Chicken Meatball Marinara with Sweet Potato Fries
Crispy roasted sweet potato fries paired with warm tomato sauce and tender meatballs make an easy weeknight dinner that feels indulgent.
- Per serving
- $2.68
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 25 min
- Whole dinner
- $10.72
Ingredients
10 oz. Amylu Chicken Meatballs
On sale at Sprouts: Amylu Chicken Meatballs, Fully cooked, no antibiotics or steroids! Select varieties,
$5.991 lb. Hothouse Tomatoes
On sale at Sprouts: Hothouse Tomatoes
$1.9816 oz. Frozen Sweet Potato Fries
On sale at Sprouts: Sprouts Frozen Sweet Potato Fries, Select varieties, 16 oz.
$3.502 tbsp. Olive oil
pantry3 cloves Garlic
about $0.501 small Onion
about $0.75to taste Salt
pantryto taste Black pepper
pantry1 tsp. Dried basil
pantry
Prices are from Sprouts the week of October 18, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Toss frozen sweet potato fries with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper, spread on a baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes until golden.
- While fries cook, dice onion and mince garlic. Heat 2 tbsp. olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, add onion and garlic, cook until soft about 3 minutes.
- Chop tomatoes and add to skillet with basil, salt and pepper. Simmer 8 to 10 minutes until sauce thickens slightly.
- Add meatballs to tomato sauce and heat through, about 5 minutes. Serve over or alongside the sweet potato fries.
Why it’s cheap
3 of the 9 ingredients were on sale at Sprouts the week of October 18, 2026, led by amylu chicken meatballs at $5.99.
Penny Meals prices a dinner by the share of each package you actually cook, adds an estimated shelf price for anything that wasn’t on sale, and counts pantry staples like oil and salt as free. That came to $2.68 a serving, or $10.72 for 4 servings.
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