Can anyone recommend a good budget diet?

[hard]

Eat lots of tuna. Tuna is about $0.60 a can, and each can has 32.5g protien.

Egg whites are good too. 6 Egg whites and 2 slices of toast will give you maybe 30g protien.

Add to this the darkest heaviest damn bread that you can find for lots of vits and complex carbos. Also add sunflower oil to your shakes for extra cals if you are bulking ( i use flax oil but it costs way more. )

 

[cobratri]

Mustang's right. tuna is the way to go, but if you just detest tuna you can try EAS Simply Protein. It's about $26 for 5 lbs if you order online.

 

[Adaptek]

I pay less than a buck for a can of tuna. Starkist, Bumble Bee etc..

now.. how the hell can you make the tuna taste good?

Yes tuna salad tastes great with Mayo etc.. but that is not good for a bodybuilder.

How can a bodybuilder make tuna taste good?? Any recipes?

 

[ColumboWeiser]

ya, use some onions, celery, or other veggies in it...use tabasco sause to spice it up...I have used diet coke....yum...yum...my personal favorite...Mix it in low fat or fat free salad dressing...use your imagination...I have put it in mac and cheese, tuna helper, unless you are contest dieting I do not see the reason to cut carbs too low....you can also make blacken tuna steaks, by adding brad crumbs, onions to the tuna, patty it, fry it on stove top with pam cooking spray, and eat...

 

[saint808]

hmmm.. could you mix in bread crumbs and onions then put it on a grill? like say a foreman type grill? also has anyone ever bought tuna patties from the store? do they make this? or does it come in bigger cuts so that you could grill it. what about using the low fat mayo and relish with it? would that still be healthy enough to justify since it really doesn't add a lot of carbs?


Rich

 

[Adaptek]

ya, use some onions, celery, or other veggies in it...use tabasco sause to spice it up...I have used diet coke....yum...yum...my personal favorite...Mix it in low fat or fat free salad dressing...use your imagination...I have put it in mac and cheese, tuna helper, unless you are contest dieting I do not see the reason to cut carbs too low....you can also make blacken tuna steaks, by adding brad crumbs, onions to the tuna, patty it, fry it on stove top with pam cooking spray, and eat...

Thats some really great recipes bro. Thanks a lot!!

 

[rconro01]

I'm a college student so I'm forced to be on a budget and tuna and eggs are great for a bodybuiolding diet, they also are very easy on the wallet.

 

[TexasBig]

J-ro-
I used to detest tuna but now I brown it in a frying pan. It actually tastes a lot better. I'm not sure if I cook out any of the nutritional value, but I can stomach it now. My .02.

 

[Daytrader]

tuna options

try horse raddish from arby's or some tabasco sauce in it, also dollar general has canned Ham (lean) and canned chicken 97% fat free for a 1.00 a can, cant beat that, they are real good and lean with good protien and not alot of fat.

 

[Juststartingout]

Try the better tuna

I know it's more expensive (3x the price), but the solid white tuna is much better than the chunk light. It's firmer and much less fishy. I still think it's a cheap meal.

To make it even better, I mix it with Stop & Shop brand all-natural medium salsa. It adds a nice, spicy flavor, moistens the chunks and pretty much kills any fishiness. On some whole-grain bread, it works out great.

Bumble Bee sells it in a 12oz can so you don't have to be opening small tins all day. I think I pay $2.49 ea. (USD) for them.