Chicken Casserole - $1.50 a serving
$12.04
basket total, in-store
$1.50
per serving (8 servings)
-$3.12
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). 3 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 pound rotini or macaroni pasta (1 package)CHECK THIS | Private Selection® Italian Rotini · 16 oz | $1.67 | 454 g | $1.67 | - |
| 1 can chicken (about 12 ounces) | Swanson® 25% Less Sodium White Premium Chunk Canned Chicken Breast In Water · 12.5 oz | $5.29 | 340 g | $5.08 | $0.21 |
| 1 can low-sodium tomato sauce (about 15 ounces) | Kroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · 15 oz | $1.00 | 425 g | $1.00 | $0.00 |
| 1/2 can low-sodium green peas, drained (about 8 ounces)CHECK THIS | Kroger® Frozen Sweet Green Peas · 12 ozSUBSTITUTE | $1.29 | 227 g | $0.86 | $0.43 |
| 3 slices pasteurized processed American cheeseCHECK THIS | Kroger® Singles American Sliced Cheese · 16 slices / 12 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.79 | 3 | $0.52 | $2.27 |
Where the money goes
canned chicken drives this basket at $5.29, 44% of the total. The next biggest lines are American cheese slices ($2.79) and rotini or macaroni pasta ($1.67). $2.92 of the basket - 24% - 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® Singles American Sliced Cheese · about 277 g left, $2.27 of value
- Kroger® Frozen Sweet Green Peas · about 113 g left, $0.43 of value
This chicken casserole is a simple, satisfying main dish for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 pound rotini or macaroni pasta (1 package)
- 1 can chicken (about 12 ounces)
- 1 can low-sodium tomato sauce (about 15 ounces)
- 1/2 can low-sodium green peas, drained (about 8 ounces)
- 3 slices pasteurized processed American cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- Cook rotini or macaroni according to package directions. Drain well.
- In a large oven-safe dish, mix the chicken, tomato sauce, peas, and macaroni.
- Add the 3 slices of cheese on top of the casserole.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Serve hot.
A Harvest of Recipes with USDA Foods USDA Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. 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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