Nah, I'm more looking for a way to eat cheap for a month (maybe two) while still getting enough protein that I don't start wasting. Food is expensive, and dairy here is also expensive, but a months worth of cottage cheese is cheaper than a months worth of any meat. I'll see if I can move some things around in my budget to get a more wholesome diet, though.
That's actually where I draw the line, unfortunately. Potatoes are cheap here as well but everything about them makes me feel sick to my stomach. I might start baking bread though. If I were to make my own cottage cheese it should be cheaper than storebought and I could use the whey in place of water for added protein in the bread.
I'm sorry to hear you're going through that. I can sort of imagine what you're going through, and it's certainly not fun, but it's probably not a 1:1 situation. I really hope you get better though.
Oh yeah, true. I've already decided based on feedback that this isn't a good way to meet my dietary needs without breaking the bank. I'm just proud to say that the extreme measures I'm considering aren't due to an ED this time around. Just poverty this time.
Well, that's kinda the chief problem. Last time I did that I suffered brain fog the entire time. Same thing happened when I tried vegetarianism. And on top of that, I lost a surprising amount of muscle mass on beans and rice. I think I need more protein than that diet can offer. It's just a shame that it's so bloody expensive...
There's more nuance to it than that. Beans do have a lot of protein, but the specific proteins they're high in are less digestible than animal protein, and still not as plentiful as in animal protein. And that's fine provided that you eat multiple sources of plant protein and are able to eat a lot of it. But then the issue becomes an excess of fibre and, in the case of legumes, oligosaccharides.
Disclaimer: I'm saying this as a well-muscled individual. For the average person, deriving all protein from plant-based sources is probably fine.
Ugh, I wish I was in the States. Aldi won't come to Canada due to "price fixing" and "manipulative" grocers. Who are, unsurprisingly, a large contributor to my inability to afford nutritious food.
Unfortunately, "cheap meat' is an oxymoron in my country. "Cheap veggies" almost is as well, but it's getting a bit better on that front (shoutout to Odd Bunch; I wish you'd expand west). I'll see what I can do about incorporating tatties into my diet since multiple people have recommended them. I'm aware that they're cheap, but they generally make me feel sick to my stomach. Happen to have some good tips on how I might "hide" them in meals?
I actually tried keto some years ago on a lark. I quickly learned to avoid supermarkets since I could smell all the sugar in the baking aisle halfway across the store. Before posting this, I didn't think such a high-protein, low-fat dirt could result in ketosis but I was educated by another user on how the process actually works.
Oh no, it's not a gastro thing. I can tell you that for certain. The taste and texture makes my stomach do somersaults. Normally you see that type of thing when you've eaten something and became sick recently after (my neuro prof back in the day had a funny anecdote about whiskey and his inability to drink it after a particularly rowdy night) so I'm wondering if that's what's happening. Or maybe I just really can't stand potatoes.
I've never heard of potato bread before! I'll give it a go. As for eggplant, I'm not the biggest on it and it's actually a bit expensive here. But zucchini? A m a z i n g. Got some growing right now. Unfortunately that doesn't help me for a wee while, so I might pick a couple up if I have the money. I like to eat em chopped up with a Greek dressing. Can also shred em and put em in baking (chocolate zucchini muffin :> ) but I can't quite afford anything so extravagant right now.
As for what's cheap - basically nothing, lately. I really should move to somewhere that doesn't have an oligarchical food industry, but that's a long term thing. Either way, I do appreciate the offer but I'm not sure I'm comfortable accepting. It's endlessly kind, but I feel I should try to work with what I have before I take from someone else.
I think there's a food bank in the town near to me. I'll have to inquire about if they serve the surrounding area, but I'm guessing not due to a large low-income population.
As for brands, the only brand of food that I've ever stuck with unequivocally is Philadelphia cream cheese. Not out of loyalty but because nothing can stack up to it. I'll eat own brand for everything besides cream cheese.
Reading up on One Big Union. The Wikipedia article mentions that at the end of its days it was generating income via a lottery in its bulletin. This gave me an idea....
That creates a weird power dynamic where the state could potentially withhold subsidies if it doesn't like what is published. Furthermore, it would provide an easy source of revenue to news and media corporations that are already established and entrenched since they already have the funds to easily handle all the paperwork that would be involved. Additionally, Postmedia accounts for at least 33% of the market by revenue. This is owned by a primarily American corporation. Subsidizing Postmedia would effectively be giving Canadian money to foreign corporations.
What I think needs to happen on a policy-level is that foreign ownership of news media needs to be curtailed and protections must be put in place to prevent larger companies from buying local newspapers. The current players in the news industry need to be broken up. But this isn't something I can change, nor is it even likely, so there's no sense talking about it. I'd much rather focus on something I can do myself to incentivize people to buy a publication.
Here's my case for keeping housing prices high: the rich are largely insulated from fluctuations of the market. If housing prices drop then what's left of the middle class will be destroyed. Then the rich will come in to pick its corpse. Property will be concentrated even more in the hands of the rich and given 20 years we'll be in a worse position than before. I think what we need is to slowly increase housing supply while financially weakening the owner class. Eventually, housing prices will come down but the rich won't be able to buy all of it. But shocking the system in the short term will prevent any average Canadian from owning property ever again. We'll have to weather the storm for a while but things will get better. But I'm not a rocket economist, so feel free to refute this.
What would happen to your body if you only ate 750g of 2% cottage cheese every day for a month? ( lemmy.world )
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Could a lottery/lotteries be used to fund a newspaper in Canada?
Reading up on One Big Union. The Wikipedia article mentions that at the end of its days it was generating income via a lottery in its bulletin. This gave me an idea....
Trudeau says housing needs to retain its value ( www.theglobeandmail.com )
In case anyone still wants to somehow debate whether the Liberals will deliver affordable housing....