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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a vegetarian athlete here.

Our first choice is always natural proteins. Beans, lentils, nuts, seed, yogurt, cheese, eggs, tofu. Also certain fruits and vegetables are higher in protein (peas were a surprise).

Second choice is to augment with foods that maybe aren't ideal but aren't hyper-processed and can add a protein boost. Some of these are surprises. Croissants are weirdly high in protein (all that butter?) so we use those for sandwiches sometimes. Actually a lot of enriched breads are too. Again, not our usual bread preference but if your kid needs a filling meal to deal with long practices or games, we will add it.

Last choice is supplementing with protein powder in a shake, or protein enriched waffles or something. We don't want it to be the primary source but it's better than nothing. My kid is a picky eater (that's why she's vegetarian, there are now some politics around it but originally it was just because she did not like the smell or texture of meat and started avoiding it) so we can't be too militant about this. We always have protein powder and Kodiak mix on hand for this reason.[/quote]

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