Grilled Chicken Salad with Garden Green, Arugula, and Baby Spinach & Herb Sherry Vinaigrette - $8.04 a serving

Makes 6 servings · mediterranean · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$48.23
basket total, in-store
$8.04
per serving (6 servings)
+$3.42
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). 2 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
6 unknown chicken breasts (6 ounces each)Kroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lbx3 est.$5.006$11.90$3.10
1 tablespoon thymePrivate Selection® Thyme Leaves Shaker · 0.78 oz$3.4915 g$2.37$1.12
1 unknown lemon zestFresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each$0.851$0.85-
6 unknown sprigs chives, choppedSimple Truth Organic® Chives · 0.5 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$2.496$2.49-
1 cup sherry vinegarCHECK THISKroger® Red Wine Vinegar · 12.7 fl ozSUBSTITUTE$2.49240 ml$1.59$0.90
2 unknown lemons (juiced)Fresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 eachx2$0.852$1.70-
1 unknown shallot (finely minced)Shallots · 1 lb$3.991$0.26$3.73
1 tablespoon oregano (chopped)Smart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.2515 g$1.05$0.20
1 tablespoon basil (chopped)Simple Truth Organic® Basil · 0.5 oz$2.4915 g$2.49-
1 cup extra virgin olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.49240 ml$4.08$4.41
2 tablespoons honeySmart Way™ Honey · 24 oz$5.9930 g$0.26$5.73

chicken breast drives this basket at $15.00, 31% of the total. The next biggest lines are extra virgin olive oil ($8.49) and honey ($5.99). $19.18 of the basket - 40% - 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.

Straight from the White House kitchen to you! A refreshing vinaigrette completes this crisp garden salad topped with herb-marinated chicken.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Healthy Recipes from the White House to You), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Healthy Recipes from the White House to You. 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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