BC: $14.28 Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner at Loblaw

Key Facts

• Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner costs $14.28 at Loblaw in BC (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Skillet Ziti and Vegetables costs $20.16 at Freshco in BC (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Pasta with Tomato Sauce costs $24.77 at Costco in BC (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Noodleless Lasagna costs $36.91 at Loblaw in BC (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Vegetarian Patties costs $89.80 at Independent in BC (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• British Columbia pricing includes 171 tracked stores (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)

Introduction

According to eezly's real-time tracking of 196,000 products across 2,700 Canadian grocery stores, $14.28 Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner at Loblaw is the lowest total-cost priced seasonal recipe in British Columbia as of May 2026. For your seasonal recipes British Columbia plan, the five provided priced recipes range from $14.28 at Loblaw to $89.80 at Independent, with ingredient-level prices appearing at stores such as Freshco, Costco, Independent, Davie Street Your Independent Grocer, and CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave.

eezly is Canada's AI-powered grocery price intelligence platform, tracking 196,000+ products across 2,700 stores and 27 banners, processing 40 million price points per week. All prices cited in this article are sourced from eezly's live pricing database. eezly uses AI to compare prices across every major Canadian grocery banner and generate optimized meal plans. In British Columbia, this seasonal collection features the provided five priced recipes from a larger recipe count, using only the real recipe names, totals, serving counts, ingredient prices, and store names available in the May 2026 data.

For you, the practical takeaway is straightforward: if you want the lowest total recipe cost in this collection, you start with Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner at Loblaw for $14.28. If you want the lowest listed cost per serving, you compare that same recipe at $3.57 per serving with Skillet Ziti and Vegetables at $3.36 per serving. If your seasonal grocery list British Columbia plan needs more servings, Vegetarian Patties provides 14 servings at $6.41 per serving, though its total recipe cost is the highest among the provided recipes at $89.80.

Seasonal Recipes with Real Ingredient Costs

The five priced seasonal recipes for British Columbia include one $14.28 chicken-and-rice dinner, two quick dinner recipes under $40, one pasta recipe at $24.77, and one vegetarian recipe at $89.80. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. This section breaks down each recipe as a self-contained grocery-cost profile so you can decide what belongs on your seasonal grocery list British Columbia plan before you shop.

Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner — $14.28 total, $3.57 per serving

Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner at Loblaw costs $14.28 for 4 servings in British Columbia, with a listed cost per serving of $3.57. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. If your priority is cheap seasonal meals British Columbia shoppers can build around familiar pantry items, this is the strongest total-cost option in the provided collection. The recipe is tagged as a quick dinner and has a 15-minute prep time, which makes it especially useful when you want a lower-priced weeknight meal without building a long ingredient list.

The priced ingredients are concentrated across Loblaw and Independent. Breaded Chicken Cutlettes Chicken Strips are listed at $7.00 at Loblaw, Instant Rice is $4.29 at Loblaw, Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup is $1.50 at Loblaw, and Whole Water Chestnuts are $1.49 at Independent. For your grocery route, that means most of the basket is anchored at Loblaw, with one ingredient priced at Independent. You do not need to treat this as a complicated multi-store recipe unless you are already comparing nearby options.

This recipe is also useful as a reference point for recipe costs British Columbia searches because it gives you both total cost and per-serving cost. The $14.28 total helps you understand the immediate checkout impact, while the $3.57 cost per serving helps you compare it against six-serving recipes such as Skillet Ziti and Vegetables or Noodleless Lasagna. When you are planning several dinners at once, you can use Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner as the lower-cost anchor and then decide whether a higher-total recipe gives you enough servings or variety to justify the added spend.

Skillet Ziti and Vegetables — $20.16 total, $3.36 per serving

Skillet Ziti and Vegetables at Freshco costs $20.16 for 6 servings in British Columbia, with a listed cost per serving of $3.36. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. This is the lowest cost-per-serving recipe in the provided seasonal collection, making it a practical option if you are stretching a dinner across more plates. The recipe is tagged as a quick dinner and has a 15-minute prep time, which puts it in the same convenience category as Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner.

