One of the biggest issues with living on a vegetarian diet is not getting enough protein because people meet most of our protein needs via meat like beef, chicken, or pork which are basically pure protein. A lot of people might not think that not getting enough protein isn’t a big deal, less of a big deal than not getting the carbs that you need for energy, but protein plays a vital role in our everyday bodily functions. That being said, that doesn’t mean that you need a lot of protein in your daily diet.
Protein is nothing if not essential – DNA repair, tissue repair, and enzyme production are only a few of the things that proteins are in charge of. You need protein in your diet; but you don’t need a lot of it. The average American eats a lot more protein than he or she actually needs for the day. Being on a vegetarian diet doesn’t mean that you should be trying to inject protein sources into every single meal; the key to a healthy diet is still variety. Only one calorie for every ten calories we take in needs to come from a protein.
With that in mind, don’t try to have
tofu or beans for every single meal; that can get old very fast. When you do
want to add high protein food in your diet, here are a few recipes that even
non-vegetarians would be happy to try.
This is an excerpt from the book: The Ultimate Easy to Prepare Vegetarian Recipes Cookbook
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