Spanish Baked Fish - $5.60 a serving

Makes 4 servings · spanish · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$22.40
basket total, in-store
$5.60
per serving (4 servings)
+$0.98
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). 2 matches are 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 perch fillets, fresh or frozenOcean Perch Fillet Wild Caught (sustainably sourced) · 1 lb$7.99454 g$7.99-
1 cup tomato sauce, low-sodiumKroger Tomato Sauce No Salt Added · 15 oz$1.00240 ml$0.56$0.44
1 onion (small)CHECK THISJumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.191$0.29$0.90
1/2 teaspoon garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.992 g$0.04$4.95
2 teaspoons chili powderKroger® Chili Powder Shaker · 4 oz$2.495 g$0.11$2.38
1 teaspoon oreganoCHECK THISSmart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.251 g$0.07$1.18
1/8 teaspoon cumin (ground)McCormick Ground Cumin · 1.5 oz$3.490 g$0.02$3.47

perch fillets drives this basket at $7.99, 36% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and ground cumin ($3.49). $13.31 of the basket - 59% - 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 delicious fish will pair well with spaghetti squash when in season, and whole wheat pasta or brown rice the rest of the year.

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

Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network. 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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