New Brunswick Salad Mix Dinner at $1.71 per Serving

Key Facts

• Salad Mix costs $23.95 total for 14 servings in New Brunswick. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• The recipe costs $1.71 per serving as of June 2026. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch is $4.99 at Co-op Beaubear. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Green Onions are $7.99 at Costco in the priced basket. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Radishes are $2.99 at Independent in New Brunswick. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Red Cabbage is $4.99 at IGA in the recipe basket. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Savoy Lettuce is $2.99 at IGA, matching radishes as the lowest-priced item in the basket. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)

Introduction: The Cheapest New Brunswick Dinner Featured Is Salad Mix at $1.71 per Serving

Salad Mix is the lowest-cost dinner recipe in this New Brunswick costing guide at $1.71 per serving. The full priced basket comes to $23.95 and produces 14 servings, which makes it a useful option when you want cheap dinner recipes under $2 per serving without relying on heavily processed ingredients. The basket is built from five priced ingredients: romaine lettuce, green onions, radishes, red cabbage and savoy lettuce.

For June 2026, the key budget finding is that your lowest unit costs in this basket come from Radishes at $2.99 at Independent and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 at IGA. Co-op Beaubear supplies the Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99, IGA supplies Red Cabbage at $4.99, and Costco supplies Green Onions at $7.99. If you are planning budget meals in New Brunswick, this recipe works best as a large-format dinner base, side dish, lunch prep component or shared potluck salad because the 14-serving yield spreads the $23.95 basket over many plates.

This guide focuses on real ingredient prices rather than abstract meal-planning advice. You can use the same vegetable basket in three practical dinner formats: a classic chopped salad, a cabbage-forward crunchy salad bowl and lettuce-cup salad plates. The ingredient prices remain the same because the data supports one complete New Brunswick basket, but the preparation method changes how you serve the meal across the week.

Recipe 1: New Brunswick Salad Mix — $1.71 per Serving

New Brunswick Salad Mix costs $23.95 total and $1.71 per serving for 14 servings. The lowest-priced individual ingredients in the basket are Radishes at $2.99 at Independent and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 at IGA, while Green Onions at Costco are the highest-priced line item at $7.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is the core recipe in the costing dataset and the best answer if you are searching for cheapest recipes in New Brunswick using fresh produce. You get a large-volume salad built around romaine lettuce, savoy lettuce, red cabbage, radishes and green onions. Because the recipe serves 14, your cost per serving stays low even though the basket uses multiple fresh vegetables from different banners.

To make the recipe practical for dinner, wash and chop the romaine and savoy lettuce, shred the red cabbage thinly, slice the radishes and cut the green onions into small pieces. You can serve it as a dinner salad, pair it with pantry staples you already have, or portion it into containers for lunches. The pricing here covers the fresh produce basket only, so you should avoid adding unpriced ingredients to the cost calculation unless you price them separately.

Ingredients with Prices

The Salad Mix ingredient basket contains five items, all priced in New Brunswick for June 2026. The full recipe cost is $23.95, with 14 servings and a $1.71 cost per serving. These ingredient-level prices let you see where your grocery dollars go before you decide which store to visit.

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

The price spread matters because you are not buying every ingredient at the same banner. Co-op Beaubear offers Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99, while IGA carries both Red Cabbage at $4.99 and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 in this basket. Independent has Radishes at $2.99, and Costco has Green Onions at $7.99. If you already shop at one of these stores, the table helps you decide whether it is worth splitting the basket across stores or keeping your trip simple.

Where to Buy Cheapest

The cheapest mapped buying plan for this Salad Mix uses Co-op Beaubear, Costco, Independent and IGA. Co-op Beaubear supplies the romaine lettuce at $4.99, Costco supplies green onions at $7.99, Independent supplies radishes at $2.99, and IGA supplies both red cabbage at $4.99 and savoy lettuce at $2.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If you want the strict lowest basket based on the provided prices, you follow the store-by-store list rather than assuming one banner is cheapest for every vegetable. That is especially important for budget meals in New Brunswick because produce pricing can vary by banner, item and week. Your best move is to build the recipe from the priced ingredient list, then decide whether the extra stop saves enough to justify the time.

