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"My new protein powder tastes like absolute dogshit as a shake, so this is how I've made it palatable. INGREDIENTS 14g Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Chips 40g Brown Rice Protein Powder 40g Pea Protein lsolate Powder 47g Creamy Peanut Butter 200ML room temperature water Salt to taste Sweetener to taste INSTRUCTIONS 1) Add protein powder to bowl 2) Add peanut butter to bowl 3) Add chocolate chips to bowl 4) Slowly pour water into bowl, mixing as you go. If you like thicker dough, use less water. 5) Add a pinch of salt and sweetener. Stir. Doesn't taste good? Add another pinch. Keep going until you like how it tastes. MACRONUTRIENTS / MICRONUTRIENTS 611 calories 77.4g protein 21.1g carbs 28.7g fat COSTS (USD) Item Cost Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Chips $0.54 Brown Rice Protein Powder $1.11 Pea Protein Isolate Powder $.79 Creamy Peanut Butter $.54 Salt to taste $.01 Sweetener to taste $.06 Total $3.05 Full macro/ micro nutrient breakdown: https://cronometer.com/food.html?food=13359649 &amount=1&measure=35899606 &labelType=AMERICAN NOTES It would appear that the exact dark chocolate that used is no longer available. I linked a product by the same company, but it has slightly different macros. For your sweetener, you can use maple syrup, splenda, stevia, whatever works for you. For this, Iused Splenda, but my favoritwe is actually Stevia. Everything in this recipe is variable. You can add more or less protein powder, peanut butter, or whatever in order to best hit your goals and targets. This is just what worked for me on this specific day."

• u/paperfairy

from original post (thank you u/ccquinn):

>TX caviar: chopped orange sweet pepper, 41g corn, 31g avocado, 1/2 cup black beans, 1chopped roma tomato, small, 2 T dressing (see recipe below)
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>dressing, 1 cup (only used 2 T for serving): apple cider vinegar, 1 T oil, dash of vegan chicken salt(or user other spices like garlic powder, onion powder, whatever you like), dash of fajita seasoning, no cal sweetener to taste, salt, ground black pepper to taste, lime juice or you can use TrueLime.
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>rice mix is regular rice with cauli rice. While cooking the regular rice in the rice cooker I added a little No-chicken bouillon and some cilantro. So yum. Then microwaved Green giant Cauli rice and mixed some of that with the regular rice. Then mixed in lime juice.

I've made a similar dish before and typically also add a little finely chopped red onion to the bean mixture. Also I've seen black eyed peas used instead of black beans. Both are good, imo.

Hamilton Beach 6-Slice! You can tell it fits a pizza because the wire rack is curved in the back :) I know other retailers have it, but here’s the exact amazon link so you can see the model number & specs, even if you’re trying to avoid amazon.

Great timing! I was thinking of doing something similar too.

I can't be technically vegan because I cook for my bf who eats meat, but I'm currently vegetarian and started transitioning to plant-based this week. Here's my food inventory database. I'm going to go through everything and donate any animal products that my bf won't eat.

I buy a 10 lb case every year or so from amazon here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006IIQSO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have food storage buckets that I keep it in and it stays fresh. We go through nutritional yeast like water in my house so it's worth buying in bulk like this for us. Do the same for TVP, as well.

I use amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Co-op-Nutritional-Yeast-Flakes/dp/B00016XJM4/ref=sxts\_rp\_s\_1\_0?content-id=amzn1.sym.14b5a3ec-ddf3-42f1-bf1e-8515f8d25a34%3Aamzn1.sym.14b5a3ec-ddf3-42f1-bf1e-8515f8d25a34&cv\_ct\_cx=nutritional+yeast&keyw...

It's a complete game changer! No more wasted paper towels or soggy dish towels

This is the one I use. EZ Tofu Press- Best Tofu Press... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007LLGMG2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I put the tofu in the press, then lay it sideways in the sink so the liquid drains away. I usually only re-tighten once over the twice the span of about 20 minutes.

Then just quickly rinse it and then put it away for super easy cleanup

One of our favorite pre-made proteins is Verisoy. We get it at our local Asian market for half the price it's listed on Amazon; just linking so that you can check out other reviews and ingredients.

So it's $6 for 7 oz dried, which will rehydrate to at least 16 oz. $6 a lb is obviously 6x more than beans, but the versatility of these dried meats to sub in for stir fries, stews, tacos, etc is right up there with soy curls.

They are also 50% protein by weight, so you really don't need to use very much in a dish. The recipe (from The Wok by /u/j_kenji_lopez_alt )called for 5x the amount of meat I used here. Tofu is 10-15%, and beans top out around 25%.

