Manitoba Mustard-Dill Salmon: $3.87 via Safeway

Key Facts

• Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad costs $15.47 total for 4 servings, or $3.87 per serving. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Salmon with Dill Sauce costs $26.55 total for 4 servings, or $6.64 per serving. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Gratitude Seafood Atlantic Salmon Wild Skinless Boneless 150 g is $5.99 at Safeway. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Garden Salad is $4.49 at nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Dill 1 Bunch is $2.99 at Freshco Henderson. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Lemon is $7.29 and Prepared Yellow Mustard is $2.00 at Nofrills. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)

Introduction: The Cheapest Featured Dinner Is $3.87 Per Serving

Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad is the cheapest featured dinner in this Manitoba recipe costing guide at $3.87 per serving. The full four-serving basket costs $15.47 when you combine Gratitude Seafood Atlantic Salmon Wild Skinless Boneless 150 g at $5.99 from Safeway, Garden Salad at $4.49 from nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810, Prepared Yellow Mustard at $2.00 from Nofrills, and Dill 1 Bunch at $2.99 from Freshco Henderson. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

For your Manitoba meal planning, the useful takeaway is that salmon can still fit into a budget dinner when you use it as a flavour-forward protein rather than building the entire plate around a large fillet. The three recipes below use the same live-priced Manitoba ingredients in different combinations, so you can choose between the lowest cost per serving, the most complete salmon dinner, or a lighter salad-style meal. The available Manitoba grocery banners in this data include Costco, Freshco, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Superstore, and Wholesale Club, with the live price records below drawn from specific stores such as Safeway, Freshco Henderson, Nofrills, and nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810.

These are not abstract pantry estimates. Each recipe cost is built from priced ingredients in June 2026, and the arithmetic is shown so you can see exactly how the per-serving figure is calculated. If you are searching for budget meals Manitoba shoppers can actually assemble from current prices, this guide gives you a practical benchmark for the cheapest recipes using salmon, salad, dill, mustard, lemon, and pepper.

Recipe 1: Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad — $3.87 per serving

Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad costs $15.47 for four servings, or $3.87 per serving, making it the lowest-cost dinner in this Manitoba comparison. The basket uses $5.99 Safeway salmon, $4.49 garden salad at nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810, $2.00 prepared yellow mustard at Nofrills, and $2.99 dill at Freshco Henderson. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This recipe works because you use salmon as a concentrated protein and flavour component rather than as a full fillet portion for each plate. You can cook the 150 g salmon portion, flake it over the garden salad, and whisk mustard with chopped dill to create a sharp, herb-heavy dressing. The result is a light but dinner-appropriate salad that keeps your cost below $4 per serving while still including seafood.

You should choose this version when your priority is the lowest possible cost per serving from the priced Manitoba ingredients. It omits the lemon and ground black pepper used in the fuller Salmon with Dill Sauce recipe, which is why the basket comes in $11.08 lower than the $26.55 complete version. That difference is purely arithmetic: $26.55 minus $15.47 equals $11.08, or $2.77 less per serving across four servings.

Ingredients with Prices

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

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this recipe, your lowest-cost basket comes from buying each ingredient at the store where it appears in the live Manitoba pricing record. Safeway has the salmon at $5.99, nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810 has the garden salad at $4.49, Nofrills has prepared yellow mustard at $2.00, and Freshco Henderson has dill at $2.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If you are minimizing your total bill, you should avoid adding lemon or pepper unless you already have them at home. Lemon is priced at $7.29 at Nofrills, which is the highest individual item in this recipe set, while ground black pepper is $3.79 at Nofrills. Those two ingredients add flavour, but they also move the recipe from a $3.87-per-serving dinner toward a higher-cost plate.

Recipe 2: Lemon-Mustard Salmon Salad — $4.94 per serving

Lemon-Mustard Salmon Salad costs $19.77 for four servings, or $4.94 per serving, using the Manitoba prices available for salmon, garden salad, lemon, and prepared yellow mustard. Safeway offers the salmon at $5.99, while Nofrills lists lemon at $7.29 and prepared yellow mustard at $2.00; the garden salad is $4.49 at nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This recipe is a stronger fit if you value brightness and acidity more than the absolute lowest cost. The lemon is the cost driver: at $7.29, it accounts for 36.9% of the $19.77 basket. You get a more classic salmon-and-lemon flavour profile, but you pay $4.30 more than the Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad basket because you swap in lemon and remove the dill.

To prepare it, cook the salmon until it flakes easily, then divide it over the garden salad. Mix prepared yellow mustard with lemon juice to make a simple dressing, using the lemon to sharpen the mustard and balance the richness of the salmon. If you already have lemon at home, your out-of-pocket shop would be lower, but the recipe costing here uses the full live Manitoba price because the goal is to show the complete purchase cost.

Ingredients with Prices

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

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this version, you buy the salmon at Safeway for $5.99, the garden salad at nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810 for $4.49, and both lemon and mustard at Nofrills for $7.29 and $2.00 respectively. That store mix produces a four-serving total of $19.77, which keeps the recipe under $5 per serving even with lemon included. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

The main budgeting decision is whether lemon is worth the extra cost for your dinner. Nofrills charges $7.29 for lemon, while Freshco Henderson charges $2.99 for dill in the first recipe; choosing lemon instead of dill increases the basket by $4.30. If you want the cheapest recipes, dill is the better-priced flavour builder in this data set; if you want a sharper citrus profile, lemon still keeps the recipe below $5 per serving.

