Proten for salads - things that don't require cooking or can be microwaved?

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Trader Joe's has started offering sliced grilled' seasoned chicken breasts in their prepared food section. The Thai chili lime and the lemon pepper are both great in salads or on homemade pizza. It's $8 for a pound, with is more than you'd spend on just chicken but between the seasoning and prep, and not having to grill it myself, it's very worth it.

We also hard-boil eggs for salads a lot. It's still cooking but it's very passive-- boil water, cook the eggs, then scoop them into an ice bath when the timer goes. Way easier than cooking meat., and doesn't make the kitchen (or me) hot.

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Anonymous wrote:I buy Bell & Evans fully cooked diced chicken for salads. I buy it from Whole Foods and haven't seen it anywhere else. It comes frozen and I either defrost in the fridge overnight or microwave it to defrost.

https://www.bellandevans.com/product/fully-cooked-grilled-diced-chicken-breast-28-oz-bag/

I wish they made this but with actual chicken. I do not need rice starch in my chicken!

Wegman's has it. It is actual chicken, it. is just also rice starch and salt.

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Anonymous wrote:I add any combo of the following:
Canned chickpeas
Nuts
Hard-boiled egg
Avocado

These are fat sources more than protein. An egg has 6 g of protein but everything else in this list is a fat source.

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Frozen cooked /peeled shrimp. Can thaw portion in fridge in a few hours or over night.

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Cottage cheese, hardboiled eggs, canned/jarred tuna

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Anonymous wrote:Cottage cheese, hardboiled eggs, canned/jarred tuna

This and cottage cheese has more protein than regular cheese.

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Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe’s hot smoked salmon is tasty.

Trader Joe’s has tons of various precooked proteins. It’s the best thing about the store in my opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:Frozen cooked /peeled shrimp. Can thaw portion in fridge in a few hours or over night.

This what I do. I can defrost a handful of shrimp in warm water in just a few minutes.

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Tofu

TJ Precooked lentils.

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Frozen edamame

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Crunchy chickpeas make a great crouton substitute.

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White beans roasted and seasoned chickpeas (I like garlic, onion, tomato paste, smoked paprika, and a little brown sugar with olive oil, hot or cold)

Chick peas

Hummus

Falafel

Cubed firm tofu (good with Caesar or Asian salads)

Cheese

Nuts

Frozen shrimp cook almost instantly.

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Tuna

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Puffed tofu

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Buckwheat, smoked trout.