Full Transcript for REPLAY: Stocking Your High Protein Vegan Pantry

don't know if they have flakes. Flakes. Uh, no, they have like shreds. 00:03:54.745 --> 00:03:57.736 Shreds. Yeah. And they have fillets. Yeah. 00:03:58.456 --> 00:04:03.942 So lots of stuff you can do there. I use the shredded to make some kind of like a cheesy bacon ranch dip. Yeah. 00:04:05.033 --> 00:04:07.651 You can also use it for like soups and stews. 00:04:07.651 --> 00:04:10.842 I really like the texture of those too. Like everything that goes in is really nice. 00:04:10.842 --> 00:04:17.369 Yeah, it's like nice and dense. Basically, you have to like soak them first and then you squeeze all of the extra water out. 00:04:17.718 --> 00:04:24.247 And then I'll usually like throw them in the air fryer for a couple minutes to get the outside kind of crispy. And then throw them in a pan with sauce. 00:04:24.932 --> 00:04:25.281 Yeah. 00:04:25.281 --> 00:04:29.305 And it's really good. like we've made like an orange chicken type of thing out of it. 00:04:29.995 --> 00:04:33.641 Yeah, that one's probably the closest to like an actual meat replacement. 00:04:34.098 --> 00:04:39.872 Yeah, I would say it's like The closest thing I've seen to seitan that's only made out of soy. 00:04:39.872 --> 00:04:43.213 It's like the soy version of seitan. Same with like the macros and stuff. Yeah. 00:04:43.810 --> 00:04:45.473 It's got like a more fibrous texture. 00:04:45.853 --> 00:04:48.129 Mm-hmm. Yeah, like a more meaty texture for sure. 00:04:48.315 --> 00:04:58.963 Yeah. Next up is soy curls. So all these so far are versions of soy, but that's because soy is like the best protein we have available to us and has a lot of different forms and is very versatile. Yeah. So soy curls. 00:04:58.963 --> 00:05:02.612 And it's like a complete protein for people that care about that kind of thing. Yeah. 00:05:03.033 --> 00:05:07.752 Soy curls are kind of cool. They're basically like TVP, but big. 00:05:08.392 --> 00:05:11.043 And you can use them. I don't know. I like using them in sandwiches. 00:05:11.043 --> 00:05:16.382 Similar cooking method where it's like rehydrate them and press all the extra water out. Right. 00:05:16.869 --> 00:05:23.663 And all these are shelf stable proteins. So yeah. The next one up is vital wheat gluten, which is typically what seitan is made out of. 00:05:23.663 --> 00:05:27.185 Yeah. I have been obsessed with vital wheat gluten lately. I don't know. 00:05:27.526 --> 00:05:29.935 I have been using it in pretty much everything. 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:38.521 it is definitely mostly used in seitan like a meat replacement and actually that's pretty easy way to use it yeah 00:05:38.644 --> 00:05:42.336 Not really an option if you're gluten-free obviously since it's just pure gluten but. 00:05:42.771 --> 00:06:00.773 Yeah but it is like i think it's uh what like almost 90 protein on a calorie basis so yeah very high in protein which means you can use it in things like baked goods and desserts So like I use it in a no-knead bread that I cook

in my Dutch oven. And I use like a... 00:06:01.132 --> 00:06:03.552 I don't know if that's what you should call it because I need that bread. 00:06:09.552 --> 00:06:12.812 I use like a three to one ratio of flour to vital wheat gluten. 00:06:12.812 --> 00:06:19.028 So you don't even need to use that much vital wheat gluten to like end up with 30% protein on a calorie basis. Yeah. 00:06:19.387 --> 00:06:24.452 And then, like, if you're only using, like, a 3 to 1 do a 2 to 1 ratio, it keeps it from getting super chewy. 00:06:25.012 --> 00:06:28.165 So I like it in bread, in pretzels. 00:06:28.833 --> 00:06:33.603 I recently made high-protein bagels with it. And then for desserts, it's really good in... 00:06:34.230 --> 00:06:42.009 Well, we like these things called chocolate seitan, and they're like shriveled balls, and they look gross, but they taste awesome. 00:06:42.149 --> 00:06:42.526 Yeah. 00:06:42.653 --> 00:06:45.416 And they're like chewy, super chewy brownie bites. 00:06:45.416 --> 00:06:46.091 Yeah, basically. 00:06:46.358 --> 00:06:56.468 Yeah. And then I also have like pumpkin spice seitan, banana bread seitan, and then chocolate seitan sandwich cookies. Yeah. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:01.391 Yeah, that pumpkin spice seitan, you just had a video on it last week on YouTube, so check that out. 00:07:02.173 --> 00:07:09.326 Um, also red lentil pasta. So this is one of the high protein form, higher protein forms of pasta out there. 00:07:09.517 --> 00:07:13.035 Wouldn't necessarily maybe call it high protein, but it's much higher in protein than normal pasta. 00:07:13.185 --> 00:07:15.540 Yeah. I think it's like 25 to 30% protein. 00:07:16.889 --> 00:07:19.170 Yeah. Um, it doesn't taste much different to me. Like it's a little different. 00:07:19.170 --> 00:07:24.519 It's a little chewier. Yeah. Um, but I, I definitely like it better than like chickpea pasta. Oh yeah. 00:07:25.353 --> 00:07:29.387 Um, black bean pasta is a good one too. And there's also edamame pasta. Yeah. 00:07:29.567 --> 00:07:34.077 So there's a lot of good gluten-free pasta options that are pretty high in protein. 00:07:34.420 --> 00:07:36.810 And so, yeah, you can have your protein pasta. 00:07:36.810 --> 00:07:40.052 Another one that you use a lot of, edamame puffs. 00:07:40.290 --> 00:07:46.447 Yes. So basically those are around, I think, 80-ish percent protein on a calorie basis. 00:07:47.050 --> 00:07:58.410 And they're basically just super concentrated high protein soy flour and I think a little bit of rice starch. Yeah. But they're like little tiny puffy balls. 