Confetti Turkey Pocket - $7.27 a serving

Makes 6 servings · american · involved · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$43.59
basket total, in-store
$7.27
per serving (6 servings)
+$2.64
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). 3 pantry staples excluded. 4 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. 3/4 cup White whole wheat flourKing Arthur™ Flour White Whole Wheat Flour · 5 lb$6.9990 g$0.28$6.71
2. 7/8 cup All-purpose flour, enrichedCHECK THISKroger® All Purpose Bleached Enriched Flour · 2 lbs$1.69105 g$0.20$1.49
3. 5/6 tablespoon Dry milk, instant, nonfatCHECK THISKroger® Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk · 25.6 oz$9.797 g$0.09$9.70
4. 1 1/2 tablespoons Sugar, GranulatedKroger® Pure Cane Granulated Sugar · 4 lb$3.9919 g$0.04$3.95
5. 1 teaspoon Yeast, instant, dryCHECK THISKroger® Active Dry Yeast · 3 ct / 0.25 oz$1.393 g$0.20$1.19
9. 11 17/20 ounces Turkey roast, cooked, bonelessCHECK THISHORMEL SQUARE TABLE Sliced Roasted Turkey Breast and Gravy Fully Cooked Entree · 15 oz$8.99336 g$7.10$1.89
10. 1/2 cup Carrots, fresh, shreddedCarrots · 1 lb$1.6960 g$0.22$1.47
11. 1/2 cup Sweet potatoes,dicedKroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb$3.99100 g$0.29$3.70
12. 2 tablespoons onion, choppedJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1920 g$0.05$1.14
13. 1/4 cup chicken brothKroger® 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth · 32 oz$1.5960 ml$0.11$1.48
14. 2 tablespoons + 1 tsp Sugar, brownKroger® Light Brown Sugar · 32 oz$2.2935 g$0.09$2.20

instant nonfat dry milk drives this basket at $9.79, 22% of the total. The next biggest lines are cooked turkey roast ($8.99) and white whole wheat flour ($6.99). $34.92 of the basket - 80% - 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 is credited to a partner program (Source: St. Peter Catholic School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Source: St. Peter Catholic 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: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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