Rice-Crusted Pizza - $1.36 a serving
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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 cups rice (cooked) | Bibigo Cooked Sticky White Rice · 7.41 ozx2 | $3.79 | 310 g | $5.59 | $1.99 |
| 16 ounces mozzarella cheese, part skim | Kroger® Mozzarella Shredded Cheese · 8 ozx2 | $2.00 | 454 g | $4.00 | - |
| 1 egg | Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · 18 ct | $2.79 | 1 | $0.16 | $2.63 |
| 2 cups tomato purée, low-sodium | Kroger Tomato Puree · 28 oz | $1.89 | 480 ml | $1.14 | $0.75 |
cooked white rice drives this basket at $7.58, 47% of the total. The next biggest lines are mozzarella cheese ($4.00) and large egg ($2.79). $5.37 of the basket - 33% - 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.
- Kroger® Grade A Large White Eggs · about 17 left, $2.63 of value
- Bibigo Cooked Sticky White Rice · about 110 g left, $1.99 of value
- Kroger Tomato Puree · about 314 ml left, $0.75 of value
A fun and unique twist on pizza using rice as the crust. Enjoy this main dish with all of your favorite toppings!
- 2 cups rice (cooked)
- 16 ounces mozzarella cheese, part skim
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups tomato purée, low-sodium
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Cooking Up Fun - A Pyramid of Snacks Cornell University Cooperative Extension Division of Nutritional Sciences), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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