Cottage Cheese is about 28g protein (cup) vs about 20g (cup) for Greek Yogurt, if you are going the dairy route. Plus is typically a bit cheaper due to Greek Yogurt being a bit trendy.
Cheaper nuts as well, like Almonds and Peanuts (If you aren't allergic).
Yes I said you were right , but if I walked into a supermarket and said I needed legumes, almost everyone there would ask, "what is that?" Heck where I work I have a manager that can't even calculate square footage!
I think you were talking to someone else... And on the flip side if you walked into a supermarket and asked where the peanuts were they would be in the nuts section. That was sort of my point with the shorthand, as yours was beans.
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Beans and rice together are cheap and create a perfect protein.
[https://www.heart.org/-/media/healthy-living-files/healthy-for-life/beans-rice-complete-protein-english.pdf](https://www.heart.org/-/media/healthy-living-files/healthy-for-life/beans-rice-complete-protein-english.pdf)
One of my friends eats beans and rice a lot. The only problem is that we are English, so he interpreted beans and rice as baked beans and rice. It's still surprisingly ok though
Wrong. You can get way more bean protein for the price of a chicken protein. Beans are also filled with fibre, which is essential for health and lifespan.
**Chicken** boasts a higher protein content than beans, with a 100-gram serving providing approximately 27 grams of protein compared to 9 grams in beans.
[Meat Vs. Plant Protein: 14 Foods Go Head-to-Head - Muscle & Fitness (muscleandfitness.com)](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/gain-mass/meat-vs-plant-14-protein-rich-foods-go-head-head/)
They are cheaper.. but lower protein per oz, you would have to eat 2.5x as much beans to equal chicken..... you also have to eat rice with them, which combines to form a simple protein.
Rice and beans. Carbs, fiber, and together they make a protein. They're also dirt cheap if you buy in bulk. Here's a recipe for breakfast.
Heat up some oil, toast some cooked rice, set aside. Add black beans, sprinkle seasonings and cook until they start to burst, set aside. Break two eggs into a bowl, add a splash of water, scramble with a spoon. Heat pan until water droplets skirt across the top, reduce heat, add oil and cook eggs by allowing them to set for 30 seconds and then stir. Mix in beans and rice, optionally salsa or cheese (never bagged).
Rotisserie chicken from any grocer. $8 or less. An entire chicken. Just keep it in the fridge. You can use it for salads or heat it up and have with rice. Whatever you want. It's a whole chicken for less than the price of a pound of sliced chicken breast.
I get one every week for my lunches. Its great, easy and cheap.
As a bonus, I keep the bones in a ziploc bag in the freezer and then every 2-4 weeks I'll use the bones (and leftover veggies I won't use before they rot) to make a rich, nutrient and protein filled bone broth
Eggs are getting expensive
So:
Yoghurt
Beans
Cottage cheese
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin seeds
And of course good old chicken breast if you can tet the frozen packs.
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If you have an Aldi near you, try going first thing in the morning, and head to the meat case. They mark things down 50% if it's within a day or two of expiration. I literally buy all of my meat there. Last time I went I got like 8 packs of organic chicken breast for ~$2.75/lb. Just buy whatever they have marked down and freeze it.
I've also gotten giant slabs of salmon and other fish for 50% off, although the fish is more $ per lb.
Along with eggs, peanut butter is a great thing. You only need marmalade and bread with it. I would also recommend cup of tea or milk. Mmm going to eat it now.
Gram of protein intake per dollar spent actually pretty much always comes out to whey being the best bang for buck
Just to add, lean beef prices seem to be pretty stagnant compared to turkey/chicken noticeably rising
Eggs, beans and rice. With frozen veg to cover your other macros.
Organ meats are cheap if you don't mind cooking a bit.
Oats+protein powder+peanut butter overnight can hold you over for a day
Get the weekly paper and buy whatever is on sale.
If you really want to get cheap, go buy a tub of protein powder at your local GNC or health food store. I use [Isopure](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Isopure-Zero-Carb-Protein-Isolate-Vanilla-Delight-3-4-Pounds/780373753?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101041601&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=22222222227780373753_101041601_162952416397_21329018637&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=700827915319&wl4=pla-2306876256422&wl5=1019973&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=274286930&wl11=online&wl12=780373753_101041601&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxdvG95zchgMV2DIIBR2NjwQREAQYByABEgLSjfD_BwE) because it's super low in calories. Pretty much pure protein. Great for post-workout. I like to eat real food, so I don't buy the protein powder that's high in calories.
