Onion Soup Mix
Mix-A-Meal Cookbook provides many useful and delicious recipes, but none is as versatile or as cost-effective as the onion soup mix recipe. Onion soup mix can be used to flavor vegetables, rice, pot roasts and a variety of other foods. However, buying commercially distributed onion soup mix is expensive and usually hard to buy in large quantities. That means every dish you would use onion soup mix with requires a purchase that ranges from around $0.50 to $1.79. In contrast, a large batch of Mix-A-Meal onion soup mix can be put together for a fraction of the cost and can be put in a Tupperware or canning jar and stored on your shelf for about a year or more while retaining its freshness. The charts below summarizes a September 2011 research study Preparedness Plus Products, LLC conducted on pricing per ounce for various brands of onion soup mix in several different stores. The study found that the average price per ounce of commercial mixes is $0.50, while the price per ounce of the Mix-A-Meal onion soup mix is $0.27.
Cost Per Ounce of Store-bought Onion Soup Mixes
| Super Target | Wal-Mart | Macey’s | Smith’s | Average Price | |
| Lipton | $0.61 | $0.57 | $0.90 | $0.90 | $0.75 |
| Great Value | $0.37 | $0.37 | |||
| Market Pantry | $0.37 | $0.37 | |||
| Kroger | $0.70 | $0.70 | |||
| Western Family | $0.58 | $0.58 | |||
| Generic | $0.24 | $0.24 | |||
| Combination of All Brands | $0.50 |
Cost of ingredients Included in Mix-A-Meal Onion Soup Mix
| Ingredients from Preparedness Plus Products, LLC | Price Per Ounce | Ounces Used in Onion Soup Mix Recipe | Money put into recipe for onion soup mix (which contains 7.61 ounces in total) |
| Dehydrated Chopped Onions | $0.31 | 1.50 Ounces (2/3 Cup) | $0.46 |
| Beef Bouillon | $0.25 | 3.39 Ounces (1/2 Cup) | $0.85 |
| Dehydrated Margarine | $0.28 | 1.98 Ounces (1/2 Cup) | $0.55 |
| Cornstarch | $0.10 | 0.56 Ounces (2 Tablespoons) | $0.06 |
| Onion Powder (Found at Macey’s, Spice Classics brand) | $0.42 | 0.16 Ounces (2 Teaspoons) | $0.07 |
| Dried Parsley Flakes (optional)(Found at Macey’s, Western Family brand) | $6.11 | .02 Ounces (2 Teaspoons) | $0.12 |
| Total Cost for 7.61 Ounces (the total number of ounces in the recipe) | $2.11 | ||
| Total Cost Per Ounce | $0.27 per ounce |
(Bean, D. & Shute, L. (1997.) Mix-A-Meal Cookbook. Mix-A-Meal Company. Orem, Utah.)
I have flavored rice and made a dip for chips using the Mix-A-Meal onion soup mix, and I loved the flavor of both items. The best part about using the onion soup mix in those items is that anytime I want to make them again, or flavor a roast in the crock pot on Sunday morning, I don’t need to run to the store or buy an expensive mix. I will just pull out my jar of onion soup mix and have a flavorful dish to enjoy.
Rice made with Mix-A-Meal onion soup mix
Dip made with Mix-A-Meal onion soup mix
Until Next Time,
Patty Prepared
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