Quebec Beef and Broccoli Dinner at $5.16/Serving

Key Facts

• Beef and Broccoli costs $30.98 total for 6 servings in Quebec. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Beef and Broccoli costs $5.16 per serving in Quebec. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak is priced at $5.73 at Metro. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Sliced Mushrooms are priced at $1.39 at Maxi. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli 45 g is priced at $1.99 at Metro. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Broccoli Florets are priced at $3.99 at Metro. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)

Introduction: the cheapest fully costed Quebec dinner is Beef and Broccoli at $5.16 per serving

Beef and Broccoli is the cheapest fully costed recipe in this Quebec data set at $5.16 per serving. The full ingredient basket comes to $30.98 for 6 servings, with the lowest-priced ingredients spread across IGA, Maxi and Metro. If you are searching for budget meals in Quebec and want a dinner that includes beef, vegetables and a prepared sauce, this recipe gives you a practical price point to compare against takeout, frozen entrées and other weeknight meals.

The key to keeping this dinner under $6 per serving is not buying every ingredient from one banner by default. In the current Quebec price data, Maxi has the lowest listed price for Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 and Garlic, Minced at $5.50, while Metro has the listed prices for Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak at $5.73, Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli 45 g at $1.99 and Broccoli Florets at $3.99. IGA carries Mazola Vegetable Oil 1.18 L at $7.99 and Shallots Onions at $4.39. For you, the useful takeaway is straightforward: the recipe is affordable as a complete meal, but the best basket is assembled across multiple Quebec grocery banners rather than one stop.

Recipe 1: Beef and Broccoli — $5.16 per serving

Beef and Broccoli costs $30.98 total and $5.16 per serving in Quebec. The recipe serves 6, takes about 30 minutes to prepare, and uses a basket of seven priced ingredients from IGA, Maxi and Metro. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

This is the best fully costed option in the available Quebec recipe data because it gives you a complete dinner anchored by beef, broccoli, mushrooms, aromatics and sauce. At $5.16 per serving, you can use it as a benchmark when evaluating other cheap dinner recipes under $6. If a comparable ready-made meal, delivery order or prepared grocery entrée costs more than that per person, this home-cooked option gives you a clear price advantage.

For your household, the serving count matters. A $30.98 basket may look higher than a single small grocery item, but divided across 6 servings it becomes a practical family meal. If you are cooking for two, the recipe can cover dinner plus leftovers. If you are cooking for a family of four, it can provide dinner and a small leftover portion for lunch, depending on appetite and any side dishes you add.

Ingredients with Prices

The ingredient list below uses the priced products available in the Quebec data. Each item is listed with its store and price so you can see exactly where the $30.98 recipe total comes from. When you compare budget meals in Quebec, this kind of ingredient-level costing is more useful than a generic “cheap recipe” label because it shows what you actually pay at the store.

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

The largest single line item in this Beef and Broccoli basket is Mazola Vegetable Oil 1.18 L at $7.99 at IGA. That does not mean the whole bottle is consumed in one dinner, but it is part of the priced basket used for this recipe costing. The lowest individual item is Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 at Maxi, which helps keep the vegetable component affordable.

The protein line is notably controlled: Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak is priced at $5.73 at Metro in the current Quebec data. For a beef dinner, that is the ingredient that determines whether the recipe stays in budget territory. Combined with Metro’s $1.99 Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli and $3.99 Broccoli Florets, the Metro portion of the basket provides the beef, sauce and main green vegetable for this meal.

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this Beef and Broccoli recipe, your cheapest listed store mix is IGA for vegetable oil and shallots, Maxi for garlic and mushrooms, and Metro for beef, sauce and broccoli. The full basket totals $30.98 across those stores, or $5.16 per serving for 6 servings. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

If you are already near a Metro, you can buy the core dinner components there: Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak at $5.73, Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli 45 g at $1.99 and Broccoli Florets at $3.99. Those three items form the centre of the dish and account for the beef-and-broccoli identity of the recipe. If you are also passing a Maxi, the $1.39 Sliced Mushrooms are the best listed mushroom price in the basket, and the $5.50 Garlic, Minced rounds out the aromatics.