00:07:58.410 --> 00:08:01.278 and I basically use them the same way you would puffed rice. 00:08:01.418 --> 00:08:09.720 And I think you're helping with the popularity of these for better or for worse because every time you post a recipe that uses edamame puffs, they go out of stock on Amazon the next couple of days. 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:16.720 I know. I will buy a bag before I post about them. I don't know if it's like playing the stock market when I know it's going to turn. 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:19.449 I don't know if it's nefarious, but I do it. 00:08:19.449 --> 00:08:21.589 I think only if you try to resell the edamame puffs. 00:08:21.589 --> 00:08:22.120 Oh, yeah. Okay. 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:27.839 Like the Just Egg Protein, the guy who apparently bought them all up and is selling them for double the price on Amazon or something. 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:32.940 Yeah, I'm not that bad. I just buy, like, a little bag for me in case it's out of stock for two weeks. Yeah. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:39.440 I really like making Rice Krispie Treats out of them. They work so well. 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.431 Yeah. And they're also good in, like, chocolate crunch bars. 00:08:42.541 --> 00:08:44.590 Yeah. Yeah, the chocolate crunch bars are really good. 00:08:44.590 --> 00:08:52.789 And you can make protein bars out of them. I would say it is probably my favorite ingredient for, like, really fucking easy protein snacks. 00:08:52.789 --> 00:08:57.575 Yeah, for sure. Like, the Rice Krispie Treats, you could eat so many of those. They're so good. 00:08:57.697 --> 00:08:59.970 Yeah, and they take five minutes to make. 00:08:59.970 --> 00:09:01.250 Yeah, super, super, super. 00:09:01.250 --> 00:09:01.783 Addictive. 00:09:02.921 --> 00:09:05.947 Next up, nutritional yeast. This is not quite in the same vein. 00:09:05.947 --> 00:09:10.028 It's not like a main source of protein, but it's something that has protein and we use a lot of. 00:09:10.028 --> 00:09:14.028 Yeah, it's incredibly protein dense. So I use it in a lot of stuff. 00:09:14.028 --> 00:09:17.422 If you haven't used it before, it's basically dead yeast. 00:09:18.687 --> 00:09:23.177 And as far as like the form goes, think like a shaker cheese kind of deal. 00:09:23.177 --> 00:09:26.528 Like it's just in a little can. You shake some typically on top of something. 00:09:26.528 --> 00:09:27.587 It looks like fish food. 00:09:27.587 --> 00:09:29.282 Yeah, it looks like fish food. 00:09:29.583 --> 00:09:39.477 Uh, but it adds like a savory cheesy flavor to things. So I like to use it in like high protein cheese sauces or pasta sauces. 00:09:39.477 --> 00:09:41.798 I see people use it in all kinds of stuff I wouldn't expect. 00:09:41.798 --> 00:09:48.907 Yeah. I use it in like chili. Honestly, like you can shake that shit in anything and it doesn't change the flavor in any. 00:09:49.225 --> 00:09:52.663 I don't think it changes the flavor in a negative way if it's like a savory food. 00:09:52.878 --> 00:09:54.798 Yeah. You don't want to put it on ice cream or something. 00:09:55.245 --> 00:09:58.947 I don't know. Maybe I do. I feel like I'm going to try that now. 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:04.707 You can make little vegan Cheez-Its with it. 00:10:04.870 --> 00:10:08.018 Oh, that'd be kind of cool. Oh, yeah, you did make those. Those are really good. 00:10:08.018 --> 00:10:10.164 Yeah. Surprisingly close

to a Cheez-It. 00:10:11.197 --> 00:10:15.238 Next, we have silken tofu, which is a form of tofu that is shelf-stable. 00:10:15.238 --> 00:10:16.998 So this goes in the pantry, not the fridge. 00:10:16.998 --> 00:10:21.087 Yeah. And they also make a refrigerated variety, but I really like the Mori-Nu brand. 00:10:21.087 --> 00:10:26.587 Yeah. They have several varieties of silken tofu that are different firmnesses. 00:10:26.587 --> 00:10:33.918 Yeah. So I typically will buy the extra firm silken tofu, somewhere in the 60 to 70 percent protein per calorie range. So really good macros. 00:10:34.413 --> 00:10:39.138 Um, one of the obvious ways to use it would be in smoothies, which we do all the time. 00:10:39.138 --> 00:10:44.788 Yeah, this one's more like kind of squishy and liquidy than a normal protein or tofu that you think of eating on. 00:10:44.788 --> 00:10:47.618 It's really creamy and it doesn't have like the curds. Yeah. 00:10:48.097 --> 00:10:54.918 So I know some people will use it in stir fry and stuff. I don't really usually cook it in like chunks. Yeah. 00:10:55.378 --> 00:11:04.847 I blend it. I blend it into everything. Yeah. I will make like high-protein dressings, high-protein cheese sauces, high-protein condiments. 00:11:04.847 --> 00:11:08.577 Like you can make your own mayo or sour cream with it, which is really nice. 00:11:09.077 --> 00:11:13.298 High-protein pasta sauces, obviously, is a good one. It's great for desserts as well. 00:11:13.705 --> 00:11:18.702 You can make high-protein mousses and puddings. And, oh, it makes a great cheesecake. 00:11:18.883 --> 00:11:20.607 Oh, man, those cheesecakes are so good. 00:11:20.607 --> 00:11:20.817 Yeah. 00:11:21.337 --> 00:11:22.607 We haven't had one of those in a while. 00:11:22.607 --> 00:11:24.207 We're going to have to bust it out. 00:11:24.207 --> 00:11:29.302 Next up, a protein powder. Pretty standard one for somebody who's trying to hit a protein target to have in the pantry. 00:11:29.668 --> 00:11:34.197 A lot of different brands, varieties, types. There are soy protein powders. 00:11:34.197 --> 00:11:38.004 There are also single source protein powders like pea protein or rice protein. 00:11:39.197 --> 00:11:47.238 I don't tend to use those just because if I'm going to have like a big chunk of my protein come from something like that, I'd prefer it to be a complete protein blend. 