Top 5 Foods You Eat Most Often for Protein (smoothie, salt, break)

[clevergirl05]

Here are the top 5 foods I eat most often for protein (protein is essential for maintaining lean muscle mass, plus it keeps you full longer because it takes your body longer to break it down):

1. Canned Sardines (in water)/20g protein per 3 oz can: eaten 3 times per week.

2. 1/2 cup (not a full cup – 1/2 a cup) Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt/12g protein: eaten twice a day 6 – 7 days a week.

3. 1/2 cup Field Peas with Snaps (the frozen kind) cooked and seasoned with only black pepper and a dash of salt/9g protein: eaten 3 – 4 times per week.

4. Boiled Egg/6g protein: eaten once a day 6 days a week (yes, I eat the yolks).

5. 1/4 cup (4 flat tablespoons) Mixed Nuts/5g protein: eaten once (sometimes twice) a day 7 days a week.

What are the top 5 foods you eat most often for protein and how often do you eat them?

[sacredgrooves]

Bison 4-5 times a week ~50 grams per 10oz cooked
Beef (usually Filet) ~ 50 grams per 8oz cooked couple times a week
Salmon 1-2 times per week ~ 50 grams per 8oz cooked
Pastured eggs ~7 grams per egg, 3 times a week coupled with 2-3 pieces of uncured bacon
Jay Robb whey protein almost daily 25 grams per serving

I usually shoot for 125 grams per day.

[Charles]

Just a guess:

Chicken, Beef, Pork, cheese or eggs, peanut butter or Greek (high protein) yogurt (if it is on sale)

Always fresh, almost never packaged (occasional hot dog)

A lot depends on what is on sale at the store.

[AnonChick]

Hands down, it's chicken. I eat skinless, boneless chicken breast. Half a breast is around 6 ounces, and that's around 36 grams of protein. I usually pan-cook it with a little olive oil, add some garlic, a capful of cooking sherry, and a squeeze of lemon juice, with a few healthy pinches of parsley, and toss the whole thing right over a bowl of field greens and baby spinach. With the rest of the salad, I'm guessing I'm eating around 40-45 grams of protein in just that one bowl.

[Luckyd609]

Chicken, beef/pork, fish, nuts, yogurt - Greek.

[Cattknap]

Beans and legumes, nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans and pistachios, seeds....sunflower, pepitas), tofu, soy milk, hemp protein powder (complete protein that we have in our dinner smoothies every night), chia seeds, quinoa, buckwheat).

[user_id]

I don't really eat any particular food "for protein" because protein is in the vast majority of whole foods. The only food that I eat that is relatively high in protein is legumes, black beans, red lentils, etc...usually have 1~2 servings a day.

[brava4]

chicken, chicken and more chicken. Also, greek yogurt, non-gmo veggie burgers and eggs, eggs and more eggs.

[lubby]

Yogurt 7 days a week
chicken 4 days a week
cottage cheese 2 days a week
Peanut butter 1 day a week
beef one day a week.
eggs once a month

[bongo]

legumes; whole grains; nuts; tofu; non-fat organic yogurt.... in rotation or daily