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7-Day High-Protein Meal Plan on a Budget (With Shopping List)
A simple 7-day high-protein meal plan on a budget: about nine cheap staples, a shopping list, and roughly 90 to 120 grams of protein a day.
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Fast mornings
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Budget dinners
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Simple high-protein smoothies and breakfast drinks for low-prep days.

No stove needed
Grab-and-go protein ideas for workdays, errands, and busy afternoons.

One-pan nights
Protein-focused dinners with easy prep and less cleanup.
The protein list, in real servings
Most protein lists leave you to do the math. These use servings you’d actually put on a plate or scoop into a bowl.
Breakfast plateabout 29 g
3 eggs 18 g, 1 slice whole wheat toast 4 g, 30 g cheddar 7 g.
Yogurt bowlabout 29 g
¾ cup plain Greek yogurt 17 g, ¼ cup almonds 7 g, ½ cup rolled oats 5 g.
Chicken & riceabout 35 g
100 g cooked chicken breast 31 g, 1 cup cooked rice 4 g.
| Food | Serving | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken breast | 100 g | 31 g |
| Turkey breast, roasted | 100 g | 29 g |
| Canned tuna, drained | 100 g | 25 g |
| Plain Greek yogurt | ¾ cup | 17 g |
| Egg whites | ½ cup | 13 g |
| Cottage cheese | ½ cup | 12 g |
| Chickpea / lentil pasta, dry | 2 oz | 12 g |
| Firm tofu | 100 g | 10 g |
| Lentils | ½ cup | 9 g |
| Peanut butter | 2 tbsp | 7 g |
| Egg, large | 1 egg | 6 g |
Values are rounded from standard nutrition databases and brands vary — check the label on packaged foods.
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No bodybuilding pressure and no extreme diets — just recipes organized around the things that decide what gets cooked on a Tuesday: time, cost, cleanup and what’s already in the fridge.
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