Bean and Rice Burrito - $4.62 a serving

Makes 6 servings · mexican · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$27.72
basket total, in-store
$4.62
per serving (6 servings)
-$0.00
cheaper 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 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 cup Brown rice, rawKroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 oz$0.99185 g$0.40$0.59
1 teaspoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.495 ml$0.08$8.41
1/2 cup onion, dicedJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1980 g$0.21$0.98
2 teaspoons garlic, mincedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.492$1.00$1.49
1/2 cup tomatoes, crushedKroger Crushed Tomatoes · 15 oz$1.00120 ml$0.28$0.72
1 teaspoon chili powderKroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz$2.493 g$0.07$2.42
1/2 teaspoon cuminMcCormick Ground Cumin · 1.5 oz$3.491 g$0.08$3.41
1 1/2 cups kidney beans, cookedLight Red Kidney Beans · 15.5 oz$1.00360 g$0.82$0.18
1 cup Cheese, shredded jack and cheddarKroger® Cheddar Jack Shredded Cheese · 8 oz$2.00113 g$1.00$1.00
1 1/5 cups Scallions, slicedCHECK THISGreen Onions · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.79120 g$1.79-
6 unknown Whole grain tortilla (8 in)CHECK THISKroger® 100% Whole Wheat Soft Taco Tortillas · 10 ct$2.796$1.67$1.12

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 31% of the total. The next biggest lines are ground cumin ($3.49) and whole grain tortillas ($2.79). $20.32 of the basket - 73% - 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.

Seasoned rice and kidney beans with Monterey jack and cheddar cheeses, rolled up in a flour tortilla and served warm and melty.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Holy Cross Academy (Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Holy Cross Academy (Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge). MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: The protein math behind beans and rice.
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