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Recipe Cost Calculator




December 4th, 2007

This calculator will determine the cost for each ingredient (up to seven ingredients total) and the final cost of a recipe.

Directions:

1. Enter your recipe information, replacing text in the below fields. Press Enter to navigate fields.

2. When finished, scroll to the bottom of the form for the recipe’s total cost.

Stuck? Here is an example

Finding the cost of tacos for two people:

1 lb. ground beef (from a 3-lb. roll at $2.97)
[Enter 2.97 in "price per package" field; enter "3" in the "servings per package" field; enter "1" in "servings prepared" field]

1 pack taco seasoning $0.27
[Enter .27 in "price per package" field; enter "1" in "servings per package" field; enter "1" in "servings prepared" field]

10-pack tortillas $0.89 (at 10 servings per pack, we’re using 4 tortillas, or 4 “servings”)
[Enter .89 in "price per package"; enter "10" in servings per package"; enter "4" in "servings prepared"]

16 oz. container of sour cream at $1 (estimated using 2 oz.)
[Enter "1" in "price per package"; enter "16" in "servings per package" (we're calling 1 ounce a serving); and enter "2" in "servings prepared"]

16 oz. jar of salsa at $1.89 (estimated using 4 oz.)
[Enter $1.89 in "price per package"; enter "16" in "servings per package"; and "4" in "servings prepared"]

Head of lettuce at $1
[Enter "1" in "price per package"; (estimated using 1/4 of it, so say there are 4 servings per head and state that you're using 1 serving) and "4" servings per package; "1" serving prepared]

Your final cost with this example equals $2.47 if you input those numbers.

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6 Comments »

Comment by Nichole
2007-12-05 02:06:14

Handly little tool!

I might try it out on some of my recipes…lol that is if I can find the time!
:-)

Maybe soon!

Nichole

 
2008-01-19 22:11:20

[...] Instacalc Frugal Bloggers can embed this tool to design a simple calculator into their webpages. This is what I used to design our Recipe Cost Calculator. [...]

 
2008-03-10 15:47:53

[...] Much Does that Recipe Cost? at Sense to Save, and here is her calculator tool. Quote: “I was surprised to discover just how cheap breakfast-for-dinner can be.” I [...]

 
Comment by Pescetarian
2008-05-01 12:04:17

How awesome! I’m wanting to sell some of my baked goods and this is great for helping me price items! Thanks for making this available.

Comment by Sandy
2008-10-29 10:46:01

i too want to sell my baked goods i used the calculator but i don’t think it came out right. can someone help me out ?

thanks, Sandy

 
 
2008-07-03 10:11:41

[...] all this meal cost $4.30 cents for the ingriedients used. Thanks to Sense to Save’s Recipe Calculator I was able to figure this [...]

 
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