Saskatchewan $3.00 Curry Cauliflower at Extrafoods

Key Facts

• Curry Roasted Cauliflower costs $22.99 for 4 servings (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• The full recipe costs $5.75 per serving in Saskatchewan (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Cauliflower is priced at $4.99 at Extrafoods (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Olive oil is priced at $11.00 at Independent (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Curry powder is priced at $3.50 at Independent (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Seasoning salt is priced at $3.50 at Independent (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)

Introduction: the cheapest Saskatchewan dinner in this basket is $3.00 per serving

The cheapest recipe featured here is Dry Curry Cauliflower Tray Bake at $3.00 per serving, based on a $4.99 cauliflower at Extrafoods and $3.50 each for curry powder and seasoning salt at Independent. The full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe costs $22.99 for four servings, or $5.75 per serving, when you include olive oil at $11.00, curry powder at $3.50, seasoning salt at $3.50, and cauliflower at $4.99. Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026.

For Saskatchewan households searching for cheap dinner recipes under $6, this cauliflower basket is useful because it shows how much one ingredient choice can change your meal cost. If you buy every ingredient for the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe, your per-serving cost is $5.75. If you cook a leaner tray-bake version without olive oil, your out-of-pocket ingredient basket drops to $11.99, or $3.00 per serving. That difference matters when you are planning several budget meals Saskatchewan families can repeat during the week.

This article prices three cauliflower-based dinner recipes using only the Saskatchewan ingredient prices available in eezly’s May 2026 tracking. You will see the full recipe, a lower-cost seasoned version, and the cheapest dry-spiced version, with each recipe broken down by ingredient, store, and per-serving cost. The active Saskatchewan grocery banner environment includes Costco, FreshCo, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Wholesale Club, Your Independent Grocer, Extrafoods, Superstore, and Independent-related banners, but the specific priced items in this basket come from Extrafoods and Independent.

Recipe 1: Curry Roasted Cauliflower — $5.75 per serving

Curry Roasted Cauliflower costs $22.99 for four servings in Saskatchewan, or $5.75 per serving, using Extrafoods cauliflower and Independent pantry prices. The basket includes cauliflower at $4.99 from Extrafoods, olive oil at $11.00 from Independent, curry powder at $3.50 from Independent, and seasoning salt at $3.50 from Independent. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is the most complete version of the recipe because it includes all four priced ingredients from the Saskatchewan data. You should treat the $5.75 per-serving figure as the full out-of-pocket cost if you are buying the cauliflower, oil, curry powder, and seasoning salt specifically for this meal. If you already keep olive oil or spices at home, your actual incremental cost may be lower, but the full recipe costing is $22.99 because this article prices the complete basket at the shelf.

From a budget perspective, the key cost driver is olive oil. At $11.00 at Independent, olive oil represents nearly half of the full $22.99 recipe basket. Cauliflower at Extrafoods is $4.99, while curry powder and seasoning salt are $3.50 each at Independent. Your cheapest path for the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe is therefore not a single-store basket; it is a split shop using Extrafoods for the fresh vegetable and Independent for the pantry items listed in this data.

Ingredients with Prices

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

The ingredient table shows why this recipe lands at $5.75 per serving. You are not paying $5.75 for the cauliflower alone; you are spreading the full $22.99 ingredient basket across four portions. That matters when you compare cheap dinner recipes under $6, because recipes with pantry staples often look more expensive the first time you cook them and cheaper the next time if you still have spices or oil left.

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this recipe basket, you should buy cauliflower at Extrafoods for $4.99 and the three pantry ingredients at Independent: olive oil for $11.00, curry powder for $3.50, and seasoning salt for $3.50. Extrafoods offers the fresh cauliflower price used in the recipe costing, while Independent supplies the listed pantry prices in eezly’s Saskatchewan data. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If your goal is to keep the full recipe under $6 per serving, the listed basket does that at $5.75 per serving. You should pay close attention to whether you already have olive oil at home, because buying a full bottle changes your checkout total even though you may not use the whole bottle in one dinner. For a household budget, the best way to interpret this recipe is as a four-serving dinner with a higher pantry-stock component.

