West Wing Chicken with Secret Service Noodles - $11.99 a serving

Name: West Wing Chicken with Secret Service Noodles
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon skim milk; 2 cups Panko breadcrumbs; 8 4-ounce skinless boneless chicken breasts; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced; 1/2 onion, peeled and chopped; 1 carrot, peeled and chopped; 2 28-ounce cans crushed or whole plum tomatoes, diced; 1/4 cup fresh basil, cut into strips; 1 bay leaf; 6 squash (3 zucchini and 3 yellow squash); 1 large carrot, peeled; 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced; 10 grape tomatoes, halved; 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Makes 8 servings · italian · involved · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)

$95.93

basket total, in-store

$11.99

per serving (8 servings)

+$7.37

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 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
2 eggs	Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct	$7.49	2	$1.25	$6.24
1 teaspoon skim milk	Kroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt	$1.79	5 ml	$0.02	$1.77
2 cups Panko breadcrumbs	Kikkoman® Panko Japanese Style Bread Crumbs · 8 oz	$2.49	220 g	$2.42	$0.07
8 4-ounce skinless boneless chicken breasts	Heritage Farm® Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts · 1 lbx2	$2.89	907 g	$5.78	$0.00
2 tablespoons olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	30 ml	$0.51	$7.98
2 tablespoons olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	30 ml	$0.51	$7.98
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced	Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct	$2.49	3	$1.49	$1.00
1/2 onion, peeled and chopped	Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb	$1.19	0.5	$0.14	$1.05
1 carrot, peeled and chopped	Carrots · 1 lb	$1.69	1	$0.22	$1.47
2 28-ounce cans crushed or whole plum tomatoes, diced	Hunt's Whole Peeled Plum Tomatoes · 28 ozx2	$2.99	1588 g	$5.98	-
1/4 cup fresh basil, cut into strips	Gotham Greens® Fresh Basil · 1.25 oz	$3.99	10 g	$1.13	$2.86
1 bay leaf	Kroger® Bay Leaves Container · 0.13 oz	$2.49	1	$0.14	$2.35
6 squash (3 zucchini and 3 yellow squash)CHECK THIS	Organic Zucchini Squash · 1 lbx3 est.	$2.49	6	$6.59	$0.88
1 large carrot, peeled	Carrots · 1 lb	$1.69	1	$0.22	$1.47
1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces	Green Asparagus · 1 lbSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED	$3.49	1	$3.49	-
1 tablespoon olive oil	Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 16.9 fl oz	$8.49	15 ml	$0.25	$8.24
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced	Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct	$2.49	2	$1.00	$1.49
10 grape tomatoes, halved	Kroger® Fresh Grape Tomatoes · 10 ozx5 est.	$2.99	10	$12.66	$2.29
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese	4C® Homestyle™ Parmesan Grated Cheese · 6 oz	$4.99	25 g	$0.73	$4.26

Where the money goes

grape tomatoes drives this basket at $14.95, 16% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and olive oil ($8.49). $51.40 of the basket - 54% - 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 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 470 ml left, $7.98 of value
Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 470 ml left, $7.98 of value
Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · about 10 left, $6.24 of value
4C® Homestyle™ Parmesan Grated Cheese · about 145 g left, $4.26 of value
Kroger® Fresh Grape Tomatoes · about 217 g left, $2.29 of value

“Last fall, I started to cook different recipes and would change ingredients and measurements to make them healthier and tastier,” says Maggie. “My aunt told me that I should enter the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge because I am so interested in cooking. With this recipe, I cooked it three times in order to get it just right. My family enjoyed the meal and commented how yummy and filling it was. My dish includes all food groups, and ingredients that are grown locally. Enjoy!”

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 teaspoon skim milk
2 cups Panko breadcrumbs
8 4-ounce skinless boneless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1/2 onion, peeled and chopped
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
2 28-ounce cans crushed or whole plum tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup fresh basil, cut into strips
1 bay leaf
6 squash (3 zucchini and 3 yellow squash)
1 large carrot, peeled
1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
10 grape tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.

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