Baked Cod Olé - $4.42 a serving

Name: Baked Cod Olé
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Lime juice, fresh squeezed, seeds removed or bottled lime juice (2 limes = about 3 Tbsp lime juice); 1/2 teaspoon Olive oil; 1/4 teaspoon Black pepper, ground; 1/4 teaspoon Salt, table; 1 1/4 cups Tomatoes, fresh, 1/4" diced; 1 1/4 cups Onions, fresh, peeled, 1/4" diced; 2 tablespoons Cilantro, fresh, chopped; 13 1/2 ounces Cod fish fillets, fresh or frozen (each piece should be about 2 1/4 oz)

Makes 6 servings · mexican · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$26.54

basket total, in-store

$4.42

per serving (6 servings)

-$0.20

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 2026-07-19 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 2 pantry staples excluded. 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
3 tablespoons Lime juice, fresh squeezed, seeds removed or bottled lime juice (2 limes = about 3 Tbsp lime juice)	Fresh Limes - Each · 1 eachx2	$0.69	2	$1.38	-
1/2 teaspoon Olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	3 ml	$0.04	$8.45
1 1/4 cups Tomatoes, fresh, 1/4" diced	Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · 1 lb	$2.49	225 g	$1.24	$1.25
1 1/4 cups Onions, fresh, peeled, 1/4" diced	Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb	$1.19	200 g	$0.52	$0.67
2 tablespoons Cilantro, fresh, chopped	Cilantro · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED	$0.99	8 g	$0.99	-
13 1/2 ounces Cod fish fillets, fresh or frozen (each piece should be about 2 1/4 oz)	Kroger® Wild Caught Alaskan Cod Fillets · 16 oz	$12.00	383 g	$10.13	$1.87

Where the money goes

cod fish fillets drives this basket at $12.00, 45% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and fresh tomatoes ($2.49). $12.24 of the basket - 46% - 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

Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 497 ml left, $8.45 of value
Kroger® Wild Caught Alaskan Cod Fillets · about 71 g left, $1.87 of value
Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · about 229 g left, $1.25 of value
Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 254 g left, $0.67 of value

In Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, and other parts of the Caribbean seafood is very popular. Each island has its own specialty dish and many include baked fish. Cod is a popular choice; it is versatile and can be baked, poached, or grilled.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons Lime juice, fresh squeezed, seeds removed or bottled lime juice (2 limes = about 3 Tbsp lime juice)
1/2 teaspoon Olive oil
1/4 teaspoon Black pepper, ground
1/4 teaspoon Salt, table
1 1/4 cups Tomatoes, fresh, 1/4" diced
1 1/4 cups Onions, fresh, peeled, 1/4" diced
2 tablespoons Cilantro, fresh, chopped
13 1/2 ounces Cod fish fillets, fresh or frozen (each piece should be about 2 1/4 oz)

Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Source: CACFP Multi-Cultural Recipe Project - Team Nutrition: Adapted from https://healthyeating.nhlbi.nih.gov/recipedetail.aspx?linkId=13&cId=3&rId=256.), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Source: CACFP Multi-Cultural Recipe Project - Team Nutrition: Adapted from https://healthyeating.nhlbi.nih.gov/recipedetail.aspx?linkId=13&cId=3&rId=256.. 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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