Carrots with Tomatoes and Macaroni - $6.74 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.
| The recipe says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon olive oil (or cooking oil of choice) | Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz | $8.49 | 15 ml | $0.25 | $8.24 |
| 1 small onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 4 plum tomatoes, choppedCHECK THIS | Fresh Roma Tomato · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.49 | 4 | $0.79 | $0.70 |
| 1/2 cup canned tomato juice, low-sodium | Campbell's® 100% Tomato Juice Cans · 6 ct / 5.5 fl oz | $3.99 | 120 ml | $0.49 | $3.50 |
| 6 large carrots, peeled and sliced | Carrots · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.69 | 6 | $1.34 | $0.35 |
| 1/4 teaspoon sugar | Kroger® Pure Cane Granulated Sugar · 4 lb | $3.99 | - | $3.99 | - |
| 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 teaspoon dried) | Parsley - Italian · 1 ct | $1.29 | - | $1.29 | - |
| 1 teaspoon butter | Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · 4 sticks / 16 oz | $3.49 | - | $3.49 | - |
| 1 cup elbow macaroni, cooked | Kroger® Elbow Macaroni · 16 oz | $1.33 | 140 g | $0.41 | $0.92 |
olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 32% of the total. The next biggest lines are canned tomato juice ($3.99) and sugar ($3.99). $14.61 of the basket - 54% - 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.
- Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
- Campbell's® 100% Tomato Juice Cans · about 856 ml left, $3.50 of value
- Kroger® Elbow Macaroni · about 314 g left, $0.92 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value
- Fresh Roma Tomato · about 214 g left, $0.70 of value
- Carrots · about 94 g left, $0.35 of value
Each serving of this delicious and quick pasta dish provides 1 1/2 cups of veggies.
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or cooking oil of choice)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 4 plum tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup canned tomato juice, low-sodium
- 6 large carrots, peeled and sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 teaspoon dried)
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 cup elbow macaroni, cooked
This recipe is credited to a partner program (University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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