Rapid fire of things I love for high protein, cheap and easy:
- Lentil sloppy joes. Essentially just put water seasoning and lentils into a pot.
- Spicy Chili Mac (white people supreme): tofu, kidney beans, tomato and pasta. Pretty low effort, sounds weird but I love it.
- Chickpea paprikash- simple and honestly fire: Chickpeas in a warm spicy tomato sauce with pasta (I sub the sour cream for greek yogurt)
-Fried rice with eggs and edamame
- Black bean quesadillas
-Black bean bowl (rice, black beans, salsa, corn, mango if you feel fancy)
-Blended tofu/beans into soups/pastas (sounds weird but it helps add protein/thicken it up)
- Canned tuna
Mar 5, 2025
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- carbonara (pasta, eggs, parmesan, black pepper, pancetta / bacon)
- japanese curry (rice, potatoes, veggies, golden curry roux blocks, protein)
- tteokbokki (rice cakes, protein, optionally add shredded cheese! can buy frozen at an asian market)
- burritos, quesadillas, other variants of flatbread / protein / cheese / add-ons based on bandwidth
- potato leek soup (potatoes, leeks, heavy cream, chicken stock) - honestly, any soup
Mar 20, 2024
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The humble tuna and chickpea are amazing sources of protein and are easy and cheap to put into your everyday life. Boil some chickpeas and save overnight, put em on beans and rice and voila!
Mar 26, 2025
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Stack up on: chickpeas, lentils and beans.
With chickpeas you can do hummus, you can roast them and eat as a snack or serve as a side dish with anything.
Lentils are great for a quick creamy soup (you only need a carrot and an onion extra) and it’s super mega tasty. Or you make a lentils hummus and use as a spread. also lentil bread is very good!
These are cheap, high on protein and filling but also very delicious in my opinion.
Mar 4, 2025
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Before I eat I’ve started to pray before meals. I pray for everyone involved in the cultivation and creation of my food. From the farmers, to the grocery clerk, to my roommate who sits with me while I cook.
Helps me remind myself that even something as small as my meal is a part of a bigger community. Maybe it does nothing, maybe attunes myself to others around me (especially to migrant farm workers + their struggles), maybe it’s just sending good vibes.
Feb 11, 2025
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You do not need more advice.
Or practice.
Or thinking about it.
Stop talking about it. Actually do it.
Do it in baby steps or in giant leaps…but just go do it.
I wish I traveled/worked out/spoke more languages/read more/made more art/knew how to do XYZ type conversations do not get you closer to doing it.
Book that class, pick up that paintbrush, save that money for your flight, download those language apps and use them, buy that book.
shut up and do it!
With love
Feb 8, 2025
This has traveled from my book on gay clubs to my Kierkegaard anthology. The more strange the combo the better.
Mar 7, 2025