Manly Muffin Meat Loaf - $3.96 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 unit egg | Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 18 ct | $2.79 | 1 | $0.16 | $2.63 |
| 1/2 cup non-fat milkCHECK THIS | Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt | $1.79 | 120 ml | $0.45 | $1.34 |
| 3/4 cup oats | Quaker® Old Fashioned Oats · 42 oz | $5.99 | 68 g | $0.34 | $5.65 |
| 1 pound lean ground beef | Pre® Grass Fed & Finished Ground Beef 92% Lean 8% Fat · 16 oz | $9.99 | 454 g | $9.99 | - |
| 3 tablespoons onion (chopped) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 45 g | $0.12 | $1.07 |
| 1/2 cup cheese (any variety) (grated) | Kroger® Mexican Style Blend Shredded Cheese · 8 oz | $2.00 | 56 g | $0.49 | $1.51 |
lean ground beef drives this basket at $9.99, 42% of the total. The next biggest lines are oats ($5.99) and egg ($2.79). $12.20 of the basket - 51% - 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.
- Quaker® Old Fashioned Oats · about 1123 g left, $5.65 of value
- Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · about 17 left, $2.63 of value
- Kroger® Mexican Style Blend Shredded Cheese · about 171 g left, $1.51 of value
- Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · about 353 ml left, $1.34 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 409 g left, $1.07 of value
- 1 unit egg
- 1/2 cup non-fat milk
- 3/4 cup oats
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 3 tablespoons onion (chopped)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cheese (any variety) (grated)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Kansas Family Nutrition Program, Kids a Cookin’), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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