Pasta with Tomato Basil Garlic Sauce
A simple, satisfying Italian-style dinner built on deeply discounted pasta sauce and cheddar cheese potatoes.
- Per serving
- $0.97
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 25 min
- Whole dinner
- $3.88
Ingredients
1 lb Pasta
pantry24 oz Great Value Tomato Basil Garlic Pasta Sauce
On sale at Walmart: Great Value Tomato Basil Garlic Pasta Sauce, 24 oz
$0.75$1.974 oz box Walmart Betty Crocker Scalloped Casserole Potatoes
On sale at Walmart: Betty Crocker Scalloped Casserole Potatoes, Made with Real Cheese, 4 oz Box
$1.00$2.182 cups Milk
about $3.504 tablespoons Butter
pantry1 teaspoon Salt
pantry1/4 teaspoon Black pepper
pantry4 cups Fresh spinach
about $2.50
Prices are from Walmart the week of October 18, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta according to package directions, then drain.
- While pasta cooks, prepare the scalloped potatoes according to package directions using milk and butter.
- Heat the tomato basil garlic sauce in a small saucepan over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Toss the cooked pasta with the warm sauce, then fold in fresh spinach until wilted.
- Divide pasta between plates and serve alongside the scalloped potatoes.
Why it’s cheap
2 of the 8 ingredients were on sale at Walmart the week of October 18, 2026, led by great value tomato basil garlic pasta sauce at $0.75 instead of $1.97.
The sale items rang up $2.40 under their regular prices.
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 $0.97 a serving, or $3.88 for 4 servings.
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