Tomato Lentil Soup with Spinach
A warm, hearty vegetarian soup that transforms crushed tomatoes and humble lentils into something deeply satisfying.
- Per serving
- $1.13
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 35 min
- Whole dinner
- $4.52
Ingredients
28 oz DeLallo San Marzano Style Crushed Italian Tomatoes
On sale at Kroger: DeLallo® San Marzano Style Crushed Italian Tomatoes, 28 oz
$3.00$5.498 oz Green Giant Simply Steam Chopped Spinach
On sale at Kroger: Green Giant Simply Steam Chopped Spinach, 8 oz
$1.00$1.591 cup Brown or green lentils
pantry4 cups Vegetable broth
pantry1 medium Onion, diced
about $0.503 cloves Garlic, minced
about $0.252 tablespoons Olive oil
pantryto taste Salt
pantryto taste Black pepper
pantry
Prices are from Kroger the week of October 11, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, add diced onion and garlic, and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add lentils, vegetable broth, and crushed tomatoes, bring to a simmer, and cook for 20 minutes until lentils are tender.
- Stir in the frozen spinach and cook until thawed and heated through, about 3 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.
Why it’s cheap
2 of the 9 ingredients were on sale at Kroger the week of October 11, 2026, led by delallo san marzano style crushed italian tomatoes at $3.00 instead of $5.49.
The sale items rang up $3.08 under their regular prices.
Penny Meals prices a dinner by the share of each package you actually cook, adds an estimated shelf price for anything that wasn’t on sale, and counts pantry staples like oil and salt as free. That came to $1.13 a serving, or $4.52 for 4 servings.
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