Vegan - need protein help!

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  • jfp420
    jfp420 Posts: 186 Member
    I have a lot of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks and I think the best ones for starting off are "Happy Herbivore" and "Appetite for Reduction ".
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    jfp420 wrote: »
    I have a lot of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks and I think the best ones for starting off are "Happy Herbivore" and "Appetite for Reduction ".


    Vegan With a Vengeance is also good. I <3 Isa.
  • DalbozTheLantern
    DalbozTheLantern Posts: 18
    edited January 2015
    I think you are more a vegetarian than vegan if you eat cheese and eggs. =) I am a vegetarian, too, and I eat seitan, eggs, cheese, nuts, bread, beans, lentils, protein shakes, etc. Also, the protein I get from fruit, cereal, almond milk, and things like that add up.

    Start keeping an eye out for foods "fortified" with protein like high protein pretzels and things like that. You can also eat soy, but it can screw up your hormones if you eat too much. I seem to be sensitive to it and can't eat it often at all, unfortunately. Seitan is what really helps give me a protein boost every day, and it's really good. I get a lot of Field Roast brand seitan foods. I also like Vega protein shakes (vanilla or chocolate). They're vegan, and the protein is plant-based.

    It might seem hard at first to get enough protein, but once you start reading labels and making sure you have protein at every meal, it adds up pretty fast.
  • Docbanana2002
    Docbanana2002 Posts: 357 Member
    My favorite cookbook at the moment is "Oh She Glows" (it is vegan). I got that at Christmas and have been trying lots of yummy things.
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    Docbanana2002 wrote: »
    My favorite cookbook at the moment is "Oh She Glows" (it is vegan). I got that at Christmas and have been trying lots of yummy things.

    Ooh, I love that website; I didn't know there was a cookbook. It's on my wish list now
  • alfiedn
    alfiedn Posts: 425 Member
    Thug Kitchen is amazing! If you're easily offended by swearing, I wouldn't recommend, but truly...the recipes are relatively easy and SO delicious. I enjoy the entertainment, but am more impressed by the cooking. It is a vegan cookbook (for those vegans on the thread).

    Skinnytaste also has some great vegetarian recipes, although it isn't a vegetarian blog.

    As far as protein, I do eat a great deal of cheese, but I also love beans, quinoa, lentils... Keep an eye on your grains, some do have protein. Seeds are a great source, so chia seeds are excellent. I tend to stay away from protein powder, etc. However, I also don't worry too much if I don't meet my protein goals 100%. I think meeting them would be more important if I were working on building huge muscles, but I'm not too concerned with that.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    Docbanana2002 wrote: »
    My favorite cookbook at the moment is "Oh She Glows" (it is vegan). I got that at Christmas and have been trying lots of yummy things.

    Ooh, I love that website; I didn't know there was a cookbook. It's on my wish list now


    I made her amazing recipe for vegan Bailey's Irish Cream! Soooo good.
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