These are literally the highest quality vegan meal preps out there. I love that it's nutritionally complete. Your stir fry on the last video like this is my husband's absolute favorite and it makes a ton for cheap. This is badass work.
This is such an amazing compliment and the kind of thing that pushes me and my team forward!! So glad that you and your husband are loving the meals and the content so much. 💚
Don't know if anyone commented on this, but in order to safely cool down food in the fridge you need to keep the food uncovered until it's cold, then cover it. Love the recipes. Thank you.
This is awesome! Thanks! I have been dying for a vegan influencer who lifts, to make meals that are nutritionally balanced, without using protein powders. Thank you!
Not vegan but I really appreciate that this embraces what it is without a bunch of powder supplements or faux products. I'm going to give it a try next grocery run.
Yes!! That's part of my goal and I love hearing that you're going to try this!! What recipe are you most excited for? Please keep me updated on what you liked best in this meal prep! 😃
Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed this video, then I'm sure you'll love our upcoming plant-based nutrition course, the Plant-Powered Body 💪🌱 I am super excited to share it with you! You can join our waitlist to get FREE access to this course when it launches: thevegangym.com/course
I love this series man. I’ve pretty much tried every meal prep you have made, and I can’t decide which I love more. Every week I pretty much just mix and match depending on what I’m feeling like eating for the week. I’m making this one for the following week, and this looks delicious already. Even though I enjoy protein shakes, relying on them doesn’t paint a good picture for the “where do vegans get their protein???” crowd. This is more than enough protein for the regular person, and just about enough for someone trying to build muscle.
Thank you so much for the kind words!! It's amazing to hear that you've tried all the meal prep guides!! What's your favorite meal of ours that you've tried? 😄🌱
Thank you for doing these videos. they are so well done and thorough. The efforts don't go unnoticed! The foods are also so similar to what I already eat so it's amazing to see little tweaks I can make, the nutrition breakdown, and others eating like this!
Thank you so much! Me and my team put a ton of hours into these videos so I'm glad it's being noticed! I absolutely love your perspective of making tweaks in your current diet to optimize it! 😃
This was much needed for me this week as I'm moving tomorrow out of a house where I have lived for over 22 years. Sad to say goodbye 😢but better times are ahead! So this meal plan will definitely come in useful! Thanks for oh so helpful content.
Ah I'm sure that was a bitter-sweet time for sure!! Thank you so much for sharing. I really can't wait to hear what you think of the meal prep! Please let me know what you enjoyed most with it. 🌱
Great videos and much needed and appreciated. Ive been vegan 15years but only recently started at the gym, been looking to tweak my diet for more protein. Thanks!!
hey this is fantabulous! I know such word doesn't exist! ;) As always I love your meal prep and you nailed it again this time. Just want to know what keeps you inspired for going to the gym everyday. I appreciate if you can make a video/short on that too please.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Making sure that everything we put out is the highest quality possible is one of the most important thing for me so I'm glad you agreed! 😄🌱
Yesss!!! I love your meal prep videos. They are better than any others out there. I have changed the way I eat because of what you have taught about upping nutrition. I get so excited looking at all of the green on Cronometer! And you are so entertaining! I crack up when you make fun of yourself…”bhegs.” And the quality of the recipes is delicious. I still drink Green Maca Smoothies for breakfast regularly. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words!! I totally agree with seeing the green on Cronometer! It definitely itches a scratch I have in my brain haha. Glad you're loving the videos and the recipes!! 😃💚
@@TheVeganGym Looking forward to them! I was re-watching this video and was curious where you got your iron from? Also, how far in advance do you meal prep? If more than 3 days, how do you keep the food fresh?
Im allergic to Brazil nuts. Also note never eat more than 7, they can be toxic. Great ideas. I liked the high protein amount. As a senior studies have confirmed this aids in prevention of muscle loss. Critical for us. Our calorie requirements decrease as we age. Im eating 1500 and im 63.
So great to hear that you found the video helpful! This was a deliberate decision to have less music to see what our viewers thought of it so I'm glad to hear you noticed it! Thanks for the input. 🌱
These are awesome! Tried your other meal prep and found it was too much food for my smaller cookery supplies so I cut everything in half or 1/3. I would love to see some links to those beautifully uniform containers you use- I don’t think I have those sizes! Brand & size if you remember? Thanks!
