Figuring out protein grams

[Guest guest]

Hi, everyone.

 

I'm new to this list. I am not a vegetarian

but I like the idea of relying less on animal sources for protein

and more on combinations with beans, pulses, and grains.

 

They are very economical sources of protein

and I find them delicious and filling.

 

I would like to see if you could help me count the

protein grams in one of the dishes that I like to keep in

my freezer for quick meals.

 

I make a real thick chili with some

ground turkey and a whole lot of beans--

usually kidney beans, black beans, and refried pinto beans.

I eat it ladled over a half bowl-full of brown rice and

sometimes add grated cheddar cheese on top.

 

I've often totaled up protein amounts for entire recipes that I like,

then figure out the per-meal protein by using division.

 

For beans and grains, do I just take the

protein amounts off the labels?

I think I saw someone say that using vegetable protein sources

in combination with each other somehow ups the net protein?

Is this true? How can I quantify this when I compute my totals?

 

Thanks for any help that you're able to give.

 

Margie

[Guest guest]

welcome Margie

what I find useful is the list in " Files " top left hand corner - it

lists all bean and dense protein and its invaluable to me when doing

my sums!

 

I must admit that if I do a chilli including meat, my way is to count

the meat for protein and have the beans as brown. I like things

uncomplicated.

 

Vegetarian chilli I count all beans as protein and add some wild rice

or whatever for brown.

 

I do add cheese/cottage cheese to beans to " bump up " the protein when

choosing beans as I aim for 30 - 32 g myself and it makes life easy.

Using combinations in this way means I dont overload on beans and get

a bit of variety and yes you're right I add the dense protein sources

up for my total.

 

Grains I dont count as protein, only count as a brown - makes it

simple to rely on the dense veggie protein.

 

Yes you can use labels - I dont as Ive always lost my reading

glasses and I prefer to use my cup as a scoop measure and have

my " Files " list in big reassuring letters in my journal. whatever

suits you best!

mosaic

 

 

 

, " chasingbutterflies321 "

<chasingbutterflies321 wrote:

>

> Hi, everyone.

>

> I'm new to this list. I am not a vegetarian

> but I like the idea of relying less on animal sources for protein

> and more on combinations with beans, pulses, and grains.

>

> They are very economical sources of protein

> and I find them delicious and filling.

>

> I would like to see if you could help me count the

> protein grams in one of the dishes that I like to keep in

> my freezer for quick meals.

>

> I make a real thick chili with some

> ground turkey and a whole lot of beans--

> usually kidney beans, black beans, and refried pinto beans.

> I eat it ladled over a half bowl-full of brown rice and

> sometimes add grated cheddar cheese on top.

>

> I've often totaled up protein amounts for entire recipes that I

like,

> then figure out the per-meal protein by using division.

>

> For beans and grains, do I just take the

> protein amounts off the labels?

> I think I saw someone say that using vegetable protein sources

> in combination with each other somehow ups the net protein?

> Is this true? How can I quantify this when I compute my totals?

>

> Thanks for any help that you're able to give.

>

> Margie

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Mosaic. This helps.

 

In my chili, I don't want to rely on meat for all the protein--

I guess, in this dish, it's more of a garnish or extra than

a main ingredient.

 

I'm going to count it along with the beans, use the rice as the brown,

and see where I am with my target of 33-38 grams protein.

 

Then I'll add cheese if I need to. I might even get brave enough

to dollop on some cottage cheese. (Is that what you do?)

It sounds like it has the potential to be really tasty--

especially if I make the chili good and spicy.

 

Thanks for directing me to the protein list in the file.

Now that I know how to do this, I'll use it with a few

other dishes I make as well.

 

Margie