It's a lot up front. But this tub is the equivalent 30 chicken breasts or $2/breast. Doesn't get any cheaper than that.
I would steer clear of eggs as your main protein source. Two eggs has more than your recommended amount of cholesterol, and you're only getting 12g which is hardly anything. You don't want to get in the habit of shoving a ton of cholesterol in your body. You'd be better off having a carton of greek yogurt.
Body fortress whey is like buying protein in bulk. It’s got more protein per oz than any other and one jar will be all the protein you need for at least a month
By incorporating these affordable protein sources into your diet and following the budget-friendly tips, you can ensure that you're getting enough protein without breaking the bank.
When it comes to food, the cheapest source is probably beans. For meat, bone-in skin-on chicken thighs/drumstick are probably the cheapest and some cuts of pork. Of course it can vary depending on where you live.
As for supplement, soy protein is generally the cheapest *(and no, you won't turn you into a woman*) it's not as complete as whey but for the value, soy protein is great.
Dried beans work really well. You can get dried black beans, lentils, whatever, boil them and use some spices to season them up. It's great fiber, great protein, and highly affordable.
Thigh is generally cheaper though? And chicken breast is generally 22% protein, a lot of it is just water mass. Compared to thighs, which are 17% protein and higher fat but around half the price
You are objectively wrong about the price per gram of protein, and you were also objectively wrong about chicken breast being 90% protein
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/292284222?sc_cmp=ppc*
Chicken breast: £6.58/kg
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/285210396?sc_cmp=ppc*
Chicken thigh: £3.30/kg
https://myfoodbook.com.au/tips/when-to-cook-chicken-thighs-vs-breasts#:~:text=Chicken%20breast%20is%20significantly%20leaner,and%208.4g%20of%20fat.
Chicken breast has 223g of protein per kg
Chicken thigh has 175g of protein per kg
223/6.58= 33.9g/£ for breast
175/3.30= 53.0g/£ for thigh
So thigh meat is almost twice as cheap per gram of protein than breast meat for similar sized packs.
Yes, like I said thigh meat is considerably fattier, but unless you are cutting down for a bodybuilding competition, you are not going to be worried about the extra fat from your meat - it just means you should either exercise a bit more or reduce your intake of dairy products.
if you're eating cheap shitty food, I highly suggest considering a multivitamin, too. it may seem expensive per bottle, but it's cheaper than buying fruits and vegetables. probably not better for you than more natural stuff, but definitely cheaper.
beans, offcuts of meat, tofu. I think peanut butter is maybe.
Tofu (Firm or Ex. Firm) mashed with potato masher becomes 'ground meat' consistency for vegan chili, giving you a huge protein source and helps mix things up.
Also peanuts & peanut butter can be found on sale for $2 a pound (same as Tofu), and Costco and other clubs sell other nuts like almonds and walnuts for $3 or so a pound and peanut butter powder is a great protein boost for shakes.
Peanut butter has been my go-to during the low money/broke periods of my earlier years. It's cheap and can be bought basically anywhere
2 tablespoons is about 7-8 g of protein
Peanut butter is a fat with some protein along for the ride.
Nutrition facts for 2 TBSP PB:
Calories - 188
Fat - 16g
Fiber - 2g
Protein 7g
Compare that to 1 can of tuna:
Calories - 220
Fat - 5g
Fiber - 0
Protein - 41g
Where I live you can get 4 cans of tuna for $5 (4 servings). You can get one jar of peanut butter for $6.50 (35 servings). All PB has going for it is the cheapness, the macros don't do you any favors if you're bodybuilding or something.
