Eating cheap and delicious food

There are financial tips on food. "There is nothing new about students not having any money. But just because your wallet is thin, you do not eat macaroni with ketchup and micro-cooked noodles seven days a week. There are a variety of fun dishes that do not have to cost more than one twenty per patch". We went to compare prices in the different store chains. And what can be said after this action is that the writer understands that the prices of different products vary depending on the brand, quality etc. But how else would it be? Now, we even find out which diet is the cheapest per calories submitted.

A man needs a calorie intake of about two thousand a day.

Let’s say I want to lose weight over a period of ten days. The main point is I'm going down about 2 kg per session and find some definition to the body by means of a deficit of calories in that I eat well (in my sense and taste), get plenty of nutrients (minerals, vitamins) and a decent dose of good proteins (around 100 grams or more). And all on a calorie restriction to around 2000 kcal / day. There are lots of solutions for you and lots of ways to do it.

So, here is what I did:

I bought some salmon, as well as some husked millet and I found summer vegetables in the freezer. Everything cost me about 15 dollars. I also picked two chicken legs. All in all, it cost me 20 dollars and I had enough food for sixteen meals - 8 meals with salmon and eight with chicken. 1.3 dollars per serving. It is interesting to see how much edible food you get from fish and chicken. And then, there is always some more fish and chicken. I baked both the fish and the chicken in foil and the fish weighed 880 grams, meaning110 grams per serving. And the chicken weighed 120 grams per serving.

Now one can wonder about the quality of the chicken, for example, how much antibiotic there is in it. But the fish should be wild and not farmed. If you want to replace the antibiotics in the chicken, the price will be higher.

Then, the bulgur and the millet. I split up the food for eight portions and the vegetables were divided into 16 portions, about 60 grams per serving. I got out 250 grams of cooked millet per serving and the bulgur was boiled, weighing 230 grams per serving. If the portions are too small, I still feel hungry (I like using more water and longer cooking times for larger volumes, which is also easier on the stomach if you are a bit sensitive to fibers like me). 400-500 grams is perfect for my stomach. A portion weighed about 250 grams and the average amount of calories was of about 500. I felt good.

Nutritionally?

500 calories per serving - protein 31% - Carbohydrates 37% - Fats 32%.

Kcal: 8054,60 KJ: 33700,20
Proteins: 614,16 Fiber: 84,50
Carbohydrates: 728,00
Alcohol: 0,00

Fats:
Fat: 275,20 Cholesterol: 1802,48
E-saturated: 114,24 Saturated: 69,64
F-saturated: 65,36

Vitamins:
A: 853,60 B1: 9,10
B2: 6,30 B3: 220,52
B6: 19,14 B9: 935,60
B12: 61,04 C: 150,00
D: 151,76 Email: 39,20

Minerals:
Phosphorus: 7924,80 Iron: 71,66
Calcium: 997,80 Potassium: 11646,80
Magnesium: 2120,00 Sodium: 7894,00
Selenium: 458,50 Zinc: 53,10

Seriously, I would not eat four such meals a day. Half of today's meals for eight days are tweaked with a night of cooking and all meals take a lot of time to cook on a daily basis - time I can use for something else.

My real bill of fare might look as follows:

Breakfast: 3 boiled eggs, two pieces of wholegrain bread, real mayonnaise and caviar. £ 7per serving.
Lunch: Salmon / Millet / vegetables. 1.5 dollars per serving
Snack: 2 cups of coffee, milk, sugar, cream cheese & Greek yogurt, flax seeds and honey. 7 per postage
Dinner: chicken / bulgur / vegetables. £ 8 per serving
Kiwis and strawberries. £ 5 per portion.

And all this is really good budget maths; the costs don’t even reach 2.6 dollars per day. Just to see a little breakdown of food and stuff on the above day's menu:

Kcal: 2106,60 KJ: 8814,51
Proteins: 139,31 Fibers: 34,39
Carbohydrates: 197,20
Alcohol: 0,00

Fats:
Fat: 76,01 Cholesterol: 972,87
E-saturated: 26,31 Saturated: 18,23
F-saturated: 23,23

Vitamins:
A: 491,60 B1: 1,54
B2: 2,20 B3: 30,64
B6: 2,94 B9: 408,28
B12: 12,60 C: 180,15
D: 21,59 Email: 10,66

Minerals:
Phosphorus: 2169,30 Iron: 17,55
Calcium: 701,20 Potassium: 3621,90
Magnesium: 509,28 Sodium: 2155,79
Selenium: 110,33 Zinc: 12,46

140 grams of protein spread throughout the day is not enough for a 2,000 calories diet that is made on what is basically real food. There are so many examples of people who made brutal changes of all kinds in their dietary habits. You cannot complain about vitamins and minerals. The numbers look good, unless you are a vegetarian. But that is another discussion.

P.S. Even though some like to put the metabolic effects of various dietary approaches first, the amount of energy you need depends on the number of calories your food contains. What I like to think is that you feel better if you eat real food prepared with real ingredients.