Most affordable diet

[Anonymous No.30307521]

Sorry if this isn't the right board but this is more of a finance than health question.

What is the most simple diet to have for a single person to get all their required nutrients for around $200 a month?
I don't really like food and eating is a chore, it's as awful and boring as working on cars, so taste doesn't matter to me I just want to know what the most bare bones spartan diet i can have while still getting proper nutrition. I have a very minimalist life i only own a car (fully paid off only $800 a year for insurance) a bag of identical outfits, some toiletries, a cell phone and a bible. I want my diet to reflect this same level of simplicity and afforablilty

For drinks I'm covered I'm only going to drink water and black coffee as a treat now i have to figure out food. I figured this could also be a great template for simple and most cost effective eating since so many people now are living pay check to pay check because they over spend on food.

[Anonymous No.30307656]

bump

[Anonymous No.30307658]

just shop at Costco.

[Anonymous No.30307950]

>>30307658
I mean what types of food not the store.

[Anonymous No.30308274]

>>30307521
Canned fruit & vegetables for the cheapest.
Raw (bought raw, in bulk) would probably be the second cheapest and healthiest but also the most time expensive.
If you're diet is too soft your jaw and mouth muscles will atrophy and your teeth will get softer.
By chewing, we stimulate the sutures which release and produce stem cells to aid in bone development, regrowth(yes) and repair.
Preparing a meal is very therapeutic and stimulates the appetite while also allowing you to make delicious meals every time as you have complete control over the dish.
The cheapest, most delicious, recipes i've found come from asia and latin america. I prefer sw asia/indian and central american dishes.

[Anonymous No.30308463]

Well you can save a lot of money by only eating one meal a day, one meal a day granted that meal is nutritious is sufficient to fuel the human body that has adapted to survive on much less, 3 meals a day is a capitalist Scam that's why a lot of people are obese and dying.

Don't skimp out on quality food amon, do you want to live an extra decade or two ? Look forget about breakfast and lunch and drinks, coffee etc. There you made some savings.

But Make sure you Eat well at dinner. You want to avoid refined BS buy quality grass fed meat (chicken, beef, lamb, goat etc. Buy vegetables (healthy carbs), quality cheese (goat/sheep). Eggs are cheap and full of nutrients have 4-5 Eggs for dinner.

[Anonymous No.30308571]

>>30307521
Eggs and broccoli.

[Anonymous No.30308722]

>>30307521
Hello, OP. You’d probably benefit from a diet involving something called intermittent fasting with a single meal per day as the structure. High in protein, high in fat, low in carbs. Something like 18:6 or just straight up 24 hours between meals is probably your best bet.

I eat once a day myself, sometimes I’ll fast for 48-72 hours. Example meal is:
>2 steaks
>4 strips of bacon
>slices of Brie cheese
>couple eggs
Never hungry. Literally sick to my stomach if I eat multiple meals per day now.

[Anonymous No.30308747]

>>30308274
Oh and italialan recipes too, though prices may vary because of all the different meats. They are good cooks.
Basically look at any cuisine that historically developed in large family units as they will include the cheapest foods and the widest range of flavor so that everybody could eat.

[Anonymous No.30308785]

>>30308274
Fuck offffffff
Asian people are insects
White people who eat Asian food are honorary insects
Eat turnips like your ancestors did, you race traitor

[Anonymous No.30308878]

>>30308722
Based anon. I'm the same way... Except I've been doing this since I was young and everyone thought I was weird for it. I just wasn't ever that hungry.... Turns out now it's the "healthy" thing to do.

t. fit Burger

[Anonymous No.30308921]

>>30308785
The med diet is the best diet, eat like a Roman.

[Anonymous No.30308952]

>>30308785
I do include a lot of russian and scottish recipes but they are very seasonal eaters historically. With lots of sweet cakes, biscuits and fruits through spring and summer while winter was full of soups and puddings and pies.

[Anonymous No.30308975]

>>30308571
Imagine the smell

[Anonymous No.30308978]

>>30308878
Based sir. Americans are fat animals and don’t understand what normal portions or eating habits are. Fasting is how our ancestors lived between hunts. I try to practice eating as close to a ‘hunter gatherer’ as much as possible. Fermented foods like kimchi and sauerkraut, as well as some berries.

