Cheap High-Protein Meals

The cheapest high-protein meal on MealSpend is Egg Salad Sandwiches at $0.80 per serving (U.S. grocery prices reviewed August 2026), with 18 g protein per serving. All 22 recipes below are ranked from one shared price table, so they're directly comparable.

Every high-protein recipe on MealSpend, ranked by computed cost per serving. Same price table across all of them, so a cheaper rank means genuinely cheaper — not a different author guessing differently.

Recipe	Per serving	Protein	Time
Egg Salad Sandwiches	$0.80	18 g	27 min
Keto Egg Salad Bowl	$1.03	18 g	27 min
Freezer Egg & Potato Burritos	$1.13	20 g	45 min
Sweet Potato & Egg Hash	$1.16	17 g	32 min
Tuna Salad Sandwiches	$1.33	29 g	10 min
Sheet-Pan Chicken Thighs & Green Beans	$1.39	31 g	40 min
Crispy Chicken Thighs with Buttered Broccoli	$1.41	33 g	35 min
Tuna & Chickpea Protein Salad	$1.42	27 g	10 min
Creamy Chicken Thighs with Spinach	$1.56	33 g	30 min
Tuna & Vegetable Salad with Olive Oil	$1.63	22 g	10 min
Carnivore Tuna & Egg Plate	$1.80	43 g	17 min
Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad	$1.86	45 g	35 min
Chicken & Broccoli Rice Bowl	$1.88	48 g	35 min
Paleo Turkey & Sweet Potato Skillet	$1.91	27 g	35 min
Bacon & Egg Scramble	$1.91	33 g	17 min
Butter-Basted Pork Chops	$1.93	47 g	20 min
Greek Yogurt Power Bowl	$1.98	34 g	5 min
One-Pot Turkey Marinara Pasta	$2.12	38 g	35 min
Mediterranean Chicken & Chickpea Skillet	$2.20	43 g	40 min
Slow-Cooked Chuck Roast with Carrots	$3.37	42 g	8 hr 15 min
Beef Patties with Bacon & Cheddar	$3.41	40 g	25 min
Carnivore Beef & Egg Skillet	$3.49	49 g	20 min

Ranked by cost per serving. Every figure is computed from the same ingredient price table — see how we price.

9 of 49 ingredient prices come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price data; the remaining 40 are estimates. Last reviewed 2026-08-12. Your store will differ — treat every figure as a planning estimate, not a quote. Nutrition is computed from USDA-typical ingredient values and rounded.