What us the cheapest and easiest way to get enough protein that you do daily to build/maintain muscles? I find it bothersome to do all of the prepping and seasoning of chicken to get eat.
I don’t know if it can be considered cheap, but easy. Premier Protein and other similar shakes have 30grams of protein. Others: Muscle Milk, Fairlife.and only 160 calories per Premier shake.
Source: am a bariatric patient and this is what dietitians recommend and how we get in our required protein.
Wholegrains & legumes! Dried legumes as a snack are great, I have recently been obsessed with these dried edamame: https://mywellabee.com/savour-asian-roastd-edamame-soy-beans/10881.
Savour also does dried broad-beans which are yum too - cheap & easy to have on the go
The easiest protein I intake is protein powder after a workout.
1 scoop of powder + water. Takes about 30 seconds, packs about 30 grams of protein.
The tub isn’t cheap until you break down the cost per gram of protein, in which cause it becomes clear it can actually be quite cheap.
Protein powder is actually good source and not as expensive as you might think when you divide the price by the servings and consider you get around 25-30g of protein per serving.
Make a protein smoothies for breakfast. Quick to make and really good.
Large, tougher beef cuts like eye of round, rump roast, sirloin steak have higher protein to fat ratio. Buying a quarter or half a beef from a local farmer will get you more bang for your buck than buying individual cuts.
Get a pressure cooker (instantpot, etc) and use that to batch cook your proteins. Portion everything out into Tupperware and you’re done for several days.
I use mine to make stews, casseroles, curries, pulled meats, steamed fish fillets, boiled eggs, rice, etc etc.