Vegetarian Protein Options

Have you tried quorn products they are apparently good for protein.

Just went to look at my diary and there is 15g of protein in 100g of quorn mince

Mushrooms, green veg, greek yoghurt, cottage cheese.

Do you eat fish and/or seafood..lots of protein in these

Dear MFP

I am a vegetarian and I understand what I need to have when it comes to Good Carbs and Good Fats. However when it comes to protein I'm finding this really diificult being a vegetarian.
Any suggestions how I can get my daily intake of protein?

Thank You:flowerforyou:

I've been a vegetarian for 16 yrs (vegan for 1). Great sources are lentils, beans/legumes, quinoa, tofu, seitan, tempeh, soy beans, nuts, seeds, raw almond butter and peanut butter (PB2 rocks). Also cottage cheese, soy milk, yogurt (silk makes a great vegan dairy free yogurt). You can make your own burgers out of the lentils and beans or buy ready made patties from Boca and Morning Star. Other brands that are great who make some tasty ready made food is Quorn, Light Life, Tofurkey. Vegetarian/vegan cheese brands are Teese, Daiya and Go Veggie. There are others but I prefer these. Then there's protein powders (hemp, rice, soy, pea). I love to go between Sun Warrior, warrior blend vanilla and Optimum Nutrition 100% soy vanilla bean. Both have about 120 cals/less than 2 grams of fat/less than 2 grams of carbs and over 20 grams of protein. Biggest thing is getting in the pros without going over the carbs. Hope this helps!

-Felicia

Morning Star makes a variety of vegetarian foods. Most have good amounts of protein

some of the foods listed here aren't very high in protein; quinoa has complete protein, but only 6 grams per serving, and mushrooms are negligible. eggs (egg beaters, egg whites and whole eggs) are high in protein, greek yogurt is packed with it, and don't forget low fat cheese and other dairy. soy offers complete protein, but softer tofu has less of... well, everything than firm tofus.

my hubby and son say gardein burgers and morningstar farms sausages and riblets are delish. some quorn products are pretty tasty. i also like non-fat milk, bluebonnet protein isolate chocolate powder and unsweetened solgar whey to go vanilla that i sweeten with stevia.

btw, i'm lazy - i just through quorn or morningstar farms chicken pieces on a plate and microwave them

As a Vegan for 15 years I always find this question quite bizarre. You have got to try really hard NOT to get enough protein. A normal balanced Vegan or Vegetarian Diet should get you plenty of protein with no problems yes if your heavily exercising you may wish to supplement it with some protein powder but generally it shouldn't be hard. There's beans especially soya 100g of brocolli has around 4g of protein, Brown rice half a cup has around 3g. A serving of porridge outs around 5g and so much more easily avilable protein in your food Protein's everywhere. Also don't worry about complete proteins because people don't eat like that we get our protein from various sources which easily supply all the essential amino acids

Don't over complicate it you do not need special foods as a Vegan or Vegetarian to get plenty of protein

Here's an excellent resource

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/926789-protein-sources

Beans. Or supplement with a shake or bar

You should check out the vegan line 'gardein'. They're really good!

I love the fishless filet, and the chick'n sliders.

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mung bean fettucine (25g per serving) - I make and awesome vegan mac n cheese sauce for this, Sun Warrior Blend protein powder (20g per scoop)....

As a Vegan for 15 years I always find this question quite bizarre. You have got to try really hard NOT to get enough protein. A normal balanced Vegan or Vegetarian Diet should get you plenty of protein with no problems yes if your heavily exercising you may wish to supplement it with some protein powder but generally it shouldn't be hard. There's beans especially soya 100g of brocolli has around 4g of protein, Brown rice half a cup has around 3g. A serving of porridge outs around 5g and so much more easily avilable protein in your food Protein's everywhere. Also don't worry about complete proteins because people don't eat like that we get our protein from various sources which easily supply all the essential amino acids

Don't over complicate it you do not need special foods as a Vegan or Vegetarian to get plenty of protein

For an average, inactive person, yes. But if your goal is fitness, athletics, etc - I wish you best of luck to get anywhere near 100 g of protein per day (edit: without specifically trying, which OP is doing), which would be considered *low* for an athlete.

http://examine.com/faq/how-much-protein-do-i-need-every-day.html

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/926789-protein-sources



HAHAHHA. I just saw where I answered this in August. I think OP got her answers guys. :happy:

As a Vegan for 15 years I always find this question quite bizarre. You have got to try really hard NOT to get enough protein. A normal balanced Vegan or Vegetarian Diet should get you plenty of protein with no problems yes if your heavily exercising you may wish to supplement it with some protein powder but generally it shouldn't be hard. There's beans especially soya 100g of brocolli has around 4g of protein, Brown rice half a cup has around 3g. A serving of porridge outs around 5g and so much more easily avilable protein in your food Protein's everywhere. Also don't worry about complete proteins because people don't eat like that we get our protein from various sources which easily supply all the essential amino acids

Don't over complicate it you do not need special foods as a Vegan or Vegetarian to get plenty of protein

For an average, inactive person, yes. But if your goal is fitness, athletics, etc - I wish you best of luck to get anywhere near 100 g of protein per day (edit: without specifically trying, which OP is doing), which would be considered *low* for an athlete.

http://examine.com/faq/how-much-protein-do-i-need-every-day.html

I hit 100g of protein with absolutely no problem from my normal diet as I said people over complicate it. It really isn't difficult. An awful ot of sources push far more Protein than is really needed. For a sedentary person the recommended amount is .8g per KIlo which isn't that much for endurance athletes the amount is around 1.2-1.5 g per kilo and a bit more for strength athletes. Most of this protein in those exercising can be obtained in your diet due to the increase in calories (so therefore an increase in protein).

There is a lot of over pushing of protein which seems to have filtered down from a lot of body building sources and leapt upon by the dieting and supplement industry as a Marketing gimic for the gulible. Just because your on a diet and have suddenly decided to go to the gym twice a week does not suddenly mean you need ridiculous amounts of protein. There seems to be the prevalence especially on MFP that you need enough Protein for an Elephant. Protein is important as is your overall diet people just need to put it into perspective and not automatically believe all the hype.

I have no problems with Protein powders etc. i use them myself as they are a convenient thing especially after long runs. People though really need to put their protein requirements into a real time perspective.