Meat- what kind to you eat?

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  • Sherbog
    Sherbog Posts: 1,072 Member
    I eat tuna fish almost every day. I love it. I give myself permission to eat anything I want but like another person who posted I measure or weigh everything. Love Salmon, turkey, and chicken and those are easy for me to portion correctly. If I get in the mood for beef I make sure to only purchase the amount I plan to eat in that one meal.

    Every week I make a huge pot of soup and freeze in containers. Sometimes add beef to a pot of soup.
  • ninkira1
    ninkira1 Posts: 31 Member
    Because I've been on the South Beach Diet, I've been eating a lot of very lean cut meats. My mom (who is doing the diet with me) is bothered by how tough the meat is, but I digress. Cut your pieces thinner, and soak the lean meats longer. :)

    Chicken breast
    Boneless top round steak
    Sirloin
    Eye round london broil
    Flank steak
    Very lean ground beef
    Lean pork tenderloin
    Lamb chops

    Also fish is very delicious. The type of fat taste is so different from meat, and so much sweeter. Just don't cook them too long- if it becomes dry it is gross!

    Shrimp, Salmon, Cod, Halibut

    And instead of eating so much ham and bacon, I go for the turkey instead! Again, the taste is milder and sweeter than that of ham.
  • etrebin85
    etrebin85 Posts: 1
    I only eat poultry and fish- if I eat meat at all. No red meat or pork. I have always been like this for some reason.:smile:
  • skittybang
    skittybang Posts: 1,525 Member
    MAN!
  • BrienJD
    BrienJD Posts: 541 Member
    Beef Ribeye, lots of pork (butterfly chops, tenderloin, sirloin) I like chicken but the dishes I like are loaded. I am going to try turkey breast here shortly.
  • rrrbecca11
    rrrbecca11 Posts: 477
    Not one single, solitary scrap. :-)
  • Tcakes85
    Tcakes85 Posts: 8
    Oh, and don't forget bacon! :laugh:

    In reply to an above reply. I guess you can't delete these things...:grumble:
  • CapsFan17
    CapsFan17 Posts: 198
    I eat mostly chicken, its cheaper and vary versital. But I also cook porkchops alot ocasionally when I find a sale I'll do steaks or a roast. Fish and shrimp are also a staple. Google is my best friend when it comes to new recipies. And the Hillshire Farms chicken sausage is fantastic in gumbo, jumbalia, or red beans and rice and is reasonable calorie wise. Now I'm hungry....
    :smile:
  • GetFitWithDe
    GetFitWithDe Posts: 15
    Turkey, Fish, and other Seafoods are my go to "meats" when on my detox. I try to cut the chicken and beef as much as I can, even thought I love beef and I am not a fan of pork. I get Ground Turkey, Turkey Chops, Turkey Sauasge, Cod, Salmon, Albacore Tuna and plenty of strimp, scallops, and crab legs.
  • monicamk1975
    monicamk1975 Posts: 298 Member
    I'm still laughing at the Chorizo comment...
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    My 2 most common are:
    - Anything with chicken
    - Lean mince beef

    I usually have the mince beef as spaghetti bolognese, or mince stuffed peppers served over rice.

    I also have occasionally; pork steaks, pork strips (like you'd put in a stir fry) sausages, frying steak... I don't have turkey very often, but I don't dislike it.
  • k0nfyo0zed
    k0nfyo0zed Posts: 313 Member
    mostly chicken breast, though i do throw in white fish (like tilapia), lean cuts of pork, and extra lean ground beef on a regular basis. my husband loves turkey kielbasa, so we have that on occasion, but not very often because of the sodium (thought calorie content is roughly the same as lean ground beef).
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    I'm not a huge meat eater but I'll eat any kind of meat I want, I just watch the portions........
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    If you eat real, unprocessed meat then you won't have to worry about the sodium. I'm pretty sure the only flesh that NATURALLY has sodium, (or at least enough to count) is fish.
  • ericabrothers
    ericabrothers Posts: 115
    Go to skinnytaste.com and just look around. There is TONS of different recipes for chicken, pork, fish. The sits is freaking addictive. Plus if you make a free account you can add stuff to your recipe box to save it. I've already made several things off of there and they are all great! Its nice to look at other stuff just to give you ideas. I made mozzarella and spinach stuffed pork tenderloin and wrapped it with prosciutto and i sprinkled some bread crumbs on top of it. it was really good :smile:
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    Looking for some variety from the normal "chicken" meal- What other meat meals do you fix?

