I aim for about 55 - 75 as well (sometimes 80 if I exercise a lot) and I seem to meet the goal without much trouble. Often times I go 5 - 10 grams over. I usually get it from things like whole wheat pasta, beans, peanut butter and tofu. There are rare times when I end up in the low 40s but I have yet to go under 30 and seem to average around 65 grams per day. It's pretty easy.

Something I started doing was making a brown rice/lentil combination to have as the base for any rice dishes I eat, rather than just brown rice. I have a rice cooker and whenever I make a pot of brown rice I just do half brown rice and half dried brown lentils, the amount of water I would need for both combined, and they cook up together just fine and are done at the same time. Tempeh is also a great source of protein, although I don't always like it when I eat it as a tofu substitute, so what I have been doing is steaming chunks of it for about 10 minutes, then mashing it up with a fork and letting it cool before mixing it with vegan mayo or plain soy yogurt (depending on how many calories I have to use) and seasoning to make something that seems similar in texture to chicken salad. I like making it a curry flavor.

Hi,
I try not to eat too much soy product (I like tofu, but not all the time, so just have it every now and again).
I'm vegetarian, not vegan, so granted it's easier for me than you, but usually I go way over in carbs and way under in protein too. Lately I've been getting it about right, and it's mostly because of this soup I made (I had it for lunch today, and dinner yesterday and the day before), and a little bit due to the high protein bread I've been eating.

Not sure if you will all get the bread (I live in NZ) but I've been eating Burgen "Womens Wellbeing" bread - it's basically soy and linseed, so if you're trying to cut down on soy/wheat then not really appropriate, but otherwise, it has 11g of protein in 2 slices, which seems to me to be quite a lot!

This is the recipe for the soup I made:
100g carrots, chopped
2 courgettes/zucchini, chopped
4 shallots, chopped
6 stalks of celery (half a celery), chopped
12 spears asparagus, chopped (I estimated 12 spears, because I used a bunch and didn't count)
2 cans Cannellini Beans, washed and drained
1.1L Vegie Stock

Stir fry carrots, shallots, celery in 1 tablespoon of oil for 5 mins until vegies are starting to get soft. Add hot stock and remaining ingredients and simmer until vegies are tender.
4 serves - very filling serves!
261 cal, 36carb, 3 fat, 18 protein, 17 fibre per serve!

Original recipe was slightly different (didn't have celery, had fennell and leek) but fennell and leek weren't at the vege shop this week, so I substituted with celery, and it's so delicious I could eat it every day for the rest of my life! Haha.
If you make it, make sure you use a good stock because it gives it so much more flavour!

I get about 40 a day. But whenever I get my blood drawn at the doctors it shows that I'm perfectly healthy and that I am actually over on my protein. Eating peanut butter and drinking hemp milk helps.

I get about 40 a day. But whenever I get my blood drawn at the doctors it shows that I'm perfectly healthy and that I am actually over on my protein. Eating peanut butter and drinking hemp milk helps.

Thats probably the best advice right there. If the nutritionist is that concerned about it then I would get a blood panel done and measure the actual response your body has had to the protien you are taking in, especially if you feel good. The daily reccomendation is just that, everybody's body responds differently. There are problems with taking in too much protien (over a long period of time it has been shown to strain the liver.)

A blood test will tell you where you are at. Then after making a change get another one done 6 weeks later, to see the results.

Hi, I am doing P90X lean program and working on losing 40lbs. For me I need an intake of 50% protein at this stage of the diet. This equates to about 100g. I start my day with my smoothie and include 2 scoops of Vega Sport Protein(50g) and 2 tbsp of ground salba (3g). My morning snack is The Simple Bar (another vegan product with 16g protein). So as you can see even before I have my lunch my intake of protein is almost 70g. The rest of my protein comes from tempur, tofu or beans. Remember you can get 10g protein from 2 cups cooked broccoli, 4 cups raw broccoli or cooked kale just to name a few. Nuts are good too but be careful if you are trying to loose weight due to the calories.

I too am a fan of the Pea protein. I run and find on the days after my run adding it to a smoothie with greens (yes I know sounds weird but kale is great in a smoothie) some fresh ginger mint and blueberries with some lemon (skin and all learnt from reading Jason's blog re juicing) added to an organic tropical juice is so refreshing and yummy and I am positive helps my muscle recovery.

What I've been using is Pea Protein!! I HIGHLY suggest it! I use NOW and throw a scoop into my smoothies, but it's tasteless so you can add it to anything.

Where are some places I could find pea (or brown rice) protein? I've used them before and would like to use them on my hardcore workout days but I can't seem to find any in my area. I used to get it at Publix but we don't have those in our new town and I checked my regular shopping places like walmart, target and TJ's with no luck :-(

Tofuky jurky. Buy online. High protein, low cal, and doesn't require fridging, so u can throw a pack in ur purse, car, or gym bag to get a between meal snack. Sure. It's a faux meat. But spin it as a food supplement and u can smile about it.