Low carb/high protein vegan meals?

winnterface
winnterface Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I've been a vegan for over a year now and I'm struggling with a healthy diet because my meal plans always end up having too many carbs and too few protein. Does anyone have an good vegan recipes/meals/snacks that are lower in carbs and higher in protein? Thanks!

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    winnterface wrote: »
    I've been a vegan for over a year now and I'm struggling with a healthy diet because my meal plans always end up having too many carbs and too few protein. Does anyone have an good vegan recipes/meals/snacks that are lower in carbs and higher in protein? Thanks!

    Are you eating a plant based vegan diet? or a convenience food based vegan diet?
  • winnterface
    winnterface Posts: 2
    I eat mostly plant based. Main problem with my diet is I eat way too much fruit and not enough "real" food.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    winnterface wrote: »
    I eat mostly plant based. Main problem with my diet is I eat way too much fruit and not enough "real" food.

    Fruit IS real food. As are vegetables. As are legumes. And nuts. And whole grains.

    If you eat a balanced plant based diet you should get enough protein (in reality). If you feel you need a bit more, then add some tofu.

    Black soybeans are a GREAT lower carb source of protein.
  • cutenikki07
    cutenikki07 Posts: 120 Member
    Have you tried making your own black bean veggie patties? You don't want to have too much soy as for women too much soy is body for our estrogen levels. I understand having too much fruit due to the natural sugars and too much sugar can turn into fat into our bodies.

    I normally make a peanut thai with tofu noodle dishes, veggie sushi handroll with jasmine whole wheat rice, tofu "egg" scramble with tons of veggies and back beans. I have stuffed bell peppers with quinoa and lentils.

    Oats, Lentils, Black Beans and tofu are great ways to add that protein into your diet!

    If you need anything else just add me and we can chat! :)
  • miriamtob
    miriamtob Posts: 436 Member
    edited February 2015
    There are some wonderful recipes on some Paleo blogs and cookbooks that are mostly vegetable. You can sub the protein for tofu or tempeh. I made a lasagna that used butternut squash for the noodles and soaked cashews made a ricotta substitute. Spiralizers are brilliant for making zoodles ( zucchini noodles), which can be cooked with all kinds of sauces.
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    I like to make not-vegan recipes and sub seitan or tvp for the meat. Also there's PB2, which has spent too much time being sold as wannabe peanut butter rather than a protein powder that can practically be inhaled. All of these are easy enough on the prep to pass for camping food, though seitan made from vital wheat gluten is a little on the longer side for cook time compared to tvp. Nutritional word of note: read this or at least the last paragraph of it before the references. Ignore the title - per gram of protein, seitan isn't that good for getting lysine.
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