High protein vegan recipes

You may not believe your eyes when we tell you that this hamburger does not have any kind of animal ingredient, it is made with peas and sweet potato.

One of the main challenges of a vegan diet is to obtain the proteins that we need for a proper functioning of the organism. If we use a little bit of imagination and foods with vegetable proteins which may be incomplete, but varied, we will be able to follow a balanced and healthy diet.

Why do we have to pay attention to proteins in vegan diets?

Foods of vegetable and animal origin provide different groups of nutrients to our organism, proteins are one of them. They are made up of essential amino acids – which cannot be synthesized by our body- , and non-essential -which can be produced by our own organism-.

The proteins with the highest biological value, that it, those that contain all the essential amino acids, come mainly from lean meat, fish, eggs, and dairy products. On the other hand, the nutritional profile of fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and cereals is mainly made up of carbohydrates and fats and less proteins.

This is the reason why it is crucial to combine different foods properly in vegan and vegetarians diets in order to obtain the necessary amino acids to benefit from a complete protein.

Simple, healthy, and high protein vegan recipes

Ingredients

• 2-4 cups of romaine or green lettuce
• 1 portion of cooked and cooled red quinoa (1/4 dry cup)
• ½ cup of black kidney beans
• ½ cup of corn
• ½ cup of sliced jicama (or mexican turnip)
• ½ cup of chopped red pepper
• 1 chopped tiny tomato
• 2 spoonfuls of red onion, cut in dices
• #Barbecue tempeh
• Avocado slices
• Pumpkin seeds
• #Seasoning:
• 1/4 of a 300g container of smooth and strained tofu
• 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic
• ½ teaspoon of mustard
• ½ teaspoon of cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup of finely sliced fresh coriander
• Thick salt and ground pepper

Nutritional Information per serving
Calories:	667.9kcal
Fat:	26.3g
of which saturates:	3.4g
Carbohydrates:	72.8g
of which sugars:	8g
Fiber:	10g
Proteins:	35g
Salt:	4.2g

How to make: Southeast salad

Preparation time:	12 minutes
Cooking time:	1 minute
Portion size:	1 Dish
Number of servings:	1
Cooking style:	Mediterranean

1. Put all the salad ingredients in a recipient.
2. Mix all the ingredients of the seasoning with a blender.
3. Pour it on the salad.

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