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So, I guess, question is, how do you make extremely tasty tofu? Do you have to get some tofu that is not available in Europe?
> For example, you'd dump it into a bolognese pasta sauce instead of ground beef and it comes out the same.
In my experience it comes out, kind of, edible but slight disgusting, with grassy, soy aftertaste and spongy texture.
That's super funny that you wrote that because actually "meat" comes from Old English "mete" which referred to food in general.
I find most research on the the topic to be of dubious quality. I know that when I have more protein in my diet I feel less hungry for longer and I eat overall less calories. Also I've been working out for couple of years with little to show for it. I worry sometimes that maybe low protein diet is a, or the, reason for that.
> Where are you based?
I live in a smaller, rather conservative city where it's hard to find anything but local cuisine.
> If you live in a region where you can't survive without meat or dairy then you've got to do what you have to do to survive.
I don't need it to survive. And it is something that I want to do. I just don't know how and I'm not able to find any useful resources.
I'm sure that anything is possible for highly motivated individuals for whom eating enough protein is one of the main parts of their lifestyle. I just don't know how to translate it to everyday cooking for a family.
Tofu and other soy products are not easily available where I live. I'm not sure if doing extra driving or ordering online from another country would be net positive.
Nuts are protein dense only when you count them by weight (grams protein per gram) but not that great by energy (grams protein per kcal).
I could eat beans and lentils for every meal but that's from where the part about feeling terrible comes.
It sounds like a list of excuses but it is something that is actually, for me, a daily struggle and source of stress.