I eat beans and rice regularly and a couple of years ago I started eating nuts (walnuts or almonds) for snacks. Sometimes, I combine the nuts with a few dried cranberries. I like meat, but I would say i only have steak maybe once every two weeks or more. I eat lots of chicken, fish, ground turkey, occasional tofu, along with very thinly sliced pork. Also, I started buying some of the low fat string cheese to eat as snacks.
I feel better when i eat more protein. For years I lived on carbs (even though they were low glycemic ones) and it just wasn't working as I got older.