Recipes recently discovered & Cheap food items found
Rice & Venison with Spicy Honey Mustard or Spicy Mayo
Bison with Instant Garlic Mashed Potatoes + a can of spinach or green beans
Lentils with ham base paste and pepper (add in some chicken if you have it)
Thai Chili Tuna with a can of sweet corn, beans, or green beans
Hamburger patty on two tomato basil or ranch flavored rice cakes (add some low-fat cheese, a tomato, a can of spinach, and onion if you have it)
Sweet potato and bison (can be chicken, beef rib meat diced, pork chop meat diced, or ground turkey or beef if bison isn’t available to you)
Sweet potato or can of yams with low fat whipped cream, a bit of cinnamon, and some organic honey or maple syrup drizzled on top (Optional: Can also throw in some CVS brand dark chocolate covered Cashew nuts which cost around 1-2$)
Dollar general brand dark chocolate and some Chobani cheesecake dip (the chocolate bar is large and costs 1-2$)
Eggs with Avocado mash with some diced up chicken or rice (Add pepper or cilantro lime seasoning)
Alyssa’s gluten free Oatmeal Bites / Vegan Oatmeal Bites (they have different flavors and can be bought for 4-6$ online or at CVS)
Tuna or can of salmon with some Dill flavored tartar sauce or Hermans mayo (Optional: you can also add a small portion of French fries to this or a can of veggies, I personally added green beans and peas on different days)
Eggs with Beans and ground beef
Eat an Apple Twice a Day
Fair Life flavored protein Milks (you can find these at almost any gas station or online)
Sourdough bread open faced with an egg and a light scoop of bush’s flavored baked beans, cheese (1 slice), or a meat type of your choice (open faced means only use one slice of bread for the sandwich to reduce calories) + (Be sure to add a bit of black pepper or Turmeric to this too)
Pure Synergy drinks
Pom Wonderful Kombucha drink
Bai Antioxidant drinks
Naked brand fruit & vegetable drinks
Vitamin water zero sugar pineapple passionfruit drink
Body Armor IV Flash Zero Caffeine / Zero Sugar Pineapple Passionfruit drink (the blueberry flavored one is the second best)
Cauliflower with crushed up boulder canyon sea salt and cracked black pepper chips (chips cooked with avocado oil) + add some spicy mayo or avocado ranch, ground beef or chicken, and if you’d like a can of your choice of beans (optional ) / ( can also substitute the beans for eggs and the other meat options for sausage if you want a breakfast twist for this meal )
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