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muscat_gummy
Nov 30, 2008
I'm sure prices vary compared vary by region (I'm in Texas.), but from my experience, there are certain types of meat which will go on sale for around $0.99/lb. These include:
Chicken breasts (bone-in but if you're lucky, from a protein/money perspective, boneless)
Ground beef
Pork chops (usually bone-in)

Some things are even cheaper. Chicken leg quarters are cheap as poo poo. I get them on sale for $0.39/lb. They're perfectly fine when roasted, and bones can go toward stock. Worst case you roast your leg quarters, take off all of the meat, make something like a pot pie with it, and use the bones for stock.
Drumsticks and whole chickens are also cheaper than $1/lb, usually.

If you can find stew meat for $2/lb or less, buy it.

Buy fruit when it's on sale and in season. When bananas are cheap, they're pretty much the cheapest thing.

I second jambalaya, chili, and making your own bread (if you eat bread). Quinoa is great, too; the cheapest I've found it is actually at the Whole Foods bulk section. Whole Foods also has cheap store-brand soymilk if you're into such things.

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