Go Local Lunch! - $10.07 a serving

Name: Go Local Lunch!
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 cups carrots, peeled and chopped; 4 cups cubed butternut squash; 1 tablespoon butter; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 pound skinless boneless chicken breast; 3 celery stalks, finely chopped; 3 green onions, peeled and finely chopped; 1 Fuji apple, peeled, cored, and cut into thin strips; 1/3 cup raisins; 1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 1/4 cup unfiltered apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon curry powder; 8 whole-wheat tortillas; 2 cups fresh spinach; 1/2 cup low-fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Makes 8 servings · american · involved · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$80.60

basket total, in-store

$10.07

per serving (8 servings)

+$5.45

dearer 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). 1 pantry staples excluded. 1 match is 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 olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	15 ml	$0.25	$8.24
3 cups carrots, peeled and chopped	Carrots · 1 lb	$1.69	375 g	$1.40	$0.29
4 cups cubed butternut squash	Butternut Squash · 1 lbx2	$1.49	820 g	$2.69	$0.29
1 tablespoon butter	Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks · 4 sticks / 16 oz	$3.49	14 g	$0.11	$3.38
2 tablespoons maple syrup	Simple Truth Organic® Dark Color Maple Syrup · 8 fl oz	$5.79	30 ml	$0.73	$5.06
1 tablespoon olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	15 ml	$0.25	$8.24
1 pound skinless boneless chicken breast	Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lb	$5.00	454 g	$4.00	$1.00
3 celery stalks, finely chopped	Sleeved Celery · 1 ctx3	$2.59	3	$7.77	-
3 green onions, peeled and finely chopped	Green Onions · 1 eachx3	$1.19	3	$3.57	-
1 Fuji apple, peeled, cored, and cut into thin strips	Simple Truth Organic® Fuji Apples - 4 Pack Tray · 4 ct	$5.00	1	$1.25	$3.75
1/3 cup raisins	Simple Truth Organic® Seedless Raisins · 10 oz	$2.69	50 g	$0.47	$2.22
1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt	Kroger® Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt Tub · 32 oz	$4.79	120 g	$0.63	$4.16
1/4 cup mayonnaiseCHECK THIS	Kroger® Real Mayo · 30 fl oz	$3.79	55 g	$0.23	$3.56
1/4 cup unfiltered apple cider vinegar	Simple Truth Organic® Raw and Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar · 16 fl oz	$3.29	60 ml	$0.42	$2.87
1 teaspoon curry powder	Simple Truth Organic® Ground Curry Powder Shaker · 1.66 oz	$3.99	5 g	$0.42	$3.57
8 whole-wheat tortillas	Mission Carb Balance Soft Taco Size Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas · 8 count	$5.79	8	$5.79	-
2 cups fresh spinach	Spinach · 1 lb	$1.99	60 g	$0.26	$1.73
1/2 cup low-fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded	Kroger® Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Shredded Cheese · 8 oz	$2.00	55 g	$0.49	$1.51

Where the money goes

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 11% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and celery ($7.77). $49.84 of the basket - 62% - 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

Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
Simple Truth Organic® Dark Color Maple Syrup · about 207 ml left, $5.06 of value
Kroger® Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt Tub · about 787 g left, $4.16 of value
Simple Truth Organic® Fuji Apples - 4 Pack Tray · about 3 left, $3.75 of value
Simple Truth Organic® Ground Curry Powder Shaker · about 42 g left, $3.57 of value

“Miranda works hard helping in our garden and raising our chickens,” says Miranda’s mom, Genevieve. “Last summer we would make entire meals using only foods that we grew or raised ourselves. She came up with this recipe because it includes some of her very favorite foods—our own chicken, apples, maple syrup, and veggies that we can usually find in our own garden or the farmer's market. She's been making wraps for a while now and cooks often with both me and her grandmother. She even has her own cookbook with all of the recipes she's learned to make by herself.”

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups carrots, peeled and chopped
4 cups cubed butternut squash
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound skinless boneless chicken breast
3 celery stalks, finely chopped
3 green onions, peeled and finely chopped
1 Fuji apple, peeled, cored, and cut into thin strips
1/3 cup raisins
1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup unfiltered apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon curry powder
8 whole-wheat tortillas
2 cups fresh spinach
1/2 cup low-fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions

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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