Low-Fat Alfredo Sauce with Pasta - $4.68 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). 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 cup 1% low-fat UHT milk | Kroger® 1% Lowfat Milk Gallon · 1 gal | $3.59 | 240 ml | $0.23 | $3.36 |
| 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese | Breakstone's Low Fat 2% Milkfat Small Curd Cottage Cheese · 16 oz | $2.99 | 225 g | $1.48 | $1.51 |
| 1 egg yolk | Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 18 ct | $2.79 | 1 | $0.16 | $2.63 |
| 1 tablespoon margarineCHECK THIS | Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz | $1.39 | 14 g | $0.04 | $1.35 |
| 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (grated) | Private Selection® Parmesan Wedge Cheese · 8 oz | $5.99 | 25 g | $0.66 | $5.33 |
| 1/2 pound whole grain pasta (like rotini or spaghetti) | Barilla Whole Grain Penne Non-GMO and Kosher Pasta Made With Whole Wheat · 16 oz | $1.99 | 227 g | $1.00 | $0.99 |
parmesan cheese drives this basket at $5.99, 32% of the total. The next biggest lines are 1% low-fat milk ($3.59) and low-fat cottage cheese ($2.99). $15.18 of the basket - 81% - 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.
- Private Selection® Parmesan Wedge Cheese · about 202 g left, $5.33 of value
- Kroger® 1% Lowfat Milk Gallon · about 3545 ml left, $3.36 of value
- Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · about 17 left, $2.63 of value
- Breakstone's Low Fat 2% Milkfat Small Curd Cottage Cheese · about 229 g left, $1.51 of value
- Blue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · about 440 g left, $1.35 of value
- Barilla Whole Grain Penne Non-GMO and Kosher Pasta Made With Whole Wheat · about 227 g left, $0.99 of value
This sauce is made with 1% low-fat ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE(UHT) milk. UHT milk does not need refrigeration before it's opened. It can be used whenever fresh milk is called for. Refrigerate the milk after opening it.
- 1 cup 1% low-fat UHT milk
- 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
- 1/2 pound whole grain pasta (like rotini or spaghetti)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from Food.com), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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