Gold Rush Pizza - $4.82 a serving

Makes 6 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$28.94
basket total, in-store
$4.82
per serving (6 servings)
+$0.20
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). 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
2 1/2 cups sweet potato, raw, chopped into 1/3 inch cubesKroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb$3.99330 g$0.97$3.02
1/2 cup kale, raw, chopped into 1/3 inch piecesKale Lettuce Bunch · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.4930 g$1.49-
1 tablespoon garlic, raw, chopped or pressedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$2.499 g$2.49-
15 ounces tomatoes, diced, low-sodium (1 can)Kroger Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz$1.00425 g$1.00-
1 unknown whole grain pizza crust (16")CHECK THISStonefire® 8.5 Thin Pizza Crust · 16.2 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$4.991$4.99-
3/4 cup chicken, diced, frozenKroger® Frozen Fully Cooked Boneless Skinless Diced Chicken Breast · 22 oz$7.99130 g$1.67$6.32
3/4 cup light or part-skim shredded mozzarella cheeseKroger® Mozzarella Shredded Cheese · 8 oz$2.0085 g$0.75$1.25
1/4 teaspoon garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.991 g$0.02$4.97

frozen diced chicken drives this basket at $7.99, 28% of the total. The next biggest lines are whole grain pizza crust ($4.99) and garlic powder ($4.99). $15.57 of the basket - 54% - 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 (Sartell Middle School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Sartell 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: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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