I have been exhausted trying to balance both, this looks great...I might need to suck it up and deal with eating the same thing everyday when I get super busy.
I made the sammies this morning and want to add it to my Cronometer log. Will you be adding these recipes there? It would be great if your recipes were importable to make them easier to follow in my favorite cooking app.
hey just stumbled across your videos and absolutely love them! it would be awesome if you maybe to a full week meal prep for students (since we are on a budget). I know it’s a tricky request, but it would be so helpful 🫶🏻
@@TheVeganGym yeah, so these are really, really good. I spread some coarse Dijon mustard on the bread and that took it up a notch. This is now my second favourite way of eating uncooked tofu (the other being chocolate tofu pie).
Any chance you'd make a video about the process of how you come up with these meal prep plan videos? Like how do you go about deciding what meals to make, what ingredients to add for certain nutrients, etc to ensure that they are nutritionallycomplete and balanced without going over or under calories? Do you just wing it or is it pretty methodical in how you approach this? If it's a secret recipe/process I completely understand 😅 I'm just always interested in learning. Thanks for another great meal prep video 💚🌱 Ps. I hate to be that guy, cause I realise it's a newly done/renovated kitchen (or is this a different kitchen from the green cabinets one?), but have you looked into the negative health effects of using gas when cooking? There's quite a lot of data and literature out there in recent studies that you might be interested in considering. Induction is a lot more efficient and healthy 💚
I like that idea a lot! I will definitely share it with my team. Regarding your question about the negative effects of using gas while cooking, I don't know much off the top of my head but maybe this i something we could research and mention in a video at some point.
PB fit powder is the best when mixed with water as a spread. Today I made an experiment to increase protein content by adding rice protein powder to it and it tastes pretty good. I know it’s kind of hacky but works very well. Now I can eat high protein PB sandwiches without remorse 😂
Thank you so much for sharing your protein experiment!! I don't have too much experience with rice protein powder but I'd like to try! Glad it's working so well for you. 😄
@@TheVeganGym it’s pretty flavorless which I think is a good thing. The only thing that worries me is arsenic content but mostly what I saw online is that most heavy metals are washed away on refining process. in the same way white rice has less lead than brown rice. It just amazes me how many alternatives we have out there for plant based proteins
Thank you! Such a relief to switch gears from bars and shakes! My body composition plateaued on plant-based so I am in month 2/3 trying to boost protein and see if it moves the needle in the DEXA before considering going back to the dark side. ;) Notes to future self: brekkie $2.54/, lunch $5.02/, dinner $6.16/ (14% of which was a bougie tomato I didn't use) *SoCal price points, opting for organic when available, not itemizing small quantity spice. Brekkie- mail ordered PBFit and was surprised it was only $0.36 more per serving. Also surprised it only gives a +1 gram protein boost over the sticky stuff, but makes clean up and shelf storage easier. The remaining 10 servings will be clutch on my next backpacking excursion. Already have a decent arsenal of overnight oats/chia pudding mason jar meals, but never hurts to have one more. Overbuy bananas to adjust for "roommate" theft. Lunch-- My favorite of the 3. Found myself reaching for cherry to globe sized tomatoes because it felt weird to have a partial beefsteak hanging out for days. I got confused prepping these recipes over 24 hours vs 30 mins (alongside a 5 yr old sous chef) and accidentally pickled the "leftover" red onion from the seitan only to discover I needed it here, but if anyone else hates raw onion, ceviche it in a vinegar bath if you have a couple hours. I wonder if you could stuff these into cabbage leaf wraps if you were cutting carbs? Dinner-- TIFU when it turns out coco aminos aren't a great 1:1 sub for lower sodium soy sauce because they are next level salty, but this still turned out edible and better than most of my experiments. If you want to save $1.25 and generate less packaging trash, make your rice from scratch, but I'm actually surprised at how low the convenience tax is on this item. This would work pretty well as a dump and neglect instant pot recipe with a smidge of water. Get out your quart mason jars, this volume of food is going to overflow the pint size.
