Parents Cheap meals for gymnasts

[HopefulGymnast]

Hi, sorry if this has been covered a lot.

Any cheap nutritious meal ideas? I'm particularly strugging with how to afford enough proteine. Meat is expensive, but most meat replacements don't have that much proteine in it. Beans and hummus are not an option, unfortunately.

So far I can get very far budget wise for carbs (oat meal, pasta, potatoes are my faves), but veggies, fruit, and proteines are so quickly expensive!

I'm not a parent, but a gymnast paying and cooking my own meals, but I thought the gym parents would be the best place to ask something like this.
Sorry if there's been a lot of threads like this before, I can't find a lot that are focussed on affordable meals. If there are, I'm sorry, and feel free to point me there

 

[Boymomx3]

for my family we like protein noodles, Greek yogurt, chicken and lean hamburger. My gymnasts also loves cowboy caviar -a delicious bean dip. If you are close to Aldi groceries store this has a a lot of great options that are affordable. For actual meal plans spaghetti is a family favorite.