Curried Potatoes with Red Lentils - $4.61 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 pantry staples excluded. 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 tablespoon butter (or more oil) | Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · 4 sticks / 16 oz | $3.49 | 14 g | $0.11 | $3.38 |
| 1 unknown small onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 2 cloves garlic cloves, crushed (use 2-3 garlic cloves) | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 3 | $1.49 | $1.00 |
| 1 unknown sweet potato, medium peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (use a dark-fleshed potatoes) | Kroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb | $3.99 | 1 | $0.44 | $3.55 |
| 2 unknown potatoes, yellow, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (use thin-skinned potatoes, such as Yukon Gold) | Yukon Gold Potatoes · 1 lb | $1.69 | 2 | $1.49 | $0.20 |
| 1 tablespoon ginger, fresh grated | Spice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · 7 oz | $3.99 | 15 g | $0.30 | $3.69 |
| 1 tablespoon curry paste (or curry powder) | Private Selection® Thai Style Green Curry Paste · 4.6 oz | $3.49 | 15 g | $0.40 | $3.09 |
| 1/2 cup dried red lentilsCHECK THIS | Kroger® Red Lentils · 16 oz | $2.69 | 95 g | $0.56 | $2.13 |
| 2 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock) | Vegetable Broth Fat Free - Simple Truth Organic - 32 Oz · 32 oz | $1.99 | 480 ml | $1.05 | $0.94 |
| 1 cup coconut milkCHECK THIS | Simple Truth Organic® Unsweetened Coconut Milk · 13.5 fl oz | $1.99 | 240 ml | $1.20 | $0.79 |
| 2 teaspoons lime juice | Fresh Limes - Each · 1 each | $0.69 | 1 | $0.69 | - |
sweet potato drives this basket at $3.99, 14% of the total. The next biggest lines are fresh ginger ($3.99) and butter ($3.49). $19.66 of the basket - 71% - 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.
- Spice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · about 183 g left, $3.69 of value
- Kroger® Sweet Potato · about 1211 g left, $3.55 of value
- Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · about 440 g left, $3.38 of value
- Private Selection® Thai Style Green Curry Paste · about 115 g left, $3.09 of value
- Kroger® Red Lentils · about 359 g left, $2.13 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 2 left, $1.00 of value
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon butter (or more oil)
- 1 unknown small onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic cloves, crushed (use 2-3 garlic cloves)
- 1 unknown sweet potato, medium peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (use a dark-fleshed potatoes)
- 2 unknown potatoes, yellow, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (use thin-skinned potatoes, such as Yukon Gold)
- 1 tablespoon ginger, fresh grated
- 1 tablespoon curry paste (or curry powder)
- 1/2 cup dried red lentils
- 2 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, divided (optional)
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- unknown salt (to taste, optional)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Canadian Lentils. The Big Book of Lentils Cookbook. Visit Web site), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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