Just curious if other folks do this. I just made a hamburger soup last night and in order to bring the protein up, I just doubled the beef to get a 22:33:45 (fat : carbs : protein) ratio and from 23 gms protein to 40 gms per bowl.

I'm looking across some other recipes I want to try (basically some stir fries because it's basically meat and vegetables in a salty sauce) and I'm thinking, "If I just double the chicken in the recipe, it's all good," or, "If I add 2 lbs of chicken to this veggie recipe, it'll work." :eat:

Does anyone else do this or am I weird? Or is tihs a really obvious thing and I just think I'm special for thinking of it?

I personally don't have any "right" macros, but if a recipe calls for a large amount of refined carbs, I'll often cut it back. I make a bean salad recipe a lot, but I leave out the rice, and put half the amount of oil that it calls for.

Recipes are really just mixtures of ingredients that somebody thought tasted good in those particular ratios. There are no rules about it. I used to eat a big bowl of spaghetti with a little tiny helping of meat sauce. Now, I eat a big bowl of zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, with a generous helping of meat sauce with extra tomatoes, and a little tiny bit of pasta.

I also eat most of my sandwiches open-faced, and try to stuff twice as many fillings into my pitas and tortillas as what I used to.