What foods do you find filling? (Vegetarian/Vegan)

I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat some vego meals. Top of my list for filling would be:

Breakfast
Egg on wholegrain toast - will keep my full till lunch with just 1 egg, 1 slice toast
Baked beans and tub of natural yoghurt (not mixed together obviously haha)
Small handful cashew nuts and a yoghurt

Lunch
Salad with chickpeas and quorn chicken style pieces - super filling and mine is only about 260cals
Flavoured tofu sandwich (in Australia they have pre-flavoured tofu which is reasonably low cal per serve but you could marinade your own)
Spinach and ricotta bagel or English muffin

Dinner
Lentil soup with wholegrain roll
Tofu stir fry or curry with basmati rice or noodles
Pasta or jacket potato with five bean chilli

Hope that helps

I start my day with a tofu scramble on very seedy bread or a tortilla or almond milk with some protein powder and Kashi shredded wheat

I have two snacks per day and they are always a protein and a fruit or vegetable. (ie. hummus and carrots, apple and almonds, protein powder and 1/2 luna bar)

Lunch is usually a soup or a big salad!! Like the person before me said...veggie broth and lots of veggies some of my favorites right now are Butternut squash and Kale, Pumpkin corn chowder and Spinach, Tofu and White Beans...and of course Chili!!

Drink water ALLL DAY

Dinner: roasted or stir fried veggies, more soup or big salad, always a protein: tofu, tempeh, or Gardein brand is my favorite meat substitute.

My calories are about 1400-1600. Take a look at my food diary too, it is public. If you want any recipes send me a message.

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I have to agree with water...

A breakfast idea that's quite filling ... oatmeal with a sccop of protein powder ( made with Almond milk) very filling !!
or plain Greek yogurt with a scoop of protein powder and some mixed berries.

I love Brussell sprouts, I find them very filling, I steam them, at 150 calories for 20 sprouts you can't go wrong !!

Soup is very filling and low in calories, ( just skip the cream based ones) with a slice or two of Ezikiel bread (which has no flour and is made of sprouted grains)

Water, tempeh and lentil stews over brown rice. Also, for some reason, fresh pineapple really fills me up!

homemade soup, for sure! i like to cook broccoli and something like fish, if you eat that.

I skimmed through the previous posts and pretty much have the same diet:

I am vegetarian BUT I am avoiding cheese, bread, potato, pasta, etc. I feel they are high carbs/fats and pack on the lbs very easily...

To fill myself up:

I make sure I drink upto 2-3 L of water a day
make lunch/dinner with:
quinoa
eggplant
salad (lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, onions etc.)
mushrooms
I think the big bag of frozen vegetables from Costco is amazing, lasts me a long time and I can keep eating it without feeling guilty the whole day (add spices and gulp it down)
yogurt
low fat/low sodium cottage cheese
tofu is a must also in my food plan
beans (frozen green beans)
also chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans
protein powder
buy the low fat 100 calorie popcorn bags for snack time
oatmeal
almond milk
fruits: bananas, apples, oranges, strawberries, etc.
nuts: almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds
flax seeds

Oh and for cooking/frying rarely - I only use Pam cooking spray
phew! hope that helped

If you like soy products, things like veggie burgers, hot dogs or lasagna are good and also fill you up. If you eat eggs, omelettes are filling and adding cheese helps as well. You could always have cereal with milk in it. Bread always fills me up or pasta but it's sometimes hard to eat those with low calories. Other than that salads can be filling depending on portion size and soups and stews are good for that, too!

I'm a vegetarian also, and currently trying out the vegan diet. So I know about the always being hungry feeling. I am dead set on the sweet potato. Not only is it a superfood, but it keeps me full for HOURS. I just heat it in the microwave and eat it like a baked potato and it tastes great plain. Keeping away from the butter cuts calories. Also, munching on nuts throughout the day is a sure way to keep your tummy satisfied.

I don't even know how people do 1,200 calories! I'm ALWAYS hungry. I'll eat an orange (which I love!) and then a half hour later I'm starving. I'll have black beans with brown rice and pineapple salsa, and a half hour later I'm starving. Oatmeal with apple juice concentrate, raisins and cinnamon, same thing. I've heard mixing carbs and proteins in the same meal are supposed to be filling, but not sure how to go about doing that AND keeping the calories down.

Perhaps the problem is the sugar? Oranges, pineapple, apple juice and raisins all contain a fair bit of sugar, which you metabolise quickly, which will tend to give you a quick spike and then leave you hungry. Use water instead of fruit juice for your oats and that will give you free calories that you can use to add nuts, for more sustained energy. Leave out the salsa from your rice and beans, and that will give you calories free to add a bowl of salad, or more beans.

i have 2 foods that work, seriously seriously work for me.
one is GG Scandinavian Bran Crispbread -12 calories each and 3 will make you so stuffed you cannot eat another thing-for hours! i like them w/ hummus or vegan "chicken"salad for breakfast, will hold you sooo long. and is a breakfast under 100 calories? leaves a lot of room for snacking later.
the other is Vegan Diva's Chocolate Mousse....(i started a thread about it not long ago here) it is 42 of the most decadent rich chocolatey goodness you've ever tasted....but it is made from tofu! lolol. i swear you could serve it at a dinner party to meat eaters and they will never know it was anything but awesome. 42 calories for a dessert that tastes like 10 times that many calories? works for me. :laugh:
google them both- if not available in your area (Vegan Diva's is NYC based) they both are available on line. well worth it!!

I am vegetarian, and I find if I don't eat lots of protein throughout the day, I am pretty ravenous. If I eat plenty though, I am satisfied. I never eat protein substitutes like powders or bars, and the only fake meat I eat is Yves meatless beef slices on occasion and the rare veggie burger (though since my school cafeteria accidentally served me a meat one which I disgustingly bit into, I haven't had many of those). Anyway, some of the proteins I eat are:

~I love making burritos for breakfast. I use corn tortillas, a generous scoop of refried pinto or black beans, lots of spicy salsa, and a serving of grated cheese. If you eat cheese, then you get protein from both that and the beans.
~I love stir-fried vegetables with tofu. If I don't have tofu, I will put beans in it instead. Then I add a small spoon of Thai chili sauce and add most of the flavour through a variety of spices. I add enough tofu/beans to give me protein.
~sometimes I make a wrap out of the Yves meatless beef slices--I put three slices on a tortilla with a lettuce/carrot blend and a slice of light American cheese. Those beef slices don't look like a lot of food, but they have A LOT of protein in them, so the wrap is quite filling (I only use small tortillas)
~oh, I forgot: I do eat one other fake meat. It is a new one I found, and it is a Canadian product though so they might only sell here. Anyway, it is Gardein brand "chicken" breast. It comes with one piece of meatless chicken and a sauce. The entire thing is only 160 or so calories. It is a proper serving size (not huge), but sooo filling as that one piece has 20 grams of protein.
~I love homemade lentil and/or bean soup. I occasionally eat canned lentil soups, but I MUCH prefer to make my own so they don't have that "I-came-from-a-can" taste. Bean soups are full of protein and soooo yummy.
~I also eat a serving of nuts daily, and I sprinkles seeds and beans into my salads
~I personally don't eat eggs, but if you do, omelettes can offer plenty of protein for you as well.