Besides beans and soy, what other foods contain protein?

Question

Other than meet and dairy, of course

Answer 1

it depends on the type of protein - but wheat contains protein, so does rice, grains, nuts and many vegies  and beans.

Answer 2

You need complimentary foods together like grains and legumes with some oils. Cook rice or grains by pan frying the dry grain in oil which heats and coats the grain to seal in nutrients. When the little grains get hot enough to kind of "pop" like pop corn, add the required water carefully to avoid splash scalding yourself, bring to a boil and cover. Turn down the heat and cook till done, never allowing the pan to be uncovered or you risk sticky rice. Eat this with your choice of legumes, like the beans. With all the different grains and combinations, and the beans, you have a great deal of choices for your meal protein. Add to this salads and steamed veggies, mix your colors. Also, breads can be made with grains and legumes in sprouted form. Lots of protein there also. If you eat dairy, try curds like cottage cheese with fruit, and use sour cream a lot. Many of these diet considerations are the base for Hunza diets which was fad some time back and still a great basic diet guideline even though that fad-ish behavior comes and goes. Making good diet choices for health as well as environment and animal "relations" transcends the vegan and vegetarian labels and is a personal choice of great import regardless of how you go about it. It needs only the label of good health and caring.

Answer 3

Protein is found in everything. Yes, even in vegetables other than the ones listed already (which I might like to add spirullina and open celled chlorella - both algaes).

I would also like to try a dispell the myth of protein. If you are an adult, your protein intake is minimal. You just need to replace the proteins that have broken down, and broken down into unrecognizable pieces by the body. Your body is very efficient at scavenging leftover broken/used proteins to make new ones. A vegan diet even has enough protein to produce muscles and keep them going, with all the vegan marathoners, triathloners, and even bodybuilders! I say these types of people to show that you don't need to eat meat to even be an athlete whose protein requirements are higher than the average person. The athletes tear up proteins into unrecognizable pieces when they exercise and create free radicals throughout their body (vegetables have phytonutrients that are great antioxidants - chemicals that bind to free radicals and are then exited from the body), thus they have a higher need for amino acids (protein building blocks).

The media of the dairy (milk it does the body good) and beef (meat, its whats for dinner tonight, and meat, its where its at) companies have drilled it into us for so long now, that we don't even question the reasoning behind all the advertising strategy. And now we hear about how to beat cancer, heart disease, and other related diseases, we need to incorporate vegetables like dark green leafy greens into our diet to prevent these diseases. Imagine how healthy we could be if that is all we ate!

Remember also, that big piece of beef on your plate was once a cow. This cow ate only hay and oats to make its muscles! We don't have an extra stomach to churn the hay/grass into nutrients (though wheatgrass juice is available to us for all the grasses nutrients that the cow gets), but oats we can do!

Answer 4

protien bars/shakes, eggs, and peanuts!

Answer 5

tofu,

anything living has protein, what about dried whey?

Answer 6

Most foods contain protein.  

Nuts, many grains (quinoa, whole wheat)

Answer 7

Almonds, cashews, soy-free fake meats, lentils, peanut butter, and sunflower seeds are good protein sources.