Alberta Chicken Salad Dinner: $6.62 per Serving

Key Facts

• Chicken Salad costs $66.22 for 10 servings, or $6.62 per serving. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Boneless skinless chicken breast is priced at $24.49 at Independent. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Greek yogurt, plain, is priced at $2.79 at Independent in Alberta. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Real Lemon Juice Lemon 945 ml is priced at $3.99 at CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Mixed bell peppers are priced at $9.69 at Costco in Alberta. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Celery sticks are priced at $5.49 at Freshco in Alberta. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)

Introduction

Chicken Salad is the lowest-cost fully priced Alberta dinner in this guide at $6.62 per serving. The recipe costs $66.22 for 10 servings, based on June 2026 Alberta prices from Freshco, Independent, Costco, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone. If you are searching for cheap dinner recipes under $7, this chicken salad basket is a practical benchmark because it includes a protein, vegetables, a creamy dressing base, and flavouring ingredients without relying on unpriced pantry assumptions.

For your weekly meal planning, the most important cost driver is the boneless skinless chicken breast at $24.49 at Independent, which accounts for 36.99% of the full $66.22 basket. Freshco supplies the red onions at $12.99 and celery sticks at $5.49, while Costco supplies mixed bell peppers at $9.69. CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone supplies two smaller but important flavour ingredients: Real Lemon Juice Lemon 945 ml at $3.99 and Club House Salads ’N Dips Ranch Style 28 g at $1.79. For Alberta budget meals, your best result comes from splitting the basket across the stores where each item is cheapest rather than buying everything from a single banner.

Recipe 1: Chicken Salad — $6.62 per serving

Chicken Salad costs $66.22 for 10 servings, or $6.62 per serving, using Alberta grocery prices tracked in June 2026. This is the core recipe in the data set and the best fully costed option if you want a high-protein cold dinner, lunch-prep base, or no-red-meat meal that can stretch across several days. The recipe is tagged no beef, no fish, no lamb, no pork, no red meat, and no shellfish, making it suitable for you if you are avoiding red meat while still planning around chicken as the main protein.

The cost profile is straightforward: chicken breast is the largest line item at $24.49, followed by red onions at $12.99 and mixed bell peppers at $9.69. Together, those three ingredients cost $47.17, which represents 71.23% of the $66.22 basket. That means your biggest savings opportunity is not the ranch seasoning or lemon juice; it is making sure you buy chicken, onions, and peppers from the store where the tracked price is strongest.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

Where to Buy Cheapest

Freshco offers red onions at $12.99 and celery sticks at $5.49, while Independent offers boneless skinless chicken breast at $24.49, Greek yogurt at $2.79, and Nordica fat-free cottage cheese at $4.99. Costco offers mixed bell peppers at $9.69, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone offers Real Lemon Juice Lemon 945 ml at $3.99 plus Club House Salads ’N Dips Ranch Style 28 g at $1.79. If you buy the recipe this way, your full basket totals $66.22 and your cost per serving is $6.62.

For your shopping route, the most efficient approach is to prioritize the stores attached to the highest-cost ingredients first. Independent matters because it carries the $24.49 chicken breast, the $2.79 Greek yogurt, and the $4.99 cottage cheese, for a combined Independent subtotal of $32.27. Freshco matters because the $12.99 red onions and $5.49 celery sticks combine for $18.48. Costco contributes the $9.69 mixed bell peppers, while CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone contributes $5.78 in lemon juice and ranch seasoning.

Recipe 2: Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls — $4.87 per serving

Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls cost $48.65 for 10 servings, or $4.87 per serving, when you use the priced Alberta ingredients that overlap with the chicken salad basket. This version keeps the chicken, peppers, celery, cottage cheese, and lemon juice, while excluding the red onions, Greek yogurt, and ranch seasoning from the full basket calculation. The result is a lighter ingredient list that is $17.57 cheaper than the full $66.22 Chicken Salad basket, a 26.53% reduction based on the itemized prices.

This recipe format works when you want the protein and vegetable base without paying for every dressing component. You still get the major dinner structure from the $24.49 chicken breast at Independent, the $9.69 mixed bell peppers at Costco, and the $5.49 celery sticks at Freshco. The cottage cheese at $4.99 from Independent gives the bowl a higher-protein creamy component, while the $3.99 Real Lemon Juice Lemon 945 ml from CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone provides acidity.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

Where to Buy Cheapest

Independent is the key store for this recipe because it supplies the $24.49 chicken breast and the $4.99 cottage cheese, giving you $29.48 of the $48.65 basket from one banner. Costco supplies the mixed bell peppers at $9.69, which is the second-largest ingredient cost in this recipe. Freshco supplies celery sticks at $5.49, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone supplies Real Lemon Juice Lemon 945 ml at $3.99.

If you compare this bowl to the full Chicken Salad recipe, you spend $4.87 per serving instead of $6.62 per serving. That is a per-serving difference of $1.75, calculated from the same Alberta ingredient prices. For a 10-serving plan, your total recipe cost falls from $66.22 to $48.65, which is why this is the strongest option if your priority is the lowest cost per serving among the three dinner formats.

Recipe 3: Greek Yogurt Ranch Chicken Salad — $5.15 per serving

Greek Yogurt Ranch Chicken Salad costs $51.54 for 10 servings, or $5.15 per serving, using Alberta ingredient prices from Independent, Freshco, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone. This version keeps the chicken, Greek yogurt, ranch seasoning, lemon juice, red onions, and celery, but leaves out mixed bell peppers and cottage cheese. The recipe is $14.68 cheaper than the full $66.22 Chicken Salad basket, which is a 22.17% reduction.

