
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. 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup blended American and skim milk cheese (cut into pieces)CHECK THIS | Kroger® Singles American Sliced Cheese · 24 slices / 16 oz | $3.49 | 113 g | $0.87 | $2.62 |
| 2 eggs | Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct | $7.49 | 2 | $1.25 | $6.24 |
| 1 cup nonfat dry milk | Kroger® Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk · 25.6 oz | $9.79 | 120 g | $1.62 | $8.17 |
| 1 1/2 cups white rice (cooked) | Kroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · 32 oz | $1.79 | 285 g | $0.56 | $1.23 |
| 1 can low-sodium corn (drained, about 15 ounces) | Del Monte No Salt Added Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn · 15.25 oz | $1.89 | 425 g | $1.86 | $0.03 |
| 1 onion (chopped) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder | Kroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz | $4.99 | 4 g | $0.08 | $4.91 |
| 3 medium green peppers (cut in halves, center removed) | Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ctx3 | $0.99 | 3 | $2.97 | - |
| 1 can low-sodium tomatoes (drained and chopped, about 15 ounces)CHECK THIS | Simple Truth Organic® No Salt Added Petite Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz | $1.59 | 425 g | $1.59 | - |
nonfat dry milk drives this basket at $9.79, 28% of the total. The next biggest lines are eggs ($7.49) and garlic powder ($4.99). $24.11 of the basket - 69% - 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.
A fun way to eat more vegetables. Blended American and Skim milk cheeses enhance this recipe.
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from Commodity Supplemental Food Program Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.