Salmon Burgers - $3.21 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). 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2/3 cups cracker crumbs (coarse) | Kroger® Graham Cracker Crumbs · 15 oz | $3.99 | 160 g | $1.50 | $2.49 |
| 1 small onion, chopped | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 1 can salmon, 16 ounces (OR two 5 oz cans of tuna in water, drained) | Kroger® Wild Caught Canned Alaskan Pink Salmon · 14.75 oz | $3.79 | 454 g | $3.79 | - |
| 2/3 cup lowfat milk | Kroger® 1% Lowfat Milk 32 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 qt | $2.79 | 160 ml | $0.47 | $2.32 |
| 2 eggs (well beaten) | Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · 12 ct | $7.49 | 2 | $1.25 | $6.24 |
eggs drives this basket at $7.49, 39% of the total. The next biggest lines are cracker crumbs ($3.99) and canned salmon ($3.79). $11.95 of the basket - 62% - 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.
- Vital Farms® Pasture-Raised XL Eggs · about 10 left, $6.24 of value
- Kroger® Graham Cracker Crumbs · about 265 g left, $2.49 of value
- Kroger® 1% Lowfat Milk 32 fl. oz. Bottle · about 786 ml left, $2.32 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value
This simple recipe makes good use of canned salmon, or you can also use leftover salmon if you have some on-hand. Out of both? Try canned tuna!
- 1 2/3 cups cracker crumbs (coarse)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 can salmon, 16 ounces (OR two 5 oz cans of tuna in water, drained)
- 2/3 cup lowfat milk
- 2 eggs (well beaten)
- celery (1/2 cup chopped, optional)
- salt & pepper (to taste)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (University of Nebraska at Lincoln Nebraska Nutrition Education Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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