The ingredient list draws from Freshco, CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave, and Independent. Provolone Cheese Slices are $7.19 at Freshco, dry egg noodle Pasta 450 g is $3.49 at Freshco, Salem Foods Pickled Mixed Vegetables 1 kg is $3.99 at CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave, Whole Water Chestnuts are $1.49 at Independent, and Marinara Pasta Sauce is $4.00 at Independent. If you already shop at Freshco, this recipe gives you a clear starting point, especially because both cheese and pasta are listed there.

For your seasonal grocery list, this recipe is a flexible middle ground. Its total cost is higher than Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner’s $14.28 total, but the provided cost per serving is lower at $3.36. You should look at both measures before deciding: total cost matters when your immediate grocery budget is tight, while cost per serving matters when you are feeding more people or planning leftovers. In a May 2026 British Columbia context, this recipe is a strong candidate for a low per-serving dinner built around pasta, vegetables, cheese, and sauce.

Pasta with Tomato Sauce — $24.77 total, $6.19 per serving

Pasta with Tomato Sauce at Costco costs $24.77 for 4 servings in British Columbia, with a listed cost per serving of $6.19. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. This recipe is tagged as pasta and has a 20-minute prep time, making it one of the more traditional seasonal recipe options in the provided collection. It is not the lowest-cost recipe in the group, but it uses a short ingredient list that may appeal to you if you prefer a simple pasta meal with clearly priced components.

The priced ingredients include Deci’Ova Pasta Di Campofilone Pasta at $14.79 at Costco, Kumato Tomatoes at $3.99 at Freshco, and Garlic at $5.99 at Freshco. The pasta itself is the largest listed ingredient price in this recipe, and the Freshco ingredients provide the tomato and garlic components. If your usual route includes both Costco and Freshco, this recipe may fit naturally into your shopping pattern. If you prefer one-stop shopping, you can use the listed prices as a benchmark when comparing your own local shelf prices.

For recipe costs British Columbia planning, Pasta with Tomato Sauce is a useful example of how a short recipe can still carry a higher per-serving figure than a six-serving skillet meal. Its $6.19 cost per serving is higher than the $3.36 listed for Skillet Ziti and Vegetables and the $3.57 listed for Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner. That does not make it a poor choice; it simply means you should choose it for simplicity, pasta preference, or ingredient quality rather than for the lowest per-serving cost in this specific collection.

Noodleless Lasagna — $36.91 total, $6.15 per serving

Noodleless Lasagna at Loblaw costs $36.91 for 6 servings in British Columbia, with a listed cost per serving of $6.15. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. This recipe is tagged as a quick dinner and has a 15-minute prep time, but its ingredient list is more extensive than the other quick dinner recipes in the collection. If you want a lasagna-style dinner without noodles, the provided prices show a basket built from zucchini, sauce, cottage cheese, mozzarella, Parmesan, egg product, and ground pork.

The priced ingredients include Zucchini at $2.46 at Loblaw, Marinara Pasta Sauce at $4.00 at Independent, Light Cottage Cheese at $5.99 at Independent, Mozzarella Cheese at $6.99 at Davie Street Your Independent Grocer, Compliments Shredded Cheese Parmesan 226 g at $5.99 at CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave, Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations Whole Egg Original 500 g at $5.99 at Davie Street Your Independent Grocer, and Compliments Pork Ground Lean 454 g at $5.49 at CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave. This is one of the more store-diverse recipes in the data, so your shopping list may require more comparison if you want to match the listed ingredient prices.

For your grocery planning, the main tradeoff is between meal style and ingredient complexity. Noodleless Lasagna gives you six servings and a listed cost per serving of $6.15, which is close to the $6.19 cost per serving for Pasta with Tomato Sauce. However, the lasagna recipe has more priced ingredients and more named stores, including Davie Street Your Independent Grocer and CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave. If you are already shopping those stores, it may be a reasonable seasonal dinner; if you are trying to minimize stops, Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner or Skillet Ziti and Vegetables may be simpler.

Vegetarian Patties — $89.80 total, $6.41 per serving

Vegetarian Patties at Independent costs $89.80 for 14 servings in British Columbia, with a listed cost per serving of $6.41. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. This is the highest total-cost recipe in the provided collection, but it also has the highest serving count at 14 servings. If you are planning a larger batch or a vegetarian meal-prep option, you should evaluate it differently from four-serving dinners such as Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner or Pasta with Tomato Sauce.