00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:50.398 So one that has like a couple of different types of protein in it. Yeah. 00:11:51.267 --> 00:11:54.798 Now, that's not to say you can't use pea protein. That's just not my preference. 00:11:54.798 --> 00:11:58.798 Yeah. And I think you can bake with those single source ones pretty well. 00:11:58.798 --> 00:12:02.008 Oh, for sure. One of the flavors I like is the Ghost Vegan Cinnabon. 00:12:02.008 --> 00:12:08.368 I like to mention it every chance I get because I don't know if people actually know that Ghost has a vegan line of protein. I'd like to, you know, bring a little more awareness to that. 00:12:08.368 --> 00:12:17.977 I'm an Orgain girl. I like Orgain vanilla. I also like EarthChimp is a good one. But I only like EarthChimp in smoothies because it does have a bit of a texture. Yeah. And I have a weird thing with textures. So. Yeah. 00:12:18.870 --> 00:12:25.231 Oh, I do like Just, the brand Just that makes Just Egg recently came up with protein powder. 00:12:25.841 --> 00:12:30.567 Uh, right now it is crazy high price. So I don't know what's going on with that. 00:12:30.567 --> 00:12:39.168 Yeah. Make sure you're getting it for the price it sells for at Whole Foods if you're buying it on Amazon. Cause currently there's somebody like marking it up cause the official store is sold out. Yeah. 00:12:39.187 --> 00:12:42.028 Uh, so just, you know, try not to get gouged on it. 00:12:42.739 --> 00:12:53.089 But I did, um, basically you can buy this protein powder, the unflavored one, because it's like 92% protein on a calorie basis and you can make your own just egg at home. 00:12:53.495 --> 00:12:56.548 Yeah. In a shaker bottle. So we've been doing that a lot because it's kind of fun. 00:12:58.388 --> 00:13:00.327 Also another powder is a peanut powder. 00:13:01.107 --> 00:13:03.398 Yeah, like PB2 or PB Fit. 00:13:03.398 --> 00:13:08.658 Yeah, we use those a lot. It's kind of like a dry, high-protein form of peanut butter, but it's in powder. 00:13:08.908 --> 00:13:10.533 I like throwing it in oatmeal. 00:13:10.735 --> 00:13:11.049 Yeah. 00:13:11.788 --> 00:13:16.826 It's good for protein baking. I have a couple peanut butter cookie recipes that use it pretty heavily. 00:13:17.302 --> 00:13:20.268 It's also good to just mix up with water and dip your apple in. 00:13:20.384 --> 00:13:20.634 Yeah. 00:13:20.941 --> 00:13:23.528 I think those are like, what, 40% protein-ish? 00:13:23.868 --> 00:13:24.847 Yeah, something like that. 00:13:24.847 --> 00:13:25.687 Don't quote me on that. 00:13:27.128 --> 00:13:29.357 Yeah, they're not like protein powders or anything, but they're pretty high. 00:13:29.368 --> 00:13:42.876 Yeah, they're pretty high. It takes out, it's basically, I think most of them, it's like defatted peanut powder, but I think some of them actually have a little bit of pea protein in them as well. Yeah. Is that right? Or is that just the spread? 00:13:43.278 --> 00:13:44.125 No, I think that is right. 00:13:44.282 --> 00:13:44.368 Okay. 00:13:45.489 --> 00:13:46.530 Yeah, I don't know. It's good. 00:13:47.831 --> 00:14:00.030 All right. Next up, kind of a normal food staple to have in the pantry, beans and lentils as a vegan. This is one of like the higher protein kind of natural dry vegetable type ingredients. 00:14:00.030 --> 00:14:03.211 Yeah. And it's really high in fiber, which is also good. 00:14:04.051 --> 00:14:15.660 I wouldn't say like if you're trying to hit a high protein goal, you should not only be relying on beans and lentil because you're going to have a lot of trouble hitting that

protein target with also hitting your calorie target, probably. 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:19.250 Yeah. Unless you have like a huge amount of calories you can have. 00:14:19.250 --> 00:14:26.010 Yeah, I mean, you definitely want to incorporate much higher protein per calorie sources in your diet. 00:14:26.010 --> 00:14:33.610 But, you know, you have to eat your vegetables anyway. Beans and lentils are both great for all the nutrients and antioxidants and fiber and all that stuff. 00:14:33.610 --> 00:14:38.660 So, I would definitely include it in your diet. Yeah. But you're not going to hit a high protein target, which is beans. 00:14:38.660 --> 00:14:45.320 Yeah, and I mean, you can get the canned ones, or you can get dry, which is even cheaper. It's like probably one of the cheapest. 00:14:45.726 --> 00:14:49.047 Yeah, definitely cost-effective, so it's a good option. 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:53.000 Yeah, get a whole bunch for whatever apocalypse is going to strike. Yeah. 00:14:54.441 --> 00:14:56.380 Next, low-carb tortillas. 00:14:56.380 --> 00:14:58.532 Yeah, I really like the Mission ones. Yeah. 00:14:58.851 --> 00:15:08.296 We don't really, obviously, eat low-carb. You know, we were talking about beans and lentils and stuff. But the benefit of the low-carb tortillas is that they're high in protein. 00:15:08.626 --> 00:15:08.921 Yeah. 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.225 So that's pretty nice. And they don't really taste much different to me. 00:15:12.510 --> 00:15:18.763 Like we put them in a burrito or taco or something, and they taste effectively the same. It's just a little bit of a protein boost in the food. 00:15:18.902 --> 00:15:29.363 Yeah, I really like the Mission. I think they're carb control and also the plant protein ones. Those are good. And they're, I think, somewhere in the range of like 35 to 40 percent protein on a calorie basis. Yeah. 00:15:29.763 --> 00:15:30.697 Pretty good for a tortilla. 00:15:30.929 --> 00:15:33.510 You can make a high protein quesadilla. 00:15:33.783 --> 00:15:35.188 Can we make chips out of those? 