Rota Sweet Potato Salad with Grilled Chicken Breast - $21.60 a serving

Makes 2 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$43.19
basket total, in-store
$21.60
per serving (2 servings)
+$16.97
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 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
2 purple or regular sweet potatoes, peeled and halved lengthwiseKroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb$3.992$0.88$3.11
1/4 cup nuts, crushedCHECK THISKroger® Salted with Sea Salt Mixed Nuts · 10.3 oz$4.4930 g$0.46$4.03
1/4 cup dried cranberriesKroger® Dried Cranberries · 6 oz$2.1940 g$0.52$1.67
1/4 cup cooked cornKroger® Whole Kernel Canned Golden Corn · 15.25 oz$1.0060 g$0.14$0.86
1/4 cup plain yogurtKroger® Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt Cup · 5.3 oz$0.8960 g$0.36$0.53
2 tablespoons mustardKroger Original Yellow Mustard · 8 oz$0.9930 g$0.13$0.86
1 tablespoon honeySmart Way™ Honey · 24 oz$5.9921 g$0.18$5.81
1 large skinless, boneless chicken breastKroger® Boneless Skinless Uncooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Thin-Sliced · 1.25 lb$5.001$1.98$3.02
1 teaspoon dried basilCHECK THISKroger® Basil Leaves Shaker · 0.43 oz$1.991 g$0.16$1.83
1 tablespoon lime juiceFresh Limes - Each · 1 each$0.691$0.69-
1 tablespoon olive oilSimple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz$8.4914 ml$0.24$8.25
1 tablespoon honeySmart Way™ Honey · 24 oz$5.9921 g$0.18$5.81
2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauceKroger® Less Sodium Soy Sauce · 10 fl oz$1.4910 ml$0.05$1.44

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 20% of the total. The next biggest lines are honey ($5.99) and honey ($5.99). $37.21 of the basket - 86% - 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.

“ My parents grew up in Korea. My father said many Koreans believe eating five colored foods a day is the best way to maintain our general health,” says Claire. “I like colored food also. The best purple food is purple potatoes, especially the ones grown on Rota, one of the Northern Mariana Islands. They are really pretty and yummy. I think I am pretty healthy because of colored foods.”

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.

The 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook. 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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