How to low carb on a budget?

[Deminism]

When I did it a tear or so ago it was ok but at the moment we are on a v tight budget and meals such as pasta and lunches such as sandwiches from home are so much cheaper than low carb things like nice yoghurts, nice cheese and ham, steak and salad etc. Any tips please?

Year not tear

Well you don't have to buy 'nice cheese and steak'!

If you're eating fattier cuts of meat, they're often cheaper anyway - for example chicken thighs rather than chicken breasts.

There's nothing wrong with eating straightforward cheddar as well - no need to be buying fancy French or Italian stuff (no matter how lovely it is) if you're on a budget.

To be quite honest, a lot of the meals I make are often pretty much the same as they were before I low carbed, just with an extra vegetable/without the potato - so some kind of meat/fish with 2 or 3 veg. Might add an interesting sauce, or fry the veg with butter and chilli, so it's not just boring 'meat and 2 veg'!

I know this is old but for anyone else wondering about costs:

Breakfast; eggs, bacon, cheese in any way or combo (muffin, omelette, boiled, scrambled)

Lunch: Tuna or chicken salad with mayo. Feta salad with olives, or ham wrap made using iceberg lettuce. broccoli and stilton soup or cauliflower and bacon soup.

Snacks: cheese cubes, olives, nuts, sugar free jelly with whipped double cream. 85% green and black dark chocolate bar is £2 ifyou can ration yourself.

inner: frozen fish cooked in parcels with butter, herbs and lemon or panfried with broccoli, cabbage or cauliflower, sausages with cauliflower mash, mince meat or burgers (check carbs or homemade low carb) with salad or warm veg.

Drink: coffee or tea with double cream, stevia if you must,

Shop at lidl and buy own brand.

Set your budget and then see what you can get with and make a decision whether it's doable for you or not. It would be useful to compare a previous shopping receipt as though pasta is cheaper than chicken, in reality you may find you also buy crisps, biscuits, fruit (which are expensive), ice cream, pizza..etc.

I have the same issues Op.
Cheese is often feta because it’s a £1 and you don’t need much. Goes well mint inside chicken.
I buy a whole chicken and cut the breasts off. Roast the rest and turn it into curry of various types.
Lots of frozen veg.
I use aubergine rather than cauliflower as my potato sub. Just smooth a bit of oil over salt pepper and roast it
Fish is tricky because it’s so expensive. Tuna always reminds me of carbs; pasta bake,sandwiches etc. I go for cheap smoked salmon off cuts which is tasty in salads. Sometimes fish sticks which do have carbs that I ignore!
Hummus for starchy texture
Nuts are bloody expensive. I buy the individual sachets in Tescos. 3 for 2.So £1.20 rather than £2 for a big bag I find the individual portions help not to over eat them.

Farmers markets and farm shops can be cheaper for produce and meat if you have any in your area
I am eating a lot of greens at the mo. I add fat to them (butter, cream cheese) to improve my fat intake. Greens seem pretty cheap after all they are grown here.