Taco Salad - $2.94 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). 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 says | We found | Package | Uses | Costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 3 cups lettuce (use butterhead or any other head of lettuce, torn into small pieces)CHECK THIS | Simple Truth Organic® Butter Lettuce · 1 ct | $3.49 | 225 g | $0.00 | $3.49 |
| 2. 2 tomatoes (chopped, fresh) | Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · 1 lb | $2.49 | 2 | $1.32 | $1.17 |
| 3. 1/2 cup green pepper (chopped) | Organic Fresh Green Bell Pepper · 1 ctSIZE UNREAD - 1 PKG ASSUMED | $1.79 | 75 g | $1.79 | - |
| 4. 16 ounces ground turkey or ground beef | Kroger® 93/7 Lean Fresh Ground Turkey - 1 LB · 1 lb | $5.49 | 454 g | $5.49 | - |
| 5. 1 onion (small, chopped) | Jumbo Yellow Onions · 1 lb | $1.19 | 1 | $0.29 | $0.90 |
| 6. 1 can pinto beans, low-sodium (15 1/2 ounce, drained) | Pinto Beans · 15.5 oz | $1.00 | 440 g | $1.00 | - |
| 7. 3/4 cup salsa (or taco sauce) | Kroger® Mild Traditional Salsa · 16 oz | $2.19 | 180 ml | $0.87 | $1.32 |
ground turkey drives this basket at $5.49, 31% of the total. The next biggest lines are butterhead lettuce ($3.49) and tomatoes ($2.49). $6.88 of the basket - 39% - 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.
- Simple Truth Organic® Butter Lettuce · about 275 g left, $3.49 of value
- Kroger® Mild Traditional Salsa · about 274 ml left, $1.32 of value
- Fresh On the Vine Red Tomatoes by the Bunch (4-5 tomatoes per bunch) · about 214 g left, $1.17 of value
- Jumbo Yellow Onions · about 344 g left, $0.90 of value
Add some low-sodium taco seasoning to spice up this ground beef and bean taco salad.
- 3 cups lettuce (use butterhead or any other head of lettuce, torn into small pieces)
- 2 tomatoes (chopped, fresh)
- 1/2 cup green pepper (chopped)
- 16 ounces ground turkey or ground beef
- 1 onion (small, chopped)
- 1 can pinto beans, low-sodium (15 1/2 ounce, drained)
- 3/4 cup salsa (or taco sauce)
This recipe is credited to a partner program (Simply Good Eating Recipe Cards, Vol. 1, 2000 University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.
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