Beefy Barley Stew - $4.29 a serving
$25.72
basket total, in-store
$4.29
per serving (6 servings)
-$0.34
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). 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ounces Beef, ground 90% lean | Kroger® 85/15 Ground Beef Tray 1 LB · 1 lb | $8.99 | 170 g | $3.37 | $5.62 |
| 2/3 cup barley | Bob's Red Mill Pearl Barley · 30 oz | $4.19 | 130 g | $0.64 | $3.55 |
| 2 1/4 teaspoons chili powder | Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz | $2.49 | 6 g | $0.13 | $2.36 |
| 1 1/2 Stalks of Celery, raw | Sleeved Celery · 1 ctx2 | $2.59 | 1.5 | $3.88 | $1.29 |
| 1 1/2 Medium Carrots, raw | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 1.5 | $0.34 | $1.35 |
| 1 Small Potatoes, raw or frozen | Russet Potato · 1 lb | $0.89 | 1 | $0.41 | $0.48 |
| 1/4 cup catsup | Simple Truth Organic® Ketchup · 20 oz | $2.29 | 60 g | $0.24 | $2.05 |
Where the money goes
ground beef drives this basket at $8.99, 35% of the total. The next biggest lines are celery ($5.18) and barley ($4.19). $16.70 of the basket - 65% - 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® 85/15 Ground Beef Tray 1 LB · about 284 g left, $5.62 of value
- Bob's Red Mill Pearl Barley · about 720 g left, $3.55 of value
- Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · about 107 g left, $2.36 of value
- Simple Truth Organic® Ketchup · about 507 g left, $2.05 of value
- Carrots · about 364 g left, $1.35 of value
- Russet Potato · about 244 g left, $0.48 of value
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Beef, ground 90% lean
- 2/3 cup barley
- 2 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 Stalks of Celery, raw
- 1 1/2 Medium Carrots, raw
- 1 Small Potatoes, raw or frozen
- 1/4 cup catsup
- 1 1/3 cups water
Directions
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Benton Elementary School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
Benton Elementary School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition). 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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