Chicken Sausage Cauliflower Crust Pizza - $19.77 a serving

Makes 4 servings · italian · involved · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$79.10
basket total, in-store
$19.77
per serving (4 servings)
+$15.15
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. 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1 cauliflower, stemmed and roughly choppedCHECK THISKroger® Traditional Favorites Frozen Cauliflower · 12 ozx2 est.$1.891$3.33$0.45
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzlingSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4915 ml$0.25$8.24
1 tablespoon minced onionJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1915 g$0.04$1.15
2 garlic cloves, peeled and mincedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.492$1.00$1.49
1 teaspoon dried oreganoCHECK THISSmart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.253 g$0.21$1.04
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheesePrivate Selection® Parmesan Wedge Cheese · 8 oz$5.9930 g$0.79$5.20
1/4 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheeseKroger® Reduced Fat Mozzarella String Cheese · 12 ct / 10 ozSUBSTITUTE$3.4928 g$0.03$3.46
2 egg whitesSimple Truth Organic™ Cage Free 100% Liquid Egg Whites · 16 oz$3.992$0.58$3.41
1 15-ounce can tomato sauceContadina Tomato Sauce · 8 ozx2$0.89425 g$1.67$0.11
2 garlic cloves, peeled and mincedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.492$1.00$1.49
2 tablespoons minced fresh onionJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1930 g$0.08$1.11
1 teaspoon dried parsleySmart Way™ Parsley Flakes · 0.5 oz$1.251 g$0.09$1.16
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oreganoCHECK THISSmart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.255 g$0.31$0.94
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheesePrivate Selection® Parmesan Wedge Cheese · 8 oz$5.9915 g$0.40$5.59
1/2 teaspoon dried basilCHECK THISKroger® Basil Leaves Shaker · 0.43 oz$1.991 g$0.08$1.91
1 pound ground chickenGerber's Amish Farm Ground Fresh Chicken · 1 lb$4.79454 g$4.79-
1/2 teaspoon dried parsleySmart Way™ Parsley Flakes · 0.5 oz$1.251 g$0.04$1.21
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoningSmart Way™ Italian Seasoning · 0.60 oz$1.251 g$0.07$1.18
1/2 teaspoon garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.992 g$0.03$4.96
1/2 teaspoon fennel seedSimple Truth Organic® Whole Fennel Seeds Shaker · 1.48 oz$3.991 g$0.10$3.89
1/2 teaspoon paprikaCHECK THISSmart Way™ Ground Paprika · 2 oz$1.251 g$0.02$1.23
1/2 teaspoon onion powderLawry's Onion Powder · 2.62 oz$2.991 g$0.04$2.95
1 tablespoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4915 ml$0.25$8.24
1/2 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheeseKroger® Reduced Fat Mozzarella String Cheese · 12 ct / 10 ozSUBSTITUTE$3.4956 g$0.06$3.43

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 11% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and parmesan cheese ($5.99). $63.84 of the basket - 81% - 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.

“Wyatt loves pizza, but his grandmother is gluten free and can't join us for build-your-own-pizza night,” says Wyatt’s mom, Tiffany. “He found a recipe for a cauliflower crust, but decided it needed to taste more like a seasoned flatbread crust. The flavor of the pizza was amazing since he added his own blend of spices into the crust. Serving it with a salad and fruit smoothie is our favorite way to have lunch.”

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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