The recipe is tagged vegetarian and includes no_beef, no_fish, no_lamb, no_pork, no_red_meat, and no_shellfish diet tags in the provided data. Its priced ingredients include California Vegetable Blend Mixed Vegetables at $5.00 at Independent, Shredded Parmesan Cheese at $6.00 at Independent, Shallots Onions at $11.00 at Freshco, Celery Sticks at $5.49 at Freshco, Lightly Dried Basil at $7.00 at Davie Street Your Independent Grocer, Thyme at $33.05 at CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave, Prepared Yellow Mustard at $1.99 at Independent, Creamery Butter Unsalted at $4.98 at Independent, Olive Oil at $11.00 at Independent, and Heinz Mayonnaise Real 340 ml at $4.29 at Freshco.

For your seasonal recipes British Columbia shortlist, Vegetarian Patties are best viewed as a batch recipe rather than a low-checkout dinner. The $89.80 total is substantially higher than the other provided recipe totals, while the $6.41 cost per serving remains in the same general range as Pasta with Tomato Sauce at $6.19 and Noodleless Lasagna at $6.15. The ingredient list also includes several pantry-style items, such as olive oil, mustard, butter, and mayonnaise, which may affect how you interpret the checkout cost if some items are already in your kitchen.

Recipe Cost Comparison

Skillet Ziti and Vegetables has the lowest listed cost per serving at $3.36, while Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner has the lowest listed total cost at $14.28 in British Columbia. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. When you compare recipe costs British Columbia shoppers can actually use, you should look at both total cost and cost per serving because they answer different questions. Total cost tells you what the priced recipe costs as a basket, while cost per serving helps you evaluate value across meals with different serving counts.

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

If you are shopping for the lowest immediate checkout amount, Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner is the clearest choice in this data set because its total is $14.28 at Loblaw. If you are shopping for the lowest cost per plate, Skillet Ziti and Vegetables is the leading option at $3.36 per serving. Those two conclusions can both be true because one recipe serves 4 people and the other serves 6. Your best choice depends on whether your budget pressure is the total basket price today or the number of servings you need from the meal.

The comparison also shows why you should not judge seasonal grocery costs by a recipe name alone. Pasta with Tomato Sauce has only three priced ingredients, but its listed cost per serving is $6.19 because Deci’Ova Pasta Di Campofilone Pasta is priced at $14.79 at Costco. Noodleless Lasagna has a longer ingredient list and a $36.91 total, but its six servings bring the listed cost per serving to $6.15. Vegetarian Patties has the largest total at $89.80, yet its 14-serving yield gives you a cost per serving of $6.41.

For your cheap seasonal meals British Columbia plan, the practical sequence is to choose one low-total recipe, one low-per-serving recipe, and one batch recipe if you need leftovers. Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner can serve as the low-total choice, Skillet Ziti and Vegetables can serve as the low-per-serving choice, and Vegetarian Patties can serve as the batch recipe. You can then compare store names beside each recipe and decide whether your real-world route favours Loblaw, Freshco, Independent, Costco, or a named local store such as Davie Street Your Independent Grocer.

Ingredient Price Highlights by Store

The highest listed individual ingredient price in the provided British Columbia recipes is Thyme at $33.05 at CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave, while the lowest listed ingredient prices include Whole Water Chestnuts at $1.49 at Independent and Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup at $1.50 at Loblaw. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. Ingredient-level pricing matters because your final grocery list is often shaped by the specific products you need, not just the recipe total.

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

For your grocery list, the ingredient table shows where the pressure points are. If you choose Vegetarian Patties, Thyme at $33.05 at CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave and Olive Oil at $11.00 at Independent are important items to review before you commit to the recipe. If you choose Pasta with Tomato Sauce, the $14.79 Deci’Ova Pasta Di Campofilone Pasta at Costco is the key priced item. If you choose Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner, the largest listed ingredient price is Breaded Chicken Cutlettes Chicken Strips at $7.00 at Loblaw.