Love that plan and I love the notes you made for yourself!! More protein could definitely be a solution. Please let me know how this works out for you! 😃
Been a vegan for 10 years, I’ve used these exact products. The math here is incorrect. 4 cups of oatmeal, 4 tbsp of chia seeds, 4 tbsp of hemp seeds, 2 packs of seitan and 2 blocks of tofu doesn’t equal 120 grams of protein per day for 4 days. It’s like 85-95 grams of protein per day if spread out over 4 days
The math is correct. We inputted everything into Cronometer and did a nutrition breakdown at the end of this video. The full nutrition breakdown is on our website (link in bio). All plants have protein, so while you listed some of the higher protein foods, there’s a lot of protein in the foods you didn’t mention. The foods you mentioned (oats, chia seeds, hemp seeds, seitan, and tofu) all contain 75 grams per day. And all of the other foods contain 52.2 grams of protein per day. For example, the PBfit powdered peanut butter is 8 grams, the vanilla soy milk is 6 grams, and the 4 slices of Dave’s bread are 12 grams (per day). That’s just 3 other foods that you didn’t mention.
I always love your ideas and recipes! Have tried a bunch and liked them all. I do have a quick question though… The seitan I can find near me always has a lot of sodium. Do you know of any brands that are lower in sodium? Whether online or in store. Thanks
Thank you for the kind words! You may want to consider making your own homemade seitan. Here's a video where I show you one of my favorite recipes: ua-cam.com/video/r3ltvFlRFZI/v-deo.htmlsi=z_a71eO6WOQLbWkW
These videos are great! Would love to see some soy free meals to alternate. The only thing that has stopped me going full vegan is my body doesn’t seem to do too well with soy, and I was nervous this means I won’t be able to reach my protein and micronutrient content. (Did try veganism for a while and noticed my tiredness etc, so assumed I was missing out on things and reintroduced eggs 🙈).
This is such a great meal prep. Thank you. I am trying to sign up for the nutrition course, but when I press the ‘sign me up’ button it says that the page cannot be found 😅
Hello! This is a great video, however I recently took a body scan quiz and also through trail and error found that my maintenance calories is only 1500 :( so to lose weight and tone up I would need to eat lower than that! How do I get in enough protein being vegan (im currently vegetarian) while not gaining weight?
That was fast! I wish I could eat bananas, ugh…just the thought makes me nauseous (LOL). I also wheeze around them, so best that I stay away. I also can’t stand peanut butter in bowls, smoothies, or oats. I like PB on a sandwich or cracker once or twice a year. LOL I really enjoy your delivery and video style, keep up the great work! 🙌🏻
I give some ideas on how to lower the calories at the 7:29 mark! I don't get quite down to 1,431 calories but I get close! Glad you're enjoying the content. 😃💚
I use a full cup of oatmeal every morning (M thru F), plus a tablespoon each of hemp seed, flax and chia. Then a small handful each of walnuts and sunflower seeds plus a whole banana. I'd probably be starving again within an hour with only a half cup of oatmeal. Surprised he is fine with so little (and he's bigger than I am).
I'd pay for a service that allows me to mix and match meals throughout the week to ensure I am getting something nutritionally complete, high in protein and meets my calorie needs.
I am GF so I can't do seitan. But there are GF "meat substitutes" on the market, unfortunately, they aren't vegan as they use eggs as a binder since there isn't the gluten in them to bind. So not sure what to use here as a sub for the seitan. Otherwise, the other options...yeah buddy!
Why was I unable to participate in the vegetarian nutrition course when I sent an email? It seems that there is a problem on the page. Please solve it as soon as possible.
You take suggestions for your new UA-cam videos? I got one I think that is best suited for you out of all the other vegan channels. You can title it: "Can you maintain or even build muscle on only 50 grams of protein a day?" ----from time to time I hear that is the bare minimum daily requirement that a human needs.
Hello, I see in your table that some micronutrientes exceed the daily needs by many times (almost 5 times more for some!). Can it get toxic/bad for the body always eating that much more than the recommendations?
Everything was inputted into a nutrition tracking app: Cronometer. You can even see the nutrition breakdown by clicking the link in the description. 😊🌱
I had my doubts too, but looks like the peanut butter powder is really just flavored protein powder. My guess is that’s where the chunk of protein is coming from, followed by the oats.
@@matlikescatsnope, i put it into cronometer and i got 26g of protein.. All of little amounts of protein in each ingredient do add up! The pb fit is just powdered peanut butter. It has 7 g of protein in 2 tbsp
These are literally the highest quality vegan meal preps out there. I love that it's nutritionally complete. Your stir fry on the last video like this is my husband's absolute favorite and it makes a ton for cheap. This is badass work.
