This is the remainder of my inexpensive meals for three, but these have chicken or turkey so they tend to be a little more expensive.
We eat chicken and fish, but we don’t eat red meat or pork or other mammals (personal choice). We eat fish once a week because it's not inexpensive; we usually have 3-4 vegetarian meals and 3-4 chicken or fish meals.
General tso’s chicken, rice and chinese cabbage - $8.25 (this is Chinese Food night - I can't eat in a Chinese restaurant due to gluten in the soy sauce, and this is a lot cheaper anyway and results in leftovers for lunch the next day!)
Sausage pasta (chicken sausage, lemon, a little white wine, pecorino romano) - $8.00
Chicken tacos with guacamole, lettuce, cheese - $7.73
Crustless quiche with turkey/sundried tomatoes/broccoli/goat cheese - $7.60
Summer pasta with turkey bacon and goat cheese - $7.50
Salsa chicken and black bean soup - $18.85 - makes four meals ($4.71 each) - add some bread! = $5.71
Chipotle chicken stew with potatoes - $18.50 - makes four meals ($4.63 each) - add a salad! = $5.63
THE STAR! - Posole (new mexico hominy with chicken thighs and green chile) - $12.75 - makes four meals = $3.19
If you haven't had posole, you should! Once the weather starts to get cooler it's the perfect time for a hearty stew like this. The green chile makes you feel warm, and it cooks in the crockpot all day so it's super easy!
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Then my daughter got a cuddly toy pig and we visited some baby pigs at a farm in the UK; she asked if we could stop eating pork (and I have so many dietary problems which affect the food in the house that I said yes because I wanted her to have some control over what we ate - my husband still eats pork, but he eats it when we eat out). After not eating pork, my digestive system took another turn for the better.
And then my daughter and I discussed it, and we decided we really didn't feel comfortable eating mammals. We do eat shrimp, but that's the only shellfish, mostly a matter of personal taste. We don't eat other birds.