You can also use this as a flexible shopping plan. If you are already near IGA, you can pick up Red Cabbage and Savoy Lettuce together. If you are going to Costco, Green Onions are the priced item there, but you should be mindful that warehouse sizing may affect how you use the ingredient after the recipe. If you want to compare more grocery prices before you shop, eezly’s deal page at https://eezly.com/deals is the natural next step.

Recipe 2: Crunchy Cabbage and Radish Salad Bowl — $1.71 per Serving

A Crunchy Cabbage and Radish Salad Bowl can be built from the same $23.95 New Brunswick Salad Mix basket, keeping the cost at $1.71 per serving across 14 servings. Red Cabbage costs $4.99 at IGA, Radishes cost $2.99 at Independent, and Green Onions cost $7.99 at Costco in the priced basket. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This second dinner format uses the same real prices but changes the emphasis of the meal. Instead of treating romaine and savoy lettuce as the main volume, you lean more heavily on the red cabbage and radishes for crunch. That makes the salad bowl more durable for meal prep because cabbage typically holds texture better after slicing than delicate leafy greens.

To prepare it, shred the red cabbage very finely, slice the radishes thinly and add chopped green onions. Fold in torn romaine and savoy lettuce just before serving so the leafy components stay crisp. You can portion the vegetables into 14 servings at the same $1.71 cost per serving because the underlying basket and yield remain unchanged.

Ingredients with Prices

The ingredient costs for this cabbage-forward version are the same because you are using the same priced New Brunswick basket. What changes is the ratio you emphasize when you assemble each serving. That is a useful budgeting technique: you can create variety across the week without adding new grocery costs.

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

This version is especially useful if you want a cheap dinner recipe under $2 that can be prepared ahead. Red cabbage at $4.99 from IGA anchors the bowl, while radishes at $2.99 from Independent add crunch without raising the serving cost above $1.71. Green onions are the costliest line item at $7.99, so you should use them deliberately across all 14 servings instead of adding them heavily to the first few bowls.

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this cabbage and radish bowl, your cheapest mapped stores are IGA for Red Cabbage at $4.99 and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99, Independent for Radishes at $2.99, Costco for Green Onions at $7.99 and Co-op Beaubear for Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If you are trying to limit store visits, IGA plays the largest role in this version because it supplies two of the five items in the priced basket. You still need Independent for the $2.99 radishes and Co-op Beaubear for the $4.99 romaine if you want to match the exact cost calculation. For many households, the best compromise is to buy the highest-volume ingredients where they are cheapest and avoid adding unplanned items that push the dinner beyond the $1.71 serving target.

The value of this recipe is not only the price but also the control it gives you. You can prepare the cabbage and radishes in advance, then add romaine and savoy lettuce shortly before dinner. That helps you reduce waste, stretch the basket across more servings and keep the actual per-serving cost close to the eezly-tracked estimate.

Recipe 3: Romaine and Savoy Lettuce Dinner Cups — $1.71 per Serving

Romaine and Savoy Lettuce Dinner Cups cost $1.71 per serving when made from the same $23.95 New Brunswick Salad Mix basket. Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch is $4.99 at Co-op Beaubear, Savoy Lettuce is $2.99 at IGA and Radishes are $2.99 at Independent. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This third version turns the salad basket into a hand-held dinner format. You use the larger romaine leaves as cups, tuck in shredded savoy lettuce and red cabbage, then finish with sliced radishes and green onions. The format can work well when you want a lighter dinner or a make-your-own plate for a household, while still keeping the cost at $1.71 per serving.

The key budgeting point is that the format changes, but the grocery basket does not. You are not adding tortillas, wraps, sauces or proteins to the priced calculation. If you add extras from your pantry, they may make the meal more filling, but they are outside the stated $23.95 recipe cost unless you price them separately.

Ingredients with Prices

Lettuce cups put the focus on the two leafy ingredients. Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99 from Co-op Beaubear provides the structure, while Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 from IGA adds a softer bite inside each cup. The same red cabbage, radish and green onion prices complete the 14-serving basket.

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

This is the most presentation-focused version of the cheapest recipe in the guide. You can serve the cups family-style and let each person fill their own plate. That makes the meal feel more substantial than a single tossed bowl, even though you are working from the same $23.95 set of ingredients.

