrooms (sliced) | Kroger® Sliced White Mushrooms BIG DEAL! · 24 oz | $6.00 | 150 g | $1.32 | $4.68 |
| 1/2 cup barley, quick cookingCHECK THIS | Quaker® Quick Pearled Barley · 11 oz | $3.29 | 95 g | $1.00 | $2.29 |
| 1 teaspoon garlic powder | Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz | $4.99 | 3 g | $0.06 | $4.93 |
| 1/2 teaspoon thyme (ground) | Kroger® Ground Thyme Shaker · 1.38 oz | $4.99 | 1 g | $0.13 | $4.86 |
| 3 cups chicken broth (low sodium) | Kroger® Less Sodium Fat Free Chicken Broth · 32 oz | $1.59 | 720 ml | $1.26 | $0.33 |
| 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped fresh) | Parsley - Italian · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.29 | 4 g | $1.29 | - |
potatoes drives this basket at $7.49, 20% of the total. The next biggest lines are mushrooms ($6.00) and celery ($5.18). $26.06 of the basket - 69% - 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 2068 g left, $6.83 of value
- Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · about 259 g left, $4.93 of value
- Kroger® Ground Thyme Shaker · about 38 g left, $4.86 of value
- Kroger® Sliced White Mushrooms BIG DEAL! · about 530 g left, $4.68 of value
- Quaker® Quick Pearled Barley · about 217 g left, $2.29 of value
- Carrots · about 334 g left, $1.24 of value
Prepare this hearty soup with vegetable broth if you desire it to be vegetarian or vegan.
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 celery stalks (sliced thin)
- 2 carrots (peeled and sliced thin)
- 1 cup potatoes (cut into pieces)
- 2 cups mushrooms (sliced)
- 1/2 cup barley, quick cooking
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme (ground)
- 3 cups chicken broth (low sodium)
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped fresh)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Cooking Demo II Food and Health Communications, Inc.), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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