Squash Soup - $4.19 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 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon olive oil | Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz | $8.49 | 15 ml | $0.25 | $8.24 |
| 2 onions (medium, chopped) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 2 | $0.58 | $0.61 |
| 2 carrots (medium, chopped) | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 2 | $0.45 | $1.24 |
| 2 garlic cloves (minced) | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 2 | $1.00 | $1.49 |
| 1 cup tomato puree (canned) | Kroger Tomato Puree · 28 oz | $1.89 | 240 ml | $0.57 | $1.32 |
| 5 cups chicken or vegetable broth, low-sodium | Kroger® Less Sodium Fat Free Chicken Broth · 32 ozx2 | $1.59 | 1200 ml | $2.10 | $1.08 |
| 4 cups winter squash (cooked)CHECK THIS | Butternut Squash · 1 lbx2 | $1.49 | 800 g | $2.63 | $0.35 |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons oregano (dried)CHECK THIS | Smart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz | $1.25 | 8 g | $0.56 | $0.69 |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons basil (dried)CHECK THIS | Kroger® Basil Leaves Shaker · 0.43 oz | $1.99 | 7 g | $1.14 | $0.85 |
olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 34% of the total. The next biggest lines are low sodium chicken broth ($3.18) and winter squash ($2.98). $15.87 of the basket - 63% - 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® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 3 left, $1.49 of value
- Kroger Tomato Puree · about 554 ml left, $1.32 of value
- Carrots · about 334 g left, $1.24 of value
- Kroger® Less Sodium Fat Free Chicken Broth · about 614 ml left, $1.08 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 234 g left, $0.61 of value
Try this delicious soup with acorn squash, pumpkin, butternut squash, crookneck, or a unique variety of winter squash that you grow in your garden or can fin...
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 onions (medium, chopped)
- 2 carrots (medium, chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 cup tomato puree (canned)
- 5 cups chicken or vegetable broth, low-sodium
- 4 cups winter squash (cooked)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons oregano (dried)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons basil (dried)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (From the Farm to the Table University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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