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Cheeseburger Soup – for $1 per person {31 Days of Real Food Reality ~ Day 10}

January 9, 2014 by Laura 33 Comments

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How about some Cheeseburger Soup for less than $1.00 per person?

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It’s a real food recipe that most everyone will love. It’s full of nourishing goodness. After all, there’s chicken broth and carrots in it, not to mention delicious beef, cheese, milk, and sour cream. It’s a full meal all on its own. Just like all of the recipes I share, this one won’t appear to anyone as “health food.” It’s simply delicious food. Comfort food. And yep, it just so happens to be healthy.

I found that this recipe yielded six hearty servings. I did the math on it, and can declare it to be a Dollar Menu Dish. Technically, it cost me just over a dollar per person to feed this to my family. I decided, eh, it counts. :)  So what does it mean that this meal costs about a dollar per person? It means that healthy eating doesn’t have to be expensive! I love it that there are so many economical ways to feed a family well.

If you don’t mind adding a little extra expense to this soup, and you really want to make it appealing to those among you who just might be afraid of anything healthy – try adding 1/4 – 1/2 pound of chopped, cooked bacon. Then it becomes Bacon Cheeseburger Soup, and who wouldn’t want to eat that? By the way: Bacon is real food.  Hallelujah!

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Cheeseburger Soup - for $1 per person {31 Days of Real Food Reality ~ Day 10}
 
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Author: Laura
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • ½ pound ground beef
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • ¾ cup shredded carrots
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1½ cups milk
  • 5 cups potatoes cut into chunks
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • ¼ cup sour cream
Instructions
  1. In a large pot, brown hamburger meat with onions, carrots, basil, and parsley.
  2. Once thoroughly cooked, add chicken broth and potatoes.
  3. Salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium while potatoes cook, about ten minutes.
  5. Once the potatoes are tender, add milk, stirring and cooking until bubbly - about two minutes. Remove from heat.
  6. Add cheese and sour cream, stirring until melted. Serve.
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Cheeseburger Soup

Looking for more meal ideas that use healthy, real food ingredients and cost less than one dollar per plate? Here’s what I’ve shared so far:

  • Hearty Chili
  • Spanish Rice
  • Pasta Alfredo
  • Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken
  • Crock Pot Beef Stew
  • Easy Chicken Pot Pie
  • Chili Mac
  • Breakfast Pizza
  • Dark Chocolate Almond Granola
  • Black Bean Salsa

Have you found ways to keep real food eating within a reasonable budget for your family?

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Filed Under: 31 Days of Real Food Reality, Dollar Menu, Main Dishes Tagged With: bacon, cheeseburger soup, healthy recipes, real food reality

Comments

  1. alicia says

    January 9, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    I have a very similar recipe…it is oh so good and warm and cozy on a winter day!! We use small noodles instead of potatoes. I’ll try your exact recipe next time!! Thank you for reminding me of it!

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    • Laura says

      January 9, 2014 at 10:02 pm

      Ooh, I like the small noodle idea! I also thought subbing rice for the potatoes sounded good. :)

      Reply
    • Emily says

      January 16, 2014 at 6:37 pm

      I tried macaroni because I had it in the pantry and I was out of potatoes. It was fantastic!

      Reply
  2. Emily says

    January 9, 2014 at 11:09 pm

    Now I know what I’m making for supper tomorrow! Thanks!

    Reply
  3. MamaHen says

    January 10, 2014 at 5:33 am

    Yum,we might have this for lunch today.

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  4. Heather says

    January 10, 2014 at 10:15 am

    Cheeseburger soup is in our regular meal rotation, it’s a family favorite!

    Reply
  5. carole says

    January 10, 2014 at 10:34 am

    yummy! we make something similar, too- except i add sausage spices (fennel, thyme, etc.) to the hamburger while it’s cooking (instead of basil and parsley). And sometimes i swap out sweet potatoes for the white potatoes, depending on what we have :-) Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Kathi H says

    January 10, 2014 at 10:58 am

    I love your recipes as well as your help in getting my family eating real foods. I started preparing only real foods on dec 30 2013. I have lost 5 pounds, I have so much more energy and I require less sleep. Thank you for your love and support.

    Reply
  7. kelly d says

    January 10, 2014 at 11:00 am

    just made a big pot of soup yesterday..paired with a loaf of homemade bread with butter i figured mine cost my family..1.13 a person…for 9 of us!a healthy nourishing meal that fills up all of us(including 2 teenage boy and hubby)i dont think there is a better deal!!oh and i made a double batch of your raspberry oatmeal bars..a huge hit!!!if i can feed 7 kids and me and hubs healthy and not break the bank..anyone can!!thanks for all the inspiration!!!

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  8. Amy C. says

    January 10, 2014 at 1:40 pm

    I’m having trouble pinning this recipe and sharing it on facebook. Anyone else?

