a M'Asian Taco - $5.32 a serving

Makes 6 servings · asian · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$31.90
basket total, in-store
$5.32
per serving (6 servings)
+$0.69
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
18 ounces Raw 90% lean ground turkeyKroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lbx2$5.49510 g$6.17$4.81
1 1/2 cups shredded carrotsKroger® Shredded Carrots · 10 oz$2.29180 g$1.45$0.84
3 cups Bok Choy cut into bite size piecesBok Choy · 1 lb$2.99210 g$1.38$1.61
1/4 cup scallionsCHECK THISGreen Onions · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$1.7925 g$1.79-
2 cloves Fresh garlic, mincedKroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.492$1.00$1.49
1 teaspoon Fresh ginger, mincedSpice World™ Fresh Peeled Ginger Bag · 7 oz$3.995 g$0.10$3.89
1/4 pound Dry thin whole wheat spaghettiSimple Truth Organic® 100% Whole Wheat Spaghetti · 16 oz$1.69113 g$0.42$1.27
6 unknown Taco bowlsOld El Paso™ Soft Flour Tortilla Bowls · 8 ct / 0.84 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$4.196$4.19-
1 4/5 ounces Low Sodium Soy SauceKroger® Less Sodium Soy Sauce · 10 fl oz$1.4954 ml$0.27$1.22

ground turkey drives this basket at $10.98, 34% of the total. The next biggest lines are taco bowls ($4.19) and fresh ginger ($3.99). $15.12 of the basket - 47% - 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 (Baldwin Middle School (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Baldwin 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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