This is such an amazing compliment and the kind of thing that pushes me and my team forward!! So glad that you and your husband are loving the meals and the content so much. 💚
Yes! This content is gold!
Don't know if anyone commented on this, but in order to safely cool down food in the fridge you need to keep the food uncovered until it's cold, then cover it. Love the recipes. Thank you.
Thank you for the tip!! 😄
This is awesome! Thanks! I have been dying for a vegan influencer who lifts, to make meals that are nutritionally balanced, without using protein powders. Thank you!
Awesome! You are very welcome! 💪🌱
Not vegan but I really appreciate that this embraces what it is without a bunch of powder supplements or faux products. I'm going to give it a try next grocery run.
Yes!! That's part of my goal and I love hearing that you're going to try this!! What recipe are you most excited for? Please keep me updated on what you liked best in this meal prep! 😃
I've been vegan for a year now and your channel is exactly what I needed!! Thanks so much for making this content
Love seeing this kind of comment!! Please continue to use our other videos as a resource! We have tons of recipes and will have more to come! 😃
Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed this video, then I'm sure you'll love our upcoming plant-based nutrition course, the Plant-Powered Body 💪🌱 I am super excited to share it with you! You can join our waitlist to get FREE access to this course when it launches: thevegangym.com/course
Not sure if there is something wrong on my end but when I click on the link, it says the link does not exist. Thanks for the help.
When I click sign up from the link, it takes me to a page that says it doesn't exist.😢 @TheVeganGym
We are eating similarly, although modified for my size! I too am a cancer survivor who is thriving huge! Thanks for some good watching!
So awesome! Love that! Thanks for the support and keep crushing it! 👏💪🌱
I love this series man. I’ve pretty much tried every meal prep you have made, and I can’t decide which I love more. Every week I pretty much just mix and match depending on what I’m feeling like eating for the week. I’m making this one for the following week, and this looks delicious already. Even though I enjoy protein shakes, relying on them doesn’t paint a good picture for the “where do vegans get their protein???” crowd. This is more than enough protein for the regular person, and just about enough for someone trying to build muscle.
Thank you so much for the kind words!! It's amazing to hear that you've tried all the meal prep guides!! What's your favorite meal of ours that you've tried? 😄🌱
Thank you for doing these videos. they are so well done and thorough. The efforts don't go unnoticed!
The foods are also so similar to what I already eat so it's amazing to see little tweaks I can make, the nutrition breakdown, and others eating like this!
Thank you so much! Me and my team put a ton of hours into these videos so I'm glad it's being noticed! I absolutely love your perspective of making tweaks in your current diet to optimize it! 😃
Oh yay! I’ve been waiting for another high protein meal prep video from you😊
I hope you love this one! Thank you for your support! 🙏
love the lower calorie options! I'd love it y'all did a few high protein, low budget meal preps!
This one isn't too bad! Make your own rice for hardly any added time (with a rice cooker, anyway).
Thank you for the suggestion!! Glad you're loving the content. 🌱😃
We prepared all the meals last night and are loving them. Thank you!!
Yes!! That's amazing to hear!! Please tell me more. What recipe did you all like best? 😃💚
This was much needed for me this week as I'm moving tomorrow out of a house where I have lived for over 22 years. Sad to say goodbye 😢but better times are ahead! So this meal plan will definitely come in useful! Thanks for oh so helpful content.
Ah I'm sure that was a bitter-sweet time for sure!! Thank you so much for sharing. I really can't wait to hear what you think of the meal prep! Please let me know what you enjoyed most with it. 🌱
Tofu sandwich filling looks bomb, thanks! Great video, I love your meal preps.
Thank you so much!! Great to hear you're loving the meal preps. Got a favorite recipe of ours? 💚
Love your meal prep videos, thank you so much.
I recommend waiting for the food to cool down before putting lids on to prevent warping the plastic. 💗
Great videos and much needed and appreciated. Ive been vegan 15years but only recently started at the gym, been looking to tweak my diet for more protein. Thanks!!
That’s awesome! Best of luck! 👏😄💪🌱
hey this is fantabulous! I know such word doesn't exist! ;) As always I love your meal prep and you nailed it again this time. Just want to know what keeps you inspired for going to the gym everyday. I appreciate if you can make a video/short on that too please.
