Protein Question
 

Anyone got any ideas they can share with me on high protein, low carb, low fat foods besides beans? i am doing good keeping my fat below 30% but I seem to be high on carbs and low on protein every day. Thanks.

How about chicken and turkey breast, egg whites, lowfat cottage cheese, fish and seafood, lean beef, and soy protein meat substitutes? :)

I've been doing the chicken and turkey. I can't eat seafood (even the smell makes my stomach turn). I will give the soy protein products a try. any recommendations? I tried one kind of veggie burger in the past but it smelled like wet dog when it was cooking and tasted worse. :D I don't eat alot of bread and stuff, but my oatmeal and veggies are pushing my carb count up. It's not that I'm on low carb but I'm getting 30% or less fat, 20 to 25% protein and the rest is carbs (approx.50 to 55%) every day and it seems unbalanced. Thanks for the suggestions.

:lol: That's a pretty good assessment of some of the veggie burgers I've tried in the past. I don't like the ones that try to duplicate a hamburger. But I do love some of the other varieties, like Morningstar tomato and basil burgers, or their bean burgers. And I really love their "chix" patties, they taste just like chicken. If you experiment with different brands and varieties, you'll probably find a few that you like, too :)

I've started using tofu in stir fries and using it to bake protein muffins. Here's a thread with links to sites containing tofu recipes.

Another lean meat protein source is pork tenderloin. Just don't smother it in sauces. Egg whites, cottage cheese, chicken, turkey, salmon, lean beef, and tun are my staples.

Mel

I also find that the Morningstar Farms breakfast patties (not the links) taste more like sausage than the harmburger ones do like hamburger (got that? :lol: ) Otherwise, meat is pretty much your option. Would making a smoothie with protein powder still have too many carbs?

Thanks so much for all the suggestions. Suzanne I go grocery shopping this weekend and i'll give the Morning Star Farms a try. I haven't tried them yet. Any thought as to which one I should use to break myself in?

I love morningstar farms...I am partial to the gardenburger though...I find no resemblance to wet dog! I have yet to try the others, but again, heard they are yummy! Good luck.

I used to LOVE the gardenburger fire roasted vegetable burgers, but no one carries them here anymore. Maybe they were discontinued. But they were good :)

Sister Jennifer talked me into trying the Morningstar corn dogs and I really expected to hate them. I don't even eat REAL hot dogs, lol. But darned if they weren't good! And they just have 150 calories each, are yummy smothered in mustard, and are almost addictive, lol.

I love their 'chicken' patties and nuggets. I like to cut them into pieces and put them in a salad with a honey dijon dressing, as a mock fried chicken salad :)

I tried their sausage links last week and they were horrible! So they aren't all keepers.

A lot of members here have discussed Morningstar Farms in the past. You might find these threads helpful..

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29695

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51286

Also you can do a search for 'morningstar' and find over 300 threads that mention them :)

low fat cottage cheese rocks my world

I've been a veggie for 14 years now, and swear I live off the following:
--Morningstar Farms Ranch "chicken" patties
--Boca's plain "chicken" patties - DH is a carnivore and he can't believe they aren't real!
--Morningstar breakfast patties
--Quorn naked cutlets (like a plain chicken breast - great with sauce on top)
--Quorn stirfry tenders (pre-cut into stirfry sized pieces)
--ff yogurts

The Quorn brand stuff is hard to find, usually you have to go to health food stores to get it.

--Sara

Me too. I thought I hated it, but so many people around here swear by it that I decided to grit my teeth and try a spoonful when I had it onhand for a recipe. To my considerable surprise, I didn't hate it. The texture didn't bother me. With the addition of 1 teaspoon of lovely jam, I found it divine. Recently, I've gone the other way and tried mixing it with my favorite jarred salsa and love it that way, too. Recently, I've started mixing it 1/2 and 1/2 with FF SF yogurt, as Mrs. Jim has suggested - and I've found it better than yogurt by itself. So, I definitely second that recommendation, even if you think that you hate cottage cheese, it's worth a try!

(Oh, and if not regular beans, how about lentils now and again? Lentils, mung beans, and split peas don't need pre-soaking & don't take all that long to cook. Lentils and split peas make great, pretty easy soups, too. Mmmm. )

I like all of the above suggestions but I didn't see whey protein powder to make shakes as an additional protein ...

I love cottage cheese too, but I eat the fat-free. Since I eat lots of meat (mostly chicken, but some beef) I cut fat everywhere else. I eat fat-free cottage cheese, fat-free milk, no cheese whatsoever (except the "veggie slices" soy cheese) and never any butter or margarine. With eggs, it's the whites only.

I like eating cottage cheese with my scrambled egg whites in the morning :)

I use soy protein powder for extra. I can't get a decent percentage without it. And I'm out right now!

Hemp protein powder is high fiber, high protein AND low fat. It's a nearly perfect food!

Soy (tofu, yogurt, powder, "meats" etc.) are high protein and low fat. I eat beans (I know you wanted some besides beans ;) ) and LOTS of lentils.

Don't overlook the protein found in foods you eat everyday...calorie for calorie, broccoli has more protein than animal flesh for instance!

I've heard that before about the animal flesh and broccoli ... I don't understand it. According to fitday.com 221 cals of chicken breast has twice as much protein as 222 cals of broccoli and the equivalent in roasted beef is about 20% more and pork tenderloin is about a third again more and salmon is too. I wonder where that broccoli thing comes from.

It's the percentage of calories as protein...Some charts vary, but the chart I have says for instance, broccoli is 45% and for beef it's 31%. This is what was told to me by doctors/nutritionists as well.