PROTEIN- FTL menu plan selections

  • PROTEINS
    (ALL PORTIONS ARE 4 OZ. COOKED WEIGHT; ADD ONE OUNCE WHEN WEIGHING RAW PROTEINS)
    Catfish
    Cod
    Crayfish
    Flounder
    Grouper
    Haddock
    Halibut
    King Mackerel
    Lake Perch
    Lox, low sodium
    Mahi Mahi
    Orange Roughy
    Pike
    Pollock
    Red Snapper
    Scrod
    Sea Bass
    Sole
    Striped Bass
    Tilapia
    Tuna (canned or pouch, water packed- FRESH: yellowfin, skipjack, walleye
    Whitefish
    Buffalo
    Pheasant
    Snapper
    Venison
    Chicken breast (canned, ground, white meat, deli)
    Cornish Hen, no skin
    Turkey breast (white meat, no skin, ground or deli)
    Calamari
    Clams
    Crab
    Imitation shellfish
    Lobster
    Mussels
    Octopus
    Oysters
    Scallops
    Shrimp
    Veal, lean chop, roast

    ½ cup servings:
    Baked beans, vegetarian, fat free
    Ricotta cheese, part skim
    Soy beans (edamame)
    Textured vegetable protein
    Tofu, firm, raw

    ¾ cup servings
    Beans, peas, lentils (cooked)

    1 cup servings
    Cottage cheese, 1% or skim
    Egg substitute, fat free
    Soy yougurt
    Tofu, soft, raw

    Other:
    Cheese with 3 grams of fat or less per oz.= 3 oz.
    Eggs, large, whole= 2
    Egg whites= 8
    Miso= 3oz.
    Seitan= 4oz.
    Soy cheese = 2oz.
    Soy milk, plain or lowfat fortified= 1.5 cups
    Tempeh= 3oz.
    Nuts, any variety, unsalted= 1 oz.
    Nut butters, red fat or all natural= 2 tbsp.
    Seeds, any variety, unsalted= 1 oz.
    Vegetarian burger= 1
    Vegetarian hot dog= 2
    Vegetarian crumbles = 4 oz.


    CONSUME INFREQUENTLY (everything in this sections is 3 oz. cooked unless indicated otherwise)Arm roast
    Club steak
    Chuck roast
    Flank steak
    Filet mignon
    Ground lean sirloin or chuck
    Roast beef lunch meat
    Round steak
    Rump roast
    Sirloin steak
    t-bone steak
    carp
    herring
    roe
    salmon, fresh or canned
    shark
    swordfish
    trout
    tuan, bluefin or yellowtail fresh
    duck, goose, rabbit
    Lamb: filet, loin, forequarter chop, leg roast, steak
    Liver: beef, calf, chicken, lamb
    Pork: center loin chop, tenderloin, ham, Canadian bacon
    Chicken or turkey, dark meat
    Turkey bacon (2 oz.= 4 slices)
    Veal: cutlet