Where to Buy Cheapest

The cheapest mapped buying route for Romaine and Savoy Lettuce Dinner Cups starts with Co-op Beaubear for Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99 and IGA for Savoy Lettuce at $2.99. You then add Red Cabbage at $4.99 from IGA, Radishes at $2.99 from Independent and Green Onions at $7.99 from Costco. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

You should prioritize the lettuce quality for this version because the romaine leaves need to hold their shape. If the outer leaves are damaged, the recipe still works as a chopped salad, but the dinner-cup format becomes less practical. Since the price is already fixed at $1.71 per serving in the data, your main decision is whether the presentation is worth the extra prep time.

If you want more low-cost recipe ideas that can be adapted from current grocery prices, you can browse https://eezly.com/recipes. For households that prefer planned weekly menus, https://eezly.com/meal-plans can help connect prices with meal planning rather than treating recipes and grocery shopping as separate tasks.

Price Comparison Table: All Recipes Side by Side

All three dinner formats in this guide cost $1.71 per serving because they use the same $23.95 New Brunswick ingredient basket and 14-serving yield. The main difference is not the price; it is how you prepare and serve the vegetables. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

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

This table is useful because it separates price from meal structure. If you want the simplest preparation, choose the New Brunswick Salad Mix and toss everything together. If you want meal prep durability, choose the Crunchy Cabbage and Radish Salad Bowl because cabbage and radishes hold their texture well. If you want a lighter dinner presentation, choose the Romaine and Savoy Lettuce Dinner Cups.

The table also shows why the phrase “cheapest recipes” should be evaluated by serving cost, not just shelf price. Green Onions at $7.99 from Costco are the highest individual price in the basket, but the total recipe still comes out to $1.71 per serving because the cost is spread over 14 portions. That is the practical advantage of recipe costing: you can judge the meal, not just the price tag.

Ingredient Basket Index for New Brunswick

The New Brunswick basket index shows that the five priced ingredients range from $2.99 to $7.99. Radishes at Independent and Savoy Lettuce at IGA are the lowest-priced items at $2.99 each, while Green Onions at Costco are the highest-priced item at $7.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

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

The basket index helps you see which ingredients deserve the most attention when you shop. Green Onions represent about one-third of the $23.95 basket, so wasting them has a bigger effect on your real household cost than using a few extra radishes. Romaine lettuce and red cabbage each account for about 20.8% of the basket, while radishes and savoy lettuce each account for about 12.5%.

For your grocery planning, that means you should portion the green onions carefully across the 14 servings. You can also prepare the red cabbage in a way that reduces waste, such as shredding only what you need for the next few meals and storing the rest properly. If you use the full basket efficiently, the $1.71 per-serving cost is realistic for a budget meal in New Brunswick.

Best-Priced Ingredient Deals in the Recipe Basket

The best-priced ingredients in this New Brunswick recipe basket are Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 at IGA and Radishes at $2.99 at Independent. IGA also supplies Red Cabbage at $4.99, while Co-op Beaubear supplies Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99 and Costco supplies Green Onions at $7.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Regular prices and percentage savings are not included in the provided grocery dataset, so the table below ranks the real ingredient prices available for this recipe rather than estimating discounts. This keeps the comparison useful without inventing savings claims. You can still use the ranking to decide which items are doing the most work in keeping the recipe below $2 per serving.

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

This ingredient ranking is more actionable than a generic sale list because it is tied directly to a full recipe. You are not just looking at a low shelf price; you are looking at whether the item helps produce a full dinner at a known serving cost. In this case, the two $2.99 items help offset the $7.99 green onions and keep the full 14-serving recipe at $23.95.

If you want to check broader grocery deals beyond this recipe basket, you can use https://eezly.com/deals. If you want to compare by store before building a grocery route, start from https://eezly.com/stores. For more editorial grocery coverage, https://eezly.com/blog is a useful internal reference point.

How to Shop This Basket Without Raising the Serving Cost

You keep this New Brunswick dinner at $1.71 per serving by sticking to the five priced ingredients and avoiding unpriced additions during the main shop. The basket is $23.95 only when you buy Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99, Green Onions at $7.99, Radishes at $2.99, Red Cabbage at $4.99 and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Your first decision is whether to shop the full mixed-store basket or simplify the route. A strict lowest-price approach uses four store names: Co-op Beaubear, Costco, Independent and IGA. If you value time more than exact pricing, you may choose fewer stops, but the article’s $1.71 serving cost is based on the listed ingredient prices.