IGA’s role in this recipe is the pantry and onion component. Mazola Vegetable Oil 1.18 L is priced at $7.99 at IGA, while Shallots Onions are priced at $4.39 at IGA. If you already have cooking oil at home, your immediate cash outlay for the dinner may be lower, but the standardized recipe costing includes the listed oil price so the basket can be compared consistently.

For your own grocery route, the decision is whether the multi-store trip is worth it. If you shop at one store only, you may save time. If your goal is the lowest documented ingredient basket using current Quebec prices, you follow the store split shown in the table: IGA for oil and shallots, Maxi for garlic and mushrooms, and Metro for beef, sauce and broccoli.

Recipe 2: Mushroom, Broccoli and Sauce Stir-Fry — a lower-protein budget variation using the same Quebec prices

A meatless-style variation using the priced mushrooms, broccoli, sauce, garlic, shallots and oil would rely on the same Quebec ingredient prices, but it is not a separately costed recipe in the available data. The priced components are Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 at Maxi, Broccoli Florets at $3.99 at Metro, Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli 45 g at $1.99 at Metro, Garlic, Minced at $5.50 at Maxi, Shallots Onions at $4.39 at IGA and Mazola Vegetable Oil 1.18 L at $7.99 at IGA. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

This variation is useful if you want the flavour profile of Beef and Broccoli but are trying to stretch your grocery budget by reducing or omitting beef. Because the data set provides one fully costed recipe rather than a second finished recipe with servings, the responsible way to use this option is as a shopping idea, not as a claimed per-serving price. You can still use the real ingredient prices to decide whether the vegetable-and-sauce base fits your budget.

The main affordability signal is the $1.39 Sliced Mushrooms at Maxi. Mushrooms can add texture and volume to a stir-fry, especially when paired with broccoli florets and a prepared sauce. Metro’s $1.99 sauce also gives you a predictable flavour base without needing to buy multiple condiments in the same trip.

Ingredients with Prices

The priced ingredients for this variation come directly from the same Quebec data set. They are not presented as a separate official recipe total because no independent serving count or finished recipe total was provided. Instead, you can treat them as a basket of relevant items to combine with your pantry staples or leftovers.

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

If you already have oil or garlic at home, this style of variation becomes easier to fit into a low-cash-outlay dinner plan. However, the listed prices are still important because they reflect what you would pay if you needed to buy each item in the current Quebec grocery environment. For budget meals in Quebec, the distinction between pantry inventory and new purchases can change how affordable a dinner feels at checkout.

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this vegetable-forward variation, your best listed stores are Maxi for mushrooms and garlic, Metro for broccoli and sauce, and IGA for oil and shallots. Maxi offers Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39, while Metro lists Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli 45 g at $1.99 and Broccoli Florets at $3.99. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

This option makes the most sense when you want a quick stir-fry and already have rice, noodles or another base at home. You are not relying on a fabricated per-serving total; instead, you are using verified item prices to make a practical decision. If your goal is a complete, fully costed dinner with a confirmed serving count, the Beef and Broccoli recipe remains the primary recommendation.

Recipe 3: Beef, Mushroom and Broccoli Bowl — a leftover-friendly variation from the same basket

A Beef, Mushroom and Broccoli Bowl can be built from the same priced Quebec basket, anchored by Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak at $5.73 at Metro, Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 at Maxi and Broccoli Florets at $3.99 at Metro. This is a leftover-friendly variation rather than a separately priced recipe, because the available data provides one complete recipe total: Beef and Broccoli at $30.98 for 6 servings, or $5.16 per serving. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

This variation is useful when you want to turn the main recipe into lunches or rice bowls. You can cook the beef, mushrooms and broccoli together with the sauce, then portion the mixture over a base you already have in your pantry. The grocery prices that matter most are the beef at Metro, the mushrooms at Maxi and the broccoli at Metro, because those ingredients create the bulk and identity of the bowl.

