Bison in a Field - $13.52 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). 2 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.

ground bison drives this basket at $11.99, 22% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and nonfat milk ($5.99). $29.32 of the basket - 54% - 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.

• Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
• Horizon Organic Vitamin D Nonfat Milk - Vitamin D Milk · about 1773 ml left, $5.61 of value
• Mariani® Sweetened Dried Cherries · about 102 g left, $3.94 of value
• 4C® Homestyle™ Parmesan Grated Cheese · about 120 g left, $3.52 of value
• Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · about 17 left, $2.63 of value
• Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 4 left, $1.99 of value

“I love to go hunting with my dad. One of my favorite meals to help make is mini meat loaves with ground venison,” says Brooke. “For this recipe, we decided to use ground bison, which is raised here in Montana, and is healthy. I had an image of a mini bison in a field of green. If you don’t have a bison cookie cutter like we do, you can use any shape—we also like to use heart shapes. I also used cherries, goat cheese, sage, and whole wheat, which are all ingredients from Montana.” Brooke serves this with salad and toasty dinner rolls.

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup sweet onion, peeled and diced
• 1 pound ground bison (you can substitute with ground turkey)
• 1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs (you can substitute with plain breadcrumbs and 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning)
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 8 ounces mixed greens and spinach
• 4 ounces crumbled goat cheese
• 1/4 cup dried cherries or dried cranberries
• 11 ounces mandarin orange segments, packed in juice

This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

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