aquaprofunda | High Protein Vegetarian Tips & Recipes

CONTENT WARNING: This post (and its links) discusses nutrition, nutritional macros, and sometimes calories.

Since I started strength training I've been exploring ways to add more protein to my vegetarian diet. A lot of commercial "high protein meals" and "high protein meal plans" I've seen are pitiful - less than 20g of protein per meal. And when I'm trying to hit 150g+ each day, that just doesn't cut it.

So I've been pretty creative in the kitchen, and have been encouraged to share recipes for the greater good. This post will link to all recipes I post, and share other tips for food products and ingredients that I've found are high protein and relatively low calorie.

I'll keep updating this post as I go.

(Last updated 22/01/2020)

Recipes

Vegan Bolognese (40.7g protein per serve)

Recommended products

The Alternative Meat Co mince
- 25g protein per serve - heaps better than other veg mince products out there
- Only available at (some) Coles
- Directions say not to stew/cook in a sauce, but I always do and it's fine

Red Lentil Pasta
- 13.8g protein per serve
- In the gluten free section of the pasta aisle
- Highest protein of all the "pulse pasta"s
- Flavour and texture is great, can use instead of wheat pasta

Recommended ingredients

Nutritional Yeast / Savoury Yeast Flakes
- 6g protein and 40cal per 10g serve
- Great way of adding some cheesy umami flavouring to a dish - just add salt too
- Use instead of parmesan