Fats - Evoo,eggs,peanut butter
Carbs- beans/pasta/oats
Proton-eggs/milk/chicken/tuna/milk

tuna is cheap. stealing food is cheapest. go to random grocery stores and do a snatch and run

Oats -1,950 calories at 3$
Canola oil -5,640 calories at 3$
Ramen noodles - 2,280 calories at $3.50 (6 packs)
spaghetti -1,470 calories at $2
peanut butter -2,660 at $3

and chocolate milk

This post was edited by tommyd323 on Dec 16 2014 11:45pm

Moar whey.

I'm also a uni student and in the last 2-3 months at uni I've gained 12-14 lbs. Bear in mind that I don't eat fully clean.

1. pasta, lots of it. cheap and good carbs
2. mass gainers. if you take 2 scoops with water after gym and 2 scoops with full fat milk before bed, that is ~1500 calories. I use mutant mass. it seems expensive but trust me it is cheap over the course of a few months
3. chicken pizzas. I get them for £2 which is cheaper than just buying the chicken.
4. beans. ok these arn't super cheap but just get the cheaper versions instead of heinz.
5. chocolate, easy calories for bulking (300 cals of it per day max

$2 per pound of chicken???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

So pretty much you want cheap, grab-n-go, and nutritious food? Unfortunately though that's just not going to happen. Finding foods that meet all three of these criteria is damn near impossible, if you want to have a quality diet you are going to have to work for it both in and out of the kitchen. What sort of appliances/cookware do you have access to? It's sad but the unfortunate reality is that most cheap convenience foods are absolute garbage for you and that most nutritious convenience food is priced exorbitantly. However with investing some time in the kitchen you can certainly make nutritious food affordable. Here's pretty much what I survived on week to week spending $60-70, or ~$100 ($50ea) when splitting food/food costs with my one roommate (which I highly recommend).

Protein:
Raw Chicken Breasts (always cheaper than frozen)
High fat % beef (Drain/Rinse->Profit)
Eggs (Scrambled eggs on errrythang)
*Look for sales on special cuts of beef/pork roasts

Carbs:
Potatoes (10lb bags are never more than like $5, sweet potatoes when cheap)
Oats
Rice
Greek Yogurt

Fats:
Butter
Coconut Oil (Best of these three options for sautéing due to high smoke point)
Olive Oil

Other/Micronutrients:
Spinnach
Broccoli
Garlic
Onion
Peppers (Poblanos, Bell, Jalapeno's)

I could make a hundred different meals out of this shopping list with the right spice cabinet and few extra ingredients like sauces, etc.

In the land of milk and honey, si.

buy in bulk