High Protein, Vegetarian, No Nuts recipes
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Anonymous
| I'm pre-diabetic and looking for high protein, vegetarian recipes. Unfortunately, DC is highly allergic to nuts and several seeds. Can you please share you favorite high protein, vegetarian recipes that contain no nuts? TIA! |
Anonymous
| Baked ziti with spinach and pureed squash and tomatoes. |
Anonymous
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I make a veggie curry that is onions, sweet peppers and garlic sautéed and then add crushed red tomatoes and cooked chickpeas (I use dark chickpeas for the nuttier flavor, cook them from dry at home after an overnight soak) and spinach.
I put in a lot of curry powder, extra cumin, garam masala, cayenne and other spices because I love flavor and heat which is good for both my BP and metabolism. |
Anonymous
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Black bean and cheese quesadillas
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Anonymous
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Cottage cheese pancakes with field roast breakfast sausage
Shakshusha Lentil or black bean soup Lentil and mushroom marinara, or a spinach and white bean "cream" sauce over chickpea pasta Tofu piccata or stir fry |
Anonymous
| Most vegetarian Indian recipes will be great. |
Anonymous
| Lentils, paneer, chickpeas, beans, tofu. Look up Indian recipes. |
Anonymous
Do you eat any eggs, dairy or fish? Otherwise look for soy and tempeh recipes. I developed PCOS as a vegetarian and glucose was headed toward prediabetes. One of my kids had multiple food allergies (eggs, dairy, soy, nuts, fish) so we had to switch back to an omni diet centered on animal products. It turned out to be really beneficial to my own health, even healthy carbs were just too much starch for my metabolism. Starches are just chains of sugar and even whole, high fiber sources were too much for me. Just something to consider. My thinning hair even fully regrew, and lax joint issues resolved. I had been a vegetarian for many years and ate a lot of whole unprocessed food but it just was not a good fit for my metabolism into my 30s. Even with a lot of running. See if your doctor will prescribe a CGM, or there will be an OTC one this summer. Even 2 weeks of wearing it is invaluable data re: how your individual body reacts to particular foods. I'd also suggest checking out the Glucose Goddess, either IG or her book. For some people, her hacks help a lot. A lot of medications impact glucose and insulin, common ones that do include bcp, blood pressure meds, allergy meds including Flonase, mood and anxiety meds, statins and steroids. Google any you take and talk to doctor about alternatives. Sleep and stress also really impact metabolic health, if you have symptoms of apnea, get it treated. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| DD eats lentils any time she can find them and raw chickpeas for snacks. |
Anonymous
| A lot of responses include dairy and eggs, OP, do you eat those? |
Anonymous
be wary of ghee. It give a lot of vegetarian Indian dishes their richness |
Anonymous
Raw chickpeas? Did you mean roasted chickpeas? |
Anonymous
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Chickpea curry
veggie/bean chili roasted sweet potato and black bean tacos |
Anonymous
| I like the high protein pastas that are made with beans. I like the banza brand but there are plenty of others. Use them as you would in any pasta recipe. |
Anonymous
Yes, dairy, eggs, and soy are fine. Thank you. |