Beef and Cabbage - $4.86 a serving

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.

ground beef drives this basket at $8.99, 46% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and non-stick cooking spray ($3.29). $5.84 of the basket - 30% - 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.

• Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · about 259 g left, $4.93 of value
• Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value

The cabbage in this simple skillet dinner loads the recipe with vitamin C and fiber.

• 1 green cabbage head (washed and cut into bite-sized pieces)
• 1 onion, medium (chopped)
• 1 pound ground beef (90% lean)
• 2 sprays of non-stick cooking spray
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• salt (to taste, optional)
• red pepper flakes (to taste, optional)

This recipe is credited to a partner program ("Beef and Cabbage for Dinner Tonight" University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Food Supplement Nutrition Education Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

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