Thank you for the kind words and the great video suggestion!! Hope you have a fantabulous day! 😄
I love your meal prep videos. 🎉
*Congrats for 100k!* 🎉
Thank you so much! Woo hoo!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank You for all the great content, longtime lurker. Moving to eating more plant based and love this channel
Just wanted to thank you for your videos, always high quality work and so helpful when I need ideas for meal prep
Thank you so much for the kind words! Making sure that everything we put out is the highest quality possible is one of the most important thing for me so I'm glad you agreed! 😄🌱
Yesss!!! I love your meal prep videos. They are better than any others out there. I have changed the way I eat because of what you have taught about upping nutrition. I get so excited looking at all of the green on Cronometer! And you are so entertaining! I crack up when you make fun of yourself…”bhegs.” And the quality of the recipes is delicious. I still drink Green Maca Smoothies for breakfast regularly. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words!! I totally agree with seeing the green on Cronometer! It definitely itches a scratch I have in my brain haha. Glad you're loving the videos and the recipes!! 😃💚
you are doing a great work mate. been vegan for 8 years. Swim and walk for 2 hours each day in the morning.
That is amazing to hear and kudos to you for that kickass morning routine! Well done! 😃
This is fantastic. I’m definitely going to make the stirfry. Everything looks great. 💚
Always love and appreciate this series! Thank you! And more of these videos please 😊
Thank you for the kind words!! We have more planned and on the way! Keep your eyes peeled! 😄🌱
@@TheVeganGym Looking forward to them! I was re-watching this video and was curious where you got your iron from? Also, how far in advance do you meal prep? If more than 3 days, how do you keep the food fresh?
Im allergic to Brazil nuts. Also note never eat more than 7, they can be toxic. Great ideas. I liked the high protein amount. As a senior studies have confirmed this aids in prevention of muscle loss. Critical for us. Our calorie requirements decrease as we age. Im eating 1500 and im 63.
Thank you for your content!
Love the video! Also really liked the (nearly) zero music in here.. just listening to you cooking and explaining things was really relaxing 😄💚
So great to hear that you found the video helpful! This was a deliberate decision to have less music to see what our viewers thought of it so I'm glad to hear you noticed it! Thanks for the input. 🌱
Can't wait to start making oats every day again! Really smart to keep 3 days of dried ingredients in the fridge!
Yayy!! Are you most excited for the oats recipe then? What else in this meal prep are you excited for?
I made this and took me like an hour because I am inexperienced, but it turned out great!!
Damn, exactly what I needed!
Awesome! I'm glad to hear that! 😀
That was incredible!! Let's do it again sometime (loved this type of content
Thank you for the kind words!! Check out our channel for several other meal preps like this! What recipe here are you most excited to try? 😃
These are awesome! Tried your other meal prep and found it was too much food for my smaller cookery supplies so I cut everything in half or 1/3. I would love to see some links to those beautifully uniform containers you use- I don’t think I have those sizes! Brand & size if you remember? Thanks!
Loved your content and your efforts you put in your videos along with nutritional knowledge for each meal. ❤
Thank you for the kind words!! We do put a ton of hours into these videos so I'm glad you noticed!!
Absolutely love this series and learned a ton from it. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you're putting into this!
Thank you for the wonderful comment! Glad you're getting so much from our meal prep series. Got a favorite recipe of mine? 😄🌱
Fantastic. Appreciate this content and the great work you guys do :)
Thank you!
Thanks for watching! 😊🙏
Thank you for this I am going to try and let you know how I like it
Awesome!! I love reading this kind of comment!! What recipe are you most excited to try? Please let me know what you think!! 😄🌱
Love seeing such a quick meal prep. Thank you!
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed the video. 😄
This is so amazing!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful to you!
Love these recipes! Sooo happy I founf your channel!
That's awesome to hear!! We have loads of other meal prep videos and will have more to come as well! Stay tuned! 😃
I like it. Would add a bunch of berries on the oatmeal. ❤ ty for sharing.
I have been exhausted trying to balance both, this looks great...I might need to suck it up and deal with eating the same thing everyday when I get super busy.
I made the sammies this morning and want to add it to my Cronometer log. Will you be adding these recipes there? It would be great if your recipes were importable to make them easier to follow in my favorite cooking app.
