Recipe - Chicken Soup

Chicken Soup

by Amy Hope

Servings: 6
Serving size: 1.5 cups
Total Cost: ~$8.87
Cost Per Serving: $1.77
Time Consuming: Long, 2 hours to simmer
Preparation Difficulty: Easy; 10 minutes
Calories per Serving: ~125
If you bought all of the ingredients at once, and in bulk, the initial investment is: $41.72

Ingredients * Calories per meal * Cost per meal * Cost per serving

3 chicken breasts * 300 calories * $3.86 * $1.29
1/2 cup quinoa * 313 calories * $0.70 * $0.12 (or brown rice)
4 strips of celery, chopped * 4 calories * $0.63 * $0.10
1/2 lb carrots (about 5), chopped * 21 calories * $0.50 * $0.08
32 oz Safeway chicken broth * 60 calories * $1.99 * $0.33
1/2 yellow onion, diced * 4 calories * $0.99* $0.50
10 cloves of garlic, peeled & smashed * 40 calories * $0.38 * $0.06 (I like a lot of garlic, you may want to reduce to 5.)
1 teaspoon black pepper * 4 calories * $0.29 * $0.05
2 cups water * 0 calories * $0.00 * $0.00
If you have dried spices, sprinkle in some of these: rosemary, thyme

Recipe - Chicken Soup