Black Bean Bandits - $3.96 a serving
$23.73
basket total, in-store
$3.96
per serving (6 servings)
-$0.67
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). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 3/4 cup sweet potato | Kroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb | $3.99 | 150 g | $0.44 | $3.55 |
| 2. 1 1/3 cups canned black beans | Kroger® Black Beans · 15.25 oz | $1.00 | 320 g | $0.74 | $0.26 |
| 3. 1/2 cup Tomatoes, raw | Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · 1 lb | $2.49 | 90 g | $0.49 | $2.00 |
| 4. 1/2 cup cilantro | Cilantro · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $0.99 | 15 g | $0.99 | - |
| 5. 1/4 teaspoon Red or Cayenne Pepper | Kroger® Ground Red Cayenne Pepper Shaker · 1.5 oz | $4.99 | 1 g | $0.12 | $4.87 |
| 6. 1 1/3 cups + 1 1/2 Tbsp Ortega Mild Enchilada Sauce | Old El Paso™ Mild Red Enchilada Sauce · 10 ozx2SUBSTITUTE | $2.79 | 340 ml | $3.35 | $2.23 |
| 7. 7 1/4 unknown 6" Corn Tortillas | Mission Super Soft Super Size Yellow Corn Tortillas · 10 count | $2.69 | 8 | $2.15 | $0.54 |
| 8. 1 1/4 cups Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese, shredded | Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · 8 oz | $2.00 | 140 g | $1.23 | $0.77 |
Where the money goes
mild enchilada sauce drives this basket at $5.58, 24% of the total. The next biggest lines are cayenne pepper ($4.99) and sweet potato ($3.99). $14.22 of the basket - 60% - 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® Ground Red Cayenne Pepper Shaker · about 42 g left, $4.87 of value
- Kroger® Sweet Potato · about 1211 g left, $3.55 of value
- Old El Paso™ Mild Red Enchilada Sauce · about 227 ml left, $2.23 of value
- Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · about 364 g left, $2.00 of value
- Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · about 87 g left, $0.77 of value
- Mission Super Soft Super Size Yellow Corn Tortillas · about 2 left, $0.54 of value
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sweet potato
- 1 1/3 cups canned black beans
- 1/2 cup Tomatoes, raw
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon Red or Cayenne Pepper
- 1 1/3 cups + 1 1/2 Tbsp Ortega Mild Enchilada Sauce
- 7 1/4 unknown 6" Corn Tortillas
- 1 1/4 cups Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese, shredded
Directions
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Winograd K-8 (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
Winograd K-8 (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition). 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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