I save lots of money eating this way.
A whole chicken is $4.00 and a pound of green beans is $1-1.50 and this would feed 3-4 people.
~also I take the leftover chicken and debone it, chop it up, mix with diced celery, green onion with mayo and spices like dill and celery seed plus salt and pepper and it makes lunch for the next day.

I bought a whole market wrap filet loin and sliced 2'' steaks and froze some. I think I paid about $15 for it and got about 14 steaks of filet mignon out of it, so that's $1+ per steak.

My big indulgence in costs is my quarts of cream for about $5.50 each.

I find pork chops for $1.50 per pound all of the time and ground beef can be mixed with veggies to make a dish or buy a 3lb pkg and cook all of it into burgers for any meal and to grab and go.

Buy a cheap cut of meat for $5 and slow cook it in a crock pot.

I buy what's on sale and start with the meat, then I add LC veggies that are reasonably priced and fit the meal.
Real Simple, just meat and veggies.....