Crispy-Skin Salmon Over Pasta with Garbanzo Bean Sauce - $33.55 a serving

Makes 1 servings · mediterranean · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$33.55
basket total, in-store
$33.55
per serving (1 servings)
+$28.93
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). Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1. 2 tablespoons acini di pepe pastaDe Cecco Enriched Macaroni Acini Di Pepe · 16 oz$3.7930 g$0.25$3.54
2. 1 tablespoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4915 ml$0.25$8.24
3. 1 (2 1/2-ounce) piece salmon, with skin onKroger® Fresh Farm Raised Atlantic Salmon Fillet Portion · 16 ounces$12.0071 g$1.88$10.12
4. 1/2 cup canned garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drainedKroger® Garbanzo Beans · 15.5 oz$1.00120 g$0.27$0.73
5. 1 garlic clove, peeled and mincedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.491$0.50$1.99
6. 3 ounces plain nonfat yogurtKroger® Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt Tub · 32 oz$4.7985 g$0.45$4.34
7. 9 fresh cilantro leavesCilantro · 1 ct$0.99-$0.99-

salmon drives this basket at $12.00, 36% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and plain nonfat yogurt ($4.79). $28.96 of the basket - 86% - 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.

“ I made this recipe because I L-O-V-E, love, pasta, and salmon is my favorite fish,” says Emma. “I made the garbanzo bean sauce because my dad used to make garbanzo beans frequently when I was four. I am always open to trying new things.” Emma serves this with a banana-strawberry smoothie.

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.

The 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: What each protein actually costs per serving.
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