Protein for a vegetarian

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Hi guys,

I have a very specific diet, I can't eat Eggs/Meat/Fish/Seafood.

Luckily I am Indian, so I eat a lot of pulses and the like in our food.

I am looking for ideas about totally veg building blocks for meals (e.g. Cottage cheese and soya etc) and ideas for snacks that I can eat at work?

I am having a problem as most people of are "veg" can eat eggs.
 
Hi mate, I'm vegetarian too. I can eat eggs, but sometimes they do weird stuff to me, so I generally try to avoid them :(

The kind of foods I use to get protein:

Milk, tends to be my main source, 600-700mls per day
Baked beans
lentils
cheese
whey powder
oatcakes (not much, usually only around 10g per packet, but can eat lots of them as they don't fill you up)
 
I try to eat:

Lentils/Legumes
Cottage Cheese
Soya/Tofu
Nuts/Seeds
Milk/Cheese
Hummus

What I want to try to start eating:
Quinoa
TVP?
Quark?

Anyone know whats a good way to eat quark? and what exactly is TVP and where can I buy it?
 
Quark, add a little water and some Options flavored powder. Mix it up, stick it in fridge for a bit then eat :)
 
Raw? I was thinking of a little olive oil and then grilling it like you would to Halloumi? or even fried
 
Hiya Sukh,

I was a vegetarian for years on end . Just like you no fish, no meat and no eggs. I believe you are known as a lacto ovo vegetarian.

when it came to getting some size on me - it was difficult. I would be worse off than my meat eating friends but I never gave up until I realised that it wasn't quite working out for me. So I changed my ways because of this.

The CLEANEST source of protein you will be able to get is whey and tofu and perhaps cottage cheese.

Quark? That's like a low fat cheese - but I would avoid it and stick to cottage cheese before bedtime.

Here was a sample of my diet from my non fish/meat/egg days:

Vegetarian Bulking Diet

ON WAKING – 1 scoop whey protein with water.

BREAKFAST – Porridge Oats with skimmed milk, raisons and flaked almonds.
2 slice wholegrain bread with olive oil spread.

MID –MORNING – 250g low fat cottage cheese. 2-3 oatcakes, handful of nuts and seeds. A peice of fruit.

LUNCH – 4 vegetarian sausages or quorn fillets. 200g baked beans. 4 slices of wholegrain bread plus olive oil based spread. Salad with low fat low sugar yogurt.

MID AFTERNOON- Meal replacement powder with a handful of nuts and seeds with a peice of fruit.

45 MINUTES PRE WORKOUT – 3 to 4 oatcakes with 40g low fat soft cheese.
TRAIN
IMMEDIATELY POST WORKOUT – 2 scoops whey protein with 50g dextrose in water.

ONE HOUR LATER – 150mg Quorn or tofu mince. 150g mixed beans and a tomato based sauce.

EVENING MEAL – Large serving pasta, large side salad with a low fat sugar yogurt.

MID EVENING – 3 oatcakes with 40g low fat soft cheese. Handful of mixed nuts and seeds.

PRE-BED – 1 scoop whey protein 200ml skimmed milk.


I'm not saying you should stick to this religiously but hope this gives you some ideas. It is difficult and you should seriously think about jumping on the egg/fish bandwagon for sure!
 
Cottage cheese is also foul, hence why you get flavored versions. No different to quark in that you need to flavour it :p
 
I have some Pea Isolate and also some Hemp isolate protein, from myprotein.co.uk.

Theres others, like brown rice, and stuff...but the hemp one is about as untasty as i can handle. i generally mix it with something which seems backward, like hot chocolate, or into porridge and flavour that with hot chcolate lol to make it more bearable!
 
Don't know what quark you've been eating!

Meadow Churn Quark (250g)
70p

Nutrition
Nutrient per 100g
Energy kCal 73kCal
Energy kJ 308kJ
Protein 13.6g
Carbohydrate 4.1g
of which sugars 4.1g
Fat 0.2g
of which saturates 0.1g
Fibre Nil
Sodium Trace
Salt N/A
 
lol cottage cheese n pineapple is always a winner for me!
just on it's own it is far too bland...

Don't know what quark you've been eating!

Meadow Churn Quark (250g)
70p

Nutrition
Nutrient per 100g
Energy kCal 73kCal
Energy kJ 308kJ
Protein 13.6g
Carbohydrate 4.1g
of which sugars 4.1g
Fat 0.2g
of which saturates 0.1g
Fibre Nil
Sodium Trace
Salt N/A

lol really?

*sticks to chocolate instead
 
Makes me feel sad hearing about vegetarians especially those that don't eat eggs! :(

All suggestions have been given to you already. You're an ideal candidate for protein shakes really.
 
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