00:15:35.403 --> 00:15:36.461 Yeah, we've done that. 00:15:36.889 --> 00:15:37.900 Hey, look at you go. 00:15:41.144 --> 00:15:47.620 Yeah, you can cut them up and spray them with a little bit of oil and just like throw them in your oven. Oh, we did make those. And you get tortilla chips. 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.980 I remember that. I legitimately did not remember that until now. 00:15:50.461 --> 00:15:56.870 They do get soggier easily, more easily, so. Yeah. But, I mean, I'm not complaining. Yeah. 00:15:58.716 --> 00:16:07.961 Next, we have some kind of like snack foods that you would keep in the pantry, more like a grab-and-go, throw it in your lunchbox or whatever type thing, keep in your car or something like that, maybe. 00:16:08.301 --> 00:16:15.980 So, the first one we really like is dry-roasted edamame. You can get this on Amazon. I haven't seen it in any stores, I don't think, but we typically get those. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:18.640 I think I've seen it in gas stations, though, a couple times. 00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:28.100 like the Seapoint brand is getting out pretty hard and then there's that uh The One Bean or something. 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.634 Oh, yeah. Something like that. 00:16:29.754 --> 00:16:42.038 Yeah. So there are a couple of good brands. Right. But those are around 40% protein on a calorie basis. So a really solid snack. It's like a good replacement if you like roasted nuts, but you don't want the fat. Yeah. 00:16:42.566 --> 00:16:43.039 Definitely good. 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.244 What kind of nuts? 00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:46.720 These nuts? 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.299 Yeah. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.759 Moving on. 00:16:52.741 --> 00:16:56.779 And yeah, edamame, also a form of soy. It's basically just dry roasted soybeans. 00:16:57.460 --> 00:17:00.822 Protein bars, another kind of obvious one to keep in the pantry. 00:17:01.043 --> 00:17:05.512 I'm so picky about protein bars. I almost hate every protein bar I try. 00:17:06.082 --> 00:17:09.720 I do like the Barebells ones. Barebells makes a couple of vegan flavors. 00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:13.981 Yeah, I think they have recently released a newer vegan flavor. I haven't tried it yet. 00:17:14.347 --> 00:17:18.819 I also like No Cow bars have the best macros. Let me just say that. 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:20.619 The worst texture, best macros. 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:31.079 Yeah, so they're the best protein source. Not necessarily the best flavor, but I like them okay. The ones I've actually been eating a lot recently are the Builder brand. 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:35.000 I don't know if all their flavors are vegan or not. I'm not really sure. 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:38.279 But I know they have a lot of vegan ones, so I'm going to try those. 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.082 And they're really good. 00:17:39.988 --> 00:17:43.490 Misfits. I like the Misfits protein bars. Those are pretty good. 00:17:43.490 --> 00:17:47.557 Yeah. As good as a protein bar can be. Right. I know a lot of people eat the Green Bites. 00:17:48.016 --> 00:17:51.920 Green Bites makes, like, protein bars, protein cookies. They're really expensive, though. 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:55.470 Yeah, and they also, like, I don't imagine they keep very long. 00:17:55.596 --> 00:18:05.579 I don't. Yeah, I think they say you have to, like, refrigerate them and eat them in a couple of days. I don't know. We bought a couple because people have been asking for replications. Yeah. So we're working on that. 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:11.269 Yeah, those are good for a protein source. Also, protein chips. 00:18:11.269 --> 00:18:16.049 So the only one I know of this off the top of my head that's vegan is the Endurance brand protein chips. 00:18:16.049 --> 00:18:18.420 Dude, the nacho ones are so freaking good. 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:18.973 They're really good. 00:18:19.653 --> 00:18:21.734 Yeah, you can get those on Amazon as well. And

do you like the sweet chili ones? 00:18:21.954 --> 00:18:22.950 Yeah, sweet chili. Is that the ones you like? 00:18:23.130 --> 00:18:25.984 It's almost sort of like a sweet chili Dorito, but not really. 00:18:25.984 --> 00:18:27.315 But it does have protein in it. Yeah. 00:18:27.315 --> 00:18:30.775 But they also make high-protein pretzels. I can't remember what brand that is. 00:18:30.775 --> 00:18:33.994 Is it Lenny & Larry that makes the high-protein pretzels? Those are pretty good. 00:18:33.994 --> 00:18:37.494 I think that is Lenny & Larry. I don't remember for sure, but I think it is Lenny & Larry. 00:18:37.494 --> 00:18:40.325 Yeah, we just looked it up. It is Lenny & Larry. They're called Fitzels. 00:18:40.325 --> 00:18:43.795 Those are pretty good. Yeah. I'd say it's the best thing Lenny & Larry makes. 00:18:45.595 --> 00:18:47.115 The bars in hell. No, I'm just kidding. 00:18:48.375 --> 00:18:52.288 Also, something else to keep in the pantry are the ready-to-drink protein shakes. 00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:58.505 The one I really like is OWYN, O-W-Y-N. They're plant-based protein shakes. 00:18:58.505 --> 00:19:02.648 There's two different versions, one lower calorie, a little lower protein. 00:19:03.003 --> 00:19:06.115 I like the one that's higher protein. You can keep them basically on the shelf. 