Eating less meat

I think most people eat way too much meat anyway, in this day and age. I eat a little more than I should because I do a lot of weight lifting and need extra protein. But, I also eat beans. Mostly, I like to eat them in my salads. I use Pinto and Garbanzo beans. You can also try using more peanut butter, too, that's always good. Perhaps you can eat more eggs, too. Good luck!

My wife and I have developed a recipe for 'sloppy joes' that reduces the amount of meat while adding fresh chopped vegatables. What's the recipe? One half as much meat and whatever fresh vegatables we can get to chop up. Beets, carrots, beans, whatever all work fine. This recipe increases a person's fiber intake while reducing an excess of red meat. Don't get me wrong, red meat is good for you, but we Americans eat way too much of it to be healthy.

I do not know how you can do it but I do know the meals will have to be hearty or the men will feel very hungry. Meat is heavy, vegetables are not.

i need to lose some weight and i think stopping eating meat will be a good idea blessed be

I live in a board and care and there are many times that we get meatless meals. Let's see, there is the macaroni and cheese, salad, and a piece of fruit for lunch. We also get potato pancakes sometimes. Cheese Quesidillas and Omelets. We also have a nutrionist who decides what the portion sizes should be. You can do meatless mexican food. Where you can do the refried beans instead of meat. The buritos, tostadas, tacos, and nachos can be vegatarian. Balance is the key to a healthy diet.

Sounds like a good idea. These big guys don't need a lot of meat because they are not working it off. This is unhealthy. Buy stewing beef which is from a cheaper cut. You can do a lot with stewing beef cut into small cubes. Make a stew with potatoes,carrots,corn and Green peas. Put the peas in last because they don't need much cooking. Beef and vegetable soup, with cubed beef and garden veggies is Great for rainy days. Bean and beef casserole, or bean and bacon.I love weiners and beans! Black bean soup with beef cubes.Also brown up the beef cubes and make a stirfry with mushrooms, bean sprouts, broccoli,celery,and whatever else seems to fit.

You can make chili with no meat, or have beans & rice for a meal. What about tofu or complete vegetarian meals?

You could do what vegetarians call Hay stacks, that are like a taco salad. On each plate you start with lettuce, corn chips or Brown rice then grated cheese, and pinto beans top with chopped tomatoes and chopped onions, sliced olive, salsa and sour cream. You can cut the calories by using large curd cottage cheese. Drain the cottage cheese then blend with some lemon juice. My family find these quite filling. There are also a number of vegetarian burgers that use beans and or oat meal that are filling. Oatmeal is a very filling and lasting food. You could also get the beef stewing meat and cut it up more put it in a beef gravy (I use mushroom soup) and serve it over rice or noodles. There are also some bean sandwich spread recipes on the net. How about a stir fry with tofu or chicken.

Besides saving money, you will be helping stabilize their blood sugar, making them feel full longer, for less money. I had a really filling "out to eat" meal with my clients last night. I went to a fast food taco place. I had a bowl dinner. In the bottom was rice, and refried beans, on top of that was the lettuce/tomato salad, and then well seasoned chunks of chicken, cut fairly small. I was so full and it stayed with me better than some meals I have eaten. It would also be good with seasoned beef, or ground turkey. I also use a pork roast, boneless, in my crock pot. I brown it, put it in the bottom of the slow cooker, and pour a can of refries on top of it, and then a large jar of salsa over that. You cook the pork until you can shred it with forks. Use it in tortillas, tacos, on top of a big potato. Make a hot sandwich with it. You do not even realize that there are beans in it, but again, you get the fiber and the economy. You could use the bigger can of refries. Beans and rice, with a little bit of ground meat sprinkled in, or sausage is good. I use brown rice. I do buy an instant brown rice, store brands are usually inexpensive, but with people speculating you do not know what will cost like gold.

Check out Rachael Ray's website. She utilizes beans a lot. You can use beans in place of most any ground beef in recipes like tacos/tortillas/burritos, add them to a soup base for protein in the soup or stretch your ground beef by crushing the cooked beans and adding them to the meat.

Meat , especially red meat does not need to be served all the time..It is very high in calories...I have almost cut all meat out except for chicken,fish and turkey,i use a lot of ground turkey..You can make anything from ground turkey and it is much cheaper..All you do is add steak seasoning it to the meat and you cam make anything with it that you can hamburger...These 300 pounders needs to loose a little for their health sake..Beans is very good for you..You could also have a vegtable day,and cook only vegtables that day...

How about chili ? Everyone likes chili and have some cornbread. then there are bean burritos and tacos and bean soups . Also you might try texured protein that looks like hamburger but its made from soy and you use the same w ay you would hamburger and make pasta dishes andd spaghetti with tomato sauce. Also theres the old standby peanut butter for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. also you might mix rice and beans for a santa fe style dish.Also another idea is polenta fried and its tasty.

I guess you are right. Cooking less meat does not only help in budgeting expenses but managing health issues among the guys. Beans as a meat substitute is good as well as other food that are rich in fiber. there are lots of recipes that you can find online like from Raychel Ray, she makes a lot of dishes that are goods as meat substitute.

I think meat makes everybody become fatter. But it has nutrition. I think eat and drink in moderation combine with exercise will make body stronger.

Beans are a good idea in theiry (I love chilli and burritos), but 300 pound guys eating too many beans will likely produce A LOT OF GAS!!! I coudln' imagine all of those guys eating all of those beans.

what type of meat are you talking about? any meat or red meat? Either way cutting back on the meat and adding things like large salads, rice, fruit plates etc etc would be helpful...also making meat meals with less meat and more veggies etc in it would also be a good idea IMO..

We use beans in our meals in very simple ways that you probably already know about. I mix pinto beans with the ground beef and add it into the burritos with cilantro rice, salsa, lettuce, tomato or whatever. I use beans for bean soup with ham hocks or ham. I use dried beans and cook them to make bean dip - I spread this on tostadas or burritos. How about a bean salad - with black beans or whatever and a nice dressing - put a little corn and chicken with whatever else you like. I like baked beans with corn bread - put a little meat int the beans if you want and it's a whole meal. You can make chili and put more beans than meat in it - healthier. Here's a link to a bean website: http://www.beanbible.com/

I find Soya mince is a good substitute too. Try using pulses to up their protein too. Chick peas, red kidney beans and lentil all make filling meals. When trying to eat on a budget it is often cheap to buy supplies from authentic Indian and Chinese stores. You can pick up larger bags of rice and pulses for a very reasonable price. Good luck!