Yep Boudi - avid meat eaters would no doubt be far more healthy if red meat esp was eaten less. We tend to mix ours with veg - say if having a spag bol - or we sometimes use quorn though that has some (ahem) side effects 

I wish my youngest would eat more veg - she is still so picky even at nearly 16 yrs old. I still try to hide the veggies (like I did when she was 5) but she has got a bit too wise to this now.