Verry Veggie Pizza - $4.72 a serving

Makes 6 servings · italian · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$28.32
basket total, in-store
$4.72
per serving (6 servings)
+$0.10
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
1 1/4 cups Non Fat YogurtSimple Truth Organic® Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt Tub · 32 oz$4.99300 g$1.65$3.34
4 teaspoons All Purpose Herb SeasoningCavender's® All-Purpose Greek Seasoning · 3.25 oz$2.9920 g$0.65$2.34
1 cup Black Beans, Soaked, DrainedKroger® Black Beans · 15.25 oz$1.00240 g$0.56$0.44
1 crust WG-16" Pre-Made Pizza CrustCHECK THISPillsbury™ Ready to Bake Classic Pizza Crust · 13.8 ozSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED$3.991$3.99-
4 cups Mozzarella cheese, low-fat, shreddedCHECK THISKroger® Mozzarella Shredded Cheese · 8 ozx2$2.00450 g$3.97$0.03
2 cups carrots, shreddedKroger® Shredded Carrots · 10 oz$2.29250 g$2.02$0.27
3/4 cup Cucumber, ChoppedOrganic Cucumber · 1 ct$1.39150 g$0.00$1.39
8 tablespoons red bell pepper, choppedFresh Red Hothouse Bell Pepper · 1 ct$1.67120 g$1.67-
1 cup broccoli, choppedKroger® Broccoli Florets BIG DEAL! · 32 oz$6.0090 g$0.60$5.40

broccoli drives this basket at $6.00, 21% of the total. The next biggest lines are non fat yogurt ($4.99) and low-fat shredded mozzarella cheese ($4.00). $13.22 of the basket - 47% - 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.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Beavercreek City Schools (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition)), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Beavercreek City Schools (Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition). 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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