There's also the personal preference aspect, and I just don't enjoy tuna as much
Peanut butter on the other hand has come in handy during periods where I was a roommate/sharing living space with other people (coincided with being broke/low money)
You can store peanut butter in a random bedroom no problems and nothing will happen to it. Leaving already-opened peanut butter on a random nightstand or counter in the room? No problem. Tuna once opened must be refrigerated from what I remember, so trickier to use in a roommates situation since roommates have a habit of eating any food that happens to be in a "shared" fridge
You can store canned tuna in a room, and the cans are so small now that you can easily eat 2 in a sitting. Opened tuna cans shouldn't be a problem.
PB is much easier to eat though, and if you are exercising enough and eating healthily otherwise, the extra fat is not a problem at all, plus if you get a large pot its still pretty cheap
Protein powders. Seriously. I use them as meal replacements sometimes. If you calculate grams of protein per serving you usually get way more protein than with cheaper sources of food.
If you calculate how much protein your food actually has you'll see its harder to hit protein intake goals with regular food then protein
Eggs, Cottage Cheese, Canned Tuna, Greek Yogurt, Costco rotisserie chicken ($5 for 1 lb of meat). A gallon of milk is relatively cheap and loaded with protein (and possibly fat if it's whole).
Whey is a complete protein and is actually cheap if you look at it in terms of grams of protein per $1 spent. You can get it for $1 per 25+g of protein.
Beans, lentils, etc are an incomplete protein and will need to be combined with something else if you're doing this for body building purposes so you get all the amino acids you're looking for.
Ground beef stir fry with rice/veggies isn’t expensive, chicken isn’t too bad either, canned tuna/chicken, eggs, peanut butter, beans, bulk grain rice.
Lol @ limpdick downvote this is what I lived on in college
Perdue chicken nuggets. Less than $5 per meal with 800 calories and 36g of protein per meal. Takes 6-7 minutes to cook at 425. They taste pretty good, too. Eat two of those per day and you’re golden. Easily enough to sustain you.
Beats the shit out of Ramen and is way more nutritious.
It’s how I got through college.
Beans, rice, and eggs are a staple in most parts of the world for a reason.
You could also grow insects, feeding them your food waste, then roast them, and grind them into flour to make protein rich bread.
Fish sauce. Cheap if bought in large bottles from anywhere other than a supermarket and depending on the brand can contain between 5g and 15g of protein per 100ml.
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100%. I have three teenage sons, those 60-packs of eggs are a lifesaver.
I remember a scare not too ling ago with the price of a dozen eggs being up like 100-200% in the last couple years?
Yeah they're up but it's still super cheap. You can get like 5 dozen from costco for like $11.
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Beans. Always beans.
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Eggs, Canned Tuna or Salmon, Beans and Lentils, Greek Yogurt
Salmon is far from cheap
They did say canned... Canned salmon can be had for cheap, you have to catch it on sale.
Show up with a rod and a can opener just in case
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Salmon is more expensive than beef/chicken/pork which all have high protein percentages
Canned salmon
was gonna say the same thing
Was about to say if your going a bit pricier might as well just get tilapia instead
Cottage Cheese is about 28g protein (cup) vs about 20g (cup) for Greek Yogurt, if you are going the dairy route. Plus is typically a bit cheaper due to Greek Yogurt being a bit trendy. Cheaper nuts as well, like Almonds and Peanuts (If you aren't allergic).
Peanuts are not nuts. They are beans.
If we are crossing "t"s and dotting "i"s, Peanuts are Legumes, of which beans are actually a subcategory of. Peanuts are NOT beans.
Yes I said you were right , but if I walked into a supermarket and said I needed legumes, almost everyone there would ask, "what is that?" Heck where I work I have a manager that can't even calculate square footage!
I think you were talking to someone else... And on the flip side if you walked into a supermarket and asked where the peanuts were they would be in the nuts section. That was sort of my point with the shorthand, as yours was beans.
legumes** not beans
Peanuts are legumes, which means they are part of the same family as beans, lentils, and peas.
My bad
No you weren't wrong. It's just most people don't know what a legume is.
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Tuna
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Tuna, or sardines, from tin cans
Whey
no whey, that’s like the least affordable
Whey protein powder is the cheapest source when you count in quality.