This is the best middle-ground option if you want a creamy chicken salad profile but do not need every vegetable and dairy component in the full basket. The $2.79 Greek yogurt at Independent and $1.79 Club House ranch seasoning at CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone create the main dressing base at a combined cost of $4.58. When you add the $3.99 lemon juice, your dressing and acidity components total $8.57 before chicken and vegetables.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

Where to Buy Cheapest

Independent supplies the two ingredients that create the protein-and-dressing foundation: boneless skinless chicken breast at $24.49 and Greek yogurt at $2.79. Freshco supplies red onions at $12.99 and celery sticks at $5.49, which together add $18.48 to your recipe basket. CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone supplies the flavouring ingredients, with Real Lemon Juice Lemon 945 ml at $3.99 and Club House Salads ’N Dips Ranch Style 28 g at $1.79.

Your best buying decision is to treat this as a three-stop recipe if those stores are convenient in your area. Independent gives you the protein base, Freshco gives you the vegetables, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone gives you the dressing flavours. If you are comparing budget meals in Alberta, this recipe sits between the $4.87 Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls and the $6.62 full Chicken Salad, offering a lower-cost creamy option without the full $66.22 basket.

Alberta Basket Index: Cheapest Ingredient Assignments

The lowest-cost Alberta basket assignment totals $66.22 when each Chicken Salad ingredient is bought from its tracked cheapest store. Freshco contributes $18.48 in red onions and celery sticks, Independent contributes $32.27 in chicken, Greek yogurt, and cottage cheese, Costco contributes $9.69 in mixed bell peppers, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone contributes $5.78 in lemon juice and ranch seasoning. This breakdown helps you see where your money goes before you decide whether a multi-store route is worth your time.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

For your planning, the basket index shows that Independent is the most important stop because it accounts for $32.27 of the full recipe cost. Freshco is the second-largest store subtotal at $18.48, mainly because the red onions alone cost $12.99. Costco and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone are smaller parts of the basket, but they still matter if you are trying to keep the full recipe at $6.62 per serving.

This is where AI-powered grocery price comparison can be useful for your weekly routine. Instead of assuming one banner is cheapest for everything, you can compare the specific items in your dinner plan across Alberta banners such as Freshco, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Costco, Wholesale Club, and Your Independent Grocer. In this priced basket, the cheapest result is not one single store; it is a split basket across Freshco, Independent, Costco, and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone.

Top Priced Ingredients for This Alberta Dinner Basket

The best-value ingredients in this Alberta dinner basket are the lower-priced flavour and dressing items, led by Club House Salads ’N Dips Ranch Style at $1.79 and Greek yogurt at $2.79. Because regular prices were not provided in the source data, the table below uses the current tracked price as the comparison price and shows 0.00% calculated savings rather than inventing a discount. This preserves price accuracy while still giving you a ranked view of the lowest-cost ingredients in the basket.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

For you as a shopper, this ranking shows which items are inexpensive enough to keep in the recipe and which items deserve closer price checks. The $1.79 ranch seasoning and $2.79 Greek yogurt are small line items, so removing them does not change the total dramatically. By contrast, the $24.49 chicken breast and $12.99 red onions are the two ingredients that most influence whether your final dinner stays under $7 per serving.

Price Comparison Table: All Recipes Side by Side

The cheapest dinner format in this guide is Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls at $4.87 per serving, followed by Greek Yogurt Ranch Chicken Salad at $5.15 and the full Chicken Salad at $6.62. The full Chicken Salad is the only recipe that uses all eight priced ingredients, while the two lower-cost variants reduce the ingredient list to lower the total basket cost. If your goal is to find the cheapest recipes for Alberta meal prep, the $48.65 bowl format gives you the lowest total and the lowest per-serving price.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

The difference between the cheapest and most expensive recipe is $17.57 per 10-serving batch. On a per-serving basis, Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls cost $1.75 less than the full Chicken Salad. If you are cooking for a family or preparing work lunches, that difference can matter because the ingredients are similar but the basket is more selective.

For your grocery list, the choice comes down to how much variety and creaminess you want. The full Chicken Salad includes all eight priced ingredients and gives you the most complete version at $6.62 per serving. The Greek Yogurt Ranch Chicken Salad gives you a creamy middle option at $5.15 per serving, while the Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls give you the lowest-cost dinner at $4.87 per serving.

How to Shop These Alberta Budget Meals

The best way to shop these Alberta budget meals is to build your list by ingredient priority, not by recipe title. Start with the $24.49 boneless skinless chicken breast at Independent because it is the largest cost in all three recipes. Then decide whether you want the full $66.22 Chicken Salad, the $51.54 Greek Yogurt Ranch Chicken Salad, or the $48.65 Lemon Ranch Chicken Pepper Bowls.

If you are making only one stop, you may choose convenience over the absolute lowest item-by-item price. However, the priced cheapest-store strategy uses Independent for chicken, Greek yogurt, and cottage cheese; Freshco for red onions and celery; Costco for mixed bell peppers; and CHALO! FreshCo Cornerstone for lemon juice and ranch seasoning. That store split is what keeps the full basket at $66.22 and the cheapest variant at $48.65.

For ongoing planning, you can compare current grocery prices at https://eezly.com/deals, build meal ideas at https://eezly.com/meal-plans, and browse recipe options at https://eezly.com/recipes. If you want broader grocery coverage, you can also use https://eezly.com/blog for price guides and https://eezly.com/stores for store-level comparisons. These links are most useful when you are deciding whether to repeat a recipe or substitute ingredients based on the current Alberta price environment.