Eating more protein?

ktenwhitey
ktenwhitey Posts: 1 Member
edited November 25 in Food and Nutrition
For someone who is not a big meat eater, I find it really difficult to hit my protein goal everyday. I do drink one protein shake a day (often with two scoops). Any tips?

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  • mferguson39
    mferguson39 Posts: 3 Member
    eggs, beans, cottage cheese, seeds/nuts (watch the fats here), and tofu are all good choices
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    Dairy and legumes are good protein sources.

    Basically, animal products and beans are where it's at.
  • pbfc8711
    pbfc8711 Posts: 3 Member
    - Beans and legumes: I pack frozen edamame beans in my lunch (they're thawed by the time I'm ready for them), and I roast chickpeas as a snack. Try lentils, which have 22g of protein in 1 cup and only 300 calories.
    - Nuts and seeds: pumpkin seeds have about 7-10g of protein in 1/4 a cup (watch out for the saturated fats, though).
    - Tofu: I recently found a recipe for baked tofu sticks that made a great crunchy snack.
    - Fish is a great meat alternative.
    - Eggs or egg whites: I mix egg whites into smoothies and oatmeal, and take hard-boiled eggs for lunch.
    - Low-fat cottage cheese: add raspberries, which are high in fibre
    - Low-fat greek yogurt
    - Protein powder can be mixed into more than just a shake - try mixing it into your oatmeal, homemade ice cream, cottage cheese (anything you want to make sweet)

    Try Googling "high protein snacks" or "high protein vegetarian recipes" for recipes and more ideas
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    You can make your own seitan. Buying premade is incredibly expensive but the main ingredient, vital wheat gluten, is one of the cheapest proteins you can buy.
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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    edited October 2015
    You can fit in the protein by reducing fruit and bread and cereal. I like omelets with cheese and hemp hearts. Also I like lentils with Parmesan cheese.
    To your meals, add lots of leafy greens as well as broccoli and yellow squash because veggies do have some protein while fruit has almost none.
  • jontucc
    jontucc Posts: 142 Member
    Sardines.
    A tin from aldi costs 55c (in australia), has approx 20g protein and 117 calories.
    I like the one in tomato sauce and can eat it straight out of the tin.
    Or you could also heat it up with some fried onions and chilli, and have it with a nice salad.

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