SOOOO SICK of chicken!!

500g of extra lean (5% fat) mince (ground beef).
300-500g of pasta sauce from a jar.
Spaghetti to meet carb/calorie requirements.
Cheese if I'm feeling indulgent.
If I use 200g of weight watchers cheese that's my entire day's protein requirements (160g) in one meal .

However, you should perhaps be a little bit more specific about the macros you're looking for per meal .

Pork, fish, lean beef, lean lamb, shellfish, tofu, eggs.... you don't have to live on chicken!!

Lol were you eavesdropping in my kichen tonight? I even said something about sprouting feathers too. We eat way too much chicken too. We don't eat pork, 2 of our family of 5 won't eat fish or shrimp, most beef is too expensive for our budget, one won't eat regular pasta, and so on and so on. Thinking of something for dinner every night drives me crazy. That is why I love reading what all of you post, you all have great ideas and give me inspiration for different meals. Now if I could just convince the kids (and my hubby) to eat different stuff lol.

Turkey is a good alternative. So is fish. Tilapia is one of my favorites. Pan cooked with lime juice and served with asparagus... Yum!

There are a lot of good things to do with lean pork cuts like a loin roast or center cut pork chops.

I alternate between poultry, beef, and pork with a few meatless meals thrown in.

^^This. Hubby's not into seafood much so I have shrimp as a snack.

We keep sausage/hot dogs/etc. to a minimum but otherwise enjoy all the meats. The trick is to go lean and weigh the servings. Tonight we had pulled pork. Where we get the pork shoulder, most of the fat cap is cut off already. After I cooked it, I let it come down to a temperature I could handle and shredded it, throwing away all the remaining fat. This I stored in 6 oz. baggies (to feed the two of us) and froze it. Then, on a night like tonight, I can just nuke it and add some barbecue sauce. Yummers.

When a lean beef cut like round is on sale, I buy a bunch of it, cut it into 8 oz. pieces (for the two of us), wrap each piece in saran and then foil and freeze it. It's good for everything from soup to stir fry, or even marinated and cooked like a steak and sliced very thin.

We also buy thin loin pork chops and freeze them in pairs, wrapped first in saran and then foil.

Watching the sales and buying "family sized" trays of meat saves money and means we always have some choices in the freezer. I do the same sort of thing with chicken and loose sausage. We do all this with a small top-of-the-fridge freezer.

Ground turkey is awesome and you can do so much with it. Turkey meatballs or turkey burgers. WHERES THE BEEF? I love beef, nothing wrong with beef.

If you have access to salmon, it's in season right now. Very fast to cook and very good for you

Firm Tofu. Lean pork is "The Other White Meat". Beans and Rice have protein. Turkey breast or ground turkey. Dog.

Thanks guys I've been going with chicken for far too long. It is sometimes just easier to slap it on the grill or in the pan and not think. I just make a large batch for the week. I've thought about fish but didn't know how it was as a left over. I think there are a few suggestions that I can work with for the quick thing with the fish though. Beef is always a fav at our house, but it always seems to be accompanied by high fat sides like baked potato loaded and yummy sauteed mushrooms. I always forget about pork. Ok re-motivated here. Thanks for the input!

Why are sauteed mushrooms high fat? I do half a pound with 1tsp olive oil.

Seafood. Talapia and flounder are super cheap and quick. Shrimp, crab, scallops, lobster, crawfish, whatever... Swordfish, Mahi Mahi, cod, hake, etc. etc. etc. You can season them a million different ways, and they're all extremely low in calories and high in protein.