Cold Steel Tuff Lite- Beast mode in a compact package for like 30 bucks. Maybe not the toughest steel but you can three of them under your budget.
Spyderco Delica/Endela/Endura, pick your size. Available in a huge variety of steels
Buck 110, pretty wide range of price/steel/handles
For the life of me I can’t bring myself to enjoy fruit now, any of it. I used to be an apple a day person but I have completely lost that kind of sweet tooth. Conversely, I spent the first 20 or so years of my life avoiding anything that resembled lettuce, and the next 20 happy to have a Caesar salad once in a while, but only Caesar salad. At this point I find myself making a salad every evening out of whatever veggies I can think of to put in it.
My family also made a tri tip disappear last night! It’s an awesome cut that was almost impossible to find here until recently.
I followed that up with a 10 lb pork shoulder that’s been going low and slow overnight.