I really like this idea. They're currently not there but I'll see if we can do this for these recipes and future recipes! 😃💚
I love this so too much
Haha that's great to hear! What recipe sounds like the best to you? 😄🌱
Wish u would do more of these
We have a lot more meal preps! Just scroll through our videos 🙂
ty for the inspo ♡
So glad you found the recipes inspiring!! 😃
hey just stumbled across your videos and absolutely love them!
it would be awesome if you maybe to a full week meal prep for students (since we are on a budget). I know it’s a tricky request, but it would be so helpful 🫶🏻
Thank you so much
Thank you!! Glad you found the video helpful. 😄🌱
Good video 👍
I don’t have FB! But am interested in learning what my calorie intake should be along with my protein intake to hit my exercise goals.
Unfortunately our calculator is only available on FB! If we change that we'll be sure to let you know!
I just made the tofu chick'n Sammie's and they are awesome! Will definitely make it again!! Thank you so much for this video!
Glad you liked it!! 😄🌱
dang wish i saw this before i went out grocery shopping 😂
Oh no, next time! 😊🌱
I was just thinking the same thing 😂
I always love these! 👏🏽
That's awesome to hear! What recipe in this video are you most excited to try? 🌱
Oh heck yeah!!! I'm excited to try this. 😁
Hope you like it! 😊
Wow I'm shocked 😲 instantly subbed
Love to hear that! Got a favorite recipe from this video? 😄
Seitan stir fry 😋
You’re the best! Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the video! 😄🌱
Love your videos! I know it’s not the point of the video but I love to see the cost of the ingredients also!
Interesting idea! Thank you for the suggestion! Glad you're enjoying the videos. 😃💚
Thank you so much for these!❤
It's my pleasure!! Glad you're enjoying the content so much!! 😄🌱
This is so helpful! Thanks!!
Awesome!! I love to hear it. What recipe here are you most interested in trying? 😃
Oooh, I'll be making those tofu sandwiches today, they look great.
Yes!! Please let me know how they turned out!! 💚
@@TheVeganGym yeah, so these are really, really good. I spread some coarse Dijon mustard on the bread and that took it up a notch.
This is now my second favourite way of eating uncooked tofu (the other being chocolate tofu pie).
These look great! But can you suggest a substitute for tofu? I’m soy sensitive, I can have some soy sauce without problems, but tofu is way too much.
Any chance you'd make a video about the process of how you come up with these meal prep plan videos? Like how do you go about deciding what meals to make, what ingredients to add for certain nutrients, etc to ensure that they are nutritionallycomplete and balanced without going over or under calories? Do you just wing it or is it pretty methodical in how you approach this?
If it's a secret recipe/process I completely understand 😅 I'm just always interested in learning.
Thanks for another great meal prep video 💚🌱
Ps. I hate to be that guy, cause I realise it's a newly done/renovated kitchen (or is this a different kitchen from the green cabinets one?), but have you looked into the negative health effects of using gas when cooking? There's quite a lot of data and literature out there in recent studies that you might be interested in considering. Induction is a lot more efficient and healthy 💚
I like that idea a lot! I will definitely share it with my team.
Regarding your question about the negative effects of using gas while cooking, I don't know much off the top of my head but maybe this i something we could research and mention in a video at some point.
Love the videos. Do you have an alternative for seitan (for people who are gluten intolerant)? Simply more tofu?
Yes, my first thought would be to add more tofu like you said!
PB fit powder is the best when mixed with water as a spread. Today I made an experiment to increase protein content by adding rice protein powder to it and it tastes pretty good. I know it’s kind of hacky but works very well. Now I can eat high protein PB sandwiches without remorse 😂
Thank you so much for sharing your protein experiment!! I don't have too much experience with rice protein powder but I'd like to try! Glad it's working so well for you. 😄
@@TheVeganGym it’s pretty flavorless which I think is a good thing. The only thing that worries me is arsenic content but mostly what I saw online is that most heavy metals are washed away on refining process. in the same way white rice has less lead than brown rice. It just amazes me how many alternatives we have out there for plant based proteins
Thank you! Such a relief to switch gears from bars and shakes!
My body composition plateaued on plant-based so I am in month 2/3 trying to boost protein and see if it moves the needle in the DEXA before considering going back to the dark side. ;)
Notes to future self:
brekkie $2.54/, lunch $5.02/, dinner $6.16/ (14% of which was a bougie tomato I didn't use)
*SoCal price points, opting for organic when available, not itemizing small quantity spice.