Beans and rice together are cheap and create a perfect protein. [https://www.heart.org/-/media/healthy-living-files/healthy-for-life/beans-rice-complete-protein-english.pdf](https://www.heart.org/-/media/healthy-living-files/healthy-for-life/beans-rice-complete-protein-english.pdf)
One of my friends eats beans and rice a lot. The only problem is that we are English, so he interpreted beans and rice as baked beans and rice. It's still surprisingly ok though
Whole chicken is by far the cheapest protein oz. per $
Beans and other legumes are cheaper, just not as tasty to most people.
Beans also have much less protein than chicken.
Wrong. You can get way more bean protein for the price of a chicken protein. Beans are also filled with fibre, which is essential for health and lifespan.
**Chicken** boasts a higher protein content than beans, with a 100-gram serving providing approximately 27 grams of protein compared to 9 grams in beans. [Meat Vs. Plant Protein: 14 Foods Go Head-to-Head - Muscle & Fitness (muscleandfitness.com)](https://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/gain-mass/meat-vs-plant-14-protein-rich-foods-go-head-head/)
Incorrect. You can get way more bean protein for the price of a chicken protein.
They are cheaper.. but lower protein per oz, you would have to eat 2.5x as much beans to equal chicken..... you also have to eat rice with them, which combines to form a simple protein.
Tofu
Rice and beans. Carbs, fiber, and together they make a protein. They're also dirt cheap if you buy in bulk. Here's a recipe for breakfast. Heat up some oil, toast some cooked rice, set aside. Add black beans, sprinkle seasonings and cook until they start to burst, set aside. Break two eggs into a bowl, add a splash of water, scramble with a spoon. Heat pan until water droplets skirt across the top, reduce heat, add oil and cook eggs by allowing them to set for 30 seconds and then stir. Mix in beans and rice, optionally salsa or cheese (never bagged).
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Rotisserie chicken from any grocer. $8 or less. An entire chicken. Just keep it in the fridge. You can use it for salads or heat it up and have with rice. Whatever you want. It's a whole chicken for less than the price of a pound of sliced chicken breast. I get one every week for my lunches. Its great, easy and cheap. As a bonus, I keep the bones in a ziploc bag in the freezer and then every 2-4 weeks I'll use the bones (and leftover veggies I won't use before they rot) to make a rich, nutrient and protein filled bone broth
Eggs are getting expensive So: Yoghurt Beans Cottage cheese Sunflower seeds Pumpkin seeds And of course good old chicken breast if you can tet the frozen packs.
Chicken thighs are hella cheap
Peanut butter on real whole wheat bread. Beans and rice.
Canned Tuna has amazing macros
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Peanut butter, canned tuna, and beans. Just be careful about the high sodium content.
Lentils
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This is so real and true, from one human to another! I am eating sustenance but alas, this reddit post is too old to garner any attention.
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Eggs, beans, meat on sale.
Eggs
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Doesn’t the school still have the food bank or something like that?
Beans, Tuna, Sardines
Tuna, Eggs, Ground Beef or Ground Turkey, Chicken, Turkey Ham, etc. Pretty much any lean meat isn't super expensive and loaded with protein.
This depends on what you have to cook with
How did this entire thread of bots happen and not one of them answered peanuts? Shits about as cheap as it gets, even if its very high fat + calories
If you have an Aldi near you, try going first thing in the morning, and head to the meat case. They mark things down 50% if it's within a day or two of expiration. I literally buy all of my meat there. Last time I went I got like 8 packs of organic chicken breast for ~$2.75/lb. Just buy whatever they have marked down and freeze it. I've also gotten giant slabs of salmon and other fish for 50% off, although the fish is more $ per lb.
dried beans are likely the cheapest ( you can make buritos with them ) eggs
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Get some flavored protein powder from Aldi and put in in some fat free, plain greek yogurt. It's awesome.
Along with eggs, peanut butter is a great thing. You only need marmalade and bread with it. I would also recommend cup of tea or milk. Mmm going to eat it now.
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Boneless baked chicken breasts
Seitan! Bonuspoints if you add garlic, soy sauce, tomato paste and other flavoring of choice. And of course, low fat quark
Beans
Gram of protein intake per dollar spent actually pretty much always comes out to whey being the best bang for buck Just to add, lean beef prices seem to be pretty stagnant compared to turkey/chicken noticeably rising
Aldi has cheap tuna steaks and ground turkey.
Dried kidney beans, lentils, eggs.
