Bread Bake with Chicken, Cheese, and Vegetables - $4.42 a serving

Name: Bread Bake with Chicken, Cheese, and Vegetables
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 6 slices bread, cubed (approximately 6 cups); 1 1/2 cups broccoli, frozen, chopped and cooked; 1 cup cheddar cheese, low-fat shredded; onion, minced (optional, 1 tablespoon); 1 cup cooked chicken, skinless and diced; 3 eggs; 4 egg whites; 2 cups milk, non-fat

Makes 6 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$26.54

basket total, in-store

$4.42

per serving (6 servings)

-$0.20

cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner

What it costs at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine

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 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 says	We found	Package	Uses	Costs	Left over
1. 6 slices bread, cubed (approximately 6 cups)	Kroger® White Sandwich Bread · 20 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED	$1.99	6	$1.99	-
2. 1 1/2 cups broccoli, frozen, chopped and cooked	Kroger® Traditional Favorites Frozen Broccoli Cuts · 12 oz	$1.29	225 g	$0.85	$0.44
3. 1 cup cheddar cheese, low-fat shredded	Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · 8 oz	$2.00	113 g	$1.00	$1.00
5. 1 cup cooked chicken, skinless and dicedCHECK THIS	Kroger® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · 22 oz	$7.99	140 g	$1.79	$6.20
6. 3 eggs	Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct	$7.49	3	$1.87	$5.62
7. 4 egg whites	Simple Truth Organic™ Cage Free 100% Liquid Egg Whites · 16 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED	$3.99	4	$1.16	$2.83
8. 2 cups milk, non-fatCHECK THIS	Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt	$1.79	480 ml	$1.79	-

Where the money goes

cooked skinless chicken breast drives this basket at $7.99, 30% of the total. The next biggest lines are eggs ($7.49) and egg whites ($3.99). $16.08 of the basket - 61% - 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.

What carries into next week

Kroger® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · about 484 g left, $6.20 of value
Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · about 9 left, $5.62 of value
Simple Truth Organic™ Cage Free 100% Liquid Egg Whites · about 322 g left, $2.83 of value
Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · about 114 g left, $1.00 of value
Kroger® Traditional Favorites Frozen Broccoli Cuts · about 115 g left, $0.44 of value

You'll want to tell everyone about this bread bake that features broccoli, chicken, cheese, onion, eggs, and milk.

Ingredients

6 slices bread, cubed (approximately 6 cups)
1 1/2 cups broccoli, frozen, chopped and cooked
1 cup cheddar cheese, low-fat shredded
onion, minced (optional, 1 tablespoon)
1 cup cooked chicken, skinless and diced
3 eggs
4 egg whites
2 cups milk, non-fat

Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Adapted from "Brag About It Bread Bake" Bread Fact Sheet University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service A Family Living Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Adapted from "Brag About It Bread Bake" Bread Fact Sheet University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service A Family Living Program. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.

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