Brag About it Bread Bake - $3.49 a serving

Makes 6 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$20.94
basket total, in-store
$3.49
per serving (6 servings)
-$1.13
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). 3 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
6 slices bread (cubed, approximately 6 cups)Kroger® White Sandwich Bread · 20 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.996$1.99-
1 1/2 cups broccoli (frozen, chopped and cooked)Kroger® Traditional Favorites Frozen Broccoli Cuts · 12 oz$1.29225 g$0.85$0.44
1 cup cheddar cheese, low-fat shreddedCHECK THISKroger® Mild Cheddar Shredded Cheese · 8 ozSUBSTITUTE$2.00113 g$1.00$1.00
1 cup chicken, skinless (diced, cooked)CHECK THISPrivate Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · 32 oz$7.99140 g$1.23$6.76
3 units eggKroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 12 ct$1.893$0.47$1.42
4 units egg whitesSimple Truth Organic™ Cage Free 100% Liquid Egg Whites · 16 oz$3.994$1.16$2.83
2 cups milk, non-fatCHECK THISKroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt$1.79480 ml$1.79-

cooked chicken breast drives this basket at $7.99, 38% of the total. The next biggest lines are egg whites ($3.99) and low-fat shredded cheddar cheese ($2.00). $12.44 of the basket - 59% - 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.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension Service, "Bread" Fact Sheet A Family Living Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension Service, "Bread" Fact Sheet A Family Living Program. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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