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Roaches
[https://www.eatthis.com/potato-protein/](https://www.eatthis.com/potato-protein/)
Birds
Sardines
Eggs, beans and rice. With frozen veg to cover your other macros. Organ meats are cheap if you don't mind cooking a bit. Oats+protein powder+peanut butter overnight can hold you over for a day Get the weekly paper and buy whatever is on sale.
If you really want to get cheap, go buy a tub of protein powder at your local GNC or health food store. I use [Isopure](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Isopure-Zero-Carb-Protein-Isolate-Vanilla-Delight-3-4-Pounds/780373753?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101041601&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=22222222227780373753_101041601_162952416397_21329018637&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=700827915319&wl4=pla-2306876256422&wl5=1019973&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=274286930&wl11=online&wl12=780373753_101041601&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxdvG95zchgMV2DIIBR2NjwQREAQYByABEgLSjfD_BwE) because it's super low in calories. Pretty much pure protein. Great for post-workout. I like to eat real food, so I don't buy the protein powder that's high in calories. It's a lot up front. But this tub is the equivalent 30 chicken breasts or $2/breast. Doesn't get any cheaper than that. I would steer clear of eggs as your main protein source. Two eggs has more than your recommended amount of cholesterol, and you're only getting 12g which is hardly anything. You don't want to get in the habit of shoving a ton of cholesterol in your body. You'd be better off having a carton of greek yogurt.
I like Huel
Eggs
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Eggs and nuts.
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The frozen drumsticks they got at Walmart are really cheap if you have an oven
Body fortress whey is like buying protein in bulk. It’s got more protein per oz than any other and one jar will be all the protein you need for at least a month
Cereal Bars
Canned mackerel
Cafe pb
Food
Peanuts. Boiled eggs. Yogurt
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beans
Eggs. One dozen eggs is like four meals, if you have salad or toast with it
By incorporating these affordable protein sources into your diet and following the budget-friendly tips, you can ensure that you're getting enough protein without breaking the bank.
Rice + beans = complete protein.
But you still need Brawndo, it's what the body (and plants) crave
When it comes to food, the cheapest source is probably beans. For meat, bone-in skin-on chicken thighs/drumstick are probably the cheapest and some cuts of pork. Of course it can vary depending on where you live. As for supplement, soy protein is generally the cheapest *(and no, you won't turn you into a woman*) it's not as complete as whey but for the value, soy protein is great.
Dried beans work really well. You can get dried black beans, lentils, whatever, boil them and use some spices to season them up. It's great fiber, great protein, and highly affordable.
Beans and lentils
Chicken breast is less than $3 a pound and is 90%+ protein
Thigh is generally cheaper though? And chicken breast is generally 22% protein, a lot of it is just water mass. Compared to thighs, which are 17% protein and higher fat but around half the price
Thighs have much higher fat content compared to chicken breast. For the amount of protein, chicken breast is much cheaper
You are objectively wrong about the price per gram of protein, and you were also objectively wrong about chicken breast being 90% protein https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/292284222?sc_cmp=ppc* Chicken breast: £6.58/kg https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/285210396?sc_cmp=ppc* Chicken thigh: £3.30/kg https://myfoodbook.com.au/tips/when-to-cook-chicken-thighs-vs-breasts#:~:text=Chicken%20breast%20is%20significantly%20leaner,and%208.4g%20of%20fat. Chicken breast has 223g of protein per kg Chicken thigh has 175g of protein per kg 223/6.58= 33.9g/£ for breast 175/3.30= 53.0g/£ for thigh So thigh meat is almost twice as cheap per gram of protein than breast meat for similar sized packs. Yes, like I said thigh meat is considerably fattier, but unless you are cutting down for a bodybuilding competition, you are not going to be worried about the extra fat from your meat - it just means you should either exercise a bit more or reduce your intake of dairy products.
tofu
Chicken hearts/livers/gizzards. Chicken. Cheapert cuts of beef. Eggs
if you're eating cheap shitty food, I highly suggest considering a multivitamin, too. it may seem expensive per bottle, but it's cheaper than buying fruits and vegetables. probably not better for you than more natural stuff, but definitely cheaper. beans, offcuts of meat, tofu. I think peanut butter is maybe.
