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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.

I don't have food issues. I just also feel like a pound of ground beef is a lot of meat. I will use two boxes of pasta for tonight and I'll make extra meatballs. I feel like a failure. Even when I order a pizza and wings for the family they are still hungry. At this point my goal is really just to have left overs so I know everyone is content. [/quote]

It doesn't matter how you feel. 1 lb of meat isn't very much for a family of 6 with 2 teenage athletes, a husband, and 2 smaller kids. You should serve at least 1/3 lb meat/per person. The teenagers will eat more and you can eat 2 oz. When you serve meat that is on the bone, you just adjust up so that the 2 lbs you cook is for eating. [/quote]

OMG!! - Only 1 lb. of meat??!?!?

OP - that's only enough for 1/2 your family (2-3 ppl).  You are buying bird food.  DH, myself, and our 3 year old will clean out 1 lb of meat.  Yesterday, 6 of us ate probably 3.5 lbs of meat - we had 1.5 pounds of london broil, plus a huge family/valu pak size of chicken wings (maybe 20 wings), PLUS rice and beans (4 cups DRY!), PLUS 1 lb of broccoli, PLUS a huge salad.  And we aren't even fat!![/quote]

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