For your weekly meal planning, the advantage is flexibility. A recipe that costs $5.16 per serving as a dinner can become more valuable if you divide it into lunch portions or pair it with existing staples. You are still starting from the same documented $30.98 Beef and Broccoli basket, but you are adapting the format to reduce the chance of leftovers being wasted.

Ingredients with Prices

The relevant priced ingredients for the bowl format are the same as the core Beef and Broccoli recipe. The table below highlights the items most central to a bowl-style meal, while retaining the real store and price references from the Quebec data.

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

The bowl format works best when you already have a base such as rice or noodles at home, because the provided data does not include a priced rice or noodle item. That does not reduce the usefulness of the costing. It simply means the verified numbers in this article are limited to the ingredients listed above and the fully costed Beef and Broccoli recipe.

Where to Buy Cheapest

Your best listed store strategy for the bowl variation is Metro for the beef, sauce and broccoli, Maxi for mushrooms and garlic, and IGA for shallots. Metro lists the Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak at $5.73, the Thaizone Mix Sauce Beef & Broccoli 45 g at $1.99 and the Broccoli Florets at $3.99. Maxi lists Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 and Garlic, Minced at $5.50.

If you are prioritizing convenience, you may decide to shop at the store closest to you. If you are prioritizing the lowest documented prices from the available basket, you split the items according to the stores shown. That is the core value of ingredient-level grocery comparison: you can see which store is responsible for each price before you plan your trip.

Quebec ingredient basket index for Beef and Broccoli

The Beef and Broccoli basket index totals $30.98 across IGA, Maxi and Metro, with the lowest listed single item being Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 at Maxi and the highest listed item being Mazola Vegetable Oil 1.18 L at $7.99 at IGA. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

A basket index helps you understand the recipe beyond the headline cost per serving. Instead of seeing only “$5.16 per serving,” you can see where the money goes. For this recipe, the basket is not dominated by beef alone; pantry and aromatic items such as oil, garlic and shallots also account for meaningful spending when purchased as part of the same trip.

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

This basket index also shows why a single-store assumption can be misleading. You may think of Beef and Broccoli as a Metro dinner because the beef, sauce and broccoli are all priced at Metro in this data set. However, the recipe’s lowest listed mushrooms and garlic are at Maxi, while oil and shallots are listed at IGA. If you are planning a larger weekly shop, the best approach is to group these items into your existing route rather than making a separate trip for one ingredient.

For Quebec households, this is especially relevant because the province includes overlapping grocery banners such as IGA, Maxi, Metro, Metro Plus, Provigo, Super C, Walmart, Costco and Wholesale Club. When you compare by banner rather than assuming one universal “cheapest grocery store,” you get a more accurate picture of what each store contributes to your dinner budget.

Top priced items and best value signals in the Beef and Broccoli basket

The strongest value signal in this Quebec basket is Sliced Mushrooms at $1.39 at Maxi, while the most expensive listed item is Mazola Vegetable Oil 1.18 L at $7.99 at IGA. Because no regular prices were provided for these items, the table below reports verified current prices rather than unverified discount percentages. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

When you are comparing cheapest recipes, the “best deal” is not always the biggest package or the lowest shelf price. For a recipe, the best value item is often the one that adds volume, flavour or protein without pushing the per-serving cost too high. In this basket, mushrooms, sauce and broccoli play that role: they help make the meal feel complete while keeping the documented recipe at $5.16 per serving.

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

The absence of regular prices means you should not treat these as advertised markdowns. Instead, you should read the table as a current-price ranking for the ingredients that make up the recipe. That is still highly useful for your planning: if you are trying to trim your checkout total, you can identify which items are pantry purchases and which are meal-specific purchases.

