Baked Fish - $7.05 a serving

Makes 4 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$28.20
basket total, in-store
$7.05
per serving (4 servings)
+$2.43
dearer than the $4.62 median dinner

Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-17 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 1 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1 pound cod fillets (fresh or frozen)Pacific Cod Fillet Wild Caught (sustainably sourced) · 1 lb$11.99454 g$11.99-
1/4 teaspoon paprikaCHECK THISSmart Way™ Ground Paprika · 2 oz$1.251 g$0.01$1.24
1/4 teaspoon garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.991 g$0.01$4.98
1/4 teaspoon onion powderLawry's Onion Powder · 2.62 oz$2.991 g$0.03$2.96
1/4 teaspoon oregano, driedCHECK THISSmart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.250 g$0.02$1.23
1/4 teaspoon thyme, driedPrivate Selection® Thyme Leaves Shaker · 0.68 oz$3.490 g$0.05$3.44
1 tablespoon lemon juiceFresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each$0.851$0.85-
1 1/2 tablespoons margarine, meltedCHECK THISBlue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz$1.3921 g$0.06$1.33

cod fillets drives this basket at $11.99, 43% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and dried thyme ($3.49). $15.18 of the basket - 54% - 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.

Herbs and spices give this fish lots of flavor for an easy weekday meal.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Bronson Wellness Center Bronson Healthcare - Michigan), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Bronson Wellness Center Bronson Healthcare - Michigan. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: What each protein actually costs per serving.
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