Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers (FDD) - $5.87 a serving

Makes 6 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$35.19
basket total, in-store
$5.87
per serving (6 servings)
+$1.24
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). 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1 cup blended American and skim milk cheese (cut into pieces)CHECK THISKroger® Singles American Sliced Cheese · 24 slices / 16 oz$3.49113 g$0.87$2.62
2 eggsVital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct$7.492$1.25$6.24
1 cup nonfat dry milkKroger® Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk · 25.6 oz$9.79120 g$1.62$8.17
1 1/2 cups white rice (cooked)Kroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · 32 oz$1.79285 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$1.89425 g$1.86$0.03
1 onion (chopped)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.191$0.29$0.90
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.994 g$0.08$4.91
3 medium green peppers (cut in halves, center removed)Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ctx3$0.993$2.97-
1 can low-sodium tomatoes (drained and chopped, about 15 ounces)CHECK THISSimple Truth Organic® No Salt Added Petite Diced Tomatoes · 14.5 oz$1.59425 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.

Recipe adapted from Commodity Supplemental Food Program 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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