    Reply
  9. Jill says

    January 10, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    YUM. I love that this doesn’t require any “odd” ingredients, just stuff we always have on hand.

    I would suggest the cooks “temper” the sour cream first to avoid it curdling by putting cold cream directly in hot soup. To temper cream, you just take a few tablespoons of your hot broth and stir it into your 1/4 cup of cream. Then add the cream to the soup pot. This warms up the cream just enough that it won’t curdle when hitting the hot soup and makes it MUCH easier to blend in.

    Can’t wait to try this one! Especially coming down off the sub-zero temps we’ve had lately!

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  10. Ashley says

    January 10, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    This is so funny, Laura! I JUST made this for the first time for my family LAST NIGHT. I just subbed hash browns for the cubed potatoes. I thought it was good. Great minds think alike…

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  11. Melissa says

    January 10, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    I made this tonight and is was really wonderful – thanks for sharing your recipe!

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    • Krisha says

      January 11, 2014 at 9:53 pm

      We made this tonight too! It was so good! I will definitely make this again. Loved it!

      Reply
  12. Nia Hanna says

    January 19, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    We made this last week. Another simple & delicious recipe. Thanks Laura!

    Reply
  13. Alyssa says

    January 22, 2014 at 9:57 am

    I made this soup last night and it was a huge hit!! My whole family, including my picky eater, loved it!! I will definitely be making this one again!

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  14. Darlene says

    January 23, 2014 at 10:48 am

    I just made this last night. It was so good! I never knew I could cook a pot of soup in such a short period of time. It was a welcome change to our usual cold weather foods–chicken soup, chili or chicken & sausage gumbo. Thanks so much for sharing, Laura!

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  15. Ann Marie says

    January 27, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    I tried this recipe last week and my family really liked it! Leftovers were great too! I will definitely be added to our menu rotation. Thanks!

    Reply
  16. Amy says

    January 29, 2014 at 3:57 pm

    How Many servings does this make? Thank you.

    Reply
    • Laura says

      January 31, 2014 at 8:58 am

      About 6. :)

      Reply
  17. Marie says

    February 3, 2014 at 10:03 am

    This was great! Made it last Mon. when we had one of those “Polar Vortex” days and a couple kids w/ the flu (not stomach). Everyone gobbled it up, but since i made an enormous batch there were leftovers! So I got to eat it all week when I had the sore throat that came w/ the flue and it felt so soothing.

    Reply
  18. Rebecca says

    May 1, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    I made this for my neighbor and I a couple months ago and we all loved it! I am making it again today for dinner.

    Reply
  19. Christine says

    September 19, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    I didn’t have sour cream (we don’t eat it at our house), so I left it out and the soup still turned out great.

    Reply
  20. Mary says

    October 23, 2014 at 9:44 am

    This is almost identical to my recipe. I usually just slice my carrots instead of shredding (faster and easier! :) ) and add more then the recipe calls for since they are a favorite veggie.
    Yum yum a favorite around here.

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  21. Joanna says

    November 9, 2014 at 8:57 pm

    We made this tonight, and I am so glad that we did! Thank you so much for posting this recipe, I can’t wait to make it again!

    Reply
  22. Joy Hall says

    November 16, 2014 at 8:44 am

    How do you think this would taste using beef broth instead of chicken stock?

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    • [email protected] says

      February 2, 2015 at 1:16 pm

      I think it would taste just as delicious!

      Reply
  23. Jessica says

    December 12, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    This was amazing. The end. ;)

    Reply
  24. Wendy M says

    December 15, 2014 at 6:22 am

    I made this last night for the first time and it turned out great. I used frozen ground chicken that I had on hand and I always use plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. I only had taco cheese on hand so I used that instead of cheddar. My husband put a squeeze siracha sauce in his and it made it taste almost like a taco soup. Very good. Will try again with noodles next time.

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  25. Wendy M says

    December 15, 2014 at 6:22 am

    I made this last night for the first time and it turned out great. I used frozen ground chicken that I had on hand and I always use plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. I only had taco cheese on hand so I used that instead of cheddar. My husband put a squeeze of siracha sauce in his and it made it taste almost like a taco soup. Very good. Will try again with noodles next time.

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  26. lori says

    April 20, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    I remembered seeing this recipe here and thought it would be a great way to “recycle” leftover hamburgers from a family cookout. It is simmering right now. Yucky, rainy weather here so a perfectly cozy meal for such a night!

    Reply
  27. Margaret says

    October 29, 2015 at 4:50 pm

    I am not sure what we did wrong, but it was not all that great. We will try again and maybe tweak a few things.

    Reply
  28. sarah says

    October 11, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    This recipe is delicious! We just tried it tonight. We used beef stock and 1 whole onion instead. We added Lots of salt. Garlic might even be a good addition. Thank you for sharing! This is going in the archives

    Reply

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