Pan-Roasted Grouper with Carolina Gold Rice Salad - $7.55 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). 3 pantry staples excluded. 3 matches are 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. 2 cups Carolina Gold rice or wild riceCHECK THIS | Kroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · 32 ozSUBSTITUTE | $1.79 | 370 g | $0.73 | $1.06 |
| 2. 10 ounces baby spinach, stems trimmed and leaves roughly chopped | Kroger® Tender Baby Spinach Bag Salad · 10 oz | $2.19 | 283 g | $2.19 | $0.00 |
| 3. 1/2 red onion, peeled and diced | Jumbo Red Onions · 1 lb | $1.69 | 1 | $0.41 | $1.28 |
| 4. 1 pint multicolor cherry tomatoes, halvedCHECK THIS | Private Selection® Petite Medley Snacking Tomatoes · 24 oz | $5.00 | 500 g | $3.67 | $1.33 |
| 5. 3 cups red grapes, halved | Fresh California Seedless Red Grapes · 1 lb | $1.99 | 450 g | $1.97 | $0.02 |
| 6. 1/2 cup ruby red grapefruit juice | Kroger® No Sugar Added Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice · 64 fl oz | $3.79 | 120 ml | $0.24 | $3.55 |
| 7. 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar | Pompeian Balsamic Vinegar · 16 oz | $4.49 | 60 ml | $0.59 | $3.90 |
| 8. 1 teaspoon yellow miso pasteCHECK THIS | Norita® White Miso Soy Bean Paste · 14.1 ozSUBSTITUTE | $7.49 | 6 g | $0.11 | $7.38 |
| 11. 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil | Pompeian® Robust Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16 fl oz | $5.99 | 180 ml | $2.28 | $3.71 |
| 12. 4 (4-ounce) grouper fillets or another firm fish | Private Selection® Wild Caught Boneless & Skin On Grouper Fillet Portions · 12 ozx2 | $12.99 | 454 g | $17.34 | $8.64 |
grouper fillets drives this basket at $25.98, 43% of the total. The next biggest lines are yellow miso paste ($7.49) and extra-virgin olive oil ($5.99). $30.86 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.
- Private Selection® Wild Caught Boneless & Skin On Grouper Fillet Portions · about 226 g left, $8.64 of value
- Norita® White Miso Soy Bean Paste · about 394 g left, $7.38 of value
- Pompeian Balsamic Vinegar · about 394 ml left, $3.90 of value
- Pompeian® Robust Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 293 ml left, $3.71 of value
- Kroger® No Sugar Added Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice · about 1773 ml left, $3.55 of value
- Private Selection® Petite Medley Snacking Tomatoes · about 180 g left, $1.33 of value
“My mom and I first made this recipe after visiting the beach in Charleston, South Carolina,” says Summer. “Every restaurant had the most delicious fresh fish. Before we left, we bought some grouper at a fish shack that had been caught that morning, and we took it home in a cooler. We also ate rice native to South Carolina, and we were able to find it in stores back home in Greenville. So we came up with this recipe to remind us of our trips to the beach!”
- 2 cups Carolina Gold rice or wild rice
- 10 ounces baby spinach, stems trimmed and leaves roughly chopped
- 1/2 red onion, peeled and diced
- 1 pint multicolor cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 cups red grapes, halved
- 1/2 cup ruby red grapefruit juice
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon yellow miso paste
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 (4-ounce) grouper fillets or another firm fish
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (optional)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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