Shepherd's Pie - $3.44 a serving

Makes 6 servings · british · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$20.64
basket total, in-store
$3.44
per serving (6 servings)
-$1.18
cheaper 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). Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
2 potatoes, large with skin, dicedKroger® Gold Potatoes · 5 lb$7.492$1.39$6.10
1/3 cup milk, skimKroger® Skim Fat Free Milk 16 fl. oz. Bottle · 1 pt$1.7980 ml$0.30$1.49
1/2 pound ground turkey, 85% leanKroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lb$5.49227 g$2.75$2.74
2 tablespoons flourKroger® Bleached All Purpose Flour · 5 lb$2.5916 g$0.02$2.57
1 package frozen mixed vegetables (10 ounces)Kroger® Frozen Mixed Vegetables · 12 oz$1.29283 g$1.07$0.22
1 can vegetable broth, low sodium (14.5 ounces)Simple Truth Organic® Fat Free Vegetable Broth · 32 oz$1.99430 ml$0.94$1.05

potatoes drives this basket at $7.49, 36% of the total. The next biggest lines are ground turkey ($5.49) and all purpose flour ($2.59). $14.17 of the basket - 69% - 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.

This shepherd's pie recipe is a twist on the classic comfort food. Using frozen veggies helps you get it on the dinner table quickly.

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

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: Why chicken dinners cost more than you would guess.
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