I'm on a very restricted budget and I do fine with this diet. Soy milk is my splurge but the rest I can buy very cheaply - staples are cheap (bread, potatoes, pasta...) which is nice. Now I don't get free milk or meat but in the stores big bags of frozen fish and chicken are cheaper than most cuts of meat (especially if you catch them on sale and buy TONS!) I also save money because going out for me rarely involves buying food any more - I always bring something from home which is invariably cheaper.
I wouldn't assume to know your condition better than you but I'd be inclined to say try at least two weeks or so (instead of just a few days) of cutting out ALL the triggers - dairy, red meat, high fat, etc. and see how you do. You can't really know if these things *aren't* triggers for you unless you give it a good week or two or three of cutting them out. Then be sure to reintroduce them ONE BY ONE so you know which are ok for you and which are not (i.e. don't have a ham sandwich with cheese and mayo - if it triggers your IBS, you can't be sure if it's the meat or the cheese or the mayo!)
Some people can tolerate some of the triggers yes - but I'd wager that very very few of them got 'stable' without cutting them out first until they were stable.
Explain to your husband that this is a *health* condition and that eating these foods is (or might be) making you SICK. Show him this site maybe. I would hope that he would understand.
I can completely commiserate with the need to eat low-budget, but personally I'd maintain that it's very easy to eat cheaply on this diet. Besides supplements (which, I would say, are secondary to the diet - maybe excluding a good SFS) there are no expensive, specialty foods on this diet that are necessary. Soy milk is optional - you can do with out it. I've never had milk my whole life and I've just started having soy milk these past few years.
Anyway, hope that helps. 
PS You mentioned the frozen north - Canadian? 
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