7 Bean Veggie Chili - $3.83 a serving
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. 1 1/2 cups canned diced tomatoes | Kroger Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz | $1.00 | 360 ml | $0.88 | $0.12 |
| 3. 1 1/4 cups Red onions fresh diced | Jumbo Red Onions · 1 lb | $1.69 | 200 g | $0.75 | $0.94 |
| 4. 1 3/4 cups Carrots, raw, washed, peeled, diced | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 220 g | $0.82 | $0.87 |
| 5. 3 cloves Garlic, fresh cloves, peeled and chopped | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 3 | $1.49 | $1.00 |
| 6. 1 3/4 cups Bell Peppers blend,raw, diced (2/3 red pepper, 1/3 green pepper) | Fresh Yellow Bell Pepper · 1 ctx3 est. | $1.67 | 260 g | $0.00 | $5.01 |
| 7. 1 3/4 cups Corn, Frozen | Kroger® Frozen Super Sweet Corn · 12 oz | $1.29 | 260 g | $0.99 | $0.30 |
| 8. 2/3 unit Fresh Lemon, zested and squeezed | Fresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each | $0.85 | 1 | $0.85 | - |
| 9. 2/3 teaspoon Penzey's Chili 9000 Spice Blend, salt freeCHECK THIS | Simple Truth Organic® Ground Chili Powder Shaker · 2.11 ozSUBSTITUTE | $3.99 | 3 g | $0.20 | $3.79 |
| 10. 3 3/4 ounces Cheddar Cheese, reduced Fat, shredded | Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · 8 oz | $2.00 | 106 g | $0.93 | $1.07 |
| 11. 3 units Whole grain Pita Bread, largeCHECK THIS | Joseph's™ Flax Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Pita Bread · 6 ct | $2.99 | 3 | $1.50 | $1.50 |
- 1. 3/4 pound Dodd Dried Bean Blend-Unsoaked and uncooked (2 parts kidney, 1 part great northern, 1 part small red kidney, 1/2 part pinto, 1/2 part black eye peas, 2 parts chick peas, and 2 parts black bean)
bell pepper drives this basket at $5.01, 22% of the total. The next biggest lines are chili spice blend ($3.99) and whole grain pita bread ($2.99). $14.60 of the basket - 63% - 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.
- Fresh Yellow Bell Pepper · about 100 g left, $5.01 of value
- Simple Truth Organic® Ground Chili Powder Shaker · about 57 g left, $3.79 of value
- Joseph's™ Flax Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Pita Bread · about 3 left, $1.50 of value
- Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · about 121 g left, $1.07 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 2 left, $1.00 of value
- Jumbo Red Onions · about 254 g left, $0.94 of value
- 3/4 pound Dodd Dried Bean Blend-Unsoaked and uncooked (2 parts kidney, 1 part great northern, 1 part small red kidney, 1/2 part pinto, 1/2 part black eye peas, 2 parts chick peas, and 2 parts black bean)
- 1 1/2 cups canned diced tomatoes
- 1 1/4 cups Red onions fresh diced
- 1 3/4 cups Carrots, raw, washed, peeled, diced
- 3 cloves Garlic, fresh cloves, peeled and chopped
- 1 3/4 cups Bell Peppers blend,raw, diced (2/3 red pepper, 1/3 green pepper)
- 1 3/4 cups Corn, Frozen
- 2/3 unit Fresh Lemon, zested and squeezed
- 2/3 teaspoon Penzey's Chili 9000 Spice Blend, salt free
- 3 3/4 ounces Cheddar Cheese, reduced Fat, shredded
- 3 units Whole grain Pita Bread, large
- 1/2 bunch Fresh cilantro- washed and chopped
- 6 tablespoons sour cream
- 3 tablespoons Oil, cannola, corn, tec
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Dodd Middle School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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