Fiesta Beans & Rice - $0.84 a serving
$5.07
basket total, in-store
$0.84
per serving (6 servings)
-$3.78
cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner
What it costs at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine
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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1/4 cups Rice, brown, long grain, dry | Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · 16 oz | $0.99 | 240 g | $0.52 | $0.47 |
| 1/4 cup salsa | Kroger® Mild Traditional Salsa · 16 oz | $2.19 | 60 g | $0.29 | $1.90 |
| 1/4 cup tomato sauce | Contadina Tomato Sauce · 8 oz | $0.89 | 60 ml | $0.24 | $0.65 |
| 1 1/4 cups Beans, Red, canned | Kroger® Red Beans · 15.5 oz | $1.00 | 300 g | $0.68 | $0.32 |
Where the money goes
salsa drives this basket at $2.19, 43% of the total. The next biggest lines are canned red beans ($1.00) and brown rice ($0.99). $3.34 of the basket - 66% - 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.
What carries into next week
- Kroger® Mild Traditional Salsa · about 394 g left, $1.90 of value
- Contadina Tomato Sauce · about 167 ml left, $0.65 of value
- Kroger® Long Grain Brown Rice · about 214 g left, $0.47 of value
- Kroger® Red Beans · about 139 g left, $0.32 of value
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups Rice, brown, long grain, dry
- 1/4 cup salsa
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
- 1 1/4 cups Beans, Red, canned
Directions
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Van Buren Middle School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
Van Buren Middle 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: The protein math behind beans and rice.
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