00:19:06.115 --> 00:19:08.585 They're better if you keep them in the fridge, but you don't have to do that. 00:19:08.585 --> 00:19:17.164 And a small bonus, they were also listed on that lead contamination report as having a really low source of lead if you're worried about that kind of thing. 00:19:17.164 --> 00:19:24.057 But they actually taste really good. There's just a standard chocolate version and I think there's a vanilla version. So really good protein on the go kind of thing. 00:19:24.412 --> 00:19:31.305 Yeah, I think I've seen people use those as a base for creamy recipes too, like ninja creamy recipes for high protein ice cream. 00:19:31.305 --> 00:19:34.285 Yeah, I've seen that. Another option are like the vegan jerkies. 00:19:34.285 --> 00:19:38.963 There's a couple different kinds out there. Beyond makes one that's like mung bean protein and pea protein. 00:19:39.394 --> 00:19:44.234 And it's pretty high protein, almost like a protein bar. I think it's like just over 40% protein by calorie. 00:19:44.234 --> 00:19:47.464 Yeah. Then there's Louisville vegan jerky, which is also a good option. 00:19:47.464 --> 00:19:51.480 I think there's mostly soy-based, but also gluten-free if that's something you're looking for. 00:19:52.298 --> 00:19:59.655 So a couple of good options there. And, you know, those obviously can last quite a while, not forever, but they're a good long-term shelf-stable type option. 00:19:59.655 --> 00:20:06.796 Speaking of Louisville Vegan Jerky, they recently came out with a new snack called the Jim Snack, which is hard to remember, but they taste great. 00:20:06.796 --> 00:20:07.885 Yeah, those things are really

good. 00:20:08.286 --> 00:20:13.527 You think it'd be easy to remember because it's the Jim Snack, but for the life of me, I just can never remember the name and I feel so dumb. Yeah. 00:20:14.084 --> 00:20:17.885 They make a cheese one and then like a jalapeno cheddar one. 00:20:17.885 --> 00:20:22.525 Yeah, the jalapeno cheddar one was good. And if you go looking for it, it's not Louisville Vegan Jerky Gem Snack. 00:20:22.742 --> 00:20:27.596 It's its own brand called The Gem Snack. It's just made by the same people who made Louisville Vegan Jerky. 00:20:27.810 --> 00:20:28.118 Yep. 00:20:28.432 --> 00:20:29.566 So, yeah, that's a really good option. 00:20:29.965 --> 00:20:34.133 The macros on those are insane. I think they were like 40% or something. Yeah. So. 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.296 It's pretty good for a little bag of like cracker type things, basically. 00:20:37.296 --> 00:20:43.351 Yeah, they taste good, too. There's like a similar crunchiness to like maybe a Cheez-It. 00:20:43.670 --> 00:20:48.006 And then the last snack option we have for the pantry is something called Bada Beans. 00:20:48.361 --> 00:20:50.185 Those are so addictive. 00:20:50.185 --> 00:20:51.291 They have a lot of flavors, too. 00:20:51.489 --> 00:20:54.645 They do. They've got, like, endless flavors. They even have sweet flavors. 00:20:54.645 --> 00:20:56.138 Yeah. My favorite is the buffalo. 00:20:56.534 --> 00:20:58.113 I like the onion one. 00:20:58.450 --> 00:20:58.815 Yeah. 00:20:59.239 --> 00:21:01.432 I can't remember. Sweet onion or something? Yeah. Man. 00:21:02.084 --> 00:21:02.912 I love that one. 00:21:02.912 --> 00:21:03.741 Yeah, a lot of good ones. 00:21:03.741 --> 00:21:05.415 There's also like a barbecue one that's really good. 00:21:05.693 --> 00:21:06.008 Yeah. 00:21:06.153 --> 00:21:13.101 Either way, those are all around 20% protein on a calorie basis, which is honestly outstanding for how good those are. And I think, what are they? 00:21:13.537 --> 00:21:18.622 Broad bean. I think they're broad beans. They're basically dried broad beans with a bunch of seasoning. Yeah. They're really good. 00:21:18.622 --> 00:21:25.372 Oh, one last thing you can keep in the pantry. So I like to eat oatmeal a lot, but there's also a form of oats that are like protein. 00:21:25.692 --> 00:21:27.261 They're somehow higher protein, yeah. 00:21:27.261 --> 00:21:30.201 Protein enriched. So they're like protein oats right off the bat. 00:21:30.201 --> 00:21:35.112 So you don't have to add protein powder, or at least maybe not add as much protein powder if you want a protein oat. 00:21:35.112 --> 00:21:40.451 I think the only one I've seen is Bob's Red Mill, but it tastes pretty much like a normal oats. Yeah. 00:21:40.451 --> 00:21:43.882 Bob's Red Mill is kind of the OG with a lot of really good vegan protein options. 00:21:43.882 --> 00:21:47.382 Yeah, which is annoying because they mostly push gluten-free stuff. 00:21:47.382 --> 00:21:50.951 Yeah, they don't really market themselves as a vegan protein, but they have some good ones. 00:21:50.951 --> 00:21:51.432 It annoys me. 00:21:51.491 --> 00:21:56.782 Yeah. So those are some of our favorite things to keep in the pantry and, you know, keep on the snack shelf for grab-and-go's. 00:21:57.085 --> 00:22:04.531 so now we can kind of talk about some of the stuff you might keep in the fridge or freezer for your vegan protein options. The first one we'll talk about obviously is tofu. 00:22:04.932 --> 00:22:05.632 Ah, tofu. 00:22:05.991 --> 00:22:10.991 Yeah, we talked about silken tofu a little bit in the pantry but this is more for the forms of tofu that you might keep in the fridge. 00:22:11.392 --> 00:22:16.571 Yeah, so there is a version of silken tofu that's refrigerated so you might store that in your fridge if you don't have access to Mori-Nu. 00:22:16.612 --> 00:22:17.932 I always forget that exists. 00:22:17.932 --> 00:22:23.711 I know. It hangs out by the other tofus but I just really like mine in the little boxes. 00:22:24.372 --> 00:22:29.777 Then there's firm tofu which is good for like I like making like cream cheeses, dips. 00:22:30.305 --> 00:22:37.602 You can also make ricotta. Yeah. Homemade ricotta. Then you have your extra firm and your super firm that can be used kind of interchangeably. 