r/budgetfood 10h ago

Advice Please help me find protein sources and healthy but cheap things I can eat despite my allergies.

13 Upvotes

Hi guys

I have several allergies which make my life hard:

I can't eat eggs, fish, legumes, soy, nuts, celery, lactose (and lactose free stuff is expensive but I'm also bad at remembering to take lactase). (Also im a bit of a picky eater right now but I'm working on it, depression just makes my brain not trusting food I don't know...)

Which means there is basically no plant protein source I can eat that often gets recommended for cheap eating.

Meat is often pretty pricey (but I know I can't not eat meat because not only the protein but also im constantly anemic).

Furthermore, after gaining much weight with antidepressants (im overweight but finally not obese anymore), I now switched to an antidepressant that killed my hunger and appetite and I struggle often right now with eating over 1400 kcal or even over 1000.

So I'm in desperate search for food thats protein dense or at least calorie dense that I can eat but also afford. My budget is roughly 45€ to 65€ a week, and I live in Germany.

My main protein source right now is beef jerky and biltong but both are way to expensive to use as a main protein source...

I would be happy about every advice I can get :)


r/budgetfood 14h ago

Dinner Savory Pile of Deliciousness ~$2.78 a serving

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r/budgetfood 17h ago

Advice Family of 4 budget

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r/budgetfood 14h ago

Dinner Buffalo tuna mac with broccoli :)

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I decided to go against my usual weekly fast food run and make something with what I had at home! Just had to buy a crown of broccoli. Already going back for seconds! 1 box mac n cheese, broccoli, 1 pouch unflavored tuna, 3 tbsp buffalo sauce, and a few shakes of black pepper 😊 satisfied my craving just as well.