Cheapest food with the highest calories

paulwalker7
paulwalker7 Posts: 23 Member
edited December 2 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Highest calories foods

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  • steveald2
    steveald2 Posts: 2 Member
    Walmart peanut butter is $3 per 6000 kcal, canned tuna is cheap source of protein, but shouldn't be consumed in mass quantities because of the mercury content.
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    Vegetable oil.
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    Ramen soup, 400+ cals for $0.20. My DH liked to eat it fried with an egg.

    Peanut butter. Can't get much better than that.
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    edited June 2016
    avocado, peanut butter, banana, rice
  • bclarke1990
    bclarke1990 Posts: 287 Member
    bioklutz wrote: »
    Vegetable oil.

    Good way to acquire atherosclerosis
  • HamsterManV2
    HamsterManV2 Posts: 449 Member
    Olive Oil - 120 calories per tablespoon
    Peanut/Almond Butter
    Whole Fat Milk
    Bulk frozen meats

    Note that many of these foods tend to be higher in fat, because 1g fat = 9 calories, while 1g protein or carb = 4 calories.
  • Coldbolt
    Coldbolt Posts: 3 Member
    Rice and Pasta might be your best bet.
  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
    Dried beans, rice, peanut butter, pasta, ramen. Watch for sales on dairy and eggs. Buy meat in bulk when it goes on sale.
  • sueelaineparker
    sueelaineparker Posts: 51 Member
    Double cream as well! 400~ calories per 100ml
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Putting the cheapest, highest calorie foods together in to a meal could be fun. Fat and cream give you the biggest calorie bang for your buck. Beans and peanuts are inexpensive, as is pasta and rice.

    Something like this:

    http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pasta-with-chickpeas-garlic-sauce

    Double up on the called-for oil. Add cream.
  • French_Peasant
    French_Peasant Posts: 1,639 Member
    Learn to make a really good roux with lard. Make gumbo, etouffee, dirty rice, red beans and rice, and jambalaya. Save your stale bread and old eggs. Make bread pudding. Cajun/Creole cuisine is the crown jewel of American cookery, and yet it has its roots in the food of poor whites, exiled French Acadians, and slaves.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    paulwalker7 wrote: »
    Highest calories foods
    $5 for 2 Big Macs at McDonald's? Domino's pizza $5 medium pizza?

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    ponycyndi wrote: »
    Ramen soup, 400+ cals for $0.20. My DH liked to eat it fried with an egg.

    Peanut butter. Can't get much better than that.

    You have a designated hitter?
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    Timshel_ wrote: »
    ponycyndi wrote: »
    Ramen soup, 400+ cals for $0.20. My DH liked to eat it fried with an egg.

    Peanut butter. Can't get much better than that.

    You have a designated hitter?

    Dear Husband
  • sueelaineparker
    sueelaineparker Posts: 51 Member
    Can't believe food in America is so affordable though! I'm reading these prices with despair. I think a tub of peanut butter at Tesco cost me about £2.50/£3, avocados - £1.80 etc
  • Kdp2015
    Kdp2015 Posts: 519 Member
    Avocados are 49p in Tescos this week ;)
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    Without regard to health? I have a running joke that Pizza Hut pizza is the best value in terms of calories per dollar. They just find a way to stuff more fat into every pizza, cheese in the crust and so much oil. One bite can sustain a full grown man for a day, like lembas bread. I love that stuff, especially reheated but dayum it has a lot of energy packed into it.

    In actual numbers:

    One personal pan pepperoni lover's pizza is 760 calories.
    Meat lover's stuffed crust, three slices, 1,290 calories.
    We loved the veggie lover's pan pizza, that's 960 calories in three slices.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Pork rinds. And the macros are glorious.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Ramen noodles. 380 cals for about 15-20 cents.
  • AlisonH729
    AlisonH729 Posts: 558 Member
    ponycyndi wrote: »
    Timshel_ wrote: »
    ponycyndi wrote: »
    Ramen soup, 400+ cals for $0.20. My DH liked to eat it fried with an egg.

    Peanut butter. Can't get much better than that.

    You have a designated hitter?

    Dear Husband

    Designated hitter is not incorrect though... :wink:
  • Mike02209
    Mike02209 Posts: 301 Member
    Corn Starch
  • Jcl81
    Jcl81 Posts: 154 Member
    paulwalker7 wrote: »
    Highest calories foods

    You can get two big macs for 5 bucks right now. That is 1k+ calories. :)
  • CMB1979
    CMB1979 Posts: 588 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    paulwalker7 wrote: »
    Highest calories foods
    $5 for 2 Big Macs at McDonald's? Domino's pizza $5 medium pizza?

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    ninerbuff wrote: »
    paulwalker7 wrote: »
    Highest calories foods
    $5 for 2 Big Macs at McDonald's? Domino's pizza $5 medium pizza?

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    Wow. So cheap. I've forgotten what prices back home are like. Here in Korea, you're looking at $5 for one Big Mac and $22 for a (smaller) Domino's Medium Pizza.
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    Gallon of chocolate milk, PB, Nutella, ice cream.
  • stowns30
    stowns30 Posts: 197 Member
    Heavy whipping cream.... Add it to foods you cook, use it in coffee, icecream, milk/protein shakes etc., that stuff is packed with calories.
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