vego high protein recipes

Lolli1986
Lolli1986 Posts: 500 Member
edited December 24 in Food and Nutrition
Boyfriend eats very little meat, which invariably means I end up eating mostly vego meals too. However, I want to hit somewhere near to 30:40:30 c:p:f ratios. Sounds impossible to me, lol. heck, 40:30:30 would be great.

so, I am looking for high protein vego recipes, as I eat with him a lot. I also have a bottle of whey that tastes like @ss, but needs to be consumed in non-milkshake format.

Here's two I've tried:

*Choc protein pancakes

Greens's pancake mix - 135g
Choc Whey - 20g
Nestle drinking chocolate - 15g
Honey - 1tsp

430 cals - 23g protein


*Pb protein balls

Crunchy peanut butter - 1tbsp
Choc Whey - 40g
LSA mix - 5g
Psyllium husk - 1tbsp

290cals, 36g protein

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  • Lolli1986
    Lolli1986 Posts: 500 Member
    okay, two MFPeeps responded, so i'll add their suggestions here.

    From MrsRipdizzle:

    4 egg whites, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup oats, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp stevia or splenda, and 1 scoop vanilla or cinnabun flavored protein. Blend well. You can make these into pancakes or waffles :) Low cal, high protein, good fiber. :)

    or... www.powercakes.com

    Also, if this thread already exists, send me thataway~
  • laus_8882
    laus_8882 Posts: 217 Member
    Touching meat grosses me out, so by necessity I eat vegetarian most of the time unless it's minced beef (not gross for some reason) or someone wants to come and cut up chicken for me!

    I had this thing I used to do when I was eating low carb aaaages ago. I'd mix sliced olives, tomatoes, onion and any other vegies that look good in to cottage cheese and then add a dab of balsamic and salt and pepper. It was really yummy eaten rolled up in lettuce leaves. I used to call the little lettuce/cheese packages sad burritos. Sad but good! And high protein.

    Another of my favourites is a red lentil curry. God it's easy. One bowl of yesterday's curry was 573 calories and 33g of protein after you included 100g of fat free yogurt (blah) and a little tomato/coriander/onion salad to mix in. Bonus: fibre! I'm happy to post the recipe if you want.

    What about a tofu stirfry? Last night an enormous plate of stirfry that could easily have fed two people if they were eating it with rice was 575 calories and 47g of protein. The recipe's in my Sunday list under meal 2 if you want it.
  • Lolli1986
    Lolli1986 Posts: 500 Member
    i am keen as for that lentil curry please :):):)
  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
    Lentils and chick peas are high protein and amazing. Every vegetarian should eat them by the truckload IMO (I know I did when I was veggie).
  • laus_8882
    laus_8882 Posts: 217 Member
    The curry is super easy and has very basic flavours. You can add extra ginger or garlic or mustard seeds/cardamom/whatever flavours you like. I used macadamia oil as it's my default asian/indian food oil but use whatever you've got handy. And I've just realised that I didn't include the teaspoon of ground coriander in my original recipe! That adds an extra 8 calories. The vegies, btw, are measured after they've been trimmed and washed.

    215g of zucchini
    204g of red capsicum
    173g of red onion
    245g cauliflower
    150g red lentils
    2 tablespoons curry powder
    1 tablespoon cumin
    1 tsp of grated ginger
    1/2 tablespoon of macadamia oil

    Sautee the onion and ginger, then when they're looking translucent, throw in the spices and let cook for a minute or two. Then add enough water to form a paste in the pan, throw in the lentils and let cook another minute so they end up coated in the onion/ginger/spice mixture. Then the rest of the vegies go in, add a cup of water and you cook until it looks good. I like to leave mine for about an hour so that it's a fairly dry curry and the cauliflower has broken down. If you're not a cauliflower person that's a really good way to enjoy it as the cauliflower takes on the flavour of the curry and becomes nice and soft. I like to serve with a tomato/coriander/onion/lemon juice salad but if you don't do that, you can always chop up some coriander and stir it in at the last minute, it's really nice.

    The recipe makes 2 very generous serves with 423 calories, 25g of protein and 19g of fibre in each. I don't know if the carbs are too high at 53g per serving but the red capsicum bumps up the carbs and sugars quite a bit, so you could opt to use a low sugar vegetable in its place.

    A good variation on the curry is to use brown lentils, garam masala on top of the other spices and a tin of tomatoes with whatever vegies you have lying around. So nice.

    And if you're still interested in lentils, I make a lovely french lentil salad that's basically cooked puy lentils, a red wine vinegar and olive oil dressing and whatever raw vegetables and herbs look good. A nice combination is red capsicum, carrots, radish, green beans and celery with lots of fresh parsley and chives. You can also add some feta or haloumi if you want the extra protein and can spare the calories.
  • Lolli1986
    Lolli1986 Posts: 500 Member
    yum, thank you - that looks amazing. i will cook that.
  • stonerdude
    stonerdude Posts: 103
    BEANS not canned, cooked fresh!
  • Lolli1986
    Lolli1986 Posts: 500 Member
    i kinda like the canned ones... i presume they haven't been dried out then re-cooked. however, the taste of dried beans is usually better.
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