Need protein ideas.......
 

My carbs are too high and my protein is too low. I need protein ideas. I like tuna, chicken etc., but what about non-meat protein foods?

Mary - I like hard-boiled eggs, cottage cheese, and hummus. :)

I am a vegetarian, I get my protein from soy "burgers"/substitutes, diary products, eggs, cereals, nuts/other seeds and legumes of course :)
TONS of yummy food *__________*

Eggs, beans, and right now I'm HOOKED on cottage cheese in a breakfast shake. I take 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese (or 1 full cup if I can afford the calories) and blend it with a tiny bit of chocolate syrup, a splash of milk and 4-6 ice cubes, depending on how thick you want it. YUMMY, filling and FULL of protein...

beans/legumes....especially lentils, Great cooked with brown rice. I've recently discovered Quinoa also.

Other than that, the same things mentioned: eggs (whites), sweet potatoes, soy burgers

Cottage cheese, nuts/beans, greek yogurt. I also add a few pieces of shrimp in my veggies to hike up my protein and make eating veggies exciting (I'm sure that's horrible but I remember the last time I tried to stop that and started to hate veggies). Of course meat substitutes will help! I also keep chicken in a can for those "i'm craving protein" moments.

Yogurt, milk, cheese, and almonds are some sources. Also, you might consider a protein shake. I found a delicious chocolate one with 23 grams of protein in it. It satisfies my sweet tooth, and it helps me get enough protein. I actually look forward to it every day because it tastes so yummy.

My percentages vary but my carbs are about 60-70% of my calories. I get about 70-80g protein/day. You should be getting at least 50g of protein day but if you are meeting that, then I wouldn't worry.

I'm vegan so my protein comes from beans, nuts, tempeh, tofu, veggies, fruits, etc. Leafy greens are about 50% protein but all whole foods have protein in them so I just try to achieve a balance.

My protein snacks:
string cheese, almonds, dry roasted peanuts, edamame, natural nut butters on something whole grain or on an apple or banana, low fat cheese, nonfat yogurt (greek yogurt is higher in protein), hard boiled eggs, hummus
My protein meal components:
whole eggs, egg beaters, beans, lentils, split peas, cottage cheese (in lasagna etc), soy veg sausages/patties/links, whey protein powder added to oatmeal or mixed into coffee, protein shakes

Cottage cheese, almonds, ricotta cheese are my fav non-meat protein sources. Almond butter is really yummy too, gotta watch the quantity of that though.

-Aimee

I like hard boiled egg whites as an easy source of low fat, low cal protein. My 5 year old likes egg whites too - even though he's underweight and I'd be very happy if he ate the yolks, he won't eat the egg white if he sees even a speck of yellow on it! lol!

I cook up 18 eggs at a time and go through them in about 4 days.

I second Daimere. Greek yogurt is a great source of protein. I also like beans, and peanut butter at breakfast.