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    Tired of Chicken

    Posts: 2 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I have had a good time finding different recipes and dishes to make for meal prep for my lunch's and dinner's the past couple of weeks since I started my journey, I am really trying to Eat Clean for myself and my digestive track lol. My problem is I HATE SEAFOOD !! With a Passion- all kinds. I don't eat any of it at all, never have. I love chicken but I have been eating only chicken for weeks during the day. Anyone have any suggestions for a meat that will fall into clean eating and be a healthy option for me to try?

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    • Posts: 2,343 Member
      edited March 2017
      Pork loin is a good similar alternative
    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      I don't know what your definition of clean eating is.

      But a healthy diet is varied and balanced, which means that you can and should eat anything you like in moderate amounts.

      Beef, pork, lamb, turkey, duck are usually easily available meats.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      I would also consider pork and beef to be just as "clean" as chicken. Chicken is often a go to because chicken breasts are lean (and that's like all body builders can talk about)...pork tenderloins have a similar profile and you can also get lean cuts of beef.

      I personally do eat a lot of fish...but that's because I love fish. I also eat chicken, beef, pork, lamb, etc. along with a wide variety of veg, some fruit, whole grains, whole food starches, legume, lentils, etc.
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      Louwho762 wrote: »
      I have had a good time finding different recipes and dishes to make for meal prep for my lunch's and dinner's the past couple of weeks since I started my journey, I am really trying to Eat Clean for myself and my digestive track lol. My problem is I HATE SEAFOOD !! With a Passion- all kinds. I don't eat any of it at all, never have. I love chicken but I have been eating only chicken for weeks during the day. Anyone have any suggestions for a meat that will fall into clean eating and be a healthy option for me to try?

      As "clean eating" is unprocessed, I'd actually not think boneless, skinless chicken breast is particularly preferred. (But I don't use the term, and know it's variable.)

      Anyway, I try to eat a variety of meat (and get it from a local farm, but that's an ethical/local bias reason, not "clean.") I don't eat that much chicken and I eat a variety of different parts (usually cook a whole chicken) so there's some variety there. Also turkey (wings and legs are good, I like doing them in a slow cooker), of course pork -- chops and tenderloin can be quite low cal. There are lean cuts of beef (I'm assuming calories is one of the reasons you've been limiting it to chicken), I eat lots of lamb, and of course there are things like venison.

      I love fish, but understand you don't -- does that extend to shellfish?

      You don't need meat -- eggs and dairy and legumes and tofu/tempeh can serve as main proteins for variety.
    • Posts: 1,152 Member
      Steak, ground beef, ground turkey, turkey breast, pork chops, beef tips
    • Posts: 1,642 Member
      ham, turkey, pork chop are a few I like but chicken is my #1 choice because I love it and fish is a close second.
    • Posts: 780 Member
      Beef, Pork, Venison is very lean and my fave!
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    • Posts: 135 Member
      Ground turkey is good in alot of lunches. I do ground turkey taco meat made with chopped bell peppers on salad, with veggies, etc.
      I made a crock pot pulled pork with a leaner cut overnight 12+ hrs on low. Similar nutrition as chicken. Added some BBQ sauce on the side to control portion. Yummy. Some say pulled pork can't be done with lean cuts, not true, just add some broth to the bottom and cook low and slow.
      Turkey burgers are good too.
    • Posts: 4,359 Member
      Try some Morning Star products.. the chick patties and burgers are good..and the crumbles are excellent as sloppy joes. For vegetarian options ... they are really good.
    • Posts: 8,423 Member
      Louwho762 wrote: »
      I have had a good time finding different recipes and dishes to make for meal prep for my lunch's and dinner's the past couple of weeks since I started my journey, I am really trying to Eat Clean for myself and my digestive track lol. My problem is I HATE SEAFOOD !! With a Passion- all kinds. I don't eat any of it at all, never have. I love chicken but I have been eating only chicken for weeks during the day. Anyone have any suggestions for a meat that will fall into clean eating and be a healthy option for me to try?

      Turkey. Beef, pork, buffalo, etc.
      I don't see why meat from any other animal would not be as "clean" as chicken unless you have a religious definition. They are all killed and chopped up. If you want the least processed just buy the largest hunks of meat.

      If it makes it difficult for you to eat an interesting and varied diet maybe your definition on what is clean/okay is too narrow/unnecessary. Maybe rethink what is important.
    • Posts: 309 Member
      eggs! by the dozens,lol! Boiled, deviled,soft boiled, scrambled,fried, poached.Frittata, muffins....Yum
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