Potato Beef Casserole - $3.73 a serving

Makes 5 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$18.67
basket total, in-store
$3.73
per serving (5 servings)
-$0.89
cheaper 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 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
1 onion (diced)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.191$0.29$0.90
1/2 pound ground beef (85% lean)Kroger® 85/15 Ground Beef Tray 1 LB · 1 lb$8.99227 g$4.50$4.49
5 potatoes (or 1 package hash browns)Kroger® Gold Potatoes · 5 lb$7.495$3.47$4.02
1 can cream of mushroom soup, reduced sodium (10.75 ounces)Kroger® Less Sodium Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup · 10.5 oz$1.00305 g$1.00-
Where the money goes

ground beef drives this basket at $8.99, 48% of the total. The next biggest lines are potatoes ($7.49) and yellow onion ($1.19). $9.41 of the basket - 50% - 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

A casserole perfect for meat and potato lovers. Savor this recipe with a fresh green salad on the side and piece of fruit for dessert.

Ingredients
Directions

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education ONIE Project), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Simple Healthy Recipes Oklahoma Nutrition Information and Education ONIE Project. 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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