Recipe 2: Seasoning Salt Roasted Cauliflower — $4.87 per serving

Seasoning Salt Roasted Cauliflower costs $19.49 for four servings, or $4.87 per serving, using cauliflower at $4.99 from Extrafoods, olive oil at $11.00 from Independent, and seasoning salt at $3.50 from Independent. This version removes curry powder from the basket, reducing the total by $3.50 compared with the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is the better option if you want a simpler roasted vegetable dinner and do not need the curry flavour profile. You still buy the same $4.99 cauliflower at Extrafoods and the same $11.00 olive oil at Independent, but you use seasoning salt as the only spice purchase. Your ingredient basket comes to $19.49, which is $3.50 lower than the full $22.99 curry version because you are not buying curry powder.

At $4.87 per serving, this recipe fits comfortably into searches for cheap dinner recipes under $5 in Saskatchewan. You should consider this version when you want a lower checkout cost but still want the texture and richness that olive oil brings to roasted cauliflower. The recipe is also easier to repeat because it uses fewer pantry items, which may help you avoid buying duplicate spices you will not use often.

Ingredients with Prices

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

The $19.49 total is the exact sum of the listed ingredients: $4.99 for cauliflower, $11.00 for olive oil, and $3.50 for seasoning salt. Divided across four servings, the recipe costs $4.87 per serving. You save $3.50 at checkout compared with the full curry version because curry powder is not included in this variant.

Where to Buy Cheapest

For Seasoning Salt Roasted Cauliflower, your lowest priced route in this dataset is Extrafoods for cauliflower at $4.99 and Independent for olive oil at $11.00 and seasoning salt at $3.50. The basket uses only the tracked Saskatchewan prices in eezly’s May 2026 data, so you can compare it directly with the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This version is useful when you want a vegetarian or vegan-friendly dinner with a lower per-serving price than the full curry recipe. You still need to watch the oil cost because the $11.00 olive oil item remains the largest part of the basket. If you already own olive oil, you may prefer this recipe because your fresh and seasoning purchases would be limited to cauliflower and seasoning salt.

Recipe 3: Dry Curry Cauliflower Tray Bake — $3.00 per serving

Dry Curry Cauliflower Tray Bake costs $11.99 for four servings, or $3.00 per serving, using cauliflower at $4.99 from Extrafoods plus curry powder and seasoning salt at $3.50 each from Independent. This is the cheapest recipe in the article because it removes the $11.00 olive oil purchase from the basket. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This recipe is designed for the lowest checkout cost rather than the richest roasted texture. You use cauliflower as the base, season it with curry powder and seasoning salt, and cook it as a dry-spiced tray bake or air-fryer-style dinner. Because the basket does not include olive oil, your total ingredient cost falls from $22.99 for the full curry recipe to $11.99 for this stripped-down version.

For Saskatchewan shoppers looking for the cheapest recipes, the $3.00 per-serving figure is the headline number. You should choose this version when you are prioritizing cash flow, stocking a low-cost vegetarian meal plan, or trying to build a dinner around a single fresh vegetable and two shelf-stable seasonings. The tradeoff is culinary rather than financial: without oil, the cauliflower may be drier, so you may want to adjust cooking time and avoid over-roasting.

Ingredients with Prices

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

The $11.99 total is the exact sum of the three tracked prices: $4.99 for cauliflower, $3.50 for curry powder, and $3.50 for seasoning salt. Dividing $11.99 by four servings produces a rounded cost of $3.00 per serving. That makes this the lowest-cost dinner option in the article and the strongest fit for budget meals Saskatchewan households can build around real May 2026 prices.

Where to Buy Cheapest

You should buy cauliflower at Extrafoods for $4.99 and the curry powder and seasoning salt at Independent for $3.50 each. That split-store basket keeps the recipe at $11.99 total, which is $11.00 lower than the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower basket because olive oil is excluded. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is also the clearest example of how ingredient selection affects your grocery bill. Extrafoods supplies the fresh vegetable price, while Independent supplies the spice prices used in the recipe costing. If your goal is the cheapest possible cauliflower-based dinner from this data, this is the version to cook first.

Saskatchewan recipe basket index: key ingredient prices

The Saskatchewan recipe basket index shows cauliflower at $4.99 at Extrafoods, olive oil at $11.00 at Independent, curry powder at $3.50 at Independent, and seasoning salt at $3.50 at Independent. These four prices determine whether your cauliflower dinner costs $3.00, $4.87, or $5.75 per serving. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Because the basket is small, each ingredient has a large effect on your final cost. Olive oil is the biggest swing item: including it raises the dry curry tray bake from $11.99 total to the full curry basket at $22.99 total when all four ingredients are included. You should therefore decide whether you are pricing a true checkout basket or using pantry staples you already own.

