Sneaky Protein Ideas

I like eating 4 oz of chicken with a little hummus in my pita bread.

It sounds odd, but try throwing a couple of boiled egg whites and some hummus into a blender. You end up with high-protein hummus. Egg whites are pretty flavourless and, once blended, more or less hummus-textured. Might want to add some paprika etc. for flavour.

Works with pretty much any dip, or just throw some herbs and mustard in with the egg.

So I know there are a ridiculous number of posts on here regarding protein ideas that go beyond chicken and eggs.

Thing is, I like my food! I like eating 4 oz of chicken with a little hummus in my pita bread. I don't want to start adding protein powder or doubling up on chicken to increase my protein because I know that's not sustainable long term for me. It could be for someone else, just not me.

What I'm looking for are ideas on how to sneak in protein. For example:
Finding a pasta brand that has 10g of protein per serving
Use cous cous instead of rice in paella to up the protein factor (and deliciousness)!
Adding nuts, chia seeds and granola to yogurt.

I'm hoping by making small changes I'm more apt to embrace the shift in my eating habits. What substitutions, food brands, or other ways have you found to sneak in protein?

If you eat hot cereal you can add a tablespoon or two of soy grits for a protein boost. You can add soy grits or soy flour to other things as well. Protein powders are good to add to smoothies. Also PB2 (peanut butter 2) is defatted peanut butter powder. Also good to add to cereals and smoothies. Any of these could be mixed into yogurt. Some of it could be added to soup. Some people use nutritional yeast to pump up protein. (Not baker's yeast!)

Black soybeans have more protein than regular beans, so you can use them in recipes that use beans. Also use beans as a starchy side instead of grains. Among the grains quinoa has the most protein.

Although it is very dated at this point, "Diet For a Small Planet" has a lot of ideas for increasing protein content of vegetarian dishes.

I just ordered the sample packs from this site today. Pretty low in calorie and high in protein.


http://simplyprotein.com/products


I found that wild black rice has as much protein as quinoa does. Protein shake with some greek yogurt will get you 30-40 grams

I love these ideas! I always balance the macros in my morning fruit smoothies with nuts and protein powder. Try mixing cottage cheese with hot oatmeal, YUM. Also cottage cheese with fruit and nuts is a wonderful snack and perfectly filling!

Someone sent me a link to black bean spaghetti. 25g of protein per serving, plus impressive iron and fiber content.

Totally recommend this, I love it

bump! thanks for revisiting the thread.

Joannah700 wrote: »

Whoa....looking through my old posts I found this gem.

Some of these were brilliant and I'm going to have to re-examine them. But I will admit, I haven't found a companionable sauce for organic black bean spaghetti as...spaghetti. Further research may be needed.

Also for anyone who cares, add quinoa flour to the list. Quinoa flour waffles will fill me up in NO time. Freeze well and taste pretty good too. Plus, gluten free for all of those who have sensitivities.

I like to eat plants and pretend there is protein in them