Thanks for the advice everyone! I cooked some eggs (2 whole, 2 whites) for dinner last night (to split with my bf, I didn't eat 4 eggs myself!
) with some steamed broccoli, bell peppers, and tomatoes mixed in (and a little pepper). Eaten on a piece of whole wheat toast - yum!
I have a peanut butter and sf jelly sandwich for lunch today, so hopefully that will give me some good protein and fats. I don't know that my breakfast cereal has much protein (I eat multigrain cheerios), but I always figured the milk would have some protein in it.
Cottage cheese is SO WEIRD.
My bf loves it (we don't buy it b/c he will eat the entire container in one sitting). I can't get over the appearance of the stuff though. I think my problem with it is that it looks like pudding or yogurt or something, so I expect it to taste sweet. Then I put the spoon in my mouth and it is totally not sweet, and so I am kind of grossed out by it! I haven't made an honest effort of trying to eat cottage cheese though, so maybe I will try again. The only think I ever use it for is recipes (noodle kugel, yum yum yum).
I'm getting the feeling that my problem is not that I don't eat enough protein, but that I eat too many carbs, so percentage-wise the protein only comes out to 20%. I really can't imagine giving up pasta, rice, and bread though, they are the staples of my diet. And cereal. I have started buying whole wheat pasta with added protein though, and we always buy wheat bread, but I haven't managed to make the transition to brown rice. I can eat a bowl of jasmine rice with a little soy sauce for dinner and be satisfied! I've been thinking about trying some brown rice and wild rice (there is a Whole Foods down the street from my apartment), but I am worried that it takes too long to cook, and that it's expensive (we buy our jasmine rice in 20-lb bags).
Anyway, now I'm rambling, but thanks for the advice! Maybe I will attempt cottage cheese after all!
