Stuffed Green Peppers - $3.36 a serving

Makes 4 servings · american · medium · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$13.43
basket total, in-store
$3.36
per serving (4 servings)
-$1.27
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). 1 pantry staples excluded. 1 match is 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
4 green bell pepper (large, washed)Fresh Large Green Bell Pepper · 1 ctx4$0.994$3.96-
1 pound turkey, ground, 85% leanKroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lb$5.49454 g$5.49-
1 cup rice, uncookedKroger® Enriched Long Grain White Rice · 32 oz$1.79185 g$0.37$1.42
1/2 cup onion (peeled and chopped)Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb$1.1980 g$0.21$0.98
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce, unsaltedCHECK THISKroger Tomato Sauce · 15 oz$1.00360 ml$0.85$0.15

ground turkey drives this basket at $5.49, 41% of the total. The next biggest lines are green bell pepper ($3.96) and white rice ($1.79). $2.56 of the basket - 19% - 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.

These tasty stuffed peppers make a delicious and filling entrée. Use brown rice to increase your whole grains.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (From Pyramid to the Plate: Healthy Eating by Timing, Combining, and Planning Adopted from: Eating Right is Basic Michigan State University Extension), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

From Pyramid to the Plate: Healthy Eating by Timing, Combining, and Planning Adopted from: Eating Right is Basic Michigan State University Extension. 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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