Recipe 3: Salmon with Dill Sauce — $6.64 per serving

Salmon with Dill Sauce costs $26.55 for four servings, or $6.64 per serving, using the full priced ingredient basket in Manitoba. The recipe includes garden salad at $4.49 from nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810, lemon at $7.29 from Nofrills, prepared yellow mustard at $2.00 from Nofrills, dill at $2.99 from Freshco Henderson, ground black pepper at $3.79 from Nofrills, and salmon at $5.99 from Safeway. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is the most complete dinner in the group because it uses all six priced ingredients. You get salmon, salad, lemon, mustard, dill, and pepper, which gives the plate a fuller sauce and more layered seasoning. The trade-off is that the cost per serving rises to $6.64, which is still under $7 but noticeably higher than the $3.87 and $4.94 options.

You should choose this recipe when you want a more finished dinner and you do not mind paying for the full flavour set. The lemon and pepper add $11.08 to the cheapest salmon salad format when compared with Recipe 1, but they also create a more traditional dill sauce. For many Manitoba households, this is the best compromise between a budget dinner and a dinner that feels more complete.

Ingredients with Prices

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

Where to Buy Cheapest

For the full Salmon with Dill Sauce recipe, your lowest priced ingredient path uses Safeway for the salmon, Freshco Henderson for the dill, Nofrills for lemon, mustard, and pepper, and nofrills #12 Highway 10 North Box 810 for the garden salad. Safeway offers Gratitude Seafood Atlantic Salmon Wild Skinless Boneless 150 g at $5.99, while Freshco Henderson lists Dill 1 Bunch at $2.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is a mixed-store basket, which matters if you are balancing price against travel time. If you already shop near Freshco Henderson or a Nofrills location, you can use the store-specific prices to build a lower-cost meal plan. If you prefer one-stop shopping, the ingredient table still gives you a benchmark for whether the shelf price you see is competitive.

Manitoba Ingredient Basket Index

The Manitoba ingredient basket for these recipes ranges from $2.00 for prepared yellow mustard at Nofrills to $7.29 for lemon at Nofrills. The six tracked ingredients total $26.55 when purchased as the complete Salmon with Dill Sauce basket, and each price below is tied to a specific Manitoba store record. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This basket index helps you identify which ingredients are carrying the cost of your dinner. Lemon is the most expensive item in the priced basket at $7.29, followed by salmon at $5.99 and garden salad at $4.49. Prepared yellow mustard is the lowest-priced item at $2.00, which makes it a useful base for budget sauces and dressings.

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

The practical move for you is to treat mustard and dill as low-cost flavour builders, while deciding carefully on lemon. A $2.00 mustard purchase can support all three dinner formats, and a $2.99 dill bunch helps build the cheapest recipe. Lemon improves the flavour of salmon, but at $7.29 it has the largest effect on your final cost per serving.

Top Manitoba Price Picks for These Recipes

The best price pick in this Manitoba recipe set is Prepared Yellow Mustard at $2.00 from Nofrills, followed by Dill 1 Bunch at $2.99 from Freshco Henderson. The live ingredient prices below are ranked by shelf price; regular-price baselines are not included in the provided live ingredient record, so savings percentages are not calculated. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

For your shopping list, the most important point is that low-priced flavour ingredients can reduce your cost per serving without making dinner feel plain. Mustard at $2.00 and dill at $2.99 together cost $4.99, which is still less than the $5.99 salmon item. If you are trying to keep cheap dinner recipes under $7 in Manitoba, those lower-cost additions help you stretch the flavour of a smaller seafood portion.

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

You should read this table as a recipe-costing tool rather than a flyer-style markdown table. The live price is the reliable figure for building your grocery budget, while the unavailable regular-price baseline is not used to make unsupported savings claims. That keeps the comparison useful for real meal planning: you know what each ingredient costs, where it was found, and how it affects your final dinner price.

Price Comparison Table: Three Manitoba Budget Dinners

The cheapest of the three Manitoba dinner recipes is Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad at $3.87 per serving, while the fullest recipe is Salmon with Dill Sauce at $6.64 per serving. All three options stay under $7 per serving using the June 2026 ingredient prices tracked in Manitoba. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This side-by-side comparison shows how small ingredient changes alter your final cost. Adding lemon to the salmon salad raises the per-serving price from $3.87 to $4.94. Adding lemon and ground black pepper to the full dill-sauce version raises the price to $6.64 per serving, but it also creates the most complete dinner of the three.

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

If your priority is the lowest cost, you choose Recipe 1. If you want citrus without going over $5 per serving, you choose Recipe 2. If you want the most complete salmon dinner and are comfortable spending $6.64 per serving, you choose Recipe 3.

How to Use These Prices for Your Manitoba Grocery Plan

You can use these Manitoba recipe costs as a practical benchmark for weekly dinner planning, especially if you are comparing seafood meals against other budget meals Manitoba households commonly make. The key figure is that the complete Salmon with Dill Sauce basket costs $26.55 for four servings, while the leanest salmon salad version costs $15.47 for four servings. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

The best strategy is to start with the price ceiling you want per serving. If your dinner target is under $4, the Mustard-Dill Salmon Salad fits at $3.87 per serving. If your target is under $5, the Lemon-Mustard Salmon Salad fits at $4.94 per serving. If your target is under $7, the full Salmon with Dill Sauce recipe fits at $6.64 per serving.

You should also think in terms of flavour return per dollar. Mustard at $2.00 and dill at $2.99 provide a lot of taste for $4.99 combined, while lemon at $7.29 is the premium flavour choice in this basket. That does not make lemon a poor choice; it simply means you should use it when citrus is central to the dinner, not when you are trying to minimize every dollar.

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