Chicken Broccoli Alfredo - $5.18 a serving

Makes 5 servings · italian · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$25.90
basket total, in-store
$5.18
per serving (5 servings)
+$0.56
dearer than the $4.62 median dinner

Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-19 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 2 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. 8 ounces fettuccine noodlesKroger® Fettuccine · 16 oz$1.25227 g$0.63$0.62
2. 1 cup broccoli, fresh or frozen, choppedKroger® Broccoli Florets BIG DEAL! · 32 oz$6.0090 g$0.60$5.40
3. 2 tablespoons butterKroger® Salted Butter Sticks · 4 sticks / 16 oz$3.4928 g$0.22$3.27
4. 16 ounces chicken breast, bonelessHeritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lb$2.89454 g$2.89-
5. 1/8 recipe for Basic Soup and Sauce Mix (1/3 cup dry recipe)CHECK THISWylers Instant Bouillon Chicken Flavored Bouillon Powder · 3.75 oz$4.4940 g$1.69$2.80
7. 1/2 cup milk, non-fatCHECK THISKroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt$1.79120 ml$0.45$1.34
8. 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, gratedPrivate Selection® Parmesan Wedge Cheese · 8 oz$5.9950 g$1.32$4.67

broccoli drives this basket at $6.00, 23% of the total. The next biggest lines are parmesan cheese ($5.99) and soup and sauce mix ($4.49). $18.11 of the basket - 70% - 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.

Broccoli brings brightness to this recipe, while the Basic Soup and Sauce Mix gives this recipe a rich and creamy flavor.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Utah State University Cooperative Extension), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Utah State University Cooperative Extension. 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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