Beef & Noodles - $3.87 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. 1 match is 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.

85% lean ground beef drives this basket at $8.99, 58% of the total. The next biggest lines are seasoning mix ($4.49) and egg noodles ($1.99). $4.64 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® 85/15 Ground Beef Tray 1 LB · about 114 g left, $2.25 of value
• Old El Paso Original Taco Seasoning Mix Value Size · about 57 g left, $1.45 of value
• Kroger® Wide Egg Noodles · about 214 g left, $0.94 of value

This protein-filled dinner makes it easy to put food on the table even when you're short on ingredients. Serve it with cooked vegetables from the freezer for...

• 3/4 pound 85% lean ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups water (can take up to 2 cups water)
• 2 cups egg noodles, uncooked (or any shaped pasta)
• 2 servings of Eating Smart Seasoning Mix (1/2 cup)
• salt (optional)

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Eating Smart, Being Active Colorado State University and University of California at Davis), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

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