Bye Bye American Pot Pie - $7.47 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. 5 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1/2 cups Chicken meat, pulled cookedCHECK THIS | Private Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · 32 oz | $7.99 | 210 g | $1.85 | $6.14 |
| 1/2 cup Squash, hubbard (diced)CHECK THIS | Butternut Squash · 1 lbSUBSTITUTE | $1.49 | 100 g | $0.33 | $1.16 |
| 1 tablespoon Margarine, solidsCHECK THIS | Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz | $1.39 | 14 g | $0.04 | $1.35 |
| 1/4 cup Celery, fresh-chopped fine | Sleeved Celery · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.59 | 25 g | $2.59 | - |
| 1/4 cup Onion, yellow-chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 40 g | $0.10 | $1.09 |
| 2 cups Gravy mix, poultry flavorCHECK THIS | Kroger® Turkey Flavored Gravy Mix · 0.87 ozx20 | $0.99 | 480 ml | $19.27 | $0.53 |
| 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning | Kroger® Poultry Seasoning Shaker · 1.06 oz | $2.49 | 3 g | $0.25 | $2.24 |
| 20 ounces Potato, sweet tater nuggetCHECK THIS | Alexia® Sweet Potato Tot Bite-Sized and Crispy Frozen Potatoes · 20 oz | $5.99 | 567 g | $5.99 | - |
| 1/4 cup Carrots, frozen cut | Kroger® Frozen Carrots Crinkle Cut · 12 oz | $1.89 | 35 g | $0.19 | $1.70 |
poultry gravy mix drives this basket at $19.80, 44% of the total. The next biggest lines are cooked shredded chicken ($7.99) and sweet potato nuggets ($5.99). $14.20 of the basket - 32% - 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.
- Private Selection® Classic Seasoned Whole Roasted Chicken Hot - Available 11am-7pm · about 697 g left, $6.14 of value
- Kroger® Frozen Carrots Crinkle Cut · about 305 g left, $1.70 of value
- Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · about 440 g left, $1.35 of value
- Butternut Squash · about 354 g left, $1.16 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 414 g left, $1.09 of value
- 1 1/2 cups Chicken meat, pulled cooked
- 1/2 cup Squash, hubbard (diced)
- 1 tablespoon Margarine, solids
- 1/4 cup Celery, fresh-chopped fine
- 1/4 cup Onion, yellow-chopped
- 2 cups Gravy mix, poultry flavor
- 1 cup water, hot
- dash Pepper, black, ground
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 20 ounces Potato, sweet tater nugget
- 1/4 cup Carrots, frozen cut
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Ripon Area School District (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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