Butternut Squash Pasta - $4.95 a serving
$29.72
basket total, in-store
$4.95
per serving (6 servings)
+$0.33
dearer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 1/3 pounds butternut squash (raw) | Butternut Squash · 1 lbx4 | $1.49 | 1510 g | $4.96 | $1.00 |
| 1/2 pound onions | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 227 g | $0.60 | $0.59 |
| 1 carrot | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 1 | $0.22 | $1.47 |
| 1 Large Celery Stalk | Sleeved Celery · 1 ct | $2.59 | 1 | $2.59 | - |
| 1/2 clove garlic | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 0.5 | $0.25 | $2.24 |
| 1/2 tablespoon butter | Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · 4 sticks / 16 oz | $3.49 | 7 g | $0.05 | $3.44 |
| 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, ground | Ground Nutmeg - Kroger - 1.85 Oz · 1.85 oz | $4.99 | 1 g | $0.05 | $4.94 |
| 1/4 teaspoon honey (Local, if available) | Smart Way™ Honey · 24 oz | $5.99 | 1 g | $0.01 | $5.98 |
| 3/4 pound pasta | Kroger® Penne Rigate Pasta · 16 oz | $1.33 | 340 g | $1.00 | $0.33 |
Where the money goes
honey drives this basket at $5.99, 20% of the total. The next biggest lines are butternut squash ($5.96) and ground nutmeg ($4.99). $19.99 of the basket - 67% - 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
- Smart Way™ Honey · about 679 g left, $5.98 of value
- Ground Nutmeg - Kroger - 1.85 Oz · about 52 g left, $4.94 of value
- Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · about 447 g left, $3.44 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 4.5 left, $2.24 of value
- Carrots · about 394 g left, $1.47 of value
- Butternut Squash · about 304 g left, $1.00 of value
Ingredients
- 3 1/3 pounds butternut squash (raw)
- 1/2 pound onions
- 1 carrot
- 1 Large Celery Stalk
- 1/2 clove garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, ground
- 1/4 teaspoon honey (Local, if available)
- 3/4 pound pasta
Directions
This recipe is credited to a partner program (South Middle School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
South Middle 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 dinner actually costs in 2026.
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