Baked Pork Chops - $2.31 a serving

Makes 6 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$13.85
basket total, in-store
$2.31
per serving (6 servings)
-$2.31
cheaper 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). 2 pantry staples excluded. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
6 pork chops, lean center-cut, 1/2-inch thickKroger® Boneless Center Cut Pork Loin Chops · 10 ct / 2 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$10.006$1.12$8.88
1 medium onion, thinly slicedJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.191$0.29$0.90
1/2 cup medium green pepper, choppedFresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$0.9975 g$0.00$0.99
1/2 cup medium red pepper, choppedFresh Red Hothouse Bell Pepper · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.6775 g$0.00$1.67

pork chops drives this basket at $10.00, 72% of the total. The next biggest lines are red bell pepper ($1.67) and yellow onion ($1.19). $12.44 of the basket - 90% - 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.

Green and red peppers top these festive pork chops.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Heart Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style US Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Heart Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style US Department of Health and Human Services National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 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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