[Anonymous No.30309225]

>>30308274
vegetables are poison for your body

[Anonymous No.30309271]

>>30308952
>scottish recipes
Exactly what I was getting at with the turnips, thank you.
Turnips, oats, a bit of meat once a month or so. It was good enough for gramps.
I'm guessing you're a burger so I'm interested in what you actually mean when you say Scottish recipes

[Anonymous No.30309457]

>>30309225
>american vegetables are poison for your body

[Anonymous No.30309539]

>>30307521
chickpeas, oats, buckwheat, rice, beans, lentils, peas, corn, wholegrain pasta, spinach puree, tomato puree

you can literally make a cream/soup from every veggie and enjoy with some toasted bread/pita

[Anonymous No.30309543]

>>30307521
I got you Anon

Breakfast = Microwaved oats with frozen mixed berries mixed in

Lunch = brown rice with frozen spinach, chicken breast and avocado

Dinner = Brown rice with frozen spinach, frozen salmon and avocado

Download Cronometer app to custom tailor how much of each thing you eat to your calorie and nutrional needs. Batch cook brown rice, chicken and salmon on Sunday and literally every meal is ready in a couple minutes in the microwave. Throw in hot sauce or something similar to change it up when you want. Enjoy

[Anonymous No.30309608]

>>30309271
No, i'm scottish.
I mean proper haggis, neeps & tatties. Homemade gravy and dumpling, mmmmm. Still, all that's soft food. That's one of the biggest reasons behind scotlands dental situation, not enough chewing. That and all the fucking smoking.

[Anonymous No.30309630]

>>30309543
You could also swap out avocado for a cheaper fat source like cottage cheese if you like. Personally i love avocado

[Anonymous No.30309937]

>>30309608
Good on you, pal. Proper oatcakes should sort out the chewing situation. They're a bit of a scutter to make yourself but worth it if you don't have a decent baker's nearby.
In the spirit of the thread, I think of stovies as one of the best budget meals.

[Anonymous No.30310003]

>>30307521

[Anonymous No.30310267]

>>30307521
I eat lots of squash, potatoes, extra lean ground turkey, onions, peppers

but then I also eat lots of nuts and hemp hearts which are expensive but healthy

[Anonymous No.30310586]

The cheapest diet that you can live on for extended periods is beans and rice. You can buy a 20lb bag of rice and about 10lbs of beans for under $30, which will feed you half a month even for a grown man. For proteins, you can buy frozen chicken breast in bulk at like $20/5lbs and thaw out a pound every few days and cook it then dice it up and eat all three together. In a pinch then you can eat comfortably at around $50/month. You'll be missing out on micronutrients but you'll get all the necessary energy you need to live for quite some time.

That said, most adults generally spend ~$150 if eating responsibly, $300 if eating lavishly.

[Anonymous No.30310668]

>>30309608
>proper haggis, neeps & tatties. Homemade gravy and dumpling,
What’s the best Scottish meal? Do Scotts have a version of Irish stew? Yes I’m a burger

[Anonymous No.30310715]

>>30307521
rice - beans, lentils, garbanzos - fresh and frozen veggies - fruit - almonds, hazelnuts, etc. You want as close to raw, natural food as possible. Use all the spices you can find. They will make any bland dish flavorful.

[Anonymous No.30310808]

Also my 2 cents for the thread. Eggs and bulk frozen meats (chicken, burgers, salmon) are the cheapest best proteins. Bulk fruits and veggies from farmers are important. Fresh baked bread isn’t the cheapest, but you’re probably too lazy to bake bread yourself. Packed bread is usually garbage. Ferment some veggies or buy yogurt for probiotics.

[Anonymous No.30310895]

>>30310668
Stovies

[Anonymous No.30310900]

Beans
Brown rice and other whole grains
Oats
Eggs
Lentils
Seasonal fresh veggies
Frozen veggies
Fresh meat that's on sale (be creative and knowledgeable of different cuts)

[Anonymous No.30310947]

>>30310586
>beans and rice

[Anonymous No.30310993]

>>30310586
I spend average $25 a day on food. I only eat take out. That seems cheap to me.

