Ditto. Get rid of the majority of meat in the diet. Make soups with small quantities of meat, or go to vegetarian dishes like black beans and rice, lentils, or any other number of dried foods. You can take a little chicken or beef add some veggies and dried barley and make a delicious soup. And the truth is, it's better for us to eat this way.
We still eat fish, but that's because hubby and son catch it and I don't have to buy it.
This week I made a pot of black beans (minimal cost, maybe a buck for the bag of beans, some olive oil and spices), served it over rice with a salad on the side. Then mixed the leftover rice and beans together, and served up bean burritos the next night. If you have kids, make hot cereal instead of cold. Oatmeal or cream of wheat are a heck of a lot cheaper than boxed cereals.
Box cereals were the biggest scam around until the Nigerians discovered the internet. Now, box cereals are just another scam. What, 4 bucks for a box of air? (I haven’t bought cereal in ages).