It depends on where you live I guess, but you can make a really cheap meal with chickpeas (dry, not canned, much cheaper) + brown rice + cabbage + any other cheap veggies. Fry the chickpeas, then throw in a lil bit of soy sauce and coriander at the end. Very tasty, good protein, decent nutrition for less than $0.50 (where I live). You can cook dry chickpeas in bulk, then only use a bit at a time. It lasts about 3 days in the water it was cooked in if you put it in a jar.
Also soy chunks are very cheap, pretty nutritious and very tasty if you make them well.
Both of these options also last basically forever in the pantry cos they’re dried. I usually buy 10kg of each at a time, and it lasts for many months. Plus you get a good bulk discount that way.
It depends on where you live I guess, but you can make a really cheap meal with chickpeas (dry, not canned, much cheaper) + brown rice + cabbage + any other cheap veggies. Fry the chickpeas, then throw in a lil bit of soy sauce and coriander at the end. Very tasty, good protein, decent nutrition for less than $0.50 (where I live). You can cook dry chickpeas in bulk, then only use a bit at a time. It lasts about 3 days in the water it was cooked in if you put it in a jar.
Also soy chunks are very cheap, pretty nutritious and very tasty if you make them well.
Both of these options also last basically forever in the pantry cos they’re dried. I usually buy 10kg of each at a time, and it lasts for many months. Plus you get a good bulk discount that way.