Brekkie- mail ordered PBFit and was surprised it was only $0.36 more per serving. Also surprised it only gives a +1 gram protein boost over the sticky stuff, but makes clean up and shelf storage easier. The remaining 10 servings will be clutch on my next backpacking excursion. Already have a decent arsenal of overnight oats/chia pudding mason jar meals, but never hurts to have one more. Overbuy bananas to adjust for "roommate" theft.
Lunch-- My favorite of the 3. Found myself reaching for cherry to globe sized tomatoes because it felt weird to have a partial beefsteak hanging out for days. I got confused prepping these recipes over 24 hours vs 30 mins (alongside a 5 yr old sous chef) and accidentally pickled the "leftover" red onion from the seitan only to discover I needed it here, but if anyone else hates raw onion, ceviche it in a vinegar bath if you have a couple hours. I wonder if you could stuff these into cabbage leaf wraps if you were cutting carbs?
Dinner-- TIFU when it turns out coco aminos aren't a great 1:1 sub for lower sodium soy sauce because they are next level salty, but this still turned out edible and better than most of my experiments. If you want to save $1.25 and generate less packaging trash, make your rice from scratch, but I'm actually surprised at how low the convenience tax is on this item. This would work pretty well as a dump and neglect instant pot recipe with a smidge of water. Get out your quart mason jars, this volume of food is going to overflow the pint size.
Love that plan and I love the notes you made for yourself!! More protein could definitely be a solution. Please let me know how this works out for you! 😃
Been a vegan for 10 years, I’ve used these exact products. The math here is incorrect. 4 cups of oatmeal, 4 tbsp of chia seeds, 4 tbsp of hemp seeds, 2 packs of seitan and 2 blocks of tofu doesn’t equal 120 grams of protein per day for 4 days. It’s like 85-95 grams of protein per day if spread out over 4 days
The math is correct. We inputted everything into Cronometer and did a nutrition breakdown at the end of this video. The full nutrition breakdown is on our website (link in bio). All plants have protein, so while you listed some of the higher protein foods, there’s a lot of protein in the foods you didn’t mention. The foods you mentioned (oats, chia seeds, hemp seeds, seitan, and tofu) all contain 75 grams per day. And all of the other foods contain 52.2 grams of protein per day. For example, the PBfit powdered peanut butter is 8 grams, the vanilla soy milk is 6 grams, and the 4 slices of Dave’s bread are 12 grams (per day). That’s just 3 other foods that you didn’t mention.
I always love your ideas and recipes! Have tried a bunch and liked them all. I do have a quick question though…
The seitan I can find near me always has a lot of sodium. Do you know of any brands that are lower in sodium? Whether online or in store.
Thanks
Thank you for the kind words! You may want to consider making your own homemade seitan. Here's a video where I show you one of my favorite recipes: ua-cam.com/video/r3ltvFlRFZI/v-deo.htmlsi=z_a71eO6WOQLbWkW
These videos are great! Would love to see some soy free meals to alternate. The only thing that has stopped me going full vegan is my body doesn’t seem to do too well with soy, and I was nervous this means I won’t be able to reach my protein and micronutrient content. (Did try veganism for a while and noticed my tiredness etc, so assumed I was missing out on things and reintroduced eggs 🙈).
You may be interested in our soy-free meal prep!! Thanks for sharing your concerns. ua-cam.com/video/_PMvN-MYNvk/v-deo.htmlsi=iku5g8VUTcngc1d5
Wow, I will try it
Awesome!! Please let me know what recipe you liked best!! 😃
This is pretty awesome dude 👍
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed the video. 💚
Excellent information! Thank you so much. One question, how much tofu is per sandwich?
Good question! Each sandwich has half a block of tofu! 😄🌱
This is such a great meal prep. Thank you. I am trying to sign up for the nutrition course, but when I press the ‘sign me up’ button it says that the page cannot be found 😅
Glad you loved the meal prep! Thanks for letting me know that the page may not be working. My team is currently getting the page back up!
@@TheVeganGym yay! Thanks so much
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!! Glad you enjoyed the video. What recipe are you most excited to try? 💚
So COOL! Thank you! :)
Thank YOU for watching the video! Glad you enjoyed it. 🌱😃
Hello! This is a great video, however I recently took a body scan quiz and also through trail and error found that my maintenance calories is only 1500 :( so to lose weight and tone up I would need to eat lower than that! How do I get in enough protein being vegan (im currently vegetarian) while not gaining weight?
