Vegetable Cheese Soup - $3.44 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 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 cups mixed vegetables, frozen or fresh (chopped, no salt or fat added)CHECK THIS | Kroger® Frozen Mixed Vegetables · 12 ozx2 | $1.29 | 450 g | $1.71 | $0.87 |
| 1/4 cup onion (chopped) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 40 g | $0.10 | $1.09 |
| 1 cup dry milk, non-fatCHECK THIS | Kroger® Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk Pouches · 3 ct / 3.2 oz | $4.39 | 120 g | $1.94 | $2.45 |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarchCHECK THIS | Kroger® Pure Corn Starch · 16 oz | $2.29 | 12 g | $0.06 | $2.23 |
| 1/2 cup Swiss cheese (cut into small pieces) | Sargento® Swiss Sliced Cheese · 11 slices / 7 ozSUBSTITUTE | $3.33 | 65 g | $1.09 | $2.24 |
non-fat dry milk powder drives this basket at $4.39, 32% of the total. The next biggest lines are Swiss cheese ($3.33) and mixed vegetables ($2.58). $8.88 of the basket - 64% - 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® Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk Pouches · about 152 g left, $2.45 of value
- Sargento® Swiss Sliced Cheese · about 133 g left, $2.24 of value
- Kroger® Pure Corn Starch · about 442 g left, $2.23 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 414 g left, $1.09 of value
- Kroger® Frozen Mixed Vegetables · about 230 g left, $0.87 of value
Swiss cheese, vegetables, and curry powder make this thick and creamy soup a filling meal on a cold night this winter. Serve with whole wheat toast on the si...
- 2 cups water
- 3 cups mixed vegetables, frozen or fresh (chopped, no salt or fat added)
- 1/4 cup onion (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- curry powder (1/2 teaspoon, optional)
- 1 cup dry milk, non-fat
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup Swiss cheese (cut into small pieces)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (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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