How are you getting your protein in the hot weather?

[Crossfitgirl]

I'm nowhere near hitting my GLP1 protein targets currently, it's so hot, all I want to eat is cucumber!

What is everyone else eating to get their protein in during the warmer weather? Especially as it also just feels too hot to cook 🥵

clear protein. I dissolve the portion in a lot more water than the original recommendation, so it's less sweet and also keeps me hydrated.

Some good suggestions, thank you!
I think I'll do some chicken breasts in BBQ marinade and use that for salads through the week, do love salmon too and I've recently discovered you can cook it in the microwave in just a few minutes! So may do that or use the air fryer. My oven fans out hot air so definitely don't want to be having that on, during hottest weather of the year (or ever recorded on may bank holiday apparently!).
I must ask @VelociraptorsVelociRapping please would you mind sharing your cold noodle salad recipe? It's not something I think I've ever had, especially a tofu dressing - but sounds like something I'd love to try!

Of course. It’s not really a fixed recipe so much as a formula depending on what’s in the fridge.

So you start with a creamy protein base - silken tofu, cottage cheese, or Greek yoghurt.
Then handfuls of leaves and herbs, whatever you have in, e.g. spinach (mostly for colour and fibre rather than flavour), basil, coriander, parsley, chives etc.
Something oniony - spring onions, pickled onions, even a teaspoon of onion powder.
A bit of garlic and a squeeze of lemon.
Something spicy or piquant, e.g. pickled jalapeños, anchovies, capers, and optionally a bit of brine.
Optionally some parmesan or nutritional yeast (I find the latter utterly disgusting but lots of people love it)
Pepper, and maybe salt depending on how salty your ingredients were.
Then you whizz it all up in the blender until it’s smooth.

So yesterday’s version for me was silken tofu, handful of basil, handful of spinach, spring onions, pinch of onion powder, a few anchovies, quite a lot of pickled jalapeños and a splash of the brine, lemon juice, lots of black pepper, and whizz up in the Nutribullet. I eat a lot of konjac noodles as I’m now maintaining my loss after Mounjaro and they are really filling for very very few calories, so I had these plus half a cucumber thinly sliced on my mandolin. You could equally use cooked, cold soba noodles, or any other combination of salad ingredients- lettuce, salad vegetables, chickpeas etc.

Home made Tsatsiki - Greek yoghurt (not Greek-style) with cucumber, garlic, olive oil & lemon juice
cold baked salmon
cooked chicken
bean salad
cold roast pork

There was a good thread recently on Greek and Greek style yoghurt which might interest you, @Meadowfinch: www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5531977-my-favourite-greek-yoghurt-travels-by-refrigerated-lorry-all-the-way-from-greece?. The short version is that yoghurt can only be called 'Greek' if it's produced in Greece and then imported. There are many Greek-style yoghurts which are nutritionally identical with no added thickeners and emulsifiers but are made closer to home. Lancashire Farms is my personal favourite. Obviously comes down to your personal preference and it's wise to check the label but if your primary concern is nutritional then there are alternatives available with fewer food miles!

Please can i ask if you add anything flavoury to the Tuna/Yoghurt ? This sounds right up my flag pole!

Order the Myprotein clear whey. I love the cranberry and raspberry. Drink with ice. It’s so good.

chicken done in the slow cooker to avoid heating up the kitchen with the oven. I make a big batch of shredded chicken and have it in the fridge ready to add to salads etc

Just wanna add I use cottage cheese instead of mayo in a lot of things now too. its better for you and extra protein. I mix with eggs, or tuna also on a salad instead of mayo.. not always but its a nice change.