Chicken Kebab Lettuce Wraps - $17.43 a serving

Makes 4 servings · mediterranean · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$69.71
basket total, in-store
$17.43
per serving (4 servings)
+$12.80
dearer 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). 2 pantry staples excluded. 1 match is 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
2. 1 cup brown riceKroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 oz$0.99190 g$0.41$0.58
3. 1/2 pound ground chickenGerber's Amish Farm Ground Fresh Chicken · 1 lb$4.79227 g$2.40$2.39
4. 1/2 teaspoon cuminMcCormick Ground Cumin · 1.5 oz$3.491 g$0.08$3.41
5. 1/2 teaspoon garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.992 g$0.04$4.95
7. 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juiceFresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each$0.851$0.85-
8. 3 tablespoons chopped parsleyParsley - Italian · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.2915 g$1.29-
9. 1 eggKroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 18 ct$2.791$0.16$2.63
10. 1/4 cup breadcrumbs4C® Japanese Style Seasoned Panko Bread Crumbs · 8 oz$2.7930 g$0.37$2.42
11. 1/4 cup bell pepper, seeded and thinly slicedFresh Yellow Bell Pepper · 1 ct$1.6735 g$0.00$1.67
12. 1/4 cup finely chopped celerySleeved Celery · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$2.5925 g$2.59-
13. 1/2 green apple, peeled and thinly slicedLarge Granny Smith Apple - Each · 1 lb$1.99100 g$0.44$1.55
14. 1/4 cup sliced grapesFresh California Seedless White Grapes · 1 lb$1.9940 g$0.18$1.81
15. 1/2 cup peasCHECK THISKroger® Frozen Sweet Green Peas · 12 oz$1.2975 g$0.28$1.01
16. 1/4 onion, peeled and thinly slicedJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1950 g$0.13$1.06
17. 1/4 cup carrot, peeled and thinly slicedCarrots · 1 lb$1.6930 g$0.11$1.58
18. 1/4 cup raisinsSimple Truth Organic® Seedless Raisins · 10 oz$2.6940 g$0.38$2.31
19. 1/4 cup low-fat plain yogurtSimple Truth Organic® Plain Low Fat Yogurt Tub · 32 oz$4.9960 g$0.33$4.66
20. 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaiseKroger® Reduced Fat Mayo with Olive Oil · 18 fl oz$3.6960 g$0.42$3.27
21. 8 romaine lettuce leavesKroger® Romaine Lettuce Hearts · 18 ozx5 est.$4.798$22.53$1.42

romaine lettuce drives this basket at $23.95, 34% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and low-fat plain yogurt ($4.99). $36.73 of the basket - 53% - 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 was inspired by my mom’s workouts and the diverse cultures that live in our community,” says Fanai. “The coleslaw is like our community—full of different flavors from all of the different cultures that live here.”

This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook. 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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