If grass fed is really out due to budgetary concerns, I would suggest concentrating on seafood several nights a week.
There are also some ways to get grass fed meat at reasonable prices. One is a concept called cow-pooling where you can buy a portion of a cow (say 1/4 or 1/2). If you have the freezer space for it this volume discount works out to be about the same as grain fed. Check in your area and see if there are any livestock co-op type places that do this.
'Nother thing. Get the grass fed "odd bits" like oxtail, bones for marrow and soup stock, tongue, liver, cheek meat,etc instead of the steaks and roasts. Dirt cheap and very nutritious. There is a great cookbook called "Odd Bits" if you are not sure how to cook this stuff.
There are several game meat companies that sell pricey stuff for humans but also have a pet food section. Now, if you can get over the fact that it says "petburger" on the package it is really quite good. Two companies I can think of off the top of my head are US Wellness Meats and Grande Natural Meats (website ElkUSA.com). In both cases the "pet" meat is processed just the same as the "human" meat so there is nothing dangerous about it. The only thing that is different between the hamburger and the petburger is the addition of some ground up organ meat (liver, heart, tongue). They sell it cheap to get rid of the organ meat that most non paleo people turn their noses up at.
There are also some ways to get grass fed meat at reasonable prices. One is a concept called cow-pooling where you can buy a portion of a cow (say 1/4 or 1/2). If you have the freezer space for it this volume discount works out to be about the same as grain fed. Check in your area and see if there are any livestock co-op type places that do this.
'Nother thing. Get the grass fed "odd bits" like oxtail, bones for marrow and soup stock, tongue, liver, cheek meat,etc instead of the steaks and roasts. Dirt cheap and very nutritious. There is a great cookbook called "Odd Bits" if you are not sure how to cook this stuff.
There are several game meat companies that sell pricey stuff for humans but also have a pet food section. Now, if you can get over the fact that it says "petburger" on the package it is really quite good. Two companies I can think of off the top of my head are US Wellness Meats and Grande Natural Meats (website ElkUSA.com). In both cases the "pet" meat is processed just the same as the "human" meat so there is nothing dangerous about it. The only thing that is different between the hamburger and the petburger is the addition of some ground up organ meat (liver, heart, tongue). They sell it cheap to get rid of the organ meat that most non paleo people turn their noses up at.
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