How often do you eat meat / dairy?

[meadowlander]

58. I still eat meat every day but smaller portions than I used to.

I've tried vegetarian diets and once made it about 8 or 9 months but I felt really really ill so it's just not for me.

But I do try to treat meat as a flavoring or topping and not the star of the show. I think we can get in this all or nothing mentality that isn't always that helpful. Two of my favourite dishes of all time are mapo tofu and fish-fragrant eggplant - both of them have veggies as the main ingredient but in a sauce with minced pork in it.

And I usually do all my cooking on the weekend and then eat leftovers all week. So of the 4-5 main recipes I cook on the weekend 2-3 might be vegetarian or mostly vegetarian. I almost never have a whole day with no meat but I usually have at least one meal every day that is veggie-based.