It depends on how much money you have. You could construct a
reasonable diet with chicken, pork, some fish, cheap vegetable oil,
some vegetables (they go on sales too), etc.

I would guess that you can eat low carb for about $4 per day without
being too deprived. 2 lbs of chicken, a 1/3 lbs of fish and a pound of
vegetables would cost about $4. Obviously, you would have some
variations.

Supplement that with things like oat bran hot cereals for your carbs,
and suddenly you have a semi decent diet.

I doubt that you can be low carbing for, say, $1 per day.

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Eggs.  Although egg prices have gone up, they are still a good value,
particularly in large quantities.

Cream cheese can be purchased for under $5 per 3 pound box at "Smart &
Final."

Ground beef can satiate hunger for many hours.  Watch for sales.

Mayonnaise has lots of calories per dollar.

YMMV

Cubit

Tuna with boiled eggs celery onion mayo (dukes i buy online no sugar)

I buy frozen veges, usually between 1.00 -1.30 a bag, mostly broccoli, green
beans, yellow squash is a little higher.

Frozen chicken breast tenders these are a lil higher but a bag lasts me well
over a week and i can get them on sale for under 7.00 they also have thighs
or leg quarters. I grill them on my lil grill with tony chacheres and
butter.

Taco salad, ground beef , lettuce, cheese
homemade salsa
store brand tomatoes with green chiles
tony chacheres
garlic
green onion salt and red pepper all to taste in the blender for about 5
minutes. much cheaper then bottled.
I keep it in a tupperware bowl for up to a week

Omelets with many varietes onions peppers and above mentioned salsa.

I buy my fresh vegetables on sale and freeze them, onions bell pepper chop
them and put them in freezer bags. celery will stay crisp if washed and put
in zip lock bags sealed.

I know what you are going through eating carbs is very cheap what i
mentioned above i ate for probably 4 months straight. I still eat my tuna
for lunch everyday.

Remember, you don't need to aim for the skinless, boneless cuts either.
 The skins can be fried for a substitute chip-type snack.  The bones
from the whole roasted chicken can be boiled for broth and subsequent
soup.  The dark meat is less expensive than the white meat, and on
low-carb remember, you do not have to get the meat with the least amount
of fat.  It's all good!

I always buy the family packs of thighs or legs.  They're cheaper, and
even if we don't need that much in one meal, the leftovers are great for
breakfast or lunch the next day.

Also, chicken livers are very cheap, and if you fry them with some bacon
and a sliced onion, makes a great meal.

Rebecca

The less you eat, the less it costs.   HTH

  I just bought 20 pounds of hamburger at Krogers for 99 cents a pound.
You can buy pork on sale in my area all the time for a dollar or less
per pound. Eggs and sausage are very good and are a good buy. Cheese,
sausage, bell pepper and mushroom omelets are delicious and affordable.
  Aldis sells whole chickens for 59 cents a pound. Wal-Mart sells 10 lb
bags of leg quarters for $3.70, that's just 37 cents a pound. As far as
boneless, skinless breast, I wouldn't walk across the street for them.
They are so tasteless compared to the dark meat. Most people have been
brainwashed into thinking they only like the white meat and it is not
near as good as the dark meat. I'm in the Decatur, Illinois area.

Ken,

This shopping list came from Kali of California.  I believe she fed a
family of five on it for about $60 a week.  You probably dont want to
eat his every week, but it does have some helpful suggestion of how to
cook ahead.

10 lbs chicken thighs or chicken breasts
(cook 1/2 on shopping day, freeze the rest in dinner size portions)
2 dozen eggs
6 cans of tuna
10 pound of 16% ground beef
(cook 1/2 on shopping day, freeze the rest in dinner size portions)
2 boxes Lipton onion soup mix
6 cans of beef broth
6 cans of chicken broth

celery
zucchini or yellow squash
red or yellow pepper

6 cans french cut green beans
2 canned mushrooms
alfredo sauces, 2 plain, 2 with cheese and garlic or whatever

zip lock bags

Take the 10 pounds of beef and divide in 2 parts. Take one part and
place in a large dutch oven
and add two cans of beef broth and one envelope Lipton onion soup mix.
Add two cans of water to that and bring the entire mixture to a boil
over medium heat stirring to break up the beef into smaller pieces.
Reduce to simmer and continuing cooking until all the moisture is
gone.  Cool the beef and then place into ziplock bags in 2 cup
portions.  Freeze.

Now you always have something ready to heat and eat!!  I add this to
alfredo sauce and serve over french cut green beans. Very tasty and
really lowcarb.

Chicken, take half boil it in chicken broth until the meat falls from
the bone, remove bones and skin (if using boneless cook until the
chicken looks like shreds) return chicken to dutch oven, and continue
cooking until moisture is absorbed, add some chopped red pepper and
chopped green onion for the last 10 minutes of cooking. Remove from
heat. Divide into 2 cups portions and place in ziplock bags. Now you
have chicken for chicken taco salads, or chinese chicken soup!

essense

Thanks to all of you that responded.  Glad those of you that live in the
Texas area figured out where the best deals where on chicken.  As for me, I
will take those suggestions under consideration.

I live in a small town in SW Iowa, and do have a couple of the suggestions
in my area.  An Aldi's and Wal-mart Super Store about a hour drive away.
The suggestions where helpful but still may not work as I have had two
different angio-plastic procedures in the last 5 years.  I have worked hard
on cleaning up my cholesterol, and no-fat and low fat is now the way to go
for me.

Thanks to the person who posted the low carb menu page as I had lost it when
I was cleaning up my favorite links.  If there are any other helpful links
like that I would appreciate them also.

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