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How many times a week do you have meat?

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ThatsABitExcessive · 16/07/2025 20:50

Obviously not talking about vegetarians here.
Im trying to cut down on the amount of meat we eat and as a result I’m having to really learn how to cook! I’m enjoying it - but DH is practically carnivorous so he’s already asking when the next meat meal will be coming.

im thinking of keeping meat to Friday, Saturday and Sunday - veggie rest of the week. Am I being mean to DH?

how many times a week do you eat meat?

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TheChosenTwo · 16/07/2025 22:07

Most days really, meat or fish is always on offer.
Dh does the cooking so I very gratefully eat what I’m served!
If I do cook (rare cos I hate it and he loves it) it’s vegetarian for the main part but Dh and ds are big meat eaters so I’ll cook them something meat/fish to go alongside it. I wouldn’t make them go without just because I didn’t want it. Same as meat/fish is always served for anyone who wants it - I don’t always eat it.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 16/07/2025 22:04

It really varies here. Yesterday no meat, today lunch was an avocado and bacon toasted sandwich, and dinner was lemon chicken. Tomorrow’s dinner is a halloumi and chickpea thing, no idea on lunch yet.

I could happily not bother with meat, DP is more of a fan - we tend not to have much red meat at home but he would eat a steak or burger out. I eat fish and he doesn’t, so again, I get that if we’re out. We eat mainly chicken if we’re having meat at home.

Londonrach1 · 16/07/2025 21:57

Every day. I count fish as meat. Had a lovely mackerel pasta salad this evening...was honestly yummy. We have either fish or chicken with occasional pork every day.

MathsMum3 · 16/07/2025 21:53

Hardly ever! We are not vegetarian (we'll maybe have a meat/fish dish if we eat out, and no problem eating meat/fish if we go to friends or family for dinner), but I very rarely buy meat for home consumption. We eat vegetarian meals mostly, sometimes fish. I'll cook a full meat roast dinner maybe 2 or 3 times per year.

It's not about health. It's partly about animal welfare, but mostly it's for ecological reasons. Eating meat on a regular basis is just not sustainable on a wide scale.

ScrambledEggs12 · 16/07/2025 21:44

Every day. I would be miserable only eating meat 3 days a week.

remarkablecauliflower · 16/07/2025 21:41

Every day currently as on the keto diet. Bloody expensive but worth it! Watching the pounds fall off DH and I

5128gap · 16/07/2025 21:19

Can't your DH just do some meat to go with the vege dish you do for the rest of you if he wants it? I'm vegan, DP eats meat, so tonight he's done a veg curry for us both plus some tandoori chicken for himself.

Friendofdennis · 16/07/2025 21:18

No red meat. Only poultry 5 days a week. Vegetarian the other two days

FarmersWifeOf30Years · 16/07/2025 21:17

Most days, occasionally have fish . We're beef farmers and have a homebred heifer in the freezer so lots of beef available.

Ponderingwindow · 16/07/2025 21:16

At least 14, sometimes more.

I have tried other diets and they just did not work for my body given my complex medical issues.

Fearfulsaints · 16/07/2025 21:14

6 times. Fish on a Friday.

FancyCatSlave · 16/07/2025 21:13

Probably about 4 on average, I have a fair
amount of fish. Probably veggie only 1-2 at
most and some of that is accidental.

I am making an effort to eat less meat though than I used to.

caringcarer · 16/07/2025 21:13

Everyday for dinner and often for lunch too. I do have an occasional cheese omelette. DH is a vegetarian and he cooks his own meals mostly.

Mum2jenny · 16/07/2025 21:13

Every day, and often 2-3 times a day.

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ThatsABitExcessive · 16/07/2025 21:13

lazyarse123 · 16/07/2025 21:12

Every day unless it's fish and chip day. We like meat and have no intention of apologising for it.

Nobody is asking you to apologise 😂

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lazyarse123 · 16/07/2025 21:12

Every day unless it's fish and chip day. We like meat and have no intention of apologising for it.

Mikart · 16/07/2025 21:11

Maybe once. I never buy red meat..

PervyMuskrat · 16/07/2025 21:08

10-14 times most likely. I really do like meat though and am generally a fussy eater, with a side of IBS, which restricts the amount of pulses/cheese/eggs I can tolerate

cinquanta · 16/07/2025 21:08

It probably averages one meal a day.

BreakingBroken · 16/07/2025 21:08

We’ve significantly cut back on the quantity. Not necessarily times per week. 1/2 a chicken breast per person or a spag bolognaise stretched from serving 4 to serving 6.
theoretically I could say I’ve had 3 meals that contained meat; 1/4 cup baked beans with breakfast, one slice of ham in my lunch grilled cheese, and planning on 1/2 chicken breast in tonight’s salad BUT the amount of ham in the baked beans is minuscule and the lunch ham is “shaved” paper thin.

Mrsttcno1 · 16/07/2025 21:08

Every evening meal, for my husband every lunch, for me & my daughter probably 60% of lunches.

nam3c4ang3 · 16/07/2025 21:07

i think we have about 2 days we have a fish day - the rest are meat.

Namechanged1001 · 16/07/2025 21:06

Every lunch and every main meal. Our meals centre round what meat we are going to eat that night and lunches always involve protein in meat form. I eat low carbs though so it's with veg/salad/ pulses. I dont understand the whole 'not eating meat' bit tbh. As long as it's fairly leans it is contributing to our health. We dont do fish although if we liked it would be happy to incorporate it more.

quicklywick · 16/07/2025 21:04

About twice a week but iv never been a big meat eater I would easily be able to become a vegetarian if it wasnt for the smell of bacon 😋

maddiemookins16mum · 16/07/2025 21:03

5 out of 7 evening meals and probably 4 lunches. We don’t eat meat on a Friday and Mondays are Meat free Mondays.

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