Cabbage Roll Casserole - $2.47 a serving

Makes 8 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$19.74
basket total, in-store
$2.47
per serving (8 servings)
-$2.16
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). 1 pantry staples excluded. 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1/2 pound ground beef (90% lean)Ground Beef Sirloin 90% Lean · 1 lb$10.49227 g$5.25$5.24
1 onion (chopped)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.191$0.29$0.90
1 garlic clove (minced)Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.491$0.50$1.99
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes, low-sodiumHunt's No Salt Added Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz$1.59411 g$1.59$0.00
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce, low-sodium (or tomato juice)CHECK THISKroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · 15 oz$1.00360 ml$0.85$0.15
1 cabbage head (small to medium, chopped in bite-sized pieces)Green Cabbage · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$0.991$0.98$0.01
1/4 cup minute brown riceCHECK THISMinute® Gluten-Free Instant Brown Rice · 14 oz$1.9945 g$0.23$1.76

ground beef 90% lean drives this basket at $10.49, 53% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic ($2.49) and minute brown rice ($1.99). $10.06 of the basket - 51% - 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.

Minute rice and canned tomatoes combined with cabbage make this a quick, easy, and healthy recipe.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education ONIE Project), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education ONIE Project. 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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