Easy Oven Fish with Spinach Basil Dipping Sauce & Spiced Apples - $19.58 a serving

Name: Easy Oven Fish with Spinach Basil Dipping Sauce & Spiced Apples
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained; 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil; 1 clove garlic; 3/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt; 2 tablespoons vinegar; 2 teaspoons honey; cooking spray; 1 pound frozen pollock, or other white fish, such as haddock or cod (partially thawed); 1/2 cup flour; 2 egg whites, beaten; 3/4 cup bread crumbs (whole-wheat if available); 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 3 apples; 1/2 cup raisins; 1/4 cup chopped pecans; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 teaspoons butter

Makes 4 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$78.33

basket total, in-store

$19.58

per serving (4 servings)

+$14.96

dearer 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 2026-07-19 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 says	We found	Package	Uses	Costs	Left over
1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained	Kroger® Frozen Spinach Cut Leaf · 12 oz	$1.59	150 g	$0.70	$0.89
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil	Gotham Greens® Fresh Basil · 1.25 oz	$3.99	12 g	$1.35	$2.64
1 clove garlic	Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct	$2.49	1	$0.50	$1.99
3/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt	Chobani Non-Fat Plain Greek Yogurt 5.3oz 4ct · 4 ct / 5.3 oz	$5.49	180 g	$1.64	$3.85
2 tablespoons vinegar	Kroger® Distilled White Vinegar · 16 fl oz	$1.39	30 ml	$0.09	$1.30
2 teaspoons honey	Smart Way™ Honey · 24 oz	$5.99	14 g	$0.12	$5.87
cooking spray	Kroger® Nonstick Canola Oil Cooking Spray · 8 oz	$2.99	-	$2.99	-
1 pound frozen pollock, or other white fish, such as haddock or cod (partially thawed)CHECK THIS	Kroger® Wild Caught Pacific Cod Fillets Frozen BIG DEAL! · 32 ounces	$18.99	454 g	$9.50	$9.49
1/2 cup flourCHECK THIS	Kroger® All Purpose Bleached Enriched Flour · 2 lbs	$1.69	60 g	$0.11	$1.58
2 egg whites, beaten	Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct	$7.49	2	$1.25	$6.24
3/4 cup bread crumbs (whole-wheat if available)	Kroger® Plain Bread Crumbs · 15 oz	$1.99	90 g	$0.42	$1.57
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese	4C® Homestyle™ Parmesan Grated Cheese · 6 oz	$4.99	20 g	$0.59	$4.40
3 apples	Kroger® Pink Lady® Apples – 3 Pound Bag · 3 lb	$3.99	3	$1.58	$2.41
1/2 cup raisins	Simple Truth Organic® Seedless Raisins · 10 oz	$2.69	80 g	$0.76	$1.93
1/4 cup chopped pecans	PECAN PIECES - KROGER - 4 OZ · 4 oz	$5.29	30 g	$1.40	$3.89
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon	McCormick Ground Cinnamon · 2.37 oz	$3.79	2 g	$0.11	$3.68
2 teaspoons butter	Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · 4 sticks / 16 oz	$3.49	10 g	$0.08	$3.41

Where the money goes

white fish drives this basket at $18.99, 24% of the total. The next biggest lines are eggs ($7.49) and honey ($5.99). $55.13 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.

What carries into next week

Kroger® Wild Caught Pacific Cod Fillets Frozen BIG DEAL! · about 453 g left, $9.49 of value
Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · about 10 left, $6.24 of value
Smart Way™ Honey · about 666 g left, $5.87 of value
4C® Homestyle™ Parmesan Grated Cheese · about 150 g left, $4.40 of value
PECAN PIECES - KROGER - 4 OZ · about 83 g left, $3.89 of value
Chobani Non-Fat Plain Greek Yogurt 5.3oz 4ct · about 421 g left, $3.85 of value

Classic comfort foods with a modern twist, these easy-to-prepare fish sticks and spiced apples will please any finicky youngster's palate.

Ingredients

1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
1 clove garlic
3/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons honey
cooking spray
1 pound frozen pollock, or other white fish, such as haddock or cod (partially thawed)
1/2 cup flour
2 egg whites, beaten
3/4 cup bread crumbs (whole-wheat if available)
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons butter

Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Produce for Better Health Foundation), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Produce for Better Health Foundation. 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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