Spicy Baked Fish - $7.05 a serving

Makes 4 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$28.21
basket total, in-store
$7.05
per serving (4 servings)
+$2.43
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). 1 pantry staples excluded. 3 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
16 ounces salmon (fresh or frozen, or any white fish)Kroger® Fresh Farm Raised Atlantic Salmon Fillet Portion · 16 ounces$12.00454 g$12.00-
1/4 teaspoon paprikaCHECK THISSmart Way™ Ground Paprika · 2 oz$1.251 g$0.02$1.23
1/4 teaspoon onion powderLawry's Onion Powder · 2.62 oz$2.991 g$0.04$2.95
1/4 teaspoon garlic powderKroger® Garlic Powder Shaker · 9.25 oz$4.991 g$0.02$4.97
1/8 teaspoon oregano (dried)CHECK THISSmart Way™ Oregano Leaves · 0.63 oz$1.251 g$0.03$1.22
1/8 teaspoon thyme (dried)Private Selection® Thyme Leaves Shaker · 0.68 oz$3.491 g$0.09$3.40
1 tablespoon lemon juiceFresh Large Lemon - Each · 1 each$0.851$0.85-
1 1/2 tablespoons margarine (soft melted)CHECK THISBlue Bonnet Vegetable Oil Sticks · 16 oz$1.3921 g$0.06$1.33

salmon drives this basket at $12.00, 43% of the total. The next biggest lines are garlic powder ($4.99) and dried thyme ($3.49). $15.09 of the basket - 53% - 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.

Roast your favorite seasonal veggies while baking this fish for a wonderful dinner any time of the year.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Pumpkin Post and Banana Beat Newsletters University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Pumpkin Post and Banana Beat Newsletters University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program. 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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