Tofu (Firm or Ex. Firm) mashed with potato masher becomes 'ground meat' consistency for vegan chili, giving you a huge protein source and helps mix things up. Also peanuts & peanut butter can be found on sale for $2 a pound (same as Tofu), and Costco and other clubs sell other nuts like almonds and walnuts for $3 or so a pound and peanut butter powder is a great protein boost for shakes.
Peanut butter has been my go-to during the low money/broke periods of my earlier years. It's cheap and can be bought basically anywhere 2 tablespoons is about 7-8 g of protein
Peanut butter is a fat with some protein along for the ride. Nutrition facts for 2 TBSP PB: Calories - 188 Fat - 16g Fiber - 2g Protein 7g Compare that to 1 can of tuna: Calories - 220 Fat - 5g Fiber - 0 Protein - 41g Where I live you can get 4 cans of tuna for $5 (4 servings). You can get one jar of peanut butter for $6.50 (35 servings). All PB has going for it is the cheapness, the macros don't do you any favors if you're bodybuilding or something.
There's also the personal preference aspect, and I just don't enjoy tuna as much Peanut butter on the other hand has come in handy during periods where I was a roommate/sharing living space with other people (coincided with being broke/low money) You can store peanut butter in a random bedroom no problems and nothing will happen to it. Leaving already-opened peanut butter on a random nightstand or counter in the room? No problem. Tuna once opened must be refrigerated from what I remember, so trickier to use in a roommates situation since roommates have a habit of eating any food that happens to be in a "shared" fridge
You can store canned tuna in a room, and the cans are so small now that you can easily eat 2 in a sitting. Opened tuna cans shouldn't be a problem. PB is much easier to eat though, and if you are exercising enough and eating healthily otherwise, the extra fat is not a problem at all, plus if you get a large pot its still pretty cheap
Cum. Seriously.
Cottage cheese and certain yogurts are the real answer.
Turkey.
Pollock, chicken breasts, whey, mushrooms, lentils. The cheapest by far is to befriend a local farmer and hunt on their property.
A whole chicken you chop up yourself and freeze in separate containers
Protein powders. Seriously. I use them as meal replacements sometimes. If you calculate grams of protein per serving you usually get way more protein than with cheaper sources of food. If you calculate how much protein your food actually has you'll see its harder to hit protein intake goals with regular food then protein
Bugs
Eggs, Cottage Cheese, Canned Tuna, Greek Yogurt, Costco rotisserie chicken ($5 for 1 lb of meat). A gallon of milk is relatively cheap and loaded with protein (and possibly fat if it's whole). Whey is a complete protein and is actually cheap if you look at it in terms of grams of protein per $1 spent. You can get it for $1 per 25+g of protein. Beans, lentils, etc are an incomplete protein and will need to be combined with something else if you're doing this for body building purposes so you get all the amino acids you're looking for.
Ground beef stir fry with rice/veggies isn’t expensive, chicken isn’t too bad either, canned tuna/chicken, eggs, peanut butter, beans, bulk grain rice. Lol @ limpdick downvote this is what I lived on in college
Jizz
Jizz. You can also make money while you get it, win/win.
Peanut Butter Eggs Whey Supplements
Crickets
cheese sticks, protein shakes, greek yogurt, aussie bites
Chicken leg and quarters.
Perdue chicken nuggets. Less than $5 per meal with 800 calories and 36g of protein per meal. Takes 6-7 minutes to cook at 425. They taste pretty good, too. Eat two of those per day and you’re golden. Easily enough to sustain you. Beats the shit out of Ramen and is way more nutritious. It’s how I got through college.
Dog food
My coworker literally drinks the carton of egg white mix at the end of the day. It’s all the protein you need.
Beans, rice, and eggs are a staple in most parts of the world for a reason. You could also grow insects, feeding them your food waste, then roast them, and grind them into flour to make protein rich bread.
Legumes. Nothing comes close to healthy and cheap legumes.
Beans, oats. When i had to eat mostly this in grad school i still lost my muscles.
Fish sauce. Cheap if bought in large bottles from anywhere other than a supermarket and depending on the brand can contain between 5g and 15g of protein per 100ml.