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@lae
Yeah, factory farmed chicken is the worst meat in terms of ecology. Like somebody said before, a fat happy chicken from the butcher (or straight from the farmer if you're lucky) will feed one person for five nights (2x roast chicken, 2x chicken curry, 1x chicken soup).
I'm a bit late for this thread but here's a few things anyway:
Breast of lamb is a really cheap cut - most people find it greasy. With proper cooking it's delicious though. I bought a piece of lamb breast at Asda for £1 (wasn't reduced either) - rolled it up around a couple of cloves of diced garlic, a few anchovy fillets, some parsley, then seasoned and roasted in a very low oven for four hours - I got four servings out of it, and it was really delicious. A cheap alternative to leg or shoulder of lamb.
Elizabeth David had a really good recipe for cooking lamb breast that involved poaching, breading and grilling to serve with mustardy mayonnaise - I'll see if I can dig it out.
Offal's really nice and cheap, too. Liver and heart are great in stew/chilli/bolognese (that should be specifically chicken livers for bolognese...). Kidneys briefly fried placed on a piece of toast with a salad is really good. Often with meaty sauces and curries there's a layer of oil or fat on the top - you can remove this, put it in the fridge, and then use it for roasting potatoes rather than oil/dripping - bolognese-fat potatoes with a salad is seriously nice.
Beetroot has become unpopular lately so it's pretty cheap. It's surprisingly good in stir frys and looks great against red chillies and green spring onions.
If you're really stuck for money then onion soup and potato soup are about as cheap as you can get.