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

This basket index is also a reminder that the cheapest grocery store for one ingredient is not always the cheapest source for the entire meal. In this Saskatchewan recipe data, Extrafoods is the store attached to the cauliflower price, while Independent is attached to the pantry prices. If you are already visiting one store for other groceries, you should compare whether the extra stop is worth it for your own route and basket size.

Top priced items in the cauliflower dinner basket

The top priced item in this Saskatchewan recipe basket is olive oil at $11.00 at Independent, followed by cauliflower at $4.99 at Extrafoods and two pantry seasonings at $3.50 each at Independent. The highest-impact cost decision is whether your recipe includes the $11.00 olive oil purchase. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

The table below is structured as a deal-comparison view, but only tracked May 2026 recipe prices are used. Regular prices and savings percentages are not included in the supplied recipe dataset, so they are marked as not available rather than estimated. That approach keeps the comparison useful while preserving price accuracy.

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

For your meal plan, the practical takeaway is straightforward. If you include olive oil, your recipe basket rises materially; if you remove it, the dry curry version becomes the cheapest recipe at $3.00 per serving. If you want a middle ground, Recipe 2 keeps olive oil but removes curry powder, bringing the basket to $19.49 and the serving cost to $4.87.

Price Comparison Table: all recipes side by side

Dry Curry Cauliflower Tray Bake is the cheapest recipe at $3.00 per serving, Seasoning Salt Roasted Cauliflower is the middle option at $4.87 per serving, and the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe costs $5.75 per serving. The difference between the cheapest and most complete version is driven by the $11.00 olive oil item at Independent. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

You should use this table according to your actual kitchen situation. If you need to buy every ingredient from scratch, the full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe is a $22.99 checkout basket. If you want the lowest immediate cost, the dry curry version uses only three tracked items and comes in at $11.99 total.

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

This side-by-side view shows why recipe costing is more useful than looking at a single shelf price. Cauliflower is only $4.99 at Extrafoods, but the full dinner cost depends on which pantry items you add. Your cheapest dinner is not necessarily the recipe with the longest ingredient list; it is the recipe that uses the fewest high-cost additions while still producing a meal you will actually eat.

How to use these prices for Saskatchewan meal planning

You can use the $3.00, $4.87, and $5.75 per-serving figures as a practical range for cauliflower-based budget meals in Saskatchewan. The cheapest version is best for a tight grocery week, the middle version is best when you want oil-roasted texture without buying curry powder, and the full version is best when you want the complete curry flavour profile. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

If you are planning dinners for four people, the total basket matters more than the per-serving number at checkout. Recipe 3 costs $11.99, Recipe 2 costs $19.49, and Recipe 1 costs $22.99. That means your choice between the cheapest and fullest version changes your checkout by $11.00, which is exactly the listed price of olive oil at Independent in this dataset.

You should also think about repeat cooking. Pantry ingredients such as curry powder, seasoning salt, and olive oil may last beyond one dinner, even though this recipe costing prices them as basket purchases. For an immediate grocery budget, the totals above are the safest figures to use because they reflect the actual products you would need to buy if your kitchen were not already stocked.

What these prices say about cheap dinner recipes under $6 in Saskatchewan

All three featured recipes fall under $6 per serving, with costs of $3.00, $4.87, and $5.75 per serving. The full Curry Roasted Cauliflower recipe is still under the $6 threshold, while the dry curry version is half that level at $3.00 per serving. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

For your household, that means cauliflower can be a useful anchor ingredient when you are building vegetarian or vegan budget meals Saskatchewan shoppers can price clearly. The main advantage is transparency: you can see every ingredient, store, and cost. There is no hidden protein price, no bundled meal-kit charge, and no unclear serving assumption beyond the four-serving recipe yield.

The limitation is that cauliflower alone may not satisfy every appetite as a full dinner, especially for larger households or active eaters. If you need a more filling meal, you can use this article as the vegetable-cost foundation and then compare other staples separately. For the purposes of this recipe costing, however, the tracked Saskatchewan basket shows that a vegetable-forward dinner can stay well under $6 per serving.