High protein food ideas?

[bex77]

To promote healing while I'm in radiation treatment, they want me to eat a lot of protein, like 80g or more a day. So I am looking around for foods that are high in protein but not too high in fat. Have any favorites foods, snacks or meals that pack 20g or more of protein?

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[smacaski.livejournal.com]

Greek yogurt tends to be pretty high in protein for a snackish food (~14g protein), and pretty low in fat (especially saturated fat). I'm trying to remember what the protein/fat ratio of protein bars are--it probably depends muchly on particular brands. Luna bars and Odwalla are generally pretty tasty, and a couple of those for breakfast or snacks during the day would easily be over 20g.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Fish!

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

It depends on the fish. Salmon, turbot, and fatty tuna are all very high in fat. These are the "good" fats, but if your doctor is advising you to keep overall fat low, you should probably be careful about which fish you eat. Halibut, ahi tuni, and mahi mahi all tend to be good.

[ron_newman]

Peanuts?

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Nuts (including peanuts) have a LOT of fat. It tends to be good fat, but still, peanuts have more than twice as much fat as proteine.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Seitan (wheat gluten) is high in protein and low in fat. Primal Strips veggie jerky strips have 10-11g of protein per 1 oz serving, and they're tasty and available at the Harvest Coop (also orderable in boxes from Amazon). So that's one thing you could add to your daily diet.

You could also make smoothies with Greek yogurt and fruit and add protein powder to it -- whey, soy, and/or hemp powders will all give a great boost.

[heliopsis.livejournal.com]

I second the Primal Strips. They come in both soy and sriram versions so you can complement your proteins, and they're spicy and delicious.

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

Quinoa!

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

I try to get at least 80 grams a day, 100 on days when I'm doing weight training. I find that this is easiest to do with protein shakes. I like Optimum Gold Whey Standard, which is reasonably tasty & blends well (it doesn't really need a blender, I usually just mix it up in a shaker). Two scoops give you 45 grams of protein and only 3.5 grams of fat. If you have a blender you can add fruit or other yummies to it. And you can order it relatively cheap at Trueprotein.com or bodybuilding.com.

[galestorm.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I would suggest eating lots of chicken satay, except for the satay sauce, which is as high in fat as peanut buttery goodness.

[aphrabehn.livejournal.com]

Non-fat Greek yogurt is great. Try making smoothies with it, fresh blueberries (antioxidants ftw!), protein powder and even beans.

Beans in general for a good low fat protein punch. Filet mignon has fat, obviously, but it's one of the lowest fat cuts of beef.

[heliopsis.livejournal.com]

Clif "Builder's" bars are delicious, high in protein and come in a variety of sweet flavors. Vanilla Almond is my favorite. Each bar is 20g of (mostly soy) protein.

[heliopsis.livejournal.com]

For a treat, Trader Joe's meringue cookies are nothing but sugar and egg white. So while they have more sugar than is ideal, they have lots of protein and no fat.