Top Non-Meat Sources Of Protein For Vegetarians

1. Milk 

Not just calcium, milk is an excellent source of protein too. If you don’t like to have plain milk, try making smoothies or cereal bowls, or oatmeal with it. Although, we would highly recommend having turmeric milk, especially in winter, to build immunity along the way. Here’s how to make it. 

2. Seeds 

Proteins, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals – the small seeds are big on nutrition. Have a handful (2 tbsp) of seeds every day. Better, mix them with nuts and consume them every morning. Here’s how to make nuts and seeds for a healthy snack. 

3. Peanut Butter 

What a delicious way to consume proteins! Peanut butter is just the spread we need to add taste as well as health to our toast. You can have 2 tbsp (8 g) of peanut butter in a day. Did you know you could make your own peanut butter at home? Here’s our recipe for homemade peanut butter. 

4. Chickpeas 

The combo of chana-chawal always wins our hearts. Imagine eating to your heart’s content and getting all the protein you need! You can try adding them to salads and mixed vegetable dishes and more. 

5. Walnuts 

Protein is one of the many nutrients that walnut offers. A serving of 2 tbsp every day should be enough. You can have ground walnuts as is, as a part of trail mix, or add them to your drinks and foods like shakes and salads.  

6. Eggs 

Egg is a great option for people following lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, which is basically a plant-based diet but includes dairy and eggs. “Lacto” means dairy and “ovo” means eggs, and these two food types combined with typical vegetarian foods form the lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet.