S.S. Asparagus Pie - $5.22 a serving

Name: S.S. Asparagus Pie
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 spaghetti squash, halved and seeds removed; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1/2 cup peeled and diced yellow onion; 1 bunch asparagus, ends removed, cut into 1-inch pieces; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced; 5 large eggs; 1 cup low-fat milk or skim milk; 1 cup shredded low-fat cheese; Salt and pepper to taste (to taste)

Makes 6 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$31.33

basket total, in-store

$5.22

per serving (6 servings)

+$0.60

dearer than the $4.62 median dinner

What it costs at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine

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. 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 spaghetti squash, halved and seeds removed	Spaghetti Squash · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED	$1.49	1	$1.49	-
2 teaspoons olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	10 ml	$0.17	$8.32
1/2 cup peeled and diced yellow onion	Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb	$1.19	80 g	$0.21	$0.98
1 bunch asparagus, ends removed, cut into 1-inch pieces	Green Asparagus · 1 lb	$3.49	450 g	$3.46	$0.03
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced	Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct	$2.49	3	$1.49	$1.00
5 large eggs	Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct	$7.49	5	$3.12	$4.37
1 cup low-fat milk or skim milk	Simple Truth Organic® 1% Lowfat Milk Half Gallon · 1/2 gal	$4.69	240 ml	$0.59	$4.10
1 cup shredded low-fat cheese	Kroger® Reduced Fat Mexican Style Shredded Cheese · 8 oz	$2.00	113 g	$1.00	$1.00

Where the money goes

olive oil drives this basket at $8.49, 27% of the total. The next biggest lines are eggs ($7.49) and low-fat milk ($4.69). $19.79 of the basket - 63% - 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.

What carries into next week

Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 490 ml left, $8.32 of value
Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · about 7 left, $4.37 of value
Simple Truth Organic® 1% Lowfat Milk Half Gallon · about 1653 ml left, $4.10 of value
Kroger® Reduced Fat Mexican Style Shredded Cheese · about 114 g left, $1.00 of value
Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · about 2 left, $1.00 of value
Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 374 g left, $0.98 of value

“My mom and I created this recipe five years ago while having to live in Florida (my surgeon is there) for five months due to my surgery,” says Sydney. “We were always trying new recipes and cooking a lot because I was in a wheelchair then. We have always eaten spaghetti squash in our house and I had asked my doctors, nurses, and therapists if they had ever tried it, but most of them had not even heard of it. We decided to come up with a dish for them to try and they loved it! It was so popular that I made it at least once a week as well as every surgery since. My nickname is now S.S. Sydney.” (S.S. stands for spaghetti squash.)

Ingredients

1 spaghetti squash, halved and seeds removed
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup peeled and diced yellow onion
1 bunch asparagus, ends removed, cut into 1-inch pieces
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
5 large eggs
1 cup low-fat milk or skim milk
1 cup shredded low-fat cheese
Salt and pepper to taste (to taste)

Directions

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: What dinner actually costs in 2026.

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