Healthy Vegetable Fried Quinoa - $10.75 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). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 cups quinoa (rinsed) | Simple Truth Organic® Quinoa · 16 oz | $3.99 | 340 g | $2.99 | $1.00 |
| 1 tablespoon safflower oil | Spectrum Culinary Safflower Oil · 32 fl oz | $14.99 | 15 ml | $0.24 | $14.75 |
| 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger | Spice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · 7 oz | $3.99 | 15 g | $0.30 | $3.69 |
| 1 clove garlic (minced) | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct | $2.49 | 1 | $0.50 | $1.99 |
| 1 cup diced carrots | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 128 g | $0.48 | $1.21 |
| 6 unknown snow peas | Kroger® Snow Peas · 8 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.99 | 6 | $2.99 | - |
| 1 cup baby bok choy | Organic Baby Bok Choy · 1 lb | $2.99 | 70 g | $0.46 | $2.53 |
| 2 cups kale (stems removed, and torn into small pieces) | Kale Lettuce Bunch · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.49 | 134 g | $1.49 | - |
| 1/4 cup minced fresh chives | Simple Truth Organic® Chives · 0.5 ozx2 | $2.49 | 25 g | $4.39 | $0.59 |
| 2 unknown large eggs (or 1/2 cup egg substitute) | Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 12 ct | $1.89 | 2 | $0.31 | $1.57 |
| 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce | Kroger® Less Sodium Soy Sauce · 10 fl oz | $1.49 | 15 ml | $0.08 | $1.41 |
safflower oil drives this basket at $14.99, 35% of the total. The next biggest lines are fresh chives ($4.98) and quinoa ($3.99). $28.75 of the basket - 67% - 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.
- Spectrum Culinary Safflower Oil · about 931 ml left, $14.75 of value
- Spice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · about 183 g left, $3.69 of value
- Organic Baby Bok Choy · about 384 g left, $2.53 of value
- Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 4 left, $1.99 of value
- Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · about 10 left, $1.57 of value
- Kroger® Less Sodium Soy Sauce · about 281 ml left, $1.41 of value
"One night at dinner we had leftover quinoa and a garden full of vegetables and came up with this dinner. I liked it so much that I wanted the leftovers in my lunch the next day and even requested it for my birthday dinner,” says Joshua. “I would serve orange slices with mango Greek yogurt to have all the food groups represented from ChooseMyPlate.”
- 2 cups quinoa (rinsed)
- 1 tablespoon safflower oil
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 6 unknown snow peas
- 1 cup baby bok choy
- 2 cups kale (stems removed, and torn into small pieces)
- 1/4 cup minced fresh chives
- 2 unknown large eggs (or 1/2 cup egg substitute)
- 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
This recipe is credited to a partner program (The Epicurious 2013 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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