@Avram
My mother served Fleishiges for lunch and supper, as did my Oma, and the late Mrs. CTL.
Kosher milchiges is very expensive. If the fleisch is the flavoring to the meal (a bit of cut up chicken in a salad, or a meatball with pasta) it need not be more expensive than dairy or unhealthy.
Yesterday, we ate a cold Shabbos lunch in our garden. It was a salad, assorted marinated/pickled vegetables and the main course was a luckshen kugel made with ground meat, onions and garlic for flavoring. The entire kugel, which fed 10 used only 1.5 pounds of ground beef.
Today for lunch, I will make chicken skewers on the grill using leftover roast chicken from Friday night.
Being fleishige most of the time, I am glad I drink black coffee