00:22:37.903 --> 00:22:42.071 Although extra firm, you are going to have to get a tofu press or use a bunch of books. 00:22:42.471 --> 00:22:43.291 Yeah. What's that for? 00:22:43.291 --> 00:22:50.681 Oh, yeah. Extra firm and super firm are fun because you can do all kinds of stuff to them. You can like shred them. You can crumble them. 00:22:50.935 --> 00:22:55.271 You can thinly slice them with a vegetable peeler. What else can you do? 00:22:55.912 --> 00:22:59.721 I guess you can cube it. A lot of people cube it. I like to cube it sometimes. 00:22:59.721 --> 00:23:04.247 Tofu cubes are kind of like the quintessential vision people get when they think of tofu, which is... 00:23:04.925 --> 00:23:10.347 One of my least favorite ways to eat it and one of the least common ways I eat it. But it's okay sometimes. 00:23:10.768 --> 00:23:16.146 Yeah. I'm a big fan of grating it. Yeah. And crumbling it because you can get a lot of flavor. 00:23:16.438 --> 00:23:20.008 It has like a bunch more surface area, so you can really get a bunch of flavors to stick to it. Yeah. 00:23:20.647 --> 00:23:25.798 I like it that way too. Next, we have tempeh, which we really don't eat a lot of, but a lot of people do like it. 00:23:25.798 --> 00:23:35.887 And it is a really good option and it's high protein. So I would recommend another form of soy. It's like fermented soy. So if you find a version of tempeh that you like and it works for you, I definitely recommend keeping that around in the fridge. 00:23:35.887 --> 00:23:39.688 And tell us about it because we are not converts to tempeh yet. 00:23:39.688 --> 00:23:51.678 Yeah, we've tried it a couple of different ways. A

couple of different versions haven't quite clicked with us yet. So if you have any tempeh versions that you've tried or maybe prepared ways that you've tried it and you really like it, let us know. We'll try it out for sure. 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:58.587 Always open to finding new ways to get protein in. The next one you might keep in the fridge are plant-based milks. We really like soy milk. 00:23:58.587 --> 00:24:05.508 It's the highest protein, complete protein, but there's a lot of options out there. We used oat milk for a while and that's kind of more of a creamy type milk. 00:24:06.288 --> 00:24:08.847 Yeah. Also other options like oat or almond milk you can use. 00:24:08.847 --> 00:24:09.208 Yeah. 00:24:10.387 --> 00:24:18.217 I personally prefer soy because it's 40% protein on a calorie basis, so you can use it in pasta sauces and all kinds of stuff as a base. Yeah. 00:24:18.971 --> 00:24:24.551 One of the other benefits of plant-based milk like this is that it's usually fortified with calcium and a couple of vitamins and stuff like that. 00:24:24.872 --> 00:24:29.471 It's good to help with a vegan diet specifically. Another option are some of the vegan deli meats. 00:24:29.471 --> 00:24:38.372 The most popular and common one is probably like Tofurky, and they have a brand, so they have a bunch of different types of sliced tofu-based meat replacements. 00:24:38.372 --> 00:24:42.642 There's also a brand called Upton's Naturals that has some options for you in the fridge. 00:24:42.642 --> 00:24:52.872 So if you're into deli meats and like sandwiches and stuff like that, you do have some options there with those. Also, there's just seitan after you make it from the wheat gluten. You're just going to have to hang out in the fridge. 00:24:52.872 --> 00:24:57.051 Yeah. Well, there's also some ones you can buy. Like Upton's has one, Blackbird. 00:24:57.255 --> 00:25:01.271 Blackbird has amazing seitan. Yeah. It's actually what got us into seitan. 00:25:01.271 --> 00:25:17.675 Yeah, no, that's a really good point. We hadn't really tried seitan much a couple of times, and I honestly didn't really like it much. Maybe it was just the places I tried or whatever, but, Then we tried the Blackbird Foods, like wings, and they have barbecue wings and buffalo wings and things like that in seitan form. 00:25:18.041 --> 00:25:21.836 And really like those. And we ended up with like a refrigerator dedicated to them. 00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:27.183 We've, you know, come down from that a little bit, but we still do really seitan in a bunch of different forms now. 00:25:27.353 --> 00:25:33.157 Yeah, we actually discovered Blackbird Barbecue Seitan because we were traveling in Texas and living out of a hotel. 00:25:33.477 --> 00:25:36.787 And we couldn't find like really very many good restaurant options. 00:25:36.787 --> 00:25:43.737 So we went to H-E-B, which is like a Texas grocery store, which is massive and awesome. Yeah. And we just stumbled upon it. 00:25:43.757 --> 00:25:47.757 And I guess they had it because it's like Texas barbecue seitan and shit. 00:25:47.757 --> 00:25:52.426 That stuff was great. Yeah. We cooked it in our little hotel room on a hot plate. 00:25:52.426 --> 00:25:53.926 And that's what we ate. Yeah. 00:25:53.926 --> 00:25:59.926 I need every grocery store chain to get on the level of H-E-B for vegan options in general because that was nuts. 00:25:59.926 --> 00:26:00.646 It was good. 00:26:00.646 --> 00:26:04.057 I've never seen anything like that since then. Next up is Just Egg. 00:26:04.557 --> 00:26:10.696 So you can have like the egg patties would be maybe a frozen thing, but also there's like the normal just egg. 00:26:11.777 --> 00:26:14.186 The liquid just egg. Liquid egg, yeah. 00:26:14.186 --> 00:26:19.863 Yeah, and the macros for just egg are pretty similar to the macros for a normal egg. And it's made out of mung bean. 00:26:20.113 --> 00:26:25.012 Next up, your protein-dense vegetables like broccoli, mushrooms, spinach, cauliflower. 