How much meat per person?

quintwins

i buy makro chicken breasts which i beleive are the same in size and price.

i use 2 chicken breasts in a curry/casarole and 3 if we're having them on there own, theres me and hubby and 3 kids.

mince i use 400g for all of us and bulk out with mixed veg or carrots peas and sweetcorn.

valk_scot

The old guide used to be 3-4oz of red meat or chicken per adult, 6oz of fish. So that's 100g/150g roughly. 100g of meat is about the size of a pack of playing cards, or a small chicken breast, or one pork chop. Remember to allow for bone weight.

Your growing teenagers will need rlatively more protein than you adults remember and women need iron more than men so don't feel you should give Dad the lion's share and you and DD the small portions.

kazd

valk_scot wrote: »

Your growing teenagers will need rlatively more protein than you adults remember and women need iron more than men so don't feel you should give Dad the lion's share and you and DD the small portions.

Trust me that is not going to happen, I have a greedy gene!:rotfl:

Popperwell

I know there is some concern that you vcan eat too much meat and damage the kidneys or if you have kidney problems you are supposed to eat less meat so my consultant said I probably would be ok if i tended to for fish/chicken but if eating red meat not to sit down to a great big steak.

It's not unlike those who do body building I suppose...you can overload.

YORKSHIRELASS

I have actually cut down slightly on the amount of meat I serve since it has started going up in price. Surprisingly no-one has noticed.

I allow around 300g for four of us, two adults and two older kids.

I find that cutting it up quite small seems makes it go further and we rarely have meat that isnt diced or minced because you need so much to go around. I make homemade chicken nuggets sometimes but you do need so much chicken to feed everyone.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I had to cut down on financial grounds.

One chicken breast between two adults.

A handful of meat (sliced steak, mince, etc) is plenty for two people. My hands are large (I use large size Marigolds), but that still means a small tray of mince is divided into four. If you remember the small sized playing cards that children had, each portion is about that size but double the thickness.


Sometimes we go mad and have a meat blowout, where we treat ourselves to big lumps of something dead but that's a rare occasion. It's surprising when I consider how much meat my ex would demand (3 chicken breasts to himself, 2lb of mince per meal, that kind of thing), just how little we actually need.


I just wish I was cutting back so far due to choice, not necessity.

Popperwell

Most of what I do meatwise is now diced or minced or I get around having a little more because I stretch by not eating meat daily...so agree with your posts YL and JoJo and your last sentence says it all(as I have said about the lack of heating and having to keep warm in so many other ways. When the house is cold even with lots of clothes, fleeces or whatever. It is still never as warm as I used to enjoy when Mum was still here until a few months ago)

It's one thing to cut something out, ration it if it's through choice, not because you have to!

gizmo111

quintwins wrote: »

i buy makro chicken breasts which i beleive are the same in size and price.

i use 2 chicken breasts in a curry/casarole and 3 if we're having them on there own, theres me and hubby and 3 kids.

mince i use 400g for all of us and bulk out with mixed veg or carrots peas and sweetcorn.

No - Costco chicken is more expensive than even Tesco.
makro is around £20 for 5kg
Costco is arouns £36 for 5kg
A good deal in supermarkets can work out around £28 per 5kg, aldi slightly less.
I have found the best quality chicken and all other meat is Makro.

portions depend on the meal as others have said.