What about the can of black beans on the tray
That was fast! I wish I could eat bananas, ugh…just the thought makes me nauseous (LOL). I also wheeze around them, so best that I stay away. I also can’t stand peanut butter in bowls, smoothies, or oats. I like PB on a sandwich or cracker once or twice a year. LOL I really enjoy your delivery and video style, keep up the great work! 🙌🏻
I'm so sorry to hear about your struggles with bananas and peanut butter! Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you're enjoying the content! 😃💚
What is the impact of replacing chia seeds with ground flax seeds?
That wouldn't change too much! Give it a try for sure! 😄🌱
How do I reduce this to 1431 calories and ensure 110 grams of protein? I am in calorie deficit and I’m only 5’1”. Love your videos.
I give some ideas on how to lower the calories at the 7:29 mark! I don't get quite down to 1,431 calories but I get close! Glad you're enjoying the content. 😃💚
I use a full cup of oatmeal every morning (M thru F), plus a tablespoon each of hemp seed, flax and chia. Then a small handful each of walnuts and sunflower seeds plus a whole banana. I'd probably be starving again within an hour with only a half cup of oatmeal. Surprised he is fine with so little (and he's bigger than I am).
I eat a lot more than this. 3,000 to 3,500 calories per day. These videos are to help others. 😊💪🌱
I bulk up my oatmeal with a half of cup of frozen riced cauliflower and a half of cup of berries.
Can you also give the macros breakdown of the single meals alone?
You can find this on our website 🙂 There’s a link in the description of this video 👍
I'd pay for a service that allows me to mix and match meals throughout the week to ensure I am getting something nutritionally complete, high in protein and meets my calorie needs.
I am GF so I can't do seitan. But there are GF "meat substitutes" on the market, unfortunately, they aren't vegan as they use eggs as a binder since there isn't the gluten in them to bind. So not sure what to use here as a sub for the seitan. Otherwise, the other options...yeah buddy!
Do you even get any nutrition from chia seeds that are not ground? I always use ground flax seeds.
They are soaked overnight, which accomplished a similar thing to grinding them. But grinding them and then soaking them is slightly better. 🙂
Why was I unable to participate in the vegetarian nutrition course when I sent an email? It seems that there is a problem on the page. Please solve it as soon as possible.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. My team is currently working on getting the page back again!
You take suggestions for your new UA-cam videos? I got one I think that is best suited for you out of all the other vegan channels. You can title it: "Can you maintain or even build muscle on only 50 grams of protein a day?"
----from time to time I hear that is the bare minimum daily requirement that a human needs.
Hey! Yum!!!!
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Informative, fun, and hot as hell. What’s not to love about this guy?
Hello, I see in your table that some micronutrientes exceed the daily needs by many times (almost 5 times more for some!). Can it get toxic/bad for the body always eating that much more than the recommendations?
It depends on the tolerable upper limit of the specific micronutrient, but no, the quantities in this meal prep are not an issue. 😊
The course registration page is not working yet 😢
It's all fixed, sorry about that! Thanks for letting us know! Try again here: thevegangym.com/course
I tried to sign up for the free nutrition course and the link is broken
It's all fixed, sorry about that! Thanks for letting us know! Try again here: thevegangym.com/course
What can I substitute seitan. Cause I can’t get seitan where I live
Good question! Tofu would be a great substitute!! 😃
Did I miss the amt of iron in the meals?
Click the link in the description for all the nutrition facts 👍
@@TheVeganGymthank you 😊
So who has the same meal 4 days in a row ? I can barely eat pizza( my favorite ) two meals in a row .
this breakfast has never 27g of protein with this low amount of ingredients...
Everything was inputted into a nutrition tracking app: Cronometer. You can even see the nutrition breakdown by clicking the link in the description. 😊🌱
I had my doubts too, but looks like the peanut butter powder is really just flavored protein powder. My guess is that’s where the chunk of protein is coming from, followed by the oats.
@@matlikescatsnope, i put it into cronometer and i got 26g of protein.. All of little amounts of protein in each ingredient do add up! The pb fit is just powdered peanut butter. It has 7 g of protein in 2 tbsp
This works well for a family of 4 too 😂
Yes 100%!! That's a great way of putting it! 🌱
Y waste money on instant Rice?
good if you are short on time... but who wants to eat some weird cereals and sandwiches all day long
They're delicious :)
mmmmmm... diabetes... yum