Hi all! I have lost 60 lbs so far, currently plateaued. I still have another 40-60 to go. I am having a hard time finding easy, protein heavy foods. I eat lots of chicken and eggs. I'm not a huge fan of beef - i like it, but don't like supporting the industry. I don't much like cooking anymore & most "quick and easy" foods are majorly carb and sugar heavy. Any suggestions for high protein welcome. Meal prep type recipes fine too, if i can knock out cooking a week's worth of protein snacks in one day that's great.
Happy losing :)
7 Comments
Katt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Perhaps try to complement your animal protein with plant proteins. Quinoa, edamame, lentils, beans... Some vegetables have a surprisingly high protein value.
x2XS2L0U@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y
You could try things like tofu, since or vegan fake meat. Also lots of legumes
Katt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Watch out tho, many fake meat products are quite high in fat.
kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 3y
I started to substitute rice in many instances with chickpeas. Legumes themselves have protein but pair it with carbs, so I figured its actually "more effective" for my macros to not add bread/rice/pasta to a lentil/chickpeas/beans dish.
My current favourite is chickpeas in tomato sauce. I meal prep it for the week and all of the sudden chicken breast is not dry anymore.
BetaAssimilation@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y
I’m not sure how you feel about the dairy industry, but Greek yogurt has been a life saver for me. I didn’t even really like yogurt before this, but it’s very much grown on me. I take chobani fruit on the bottom yogurts to work as breakfast everyday as I get the flats of them at Costco and they are very transportable (110cal, 11g protein) and at home I have fage 2% (120cal, 17g protein) with a splash of vanilla and either some fruit or a little drizzle of honey.
For non-dairy protein lentils are awesome. I like the brown lentils best, the ones you get when you pick up a pack just labeled “lentils.” You can do an easy lentil soup with just chicken broth, sautéed onion, celery, and carrot. Then just toss in a cup of lentils and a bay leaf and let it simmer for an hour. Or dahl is a very easy one pot dish that’s easy to batch cook. I use this recipe https://www.noracooks.com/red-lentil-dahl/ but let it simmer longer with my brown lentils.
For a snack, carrots and hummus is great, just be careful on portion sizes because the fat content in hummus is also high.
hgwrgjo@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
Shrimp/prawn is quite low calorie Or if you are in Australia, kangaroo meat
hsl@wayfarershaven.eu · 1 pts · 3y
Eggs are my go to, but sliced turkey breast (sandwich meat) can also be a good lean source of protein.