[Anonymous No.30311488]

>>30307521
if you don't want to go full malnourished mode

eggs (18 medium $1.2-1.8)
chicken thighs ($1-1.2/lb)
whole milk ($0.9-1.8/gallon)
bok choy ($1.0-1.9/lb)
beans (varies widely but <$1/lb)
brown rice or potatoes (same price range as beans, potatoes have more micronutrients than rice)
vegetable oil (sunflower or canola, $1/pt)

this plus some extra veg of your choosing will keep you strong for cheap. it's pretty easy to add spice and throw all of that into a curry, or bake it, some combination therein.

[Anonymous No.30311632]

>>30311488
also, if you have shit that's about to go bad, consider vac sealing, freezing, or pickling. pickling with bulk white vinegar is very cheap, and you'll save a lot on veggies expiring

[Anonymous No.30311722]

I eat only eggs, vegetables fried on good quality butter, nuts and rice once a day. I usually have a siesta for 2 hours so that I can let my body absorb this. I spend this time shitposting here of course.

[Anonymous No.30311767]

>>30307521
Chicken Quarters are the cheapest and easiest cut to cook.

They come in 4 packs, season generously and use this recipe: https://eatingeuropean.com/slow-roasted-chicken-leg-quarters/

Also eggs. Organic eggs are worth the cost, far better vitamin content. Hardboiled for lunch or scramble for breakfast, or have fried rice with eggs and veggies.

Lastly, pork shoulder. Can get it for $1.25 per pound sometimes. Cook in a crackpot with either BBQ sauce or salsa and you got sandwich or taco filling for days

[Anonymous No.30311784]

>>30310993
The average is under 10 anon.

[Anonymous No.30312043]

>>30309225
Go back to /pol/

[Anonymous No.30312052]

Is it possible to go full minimalist mode with food (only ever buying the same dozen ingredients) without wanting to kill yourself?
Every household I've ever been in has had cupboards full of shit that never gets used

[Anonymous No.30312101]

>>30310586
>For proteins, you can buy frozen chicken breast in bulk at like $20/5lbs
Better to just buy whole birds and break them down. It’s much cheaper per pound than buying individually trimmed/broken down parts, it only takes 5 mins to break down a bird, and meat tastes better cooked on the bone. That way you get some dark meat too, and you can use the carcass to make broth for soups/stocks.

[Anonymous No.30312121]

>>30310586
$150 a month? that's pretty damn low bro
not saying it can't be done but i really don't think that's true for most adults

[Anonymous No.30312266]

>>30312052
Yes but the key is spices and sauces. You can turn the exact same ingredients into very different meals adding thyme/oregano/rosemary vs curry vs lemon pepper/chili flake vs onions/ginger/lemongrass, etc.

[Anonymous No.30312271]

>>30312101
>Use the carcass to make broth

That sounds like a great death metal song. Carcass soup death broth

[Anonymous No.30312313]

>>30312052
Yes. See: Carnivore diet. Large community of people reversing diabetes, heart disease, eczema, arthritis, all kinds of shit; and they do it eating only meat. Generally the hardcore/those afflicted with the greatest number of autoimmune issues seem to thrive on: Beef, Salt, Water, Organs

[Anonymous No.30312357]

>>30312121
It can be done if you minimize animal product intake (meat, dairy, etc) and heavily consume rice, beans, lentils, etc. but who wants to do that, I need ribeye

[Anonymous No.30312360]

>>30307521
Liver is usually quite cheap and it contains basically all the main nutrients you need. But vegetables and, to a slightly lesser degree, fruit are also important. You need to eat cruciferous vegetables, which thankfully are cheap, but it's a good idea to eat a variety of fruit, some of which, like bananas, are cheap while others are expensive.

You could just eat rice and some chicken/beans/eggs from that point on once that basis above is covered and you'd have a very healthy diet.

[Anonymous No.30312536]

>>30307521
I live on meat only. Not cheap but it will change your life and will unleash the high energy, naturally ripped af Chad DNA your ancestral lineage bestowed upon you.

