We often remove dairy from our diet because it makes us feel better, but for many it’s also a go to source of protein. Which leaves us wondering, how do we get enough protein to recover without it? Let’s dive into high protein dairy free meals to make this change feel easier.
Once you’ve been dairy free for awhile, like anything it becomes a no-brainer, but any massive shift in your normal patterns is going to feel overwhelming.
Suddenly, you’re mixing all kinds of foods, which you’ve forever considered healthy and important to your diet, like that high protein Greek yogurt or Whey Protein.
So..
How Do You Get Protein Without Dairy?
Even with foods and recipes that aren’t super ”high protein,” you can almost always add plain or flavored pea protein powder to bump up the protein without any flavor sacrifice.
In many packaged products the protein is often coming from the almond flour, nuts or soy isolate. Soy from organic tofu, no problem…soy isolate and you are asking for lots of gut trouble.
Dairy Free Protein Sources
- Meats and fish – highest sources
- Eggs
- Nuts, seeds
- Lentils, tempeh
- Tofu
- Protein powder (pea, brown rice, chickpea or collagen)
Plenty of vegetables can provide protein, but the volume required to…