    Any and all. Some cuts of beef and pork are lower in calories than boneless and skinless chicken, what is magical about chicken?
  • twinsanity
    twinsanity Posts: 1,757 Member
    Tube steak please.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    The "other" white meat. Lean boneless pork loin chop. mmmm
  • kittyninja
    kittyninja Posts: 118
    I personally don't like beef or pork (besides lean ham), so I tend to stick to lean chicken, turkey, and LOTS of seafood. :)
  • plcarpenter
    plcarpenter Posts: 83 Member
    I only eat Italian sausage.

    how is that even possible

    Well, I'm assuming she has recently traveled to Italy : )
  • KC4800
    KC4800 Posts: 140 Member
    Chicken of the sea makes a low sodium canned tuna in water thats very low in sodium, Im talking 200 mg for the whole can.

    I also eat chicken, beef, pork, salmon, turkey, shrimp, scallops, tilapia, perch and walleye.

    We have a local producer here that makes a fine groung turkey italian sausage that I eat occasionally. (DiRusso's)

    Last night I had whole wheat penne and 5 meatballs.

    My point is: Eat anything, just make sure you mark it down.
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    I have eaten: beef, pork, chicken, turkey, duck, scallops, shrimps, lobsters, squids, fishies, crabs, buffalo, deer (venison), rabbit, eel.

    I want to eat: moose, ostrich, turtle.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    The problem I am having is the sodium amount in most meats! I really try to watch my sodium AND enjoy meat... can I have both? lol

    Sodium? Really? Fresh meat has sodium? I mean, enough to matter? I didn't think so.
  • LittleMissNerdy
    LittleMissNerdy Posts: 792 Member
    I eat pretty much most meat. Steak. Chicken, Pork, various Fish plus my dad hunts which means yummy Venison
  • NoExcuseTina
    NoExcuseTina Posts: 506 Member
    Steak...corned beef...bacon...seafood
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    I eat beef (mostly very lean steaks like a well trimmed strip or tenderloin-no ground beef to speak of), turkey, chicken, and salmon. NO pork at all, no shellfish.
  • SaraTN
    SaraTN Posts: 536 Member
    I eat all meats -- but focus on the lean. I refrain from buying deli-meats and sausage. I can buy a turkey breast and roast it for about 1/3 the cost and I have control over the sodium. I make my own "sausage" with ground lean meats and adding my herbs to it. If I want the flavor of fat, I keep some bacon fat in the freezer that I can add for that extra decadance. I grill chicken and flank steak to have on hand for wraps, salads, impromptu homemade nachos, stir frys, etc.

    I also make a couple of vegetarian meals for the week. Someone mentioned TVP and it is amazing in chili or soups. I try to have a hearty chili or stew on hand.

    Another trick - cook on the weekend for the week. We have a full refrigerator at work, so I pack my lunches and snacks for the week and take it in with me on Monday... prevents the running late and forgetting it throughout the week. Hope those help.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I love to make meatballs but I use chicken or turkey because I don't like beef. There's a great slow cooker meatball recipe on skinnytaste.com. Mostly I eat chicken or beans. LOL. ;)
  • ♥Amy♥
    ♥Amy♥ Posts: 714 Member
    We eat:
    ground beef, ground chicken, ground turkey
    turkeys and hams (when on sale)
    pork tenderloin & lean pork loin chops
    boneless skinless chicken breasts
    canned tuna

    no fish or steaks since I don't like them and I do the cooking, LOL
  • 10acity
    10acity Posts: 798 Member
    Maybe I just suck at preparing it, but I always find pork to be tough so I never have that, really. I pretty much stick to chicken. I love ground chicken.. I put it in everything. Chicken spaghetti, chicken lasagna... really. I also make shredded chicken with salsa in my slow cooker at least every other week and make tons of different meals with it. Send me a message if you want-- it's the easiest thing ever :)
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