Tryna start bringing lunch into the office instead of buying a sandwich every day and I figure I might as well try to make it vegan if I can
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peanut butter. literally anything with peanut butter.
for example, cold peanut noodles are a thing and they are delicious!
Peanut butter and jelly
Buy the ingredients in bulk and prep a bunch of them, cheap tasty and proteiny.
More of a general one, but a salad of corn, beans, and onions is generally pretty good - add some spices, peppers and dress it with some vinegar and olive/your choice of oil. It's easy, cheap, you can make a bunch of it pretty quick and can be good hot/cold (I enjoy it cold/room temp)
Whatever the vegan version of sour cream or yogurt is, that'd be good in there.
Guacamole would be better. Tahini could work but I'd want something brighter, maybe mix it with lemon juice or something first.
Could probably blend some (soft) tofu with something to get something closer to the same vibe
Cowboy caviar (canned corn, beans, tomato, cilantro) + tortilla chips to scoop
Cold soba noodles. Base for loads of different dishes, don't lose texture like other noodles.
Roughly 28g of protein according to the author: https://www.pickuplimes.com/recipe/chickpea-caesar-salad-wrap-679
One commenter mentions adding red kidney beans and swapping the lettuce for spinach which is a great idea.
Also you can make your own vegan mayo easily, only require a blender: https://simpleveganblog.com/vegan-mayonnaise/ (Adding garlic powder and paprika to it makes it :chefs-kiss: )
Have you tried making aquafaba mayo? Never been a huge fan of soy milk.
I haven't no; but that'd be a great way to use the aquafaba you'd be left with if you use canned chickpeas :thinkin-lenin:
meal replacement shakes, can get them in bulk for like 1.50-2 usd per bottle. not a vegan but theyve almost functionally made me one due to stress issues. if im on the go i usually dont even stir it, just dump it all in and shake it when i actually want it
I'm looking at some stew recipes and they're mostly 30m-1hr of cook time.
Most beans do need to soak overnight but you can do them in an instant pot or pressure cooker for 40 minutes, no soak required. Lentils are smaller so less cooking required.
from what I'm reading it's less that they're smaller and more that they don't have nearly as many lectins in them so cooking them without a soak is usually sufficient to avoid toxicity issues
edit: anyone about to read this comment chain and think "oh I don't need to soak my beans thanks debate bro" the FDA literally recommends a 5+ hour soak for raw kidney beans, specifically in their manual about food borne illness. Other beans you might be able to get away with because they have much lower lectin content. Kidney beans will have literally 3-120 times as much as any other bean. Even fully cooked kidney beans have lectin content comparable to uncooked lentils.
Studies done by British scientists suggest that beans should be soaked in water for at least 5 hours, the water poured away, and the beans boiled in fresh water for at least 30 minutes
https://www.fda.gov/media/83271/download
oh forgot about that. I see some sources saying lectin is deactivated after like ten minutes of boiling, which is well below cook time of most beans, but I also see sources warning about undercooked beans causing poisoning. Kidney beans boiled for 10m would be practically inedible I think, someone should take one for the team and see if that ten minute figure is accurate.
Regardless, cook them until they're soft and you'll be fine
I think it's dependent on the amount of lectins, kidney beans have like 100+ times as much as lentils so I would definitely not trust them all to break down in 10 minutes unless maybe via pressure cooking
Yeah I don't think Lentils are nearly as hard core as beans. I used to put red lentils in to my rice cooker alongside the rice and they'd cook in about the same amount of time.
most legumes have lectins, which are proteins which can bind to carbohydrates and cause a lot of various issues if ingested. Kidney beans in particular have a shitload compared to lentils
The FDA suggests that while legumes like kidney beans contain between 20,000 and 70,000 hau (hau being the unit of toxic measure), raw lentils have a far lower amount of lectin that is somewhere between 513 and 617 hau. source
so kidney beans are soaked for a long period of time to cut down on the cooking time necessary to break all that down
soy beans apparently have the same issue and also need to be soaked for like 8+ hours before being cooked
You just soak beans overnight or there's a few hours method where you boil. For lentils, you'll be under an hour unless you're cooking a monster amount
just make sure you're cooking them because they have the same toxins in them as other beans (but not as much as like kidney beans, like 40x less) that can cause diarrhea and nausea, but I think it's enough to just cook them for like 20 minutes
You can throw dry split red lentils into a rice cooker with your rice and it will cook at the same time. Add veg stock instead of water for more taste
I think you gotta do Chili. Don’t be afraid to have fun with it. Add chocolate, add maple syrup, and lentils or vegan meat. Canned Goya black beans are great, if you’re using dry beans be sure to soak them. Bean variety is nice.
The easiest way to do it is get some oil warm, get all your spices in there, warm em up, and Once that’s warm add some diced onion. Don’t hold back, be generous on the spices, use paprika and smoked paprika, use cumin, red pepper, use different ground chili’s, use a lot of whatever you use. Then add the onion and sauté till you start to see light browning. Next add tomato, either diced tomato or paste with broth, then add beans. Use broth or water to make sure everything really gets to know each other and the beans are fully cooked. Adjust seasoning as needed. You can add chocolate at this point if you want to try that. Don’t use salt till the end, as with all soup.
Chili rocks and it’s easy to do large batches of. Some say it tastes even better as it ages. Obviously there’s a limit to that but Still it’s pretty easy to eat a lot of a delicious chili.
The real easiest way to do it is to throw it all in a slow cooker before you go to work
Not vegan (well not anymore) but bean burritos fit the bill perfectly
Definitely something like a three bean salad right?
Cool, refreshing, lots of protein rich :bean:
Is a small salad a type of three bean salad or a non-US term for the same or something?
Roasted tofu, rice, kimchi & soy sauce. It tastes good to me cold and the kimchi goes a long way in adding flavor
Pasta salad with chopped bell peppers, red onion, chickpeas & beans with olive oil & red vinegar
Chickpea salad sandwich on a roll
