Phoebe's Phish Tacos with Kale Chips - $6.80 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). 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 pound asparagus, tough ends removed | Green Asparagus · 1 lb | $3.49 | 454 g | $3.49 | - |
| 1 tablespoon naval orange juice | Medium Fresh Navel Oranges- Each · 1 each | $1.25 | 1 | $1.25 | - |
| 1/4 cup olive oil | Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz | $8.49 | 60 ml | $1.02 | $7.47 |
| 1 pound or 4 fillets salmon | Kroger® Fresh Farm Raised Atlantic Salmon Fillet Portion · 16 ounces | $12.00 | 454 g | $12.00 | - |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz | $4.99 | - | $4.99 | - |
| 8 corn tortillas | Mission Super Soft Super Size Yellow Corn Tortillas · 10 count | $2.69 | 8 | $2.15 | $0.54 |
| 2 avocados, halved and pitted | Fresh Large Ripe Avocado · 1 eachx2 | $2.50 | 2 | $5.00 | - |
| 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro | Cilantro · 1 ct | $0.99 | - | $0.99 | - |
| 4 ounces shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese | Kroger® Reduced Fat Mozzarella String Cheese · 12 ct / 10 ozSUBSTITUTE | $3.49 | 113 g | $0.12 | $3.37 |
| 1/2 pound curly kale, stalks discarded and leaves torn into bite-sized piecesCHECK THIS | Kale Bag · 16 oz | $3.49 | 227 g | $1.75 | $1.74 |
| 1 tablespoon olive oil | Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz | $8.49 | 15 ml | $0.25 | $8.24 |
salmon drives this basket at $12.00, 22% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and olive oil ($8.49). $21.36 of the basket - 39% - 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.
- Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
- Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 440 ml left, $7.47 of value
- Kroger® Reduced Fat Mozzarella String Cheese · about 3289 g left, $3.37 of value
- Kale Bag · about 227 g left, $1.74 of value
- Mission Super Soft Super Size Yellow Corn Tortillas · about 2 left, $0.54 of value
“My inspiration for this is also my favorite story. I was at a barbecue while on vacation and set my eyes on my first suckling pig,” says Phoebe. “The sight convinced me to become a vegetarian. After studying with my parents about vegetarianism and how much protein my body needs, I decided that I would eat fish and chicken, but not mammals. Making this choice has forced us to find creative protein options. Fish is both high in protein and the good types of fats we need.”
- 1 pound asparagus, tough ends removed
- 1 tablespoon naval orange juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 pound or 4 fillets salmon
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 corn tortillas
- 2 avocados, halved and pitted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 4 ounces shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 pound curly kale, stalks discarded and leaves torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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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