00:26:25.390 --> 00:26:37.747 Now, obviously, we're not saying get all your protein from broccoli, right? Right. But if you're going to be picking vegetables and you have a protein goal, you might just keep in mind like, Like, hey, if I choose broccoli, it's got a little more protein in it than maybe like a lettuce or something. 00:26:37.747 --> 00:26:40.866 Yeah. Or like you're making your morning smoothie. Spinach is a good one to add. 00:26:40.866 --> 00:26:42.666 So those are some of the things you might keep in the fridge. 00:26:42.666 --> 00:26:44.886 Now we can talk about some of the things that might go into the freezer. 00:26:44.886 --> 00:26:47.948 So we can start with like things you might have meal prepped for the week. 00:26:48.053 --> 00:26:51.523 Those are usually going to be in the freezer for the things at least towards the end of the week. 00:26:51.768 --> 00:26:57.686 Yeah. I like casseroles are a good one. Like big batches of pasta. 00:26:57.686 --> 00:27:00.997 Yeah. I mean, if you use the freezer, you can meal prep like a week or two in advance. 00:27:00.997 --> 00:27:07.093 Yeah. I really like freezing TVP muffins works really well because you can just defrost them in the morning when you take them to work. 00:27:07.255 --> 00:27:10.759 What would be your favorite thing to meal prep and freeze? Do you have any? 00:27:10.876 --> 00:27:12.367 I think it'd probably be like a lasagna. 00:27:13.872 --> 00:27:14.782 You cook lasagna a lot? 00:27:15.398 --> 00:27:16.386 Well, no. 00:27:19.086 --> 00:27:23.186 But if I had to meal prep something and freeze it, it would probably be lasagna. 00:27:23.186 --> 00:27:26.146 I agree. Lasagna meal preps and freezes quite well. 00:27:26.146 --> 00:27:32.435 I think ideally I would freeze, I don't know, a year's worth of lasagna at a time and then just eat that. 00:27:32.627 --> 00:27:41.852 This is going to have to be a huge fucking freezer. Yeah. Oh, my God. Do you remember

that one time I made that big batch of like pasta primavera? 00:27:42.426 --> 00:27:50.628 And then I just froze the whole thing in a massive glass dish and just chucked it in the freezer. 00:27:50.948 --> 00:27:59.096 And then I was late for work. And I'm trying to cut this block of ice, basically, to get a serving for work because I'm a moron. 00:27:59.096 --> 00:27:59.666 I remember that. 00:28:00.126 --> 00:28:01.007 So don't do that. 00:28:01.007 --> 00:28:06.186 Yeah. The downside of freezing is that it has to thaw before you can take it out for your serving. 00:28:06.567 --> 00:28:11.217 Yeah. So if you're going to do servings, batch those out beforehand. 00:28:11.217 --> 00:28:15.686 Otherwise, you're going to be so sad. Yeah. I was so sad and stressed. 00:28:15.686 --> 00:28:22.567 Something else you can keep in the freezer are some of the meat alternatives, like the Beyond Meat, Impossible Meat, and the Meati even. 00:28:22.567 --> 00:28:26.196 Yeah, I think I saw their maybe back, question mark? 00:28:26.196 --> 00:28:30.767 Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on with Meati, but if you see it, buy it all and freeze it because it's really good. 00:28:30.767 --> 00:28:36.507 Yeah, it's expensive, but the macros are pretty good. Also, you mentioned Blackbird seitan wings. 00:28:36.507 --> 00:28:36.998 Yeah, yeah. 00:28:37.107 --> 00:28:38.497 Those are amazing. 00:28:38.497 --> 00:28:40.063 Yeah, those are good for the freezer as well. 00:28:40.167 --> 00:28:47.307 And you can also freeze their seitan as well. Gardein also has some decent options. They might not be as high protein as some of the other ones we mentioned. 00:28:47.307 --> 00:28:49.258 Yeah. So those are some of the options you can keep in the freezer. 00:28:49.833 --> 00:28:54.106 So in summary here, we want to try to keep protein options handy in the house in general. 00:28:54.106 --> 00:29:00.856 So that'll keep you from going out to get delivery or go out to a restaurant just because you don't have any options at home and you're hungry. 00:29:00.856 --> 00:29:04.519 You can always have something around that you can grab as like a protein-based snack. 00:29:04.635 --> 00:29:16.596 Yeah, maybe we should actually touch on like if you can't meal prep, if you don't have time, if you're working like crazy work hours, like what would be some good options if you had to go out in the wild to a restaurant? 00:29:16.596 --> 00:29:17.856 Like what would you suggest? 00:29:18.496 --> 00:29:27.430 Yeah, so, hmm, for protein. So, one thing we've had a lot of luck with for protein are, like, poke bowl places, because they'll have tofu in them a lot. 00:29:28.644 --> 00:29:35.134 Noodles & Co. has tofu. So, if you have one of those nearby, you can get pretty much anything that has tofu as an option. 00:29:35.284 --> 00:29:37.364 Yeah, Thai places have a good amount of tofu. 00:29:37.743 --> 00:29:44.804 Oh, one I really like is chipotle. You can get the sofritas, which are marinated tofu, and just get a bowl and, like, load that up with tofu. 00:29:44.804 --> 00:29:48.794 That's probably the highest protein chain available everywhere option. 00:29:48.794 --> 00:29:49.134 Yeah. 00:29:49.785 --> 00:29:52.977 I would have said Panda Express, but they got rid of their Orange Beyond. 00:29:52.977 --> 00:29:57.702 Yeah, the Beyond Orange chicken thing was really good. Unfortunately, they don't really have that anymore. 00:29:57.842 --> 00:30:01.946 Yeah. Taco Bell is also not a horrible option because you can just get a bunch of beans. 00:30:01.946 --> 00:30:12.836 Yeah. Hopefully, we'll get more options in the future. But those are some of the ones that, like, if I go somewhere else or we're out somewhere, and we're like, oh, we're hungry. Yeah. And those are, like, kind of the go-tos for the fast, casual type place. 00:30:12.836 --> 00:30:20.866 Or if, like, we're traveling, if we have to go to a gas station, Some options could be, like, some places will have the dry roasted edamame or vegan jerky. 