Pork Loin Roast
Garlic Mustard Herb Pork Loin Roast
Garlic Mustard HerbeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
Cheap eats
184 recipes that come to about $2 a serving or less, worked out from each recipe's own ingredient list and U.S. average grocery prices. Cheapest first.
Estimate; prices vary by store and region. U.S. average prices for September 2026 from BLS Average Price Data and USDA ERS Purchase to Plate prices updated with the BLS Consumer Price Index. A recipe shows a figure only when we can price at least 85% of its ingredients by weight; salt, spices and anything we can't match aren't in the total.
35 recipes in Dinner, page 2 of 2
Recipes
About $1.80 a serving (estimate)
Ratatouille
Classic Stovetop Ratatouille
Classic StovetopmediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $1.85 a serving (estimate)
Pesto Pasta
Vegan Kale and Walnut Pesto Pasta
Vegan Kale WalnuteasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $1.90 a serving (estimate)
Juicy Chicken Breasts
Easy Oven-Baked Chicken Breasts
Oven-BakedeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
About $1.90 a serving (estimate)
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Weeknight Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
WeeknighteasyCleanup score 3 of 5
About $1.90 a serving (estimate)
Juicy Chicken Breasts
Juicy Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts
Pan-SearedeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
About $1.90 a serving (estimate)
Potato Soup
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Loaded Baked PotatoeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
About $1.95 a serving (estimate)
Black Bean Soup
Smoky Vegan Black Bean Soup
Smoky (Vegan)easyCleanup score 3 of 5
About $1.95 a serving (estimate)
Pulled Pork
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork
Slow CookereasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $1.95 a serving (estimate)
Pork Carnitas
Oven-Braised Crispy Pork Carnitas
Dutch OvenmediumCleanup score 4 of 5
About $2.00 a serving (estimate)
Orange Chicken
Air-Fryer Orange Chicken
Air FryereasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $2.00 a serving (estimate)
How we work it out
Every measured ingredient is weighed the way our nutrition estimate weighs it, then priced with an official U.S. average: the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average price for the month where BLS publishes that food (flour, eggs, milk, butter, chicken, ground beef...), and otherwise the USDA Economic Research Service's Purchase to Plate national average price for 2017-18, raised to September 2026 with the BLS Consumer Price Index for that food group. Bone-in cuts are priced with the bone. Tap water is free.
No store's prices and no affiliate prices. You'll pay for whole packages, and store brands, sales, stores and regions all change the real cost, so treat each figure as a ballpark for comparing recipes.
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