If you want a low-cost, high-fat carnivore diet in the UK, focus on fatty mince, eggs, butter, cheaper cuts of beef, and animal fats rather than steaks.
Best cheap, high-fat carnivore foods:
Beef mince (20% fat)
Beef Fat
Chicken thighs with skin
Eggs and butter
Pork belly
Tinned sardines or mackerel
Beef is our favourite meat. Here are 6 cheap, high-fat carnivore beef recipes using UK supermarket ingredients. The best value is usually 20% fat beef mince, beef dripping, butter, eggs and cheaper beef cuts.
Carnivore fatty beef mince bowl
Butter-fried beef patties
Beef and egg scramble
Slow-cooked fatty beef chuck
Beef meatballs
Beef mince and dripping
We eat fish once a week as part of our balanced diet. Fish is a good source of protein and other important nutrients. .
Sardines
Tinned mackerel
Fresh mackerel
Kippers
Frozen salmon portions – we buy fresh when on offer.
Chicken thighs
Chicken leg quarters
Chicken drumsticks
Chicken wings
Cheapest way to get more fat
Buy skin-on chicken thighs or leg quarters, then cook them with butter, lard, or tallow.
In Summary: How to keep costs down
- Buy family packs and freeze individual portions.
- Look for yellow-sticker reductions near closing time.
- Ask butchers about beef fat trimmings, fatty mince and cheaper cuts.
- Use eggs as a relatively inexpensive animal-based food if they fit your version of carnivore.
- Avoid paying extra for premium steak when mince or slow-cooked cuts will do.
