Scrumptious Sweet Potato Sheppard's Pie - $6.12 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. 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 1/2 pounds Ground Beef CrumblesCHECK THIS | Kroger® 80/20 Ground Beef Tray 3 LB · 3 lb | $22.49 | 680 g | $11.24 | $11.25 |
| 3 ounces onions, raw | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 85 g | $0.22 | $0.97 |
| 3 pounds sweet potatoes (cooked) | Kroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb | $3.99 | 1361 g | $3.99 | - |
| 3 ounces carrots, raw | Carrots · 1 lb | $1.69 | 85 g | $0.32 | $1.37 |
| 3 ounces Celery, Raw | Sleeved Celery · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $2.59 | 85 g | $2.59 | - |
| 2 1/2 teaspoons cumin, ground | McCormick Ground Cumin · 1.5 oz | $3.49 | 6 g | $0.49 | $3.00 |
| 1 3/4 teaspoons Cinnamon, ground | Smart Way™ Ground Cinnamon · 1.94 oz | $1.25 | 5 g | $0.11 | $1.14 |
ground beef crumbles drives this basket at $22.49, 61% of the total. The next biggest lines are sweet potatoes ($3.99) and ground cumin ($3.49). $17.73 of the basket - 48% - 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.
- Kroger® 80/20 Ground Beef Tray 3 LB · about 681 g left, $11.25 of value
- McCormick Ground Cumin · about 37 g left, $3.00 of value
- Carrots · about 369 g left, $1.37 of value
- Smart Way™ Ground Cinnamon · about 50 g left, $1.14 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 369 g left, $0.97 of value
- 1 1/2 pounds Ground Beef Crumbles
- 3 ounces onions, raw
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes (cooked)
- 3 ounces carrots, raw
- 3 ounces Celery, Raw
- 2 1/2 teaspoons cumin, ground
- 1 3/4 teaspoons Cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon Pepper, black, ground
- 7/8 teaspoon Salt, table
- 2 1/2 teaspoons Oil, canola
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Blue Valley School District Food & Nutrition Services (Recipe for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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