Pizza Meat Loaf - $4.92 a serving

Makes 4 servings · italian · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$19.66
basket total, in-store
$4.92
per serving (4 servings)
+$0.29
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 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 saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1 pound ground turkey (85% lean)Kroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lb$5.49454 g$5.49-
3/4 cup spaghetti sauceCHECK THISRao's Homemade® Marinara Sauce Made with Italian Tomatoes, 32 oz · 32 oz$9.99180 ml$1.98$8.01
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, part-skimKroger® Mozzarella Shredded Cheese · 8 oz$2.0028 g$0.25$1.75
1/2 cup green pepper (chopped)Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ct$0.9975 g$0.00$0.99
1/4 cup onion (minced)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1940 g$0.10$1.09

spaghetti sauce drives this basket at $9.99, 51% of the total. The next biggest lines are ground turkey ($5.49) and mozzarella cheese ($2.00). $11.84 of the basket - 60% - 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.

There are microwave and oven directions for this recipe, so that you can make this meal in a way that is quick and convenient for you and your family. Enjoy ...

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

Ohio State University Cooperative Extension. 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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