• BarqsHasBite
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    14 hours ago

    Rice and beans. Together they make a complete protein so can make up a larger bulk of your diet.

    Pork loin, those gigantic big ones, are cheap per pound. Cut it into three for three roasts, freeze the other 2.

    Try to get Multivitamins and magnesium. Long term you want those vitamins and minerals. Fish oil too. It’s seems expensive but it’s cheaper than fish itself.

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      24 hours ago

      +1 For rice and beans. Add some drops of ketjap manis or soy sauce/salt for flavour. If you just eat rice and beans all day everyday, you’re not even that far off a complete nutritional package. If you love in a potato country, switch out the rice for taters, even better nutrition but might still be a hit more expensive.

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      1112 hours ago

      Beans and rice is the real answer here, +1 to this

      Lots of meals are cheap but few will also fill you up.

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        111 hours ago

        Yeah agreed. Beans/lentils, rice, potatoes and flour make up most of my meals. I rarely eat meat but I do consume dairy and eggs occasionally. If you mix in some cheap vegetables like carrots, celery, onion, ect you can get really far with tasty meals.

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      111 hours ago

      +1 for the beans (or lentils, or just any pulses fwiw), but why the rice?
      Pulses contain carbohydrates, but much more protein than rice and as rice is a hyperaccumulator of arsenic and pulses aren’t, wouldn’t that make a diet centred around pulses healthy while still affordable?
      Put some canned tomatoes, vegetables, onions, garlic, spices or whatever else is available and affordable to the beans and you have a nice enough and quite healthy meal.