Orange Pork Chops - $7.62 a serving

Makes 2 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$15.24
basket total, in-store
$7.62
per serving (2 servings)
+$3.00
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). 2 pantry staples excluded. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
2 pork chopsKroger® Boneless Center Cut Pork Loin Chops · 10 ct / 2 lb$10.002$0.37$9.63
1 sweet potato (peeled, medium)Kroger® Sweet Potato · 3 lb$3.991$0.44$3.55
1/2 orange (sliced)Medium Fresh Navel Oranges- Each · 1 each$1.250.5$0.63$0.63
Where the money goes

pork chops drives this basket at $10.00, 66% of the total. The next biggest lines are sweet potato ($3.99) and orange ($1.25). $13.80 of the basket - 91% - 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

Sweet potatoes and oranges are a wonderful pairing to pork chops. Enjoy this flavorful dish with a side of brown rice.

Ingredients
Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simply Seniors Cookbook Utah State University Cooperative Extension), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Simply Seniors Cookbook Utah State University Cooperative Extension. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: What each protein actually costs per serving.
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