Caribbean Delight - $12.57 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 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 sweet plantain, peeled and slicedCHECK THIS | Fresh Plantain - Single · 1 ea | $0.75 | 1 | $0.75 | - |
| 3/4 pound fresh tilapia fillets | Kroger® Fresh Farm Raised Tilapia Fillets · 16 oz | $8.00 | 340 g | $6.00 | $2.00 |
| 1/2 lemon | Fresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each | $0.85 | 1 | $0.85 | - |
| 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 1 | $0.50 | $1.99 |
| 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar | Pompeian Balsamic Vinegar · 16 oz | $4.49 | 5 ml | $0.05 | $4.44 |
| 1/4 teaspoon adobe | Goya® Adobo All Purpose Seasoning · 8 oz | $2.29 | 1 g | $0.01 | $2.28 |
| 1 medium kiwi, peeled and diced | Mighties Green Fresh Kiwi Fruit · 2 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $6.00 | 1 | $6.00 | - |
| 2 cups fresh pineapple, diced | Pineapple Spears Fresh Cut In Store Daily · 20 oz | $6.00 | 330 g | $3.49 | $2.51 |
| 1 avocado, pitted and diced | Fresh Large Ripe Avocado · 1 each | $2.50 | 1 | $2.50 | - |
| 1 mango, pitted and diced | Large Mangos · 1 ct | $1.67 | 1 | $1.67 | - |
| 1 tomatillo, peeled and diced | Fresh Tomatillo · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.99 | 1 | $1.99 | - |
| 1 red tomato, diced | Fresh Large Red Slicing Tomato · 1 lb | $1.99 | 1 | $0.53 | $1.46 |
| 1/2 red onion, peeled and diced | Jumbo Red Onions · 1 lb | $1.69 | 1 | $0.41 | $1.28 |
| 4 whole-wheat flour tortillas | Mission Super Soft Soft Taco Size Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas · 10 count | $3.29 | 4 | $1.32 | $1.97 |
| 1 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella, or smoked provolone, Asiago, or Romano cheese | Kroger® Mozzarella Shredded Cheese · 8 oz | $2.00 | 113 g | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| 1 bunch fresh cilantroCHECK THIS | Cilantro · 1 ct | $0.99 | 1 | $0.99 | - |
| 8 strawberries, sliced | Fresh Strawberries – 1 LB Clamshell · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $3.29 | 8 | $3.29 | - |
fresh tilapia fillets drives this basket at $8.00, 16% of the total. The next biggest lines are kiwi ($6.00) and fresh pineapple ($6.00). $18.94 of the basket - 38% - 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.
- Pompeian Balsamic Vinegar · about 449 ml left, $4.44 of value
- Pineapple Spears Fresh Cut In Store Daily · about 237 g left, $2.51 of value
- Goya® Adobo All Purpose Seasoning · about 226 g left, $2.28 of value
- Kroger® Fresh Farm Raised Tilapia Fillets · about 114 g left, $2.00 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 4 left, $1.99 of value
- Mission Super Soft Soft Taco Size Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas · about 6 left, $1.97 of value
“Last year I wanted to surprise my mom with a gift on Mother's Day, but I didn't have money to buy her anything and my sister didn't want to sing a song with me, so I decided that making something that she would like to eat and that was healthy for her, would be the ideal gift,” says Bobby. “She is from the Dominican Republic and we live in Florida, so I thought why not prepare a dish that is Caribbean and Floridian! She also has high cholesterol, so I had to research the best foods to help reduce cholesterol levels. I thought what better way to honor her culture, our agriculture in Florida, and her good health!”
- 1 sweet plantain, peeled and sliced
- 3/4 pound fresh tilapia fillets
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon adobe
- 1 medium kiwi, peeled and diced
- 2 cups fresh pineapple, diced
- 1 avocado, pitted and diced
- 1 mango, pitted and diced
- 1 tomatillo, peeled and diced
- 1 red tomato, diced
- 1/2 red onion, peeled and diced
- 4 whole-wheat flour tortillas
- 1 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella, or smoked provolone, Asiago, or Romano cheese
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro
- 8 strawberries, sliced
This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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