Unless you're a pajeet, of course. Maybe try rice and beans or some other cheap carb shit

[Anonymous No.30312650]

>>30312121
That is simply because most people eat lavishly. You can easily eat at that level by buying in bulk and cooking from scratch. You can batch cook a large number of meals and eat them over the course of a week very efficiently. I think most Americans probably spend ~$300-500 per month, but that is because they often eat out a lot and don't pay any attention to the price of the food they are consuming.

[Anonymous No.30312743]

>>30312650
right, but you weren't saying what is possible
you were saying that that's what most adults *already* do

[Anonymous No.30312795]

>>30307658
>Costco
Do any of their prices actually beat Walmart?

[Anonymous No.30312960]

>>30312743
I said that's what most adults do if eating responsibly, which entails buying food that is on sale and feeding themselves at the most efficient cost. That means buying 5lbs of whatever protein is currently marked down 15%, not bee-lining for the pricey New York Strip because you feel like you want a steak.

[Anonymous No.30313647]

>>30312043
Nigger

[Anonymous No.30315408]

>>30311488
This is good but swap vegetable oil with plain butter, ghee or something. Watch the "Seed Oil and Macular Degeneration" lecture on YouTube to see what I mean

[Anonymous No.30315492]

>>30313647
based

[Anonymous No.30315637]

>>30307521
bugs

[Anonymous No.30315686]

>>30315408
Is it just seeds that's a problem with? If that's the case it might make more sense for op to use canola oil since it's cheaper. Butter's great but the smoke point's not, even if its clarified. I usually just use avocado oil for everything but that's out of op's budget.

[Anonymous No.30316505]

>>30315686
Yea avocado oil is perfect, neutral flavor and high smoke point probably my main oil too. Avoid canola though.

The TL;DR is that seed/"vegetable" oils were literal waste products before the great depression. They are super rich in unsaturated fats, meaning they cause inflammation and increase risks of various chronic diseases, even cancer. The presentation is def worth a watch.

[Anonymous No.30317467]

>>30307521

Like others are saying you should consider the health impacts of the rice 'n beans kind of diet. That's a real cost too, and an expensive one.

The keto/paleo folks are pretty much right and you ignore them at your peril. Focus on buying healthy food cheaply rather than living on cheap shitty food.

People have mentioned costco, but restaurant supply stores are an underappreciated resource, IMO. Lots of them are open to non-business shoppers, just check around. But ofc, you gotta be able to make a plan and stick to it. If you think costco sells in bulk you ain't seen shit.

[Anonymous No.30318913]

>>30307521
you can eat like a king for $200 a month if you cook yourself.

>rice
>oats
>beans
>lentils
>vegetables
>fruit (i usually get frozen fruit)
>meat
>eggs

just rotate these into your macros. eezy peezy. you can buy all organic too. it will be much lower than $200.

[Anonymous No.30319659]

>>30307521
I eat about 500g (2 1/2 amerinuggets) of ground beef a day. This costs 10 euro ($12) per week.

I cook it in a slow cooker with a chopped onion (50 cents/75 US cents) canned tomatoes (30c/50 US cent) and a chopped bell pepper (70 cents/$1) with some lentils (so cheap I have no idea of the price), dried coriander leaves, and dried parsley leaves, curry powder, a dash of onions sauce, with about a tablespoon of chilli flakes, topped off with extra virgin olive oil (I bought a 5 litre bottle sometime last year, I forget the price.)

The rest is mostly pâté with coffee from beans that I grind on the day by hand and brew in a cafetière. It's like 2 euro/$2.5 for the snack and 10 euro per month ($12) for the coffee beans.

Totals in Amerilard:
Meat $48
Vegetables $45?
Pâté $75
Coffee $12
Spices $12?
Total = $192?

[Anonymous No.30319943]

I suggest buying rolled oats, peanut butter, jam, honey, canned milk and Ceylon tea.

Boil water or microwave 1/2 cup of oats with water for 60 seconds. Add some peanut butter and jam on top. Make a Ceylon milk tea by steeping it for 2 minutes. Sweeten it with honey and mix it with canned milk. There you go, you have one complete breakfast meal! Add in a fruit like a banana or apple and you're set.