I always pack a spice box that I made out of a pill organizer. Fill it with whatever spices, herbs, and seasonings you don't want to be without! (For me, that's cumin, coriander, cloves, cardamom, turmeric, garam masala, and mustard seeds).

If you like soy curls, they are my FAVORITE protein to travel with since they are versatile, very quick to cook, and weigh almost nothing. Dried beans are way worse on those metrics, so they tend to stay home and I'll just buy a can. I do pack lentils and quinoa for longer trips though since they're lighter and cook much faster than beans.

Frozen veggies are a good pick since they won't spoil over the week that you are there. Great thing to add into fried rice.

Check out if there is a grocery with a salad bar near you- they will often have cut fresh fruit by the pound which is obviously more expensive than buying a whole fruit, but won't result in waste. The salad bar fruits tend to be cheaper than buying by a fruit cup where I live, at least, but this greatly varies depending on the store.

When traveling, I never buy presliced sandwich bread since there's just one thing you can do with it...get a nice baguette or loaf and then you can dunk it into stews, make French toast, pair with charcuterie, make croutons, PLUS eat sandwiches.

Chickpeas get nice and crunchy in an air fryer.

I roast all my veggies in there - broccoli, asparagus, potatoes, etc.

I've diced up mushrooms with tempeh and tossed them in there as well, great to have those cooking as I prep other elements for a salad.

I'd recommend an olive oil spray bottle - a couple of spritzes as you're cooking will make a big difference in crunch and cooking, as well as keeping things from drying out. I use grapeseed oil in it, and it works perfectly.

I got the Salbree silicone microwave bowl not too long ago and it's great - almost every kernel pops! They said don't put any oil/butter in it so I add later. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G7SGO2G/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_dl_TCK67DK90TM21ASW5AVH?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Might be that your air popper needs to be replaced if you have had it for a while. I replaced mine with the same model as the first and worked great again. Also try different size of kernels. My old one did much better with bigger kernels. I think I have this one Hamilton beach

My Costa Rican friend told me about Gallo Pinto years back and I still cook it regularly.its pretty bare bones: rice, beans, bell peppers, onions, cilantro; but the key ingredient is Salsa Lizano. I'm able to find it all of the Mexican Grocers in my area, and I've even seen it in the Hispanic section of a large supermarket before. .This is essentially the recipe I make.

Absolutely, just season accordingly. You can omit the chilis/chilli powder entirely, deseed them before using them, or you can use some of the dried ones that are pretty mild.

Harmony House freeze dried vegetables, they have other bean and veggie options too.

This isn't freeze dried, but pretty compact and tastes great. Microwaves in the packet and there is a good amount of variety. A lot of grocery stores have them, and I think you can buy in bulk from Costco. I always buy a bunch of these as backup meals when I'm too lazy to cook.

https://www.amazon.com/Tasty-Bite-Indian-Lentils-Microwaveable/dp/B0007R9L4M

Totally different. It's much sweeter, yet has a very stouty taste. You can get black garlic cloves/bulbs. They have like a gummy bear consistency. But they also sell powdered.

black garlic bulbs

black garlic powder

I have found spices to be much cheaper online, especially specialty or "ethnic" spices. I typically try to buy from smaller online distributors (even with shipping I find this to be cheaper) but I have found this to be the case with Amazon too. I used to get these chia seeds from Amazon too.

Instead of pretzels you could always try roasted chickpeas or edamame for snacks! (edamame like these) and really any roasted chickpea recipe, those could be good replacements for pretzels. For the rice dishes, you could try cauli rice (sometimes sad but with a tasty enough sauce/the right cooking method it's good), or would a higher fiber grain still work? There are all sorts of grains that have higher fiber content that can help slow down your body's absorption (brown rice, quinoa, farro, etc.) and pastas that are made with things other than flour (like Banza chickpea pasta that has lower carbs, higher protein and fiber).

You'll def still need to be eating your fruits and veggies, and from what I understand as long as it's not fruit juice and you're still getting all of the fiber with your fruit it's still okay to have that as a snack (as long as you aren't eating 8 oranges in a row)--it seems like berries tend to have the lowest glycemic indexes so starting there may be a good bet.

We got 4 pounds for less than $15 from Amazon, I think that's the best price I've found anywhere. https://www.amazon.com/Vital-Gluten-Anthonys-Pounds-Protein/dp/B00PB8U7Y0/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=vital+gluten&qid=1598960373&s=grocery&sr=1-4

If you don't care about a huge corporation losing an insignificant amount of money you can always get it at the Whole Foods bulk bins and ring it up as regular flour.