00:30:21.326 --> 00:30:23.106 Yeah. Or Lenny & Larry's. 00:30:25.606 --> 00:30:26.997 But the pretzels, they have the pretzels now. 00:30:26.997 --> 00:30:29.747 Protein shakes. Sometimes they'll have the pre-made protein shakes. 00:30:29.747 --> 00:30:33.106 And they'll usually have a couple of the vegan protein bar options. 00:30:33.106 --> 00:30:37.959 They might not be, like, your favorite or the best macros or something, but they'll have, like, one or two at most gas stations. 00:30:38.499 --> 00:30:44.849 So those are good options. And also, so we talked about stuff you, like, want to keep in your house. You might also think about things you don't want to keep in your house. 00:30:45.209 --> 00:30:50.727 Maybe just try to limit like anything that you tend to really dig into that's not great for you. 00:30:51.106 --> 00:30:55.106 For me, it's the Hippeas. It's the Flavor Blast White Cheddar Hippeas. 00:30:55.106 --> 00:30:57.997 They're my Achilles heel. I want to eat nothing but them. 00:30:57.997 --> 00:31:00.406 Yeah. So just maybe try to limit the junk food that's in your house. 00:31:00.406 --> 00:31:05.807 And if you have all the high protein stuff taking up all the room in your pantry, you can just make that a little easier. 00:31:06.126 --> 00:31:09.247 Or you can add on to your pantry and then just store your junk food separately. 00:31:09.727 --> 00:31:10.527 That's bad advice. 00:31:11.666 --> 00:31:12.527 Giving you options. 00:31:14.007 --> 00:31:24.577 I'd also recommend trying to like experiment with new protein options on a regular basis most of the stuff that we listed here that's like a specific product, We just came across it one day and we were like, okay, I guess we'll try it. 00:31:24.775 --> 00:31:27.605 And we've tried a lot of stuff that really sucks and is not great. 00:31:27.605 --> 00:31:31.474 But, you know, you have to really try it at least once before you know for sure. 00:31:31.474 --> 00:31:35.325 So,

and maybe you'll think some of the stuff we recommended sucks so you can try other things. 00:31:35.325 --> 00:31:40.005 So, yeah, honestly, that's how I stumbled upon edamame puffs. Yeah. 00:31:40.444 --> 00:31:43.634 I was literally just searching like on Amazon for vegan protein. 00:31:43.634 --> 00:31:50.346 And after like 30,000 scrolls, I stumbled on them and I was like, what are these? I need these. What do I do with them? Right. 00:31:50.508 --> 00:31:54.020 So, yeah. And if you stumble upon anything cool, let me know. 00:31:54.147 --> 00:32:00.342 Right. Yeah. So that's pretty much what we had for like the foods to keep around in the house. Now we can talk about our myth of the week this week. 00:32:00.644 --> 00:32:04.265 The myth we have this week is that clean eating automatically causes fat loss. 00:32:04.711 --> 00:32:10.749 So the idea here is as long as you eat things that are quote unquote healthy, you're still going to lose weight no matter how much you eat. 00:32:10.970 --> 00:32:18.275 Which if you understand that like weight is really controlled by calories, I think you're going to know that that doesn't make a lot of sense. 00:32:18.275 --> 00:32:21.724 But a lot of people don't really understand that calorie relationship. 00:32:21.724 --> 00:32:30.457 So generally, you're still going to want to make sure that if you're trying to lose weight, you have to be eating fewer calories than you use throughout the day. 00:32:30.747 --> 00:32:33.684 It's a material and energy balance. That's what I've been saying. 00:32:35.285 --> 00:32:46.403 And that counts even if the food is healthy. So if you're eating the best optimal nutrition diet and nothing that's considered unhealthy, if you eat too many calories worth of that, you're still going to gain weight. 00:32:46.798 --> 00:32:54.134 You might have some better heart health and better blood work and stuff like that than somebody who's eating a bunch of junk food, but you're still going to gain weight. 00:32:54.134 --> 00:33:02.984 So that's definitely a myth. And around the time that this podcast comes out, your video about the TVP apple muffins will be coming out. Yes. 00:33:02.984 --> 00:33:03.961 What do we got going on there? 00:33:04.269 --> 00:33:09.156 Okay, so if you haven't used TVP for baking yet, TVP is textured vegetable protein. 00:33:09.738 --> 00:33:18.285 Um, it kind of bakes similar to oats. So when you use it in muffins, it turns into kind of like a baked oats. Like if you were putting oats in muffins. Yeah. 00:33:18.664 --> 00:33:22.424 Um, but I really like it. You can use TVP dry, which is how I use it in this. 00:33:22.765 --> 00:33:23.964 And I think they're great. 00:33:24.365 --> 00:33:32.515 Yeah, me too, for what it's worth. Okay. And this is actually the last one that'll come out before Halloween. So happy Halloween. Happy Halloween. 00:33:32.515 --> 00:33:36.539 Hope you go out and get a bunch of candy. 00:33:36.871 --> 00:33:42.588 All right. Well, thanks for listening. And if you want to reach out, we've got a link in the show notes to send us a text message. 00:33:42.913 --> 00:33:51.515 And you can send us anything there that you maybe have a question about or want to hear more about on the podcast. Or if you just have a question about something unrelated, you'd like us to answer on the podcast. 00:33:51.515 --> 00:33:52.654 Or recipe ideas. 00:33:52.654 --> 00:34:04.484 Yeah, recipe ideas. Really anything. We also have in the show notes links to our websites and social media. You can even reach out there if you want to have maybe a little more direct conversation. You have some very specific. Yeah. 00:34:05.005 --> 00:34:10.815 Happy to talk to you guys and hear your feedback and ideas. Yeah, I think that's it. You want to say bye? Bye. Bye, everybody.