Legumes are great but they have carbs, whereas meat doesn’t, so you’re not gonna get the equivalent of “chicken and rice” for lean gains. Tofu and TVP (in the PNW there’s something called soycurl which is just TVP) are close. Seitan (wheat gluten) is very high in protein but it is an incomplete protein so you’ll need to supplement a legume into it. Blending tofu into seitan works great. Vegan specialty stores sell jerky that is similar in protein density to meat, they’re just not very good. “Pleather” is the best brand of it I’ve tried.
Sauce Stache on YouTube was a channel of a chubby vegan doing his best copycat recipes, then he went in a “get healthy” transformation arc. He has tons of high protein vegan meal videos.
Eating a plant based diet involves an understanding that you’re not just removing meat from your diet or substituting X for meat in a 1:1 ratio. It involves understanding how fats, proteins, carbs, and fiber are found in plants and how that creates energy for your body.
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Legumes are great but they have carbs, whereas meat doesn’t, so you’re not gonna get the equivalent of “chicken and rice” for lean gains. Tofu and TVP (in the PNW there’s something called soycurl which is just TVP) are close. Seitan (wheat gluten) is very high in protein but it is an incomplete protein so you’ll need to supplement a legume into it. Blending tofu into seitan works great. Vegan specialty stores sell jerky that is similar in protein density to meat, they’re just not very good. “Pleather” is the best brand of it I’ve tried.
Sauce Stache on YouTube was a channel of a chubby vegan doing his best copycat recipes, then he went in a “get healthy” transformation arc. He has tons of high protein vegan meal videos.
Eating a plant based diet involves an understanding that you’re not just removing meat from your diet or substituting X for meat in a 1:1 ratio. It involves understanding how fats, proteins, carbs, and fiber are found in plants and how that creates energy for your body.