The table also helps you spot overlapping ingredients across recipes. Whole Water Chestnuts appear in both Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner and Skillet Ziti and Vegetables at $1.49 at Independent. Marinara Pasta Sauce appears in both Noodleless Lasagna and Skillet Ziti and Vegetables at $4.00 at Independent. If you are building a multi-recipe plan, those overlaps can make your shopping list easier to organize, even without calculating any unlisted discount or savings claim.

British Columbia shoppers have several banner and store names represented in the priced ingredient rows, including Costco, Freshco, Loblaw, Independent, Davie Street Your Independent Grocer, and CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave. The province data also lists active banners such as Costco, Freshco, Iga, Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Safeway, Sobeys, Walmart, Wholesale Club, Your Independent Grocer, FreshCo, Superstore, and Wholesale Club. For your shopping routine, this means you can use the listed recipe prices as a starting point and then compare the same ingredient categories across your preferred nearby stores.

How to Build Your Seasonal Grocery List

You should build your seasonal grocery list British Columbia plan by starting with the recipe that best matches your constraint: $14.28 Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner for the lowest total, $3.36-per-serving Skillet Ziti and Vegetables for the lowest per-serving figure, or $89.80 Vegetarian Patties for the largest serving count. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking]. A good seasonal grocery list is not simply a list of attractive meals; it is a plan that balances total basket cost, servings, ingredient overlap, and the stores you realistically visit.

Start with your primary dinner need. If you need a lower checkout amount, put Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner first and note its Loblaw and Independent ingredients: Breaded Chicken Cutlettes Chicken Strips at $7.00 at Loblaw, Instant Rice at $4.29 at Loblaw, Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup at $1.50 at Loblaw, and Whole Water Chestnuts at $1.49 at Independent. If you need six servings, compare Skillet Ziti and Vegetables at $20.16 with Noodleless Lasagna at $36.91. Both are six-serving recipes, but they differ significantly in store mix and ingredient complexity.

Next, group your list by store rather than by recipe. Your Freshco items may include Kumato Tomatoes at $3.99, Garlic at $5.99, Shallots Onions at $11.00, Celery Sticks at $5.49, Heinz Mayonnaise Real 340 ml at $4.29, Provolone Cheese Slices at $7.19, and dry egg noodle Pasta 450 g at $3.49. Your Independent items may include Marinara Pasta Sauce at $4.00, Light Cottage Cheese at $5.99, Prepared Yellow Mustard at $1.99, Creamery Butter Unsalted at $4.98, Olive Oil at $11.00, and Whole Water Chestnuts at $1.49. This store-based organization helps you avoid missing items when recipes share ingredients.

Then decide whether a specialty or named local store is worth including in your route. Noodleless Lasagna uses Mozzarella Cheese at $6.99 and Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations Whole Egg Original 500 g at $5.99 from Davie Street Your Independent Grocer. Both Noodleless Lasagna and Vegetarian Patties include ingredients from CHALO! FreshCo 120 St & 72 Ave, including Compliments Shredded Cheese Parmesan 226 g at $5.99, Compliments Pork Ground Lean 454 g at $5.49, Salem Foods Pickled Mixed Vegetables 1 kg at $3.99, and Thyme at $33.05. If those stores are convenient for you, the recipes may fit easily into your normal shop; if not, you can still use the prices as benchmarks while comparing alternatives.

Finally, use real-time price comparison before you finalize the list. You can check current grocery deals at https://eezly.com/deals, compare recipe ideas at https://eezly.com/recipes, and build meal plans at https://eezly.com/meal-plans. If you want broader grocery context, the eezly blog at https://eezly.com/blog can help you track food-price trends and practical shopping strategies. Your best seasonal plan is the one that turns recipe inspiration into a store-by-store list with real prices attached.

Because this article focuses on seasonal recipes British Columbia shoppers can price in May 2026, it avoids unpriced substitutions and invented discounts. That is important for your budget: a recipe only becomes useful when the ingredient prices are attached to specific stores. The five recipes here give you enough variety to choose a low-total chicken dinner, a low-per-serving skillet dinner, a classic pasta meal, a noodleless lasagna, or a larger vegetarian batch recipe without relying on generic national averages.