Rainbow Chili - $6.03 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 tablespoon olive oil | Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz | $8.49 | 15 ml | $0.25 | $8.24 |
| 1 onion, peeled and diced | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 4 celery stalks, thinly sliced | Sleeved Celery · 1 ctx4 | $2.59 | 4 | $10.36 | - |
| 2 tablespoons peeled and minced garlic | Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.49 | 30 g | $2.49 | - |
| 1 pound lean ground turkey | Kroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lb | $5.49 | 454 g | $5.49 | - |
| 2 tablespoons chili powder | Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz | $2.49 | 16 g | $0.35 | $2.14 |
| 1 tablespoon ground cumin | McCormick Ground Cumin · 1.5 oz | $3.49 | 6 g | $0.49 | $3.00 |
| 2 (14-ounce) cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes | Kroger® Salsa Style Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 ozx2 | $1.49 | 794 g | $2.88 | $0.10 |
| 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced | Kroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb | $3.99 | 2 | $0.88 | $3.11 |
| 1 (16-ounce) bag frozen corn | Kroger® Frozen Super Sweet Corn · 12 ozx2 | $1.29 | 454 g | $1.72 | $0.86 |
| 1 bell pepper, seeded and diced | Fresh Yellow Bell Pepper · 1 ct | $1.67 | 1 | $1.67 | - |
| 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed | Kroger® Black Beans · 15.25 ozx2 | $1.00 | 850 g | $1.97 | $0.03 |
| 1 bunch fresh cilantro, finely choppedCHECK THIS | Cilantro · 1 ct | $0.99 | 1 | $0.99 | - |
celery drives this basket at $10.36, 21% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and lean ground turkey ($5.49). $18.38 of the basket - 38% - 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
- Kroger® Sweet Potato · about 1061 g left, $3.11 of value
- McCormick Ground Cumin · about 37 g left, $3.00 of value
- Kroger® Chili Powder Shaker · about 97 g left, $2.14 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value
- Kroger® Frozen Super Sweet Corn · about 226 g left, $0.86 of value
“I love to eat colorful, flavorful food! That's why I created Rainbow Chili,” says Simone. “It's an easy way for kids to eat a whole lot of vegetables—one from almost every color of the rainbow. I've been helping in the kitchen since I was 3. I like to cook because you get to put all sorts of different foods together and taste it before anyone else. I think we make better food at home than even fancy restaurants. And I think that kids will eat more vegetables if they look beautiful and taste delicious.”
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 4 celery stalks, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons peeled and minced garlic
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 (14-ounce) cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 (16-ounce) bag frozen corn
- 1 bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, finely chopped
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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