Healthily eating more protein without eating tons of meat

I have found adding Chia seeds to breakfast is good - great in yoghurt or musli.

tofu? I really like the smoked one Caldron do otherwise we marinate plain tofu before stir frying.

The easiest way to increase your daily protein intake is to just increase your portion sizes of the protein you do consume.

Turkey bacon/rashers are a good way to add extra protein to an egg dish. I usually have some with banana pancakes.

I dislike most protein bars but like the Fulfil ones; the salted caramel one is nice and is more like a chocolate bar.

I can get it in farm shops, Morrisons and Tesco also stock it. I am in the north of England so I don’t know if it’s a regional product

I need 120g of protein/day and try to keep calories low. For breakfast I have an omelette with 2 eggs and 2 slices of ham or 20g of eatlean cheese. For lunch I have either a prawn, chicken, or fat free cottage cheese salad. When I fancy something warm I have chicken with weight watchers baked beans or quinoa. Greek yogurt 0% fat with fruit for snack. Lunch is protein: 160g salmon with steamed veg, 2 haddock fillets with sundried tomatoes and asparagus, grilled chicken with low fat white sauce and veg, chicken curry in the slow cooker, prawn green thai curry with cauliflower rice, tacos (beef mince, fajita seasoning, greek yogurt, lettuce, tomato protein wrap). Depending on the day I may add in a protein shake

I use protein powder, just mix with water, shake and drink. I agree the pre mixed can have all sorts in, and sometimes not that much protein. And protein yoghurts. Then I make sure meals have protein in too. If you're wanting to watch calories then a rule of thumb I saw is the protein/calorie ratio should be 1:10 (or better). So 10 grams protein, 100 calories. My protein powder is 24g for 120 calories. Some things that are seen as high protein (nuts for example) aren't really unless you eat loads. Not a problem of course if you're not watching calories too. I didn't think I'd have protein powder when I first started strength training then realised my body really needed a quick way of getting some protein in!

Yeah just water, or milk

What do you do with all the egg yolks? Do you think it would work with whole eggs instead of egg whites?

My protein clear whey (I have rainbow candy) it's more like juice than milky
Aldi protein puddings, chocolate is my choice
Longley farm cottage cheese
Greek yoghurt
Eggs

Where do you buy this from? Thanks

I use Elle McPherson’s Welleco brand of protein powder. It tastes delicious and not fake and powdery like other brands. Put a scoop of that into a smoothie for breakfast and that keeps me going til lunch.

Lidl do protein yogurts in a range of flavours - they have 25g of protein in them.

I've been trying this and failing quite miserably! It doesn't help that I'm quite dairy intolerant so the high protein yogurts and too much cottage cheese isn't an option for me. My goal is 127g of protein a day and I never hit it unless I eat chicken and tuna in the same day!
Morrisons do a high protein pasta which isn't as expensive as some of the pea/ lentil ones (although it's gone up in price the last couple of weeks!) groceries.morrisons.com/products/morrisons-high-protein-fusilli-pasta-477801011
Pulsin pea or soya protein is ok in the flavourless version to add to porridge or even soups for a bit of a boost.

Added protein yoghurts, I also add a scoop of protein powder to my smoothies. Eggs are pretty good too.

It’s much derided as a slimming world staple, but quark is an excellent source of protein.

I have a portion most evenings with a spoonful of peanut butter stirred in (and sometimes Nutella too!) as a protein packed pudding.

I'm currently working on building up my muscles on a vegan diet (I'm lucky enough to have a PT to assist me with Macros etc).

I'm getting a lot of protein in my breakfast, I add in one scoop of vegan protein powder into my peanut butter and banana overnight oats along with 3tbsp of flaxseeds. Sometimes I mix it up by doing chocolate peanut butter overnights oats instead.

I'm also eat vegan meat alternatives, like that from meatlessfarm. I prefer the wheat protein based stuff.

Lentils and beans are a go too as well (18g a cup)

Nutritional yeast gets put into a lot of my savoury dishes too.

Currently I aim for 1.4g of protein per kg of body weight a day

I'm not veggie, but eat very little meat and no fish.

My advice would be to research how much protein you need at your age/stage of life, and exercise requirements. You might be suprised quite how high the protein requirements are for perimenopausal and menopausal women. There have been recent studies published on the protective effects of protein in relation to Osteoporosis. Thenwhen you have a figure in mind input what you are consuming into myfitnesspal as this gives good breakdown of macros. Then you can see what you need to increase by. It may be a lot!!

After doing this I realised the only realistic way of reaching my requirements was to supplement with protein powder. I use a combination of Whey isolate and Collagen powder, I also try to eat 2 or 3 eggs a day, plus greek yogart, cheese, seeds, grains etc.

You could add protein powder to your Greek yogurt at breakfast. It’s already high in protein but it’s a quick boost.

I get Wholefoods hemp protein powder, add to smoothies or anything really.

Lots of lentils, quinoa, cous cous, nuts.

Aldi do a really good high protein natural yogurt. I have that with fruit or on smoothies.

Good advice. I wouldn’t personally but prepacked ones, I’d recommend making your own but it’s worth checking the ingredients for hidden sugar and how much protein there is in each scoop.
I use a Bulk Powders one, for every 30g there 24g of protein and no sugar

Eggs, cheese and nuts. Be careful with protein shakes. Most are loaded with sugar or fake sugar, which is even worse than regular sugar imo.

Quinoa is a good complete source of protein