Most vegetarians find it quite tough to get enough protein into their diet. It is hard enough to do when you sit down to a cooked meal at home, but when you have to come up with a packed lunch idea it for some reason becomes even tougher. Fortunately, with a little forethought, it's not all that hard.
Pizza tastes good cold and can be made with plenty of cheese and tofu or soya to add a protein kick. It's a food that you can alter, so that you don't get bored of it. For example, rather than a tomato based sauce use either green or red pesto. Or you could make yourself an alternative pesto using coriander instead of basil, but don't forget to utilise a cheese made with a vegetarian rennet. Add extra pine nuts to the pesto this helps to add more protein to the meal. To add even more variety you can alter the base, using a pizza base one day, ciabatta the next and pita on another day.
A soup can make a good packed lunch and if it is made using beans or lentils can be particularly rich in protein. It is wise to blend the soup so you can drink it out of your Thermos flask cup. Cold lentils or beans taste great when mixed into a salad. If you make them employing a Mexican or Indian recipe the spices you use will marinate the beans making them taste even better cold than they do when hot. Add an oil based salad dressing or a dollop of yoghurt to hike up your protein intake rather more. Hummus is another good way for vegetarians to eat their protein cold.
If you eat fish you can incorporate tuna, smoked fish or roll mops into your packed lunch. You can either add your chosen fish to a salad, have it in a sandwich or better still mix it thru some pasta with a drop of sauce to make a pleasant pasta salad. Sushi is another great fishy packed lunch for vegetarians.
All dairy products, eggs, nuts and seeds contain plenty of protein and are all easy to add to a pack lunch. A peanut butter sandwich is a great way to add protein to your lunch, or better still make your own nut butter using a combination of your favourite nuts and a bit of oil or butter.
Pizza tastes good cold and can be made with plenty of cheese and tofu or soya to add a protein kick. It's a food that you can alter, so that you don't get bored of it. For example, rather than a tomato based sauce use either green or red pesto. Or you could make yourself an alternative pesto using coriander instead of basil, but don't forget to utilise a cheese made with a vegetarian rennet. Add extra pine nuts to the pesto this helps to add more protein to the meal. To add even more variety you can alter the base, using a pizza base one day, ciabatta the next and pita on another day.
A soup can make a good packed lunch and if it is made using beans or lentils can be particularly rich in protein. It is wise to blend the soup so you can drink it out of your Thermos flask cup. Cold lentils or beans taste great when mixed into a salad. If you make them employing a Mexican or Indian recipe the spices you use will marinate the beans making them taste even better cold than they do when hot. Add an oil based salad dressing or a dollop of yoghurt to hike up your protein intake rather more. Hummus is another good way for vegetarians to eat their protein cold.
If you eat fish you can incorporate tuna, smoked fish or roll mops into your packed lunch. You can either add your chosen fish to a salad, have it in a sandwich or better still mix it thru some pasta with a drop of sauce to make a pleasant pasta salad. Sushi is another great fishy packed lunch for vegetarians.
All dairy products, eggs, nuts and seeds contain plenty of protein and are all easy to add to a pack lunch. A peanut butter sandwich is a great way to add protein to your lunch, or better still make your own nut butter using a combination of your favourite nuts and a bit of oil or butter.
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