PSA: Spent $6 on a rotisserie chicken at Costco and ate like a king for 5 days, but the $4 jar of 'fancy' pesto next to it was a total bust

Hayden Butler · 2026-09-23T10:00:04.493963+00:00

I grabbed both on a Sunday trip, thinking I'd stretch the chicken into sandwiches, tacos, and soup, which totally worked and came out to like a dollar a meal. That pesto though tasted like grass clippings and I ended up dumping half of it. The chicken was the real MVP, fed me lunch and dinner till Friday. What's your go-to cheap protein that actually lasts the week?

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PSA: Spent $6 on a rotisserie chicken at Costco and ate like a king for 5 days, but the $4 jar of 'fancy' pesto next to it was a total bust | Cheap Eats Wins - Talk Freely