For example, oil and garlic are ingredients you may not need to buy every time you cook Beef and Broccoli. If you already have them at home, your out-of-pocket cost for this particular dinner could be lower than the full standardized basket. The article’s official cost remains $30.98 because that is the complete priced ingredient basket provided by eezly’s real-time price tracking.

Price Comparison Table: all recipe options side by side

The only fully costed recipe in the Quebec data is Beef and Broccoli at $30.98 total, 6 servings and $5.16 per serving. The two additional dinner ideas in this article are practical variations using the same priced ingredients, but they do not have independent totals or serving counts in the source data. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

This distinction matters for your budget. A fully costed recipe can be compared directly against a takeout order or another meal plan because it includes a total and serving count. A variation is still useful for cooking decisions, but it should not be presented as a separate bargain unless the total and servings are known.

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

For your actual dinner plan, the best choice is the Beef and Broccoli recipe if you need a complete, verified cost per serving. If you are using leftovers or pantry staples, the two variations can help you stretch the same basket into different meal formats. That is a practical way to reduce food waste and keep your meal plan from feeling repetitive without relying on unverified prices.

How to shop this Quebec budget meal efficiently

Your most efficient strategy is to treat the Beef and Broccoli basket as a planned multi-store shop only if IGA, Maxi and Metro already fit into your routine. The verified prices are $7.99 for Mazola Vegetable Oil and $4.39 for Shallots Onions at IGA, $5.50 for Garlic, Minced and $1.39 for Sliced Mushrooms at Maxi, and $5.73 for Marinated Angus Beef Outside Round Steak, $1.99 for Thaizone Mix Sauce and $3.99 for Broccoli Florets at Metro. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

If you are making a dedicated trip only for this recipe, you should consider the time and transportation cost of visiting three stores. The ingredient-level savings may be useful if those stores are close together or part of your normal route. If they are not, you may prefer to buy the full meal at one banner and use the basket index as a benchmark for whether the shelf prices look reasonable.

You can also make the meal planning easier by checking related eezly pages before you shop. The deals page at https://eezly.com/deals can help you compare current grocery prices, while https://eezly.com/recipes is useful when you want more recipe ideas. If you prefer planned menus, https://eezly.com/meal-plans can help you think through several dinners at once rather than pricing one meal in isolation.

For store-specific planning, you can also review banner pages such as https://eezly.com/stores/maxi when you are building a basket around Maxi prices. If you read grocery pricing coverage regularly, https://eezly.com/blog is a useful place to continue comparing Quebec grocery costs. These links are most useful when you use them as part of a weekly routine rather than checking prices only after you have already bought your groceries.

What this means for cheap dinner recipes under $6 in Quebec

Beef and Broccoli qualifies as a cheap dinner recipe under $6 per serving in Quebec because it costs $5.16 per serving based on a $30.98 basket and 6 servings. That gives you a clear benchmark for evaluating other budget meals in Quebec. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking].

The most important lesson is that “cheap” should be measured per serving, not just by the size of the grocery bill. A $30.98 shop may seem moderate, but when it feeds 6 servings, the economics are stronger. If you compare that with individual prepared meals or restaurant orders, the per-serving number is the fairest comparison.

You should also look at ingredient reusability. Oil, garlic and shallots can support more than one meal if quantities remain after cooking. The official recipe total still includes them, but your next dinner may benefit from those pantry items without requiring another full purchase. That is how one grocery basket can support a broader budget strategy.

Finally, this recipe shows why Quebec grocery comparison should be local and banner-specific. IGA, Maxi and Metro each contribute part of the lowest listed basket. Instead of asking only “What is the cheapest grocery store in Quebec,” you get better results by asking which store is cheapest for beef, which is cheapest for mushrooms, and which is cheapest for the sauce or vegetables you need.