Your second decision is how to use the ingredients across 14 servings. Chop only what you need if you are eating the recipe over several days, especially for lettuce. Shred cabbage more finely for better volume and slice radishes thinly so each serving gets some crunch. Use the green onions consistently but modestly, because they are the highest-priced item in the basket.

Finally, keep the recipe’s purpose in mind. This is a budget-friendly fresh produce dinner base, not a full pantry audit. You can add staples you already own, but if you are measuring the exact dinner cost for your household, you should add those costs separately. That is how you keep your grocery math honest and make better comparisons between cheap dinner recipes under $2.

Why This Recipe Works for Budget Meals in New Brunswick

This Salad Mix basket works for New Brunswick budget meals because it combines a low per-serving cost, a large 14-serving yield and ingredient prices from familiar regional banners. The complete basket costs $23.95, and each serving costs $1.71. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

The large yield is the main reason the recipe is economical. A $23.95 basket might not look minimal at checkout, but when divided across 14 servings it becomes a low-cost dinner component. That distinction matters for families, shared households and meal preppers, because the most important number is often cost per serving rather than the total basket price.

The recipe also offers flexibility. You can serve it as a dinner salad on the first night, a cabbage-forward bowl the next day and lettuce cups later in the week. That helps you avoid the fatigue that often comes from repeating the same budget meal. With the same five ingredients, you can create three meal formats without changing the underlying grocery cost.

For Canadian shoppers, this type of recipe costing is especially useful during periods of uneven produce pricing. You can identify which store has the best price for each item, then decide whether to shop multiple banners. Atlantic Superstore, Costco, Foodland, IGA, No Frills, Sobeys, Walmart, Your Independent Grocer, RASS and Wholesale Club are among the active grocery banners in New Brunswick, but the prices in this recipe specifically come from Co-op Beaubear, Costco, Independent and IGA.

FAQ

What is the cheapest dinner recipe in this New Brunswick guide?

The cheapest dinner recipe in this guide is New Brunswick Salad Mix at $1.71 per serving. The recipe costs $23.95 total and makes 14 servings using Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99 from Co-op Beaubear, Green Onions at $7.99 from Costco, Radishes at $2.99 from Independent, Red Cabbage at $4.99 from IGA and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 from IGA.

What is the cheapest grocery store in New Brunswick for this recipe basket?

For this specific recipe basket, there is no single cheapest store for every ingredient. Co-op Beaubear is the priced source for Romaine Lettuce 1 Bunch at $4.99, Costco is the priced source for Green Onions at $7.99, Independent is the priced source for Radishes at $2.99, and IGA is the priced source for both Red Cabbage at $4.99 and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99.

Are there cheap dinner recipes under $2 per serving in New Brunswick?

Yes. This Salad Mix recipe costs $1.71 per serving in New Brunswick as of June 2026. The full basket is $23.95 and yields 14 servings, making it a practical option if you are looking for cheap dinner recipes under $2 using fresh produce.

Which ingredient is the lowest-priced item in the Salad Mix basket?

The lowest-priced items are Radishes at $2.99 from Independent and Savoy Lettuce at $2.99 from IGA. Both items help keep the full 14-serving recipe at $23.95 and the per-serving cost at $1.71.

Which ingredient costs the most in the recipe?

Green Onions are the highest-priced item in the basket at $7.99 from Costco. Because that item represents about one-third of the $23.95 basket, you should portion it carefully across the 14 servings if you want to maintain the $1.71 per-serving cost.

How can AI help save on groceries in New Brunswick?

AI can help by comparing ingredient prices across banners and identifying which store has the best available price for each item in a recipe. In this basket, eezly’s real-time price tracking identifies Co-op Beaubear for $4.99 romaine, Costco for $7.99 green onions, Independent for $2.99 radishes and IGA for $4.99 red cabbage and $2.99 savoy lettuce.

Can I use this recipe for meal prep?

Yes. The $23.95 Salad Mix basket makes 14 servings, so you can use it for several dinners, lunches or side portions. For best results, prepare sturdier ingredients like red cabbage and radishes ahead of time, then chop or add romaine and savoy lettuce closer to serving so the texture stays fresh.