The Holy Grail of Protein - salad w/ 15g per serving
candacepatra
Posts: 26 Member
I've been on a quest to find a way to eat as much as protein as I can, and even with a breakfast of egg whites/chickpeas/turkey, chicken/lentils/black rice for lunch & dinner, and a bunch of nuts throughout the day... I still wasn't hitting my mark!
So I decided to take a bunch of protein-rich foods and combine them in to a delicious salad. Once I took all the ingredients together and did the nutrition facts, it's just 200 calories per serving (1 cup) and 15g of protein!
Here's what I combined:
4 cups cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
1 cup lima beans
1 cup long-grained black rice
.5 cup white basmati long-grained rice
1 can tuna
1 cup cooked, chopped green beans
half a red onion, diced
I combined all of the ingredients and left them in a bowl, refrigerated, without a dressing - I add a dressing before I eat it. So far I've tried it with a lemon/garlic/olive oil dressing and with some pesto & olive oil... both are delicious!
Pair that with some chicken or a tuna sandwich at lunch, and suddenly this protein thing is a bit easier.
Enjoy
So I decided to take a bunch of protein-rich foods and combine them in to a delicious salad. Once I took all the ingredients together and did the nutrition facts, it's just 200 calories per serving (1 cup) and 15g of protein!
Here's what I combined:
4 cups cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
1 cup lima beans
1 cup long-grained black rice
.5 cup white basmati long-grained rice
1 can tuna
1 cup cooked, chopped green beans
half a red onion, diced
I combined all of the ingredients and left them in a bowl, refrigerated, without a dressing - I add a dressing before I eat it. So far I've tried it with a lemon/garlic/olive oil dressing and with some pesto & olive oil... both are delicious!
Pair that with some chicken or a tuna sandwich at lunch, and suddenly this protein thing is a bit easier.
Enjoy
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Sounds delicious!! Thanks!0
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