The following situation occurs to me quite frequently. I buy meat at the grocery store and it's not really cheap even when it's on sale. Eating that amount of meat with nothing else, it would only last for one meal and then I would have to go out and buy more meat, spending more money which I don't have. What can you do to stretch that meat (or any other expensive food for that matter) further?
One thing you can do is to cut the meat smaller or smash the meat with a meat mallet. That way you get what looks like more from the same cut of meat. Then when you cook you will have leftovers which you can eat the next night (hopefully - it works for me). Another thing that stretches your meal further is to not just have whatever meat you may be cooking. Have something with it. Rice, pasta, and potatoes are particularly cheap and definitely help to fill you up. Frozen vegetables and beans are also cheap and are generally easy to add into just about any dish. You could also have a piece of bread with your meal to make it feel like you're having a little more food. Those are the general principles that I think of for making your more expensive ingredients go further. Do some experimenting and find what works for you.
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