Thread: The Blokes' Healthy Kitchen

This shit is the business:



Tastes like:



Great in my Quakers.

Originally Posted by Looper

I tried adding a couple of spoons of pea protein to my Tom Yum.

I don't know why I did not like this the first time. It was good 2nd time round. Pea protein is the go-to to pimp your Tom Yam

I added more Tom Yam paste and chillis this time so the burn edge survived the protein.

My first curry batch since I started trying to bump my protein.

So 1st step was to triple the amount of chicken going in.

Tomatoes are good so go all in with usual 2 tins.

Coconut cream and dairy cream have the same protein (basically none) but coconut has only 20g of fat versus 53g for cream per 100ml. Thought I would do a nice Stumpy pouring shot just for the DOOR...

My final trick was to substitute pea protein for the flour that I normally use as a thickener.

It takes a bit more pea protein, 60g for a batch vs 40g of flour, due to the lesser thickening properties of pea but that is good because you are getting to dial up the protein percentage.

I like the look of that curry, Loops.

Nonetheless, I'm a tad worried that you might be turning into one of those metrosexual beings...

Is pea protein something Mendip invented?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

I'm a tad worried that you might be turning into one of those metrosexual beings...

^^Being nutritionally aware is a tad on the non-blokish side of sustenance Betty, but I am currently exploring whether my diet could benefit from protein pumping. I have to say that after overcoming initial protein headaches for a couple of days at the start that I have a kind of spidey-tingling-sensation in my brain cranium and I have smashed through the elusive 2900 puzzles barrier for the first time on Chess.com

So I am going to persist with the pea protein pumping for the time being and see if I can crack that 3000

Originally Posted by Topper

Is pea protein something Mendip invented?

You can choose Pea or Whey when it come to protein. Whey is generally yummier and more expensive and works well in sweeter dishes. But Pea has more protein and works well in selected savoury dishes.

This is my sneaky way of cranking it up with no meal, which Dilly Dingle suggested.

You can get 30g of protein in a milk shake this way.

Originally Posted by Looper

I have a kind of spidey-tingling-sensation in my brain cranium

Another weird spidey-effect of this protein surge is the my wee smells like sugar puffs again for the 1st time in maybe 2 or 3 decades...

Chess.com is blocked by the PTTEP WebNazis.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Nonetheless, I'm a tad worried that you might be turning into one of those metrosexual beings...

That's such bullshit. Many vegans use pea protein as a protein shake as Whey isn't the best choice for some people. Pea protein is superior in a lot of ways, google it up.

Originally Posted by Looper

You can get 30g of protein in a milk shake this way.

Yup and also use it as a after workout or preworkout protein.

Originally Posted by MarilynMonroe

This thread is sexist.... why only blokes?

Figures as much

Metrosexuals? Perhaps? I've been one for ages now it's great.

Originally Posted by Topper

Is pea protein something Mendip invented?

Wouldn't surprise me

^ Not guilty.

In fact I've never heard of pea protein before. I can't understand why people don't just eat peas instead of this newfangled modern stuff.

Originally Posted by Mendip

In fact I've never heard of pea protein before. I can't understand why people don't just eat peas instead of this newfangled modern stuff.

It's made from field peas, and has got most of the other stuff removed, so is around 80% protein.

The delicious green peas you are rather fond of come in at around 5-6% protein. Though I'm sure you wouldn't say no to a nice bowl of yellow field peas if PJG offered you a breakfast delivery service.

My sister's birthday care package comprised a selection of wines which I look forward to slooshing and gargling in a manner befitting a sozzled sommelier

I got my health freak on at the supermarket with a huge bag of spinach which I paired with a jumbo can of tuna

Add some chopped tomatoes and capsicum

Add a generous 1/2 bottle of Caesar dressing, toss vigorously and serve...

You opened and consumed your sisters birthday pressie?

Happy Birthday Loops, may the next trip around the sun involve plenty of flag collecting.

^I feared 2023 was going to be a flag washout until Tiny Thai Tak Lady turned the tables of fortune in Q3


Get your protein pump on with pure chicken breast

Spice it up with Moroccan spice and mixed herbs

5 minutes on one side on high then 15 minutes on low heat. Cover the pan to keep the moisture in and keep those breasts tender and juicy and then box it up in a sealed container.

Originally Posted by Looper

5 minutes on one side on high then 15 minutes on low heat.

I'm getting nervous, do you have a meat thermometer?

^I might need to get one of them probes. But for now I am winging it.

The second pic was right after the 5 minute flip so they are still well raw.

But another 15 minutes with a lid on got me well over the line judging by the interior colour and texture.

I'm glad you're still with us.

I've completely removed chicken from my diet.

^What is wrong with Chicken Dirk?

I am not up to date on the latest health warnings


Classic Chicken Caesar tonight but with healthy leafy greens

Better than tuna and I remembered to get some Parmesan to sprinkle this time

I might add some chopped boiled egg tomorrow as I just remembered that was in it too when I learned this dish working as a cook in a gay Mexican restaurant in Vancouver 30 years ago

Oh yeah and bacon bits.... Bollix I haven't got any

^

Some cheesy croutons wouldn't go amiss either.

^Yeah, them too.


Crunched some numbers on cost effective protein consumption for TeakDOOR protein freaks edification

The following numbers are AUD spend required to deliver 1 KG of protein.

Followed by the fat ratio - i.e. how many grams of fat must you consume for each gram of protein

They are all low carb foods so carb numbers are ignored

Ranked in order of cheapness per gram of protein

Pea Protein Powder
$25/kg
0.0 fat ratio

Peanuts
$26/kg
1.7 fat ratio

Chicken Breast
$32/kg
0.1 fat ratio

White Fish - Frozen
$40/kg
0.3 fat ratio

Eggs
$49/kg
0.8 fat ratio

Cheese
$54/kg
1.4 fat ratio

Whey Protein Powder
$57/kg
0.0 fat ratio

Tuna - Tinned - Drained
$65/kg
0.4 fat ratio (in oil)
0.03 fat ratio (in water)

Protein Bars - Carmans
$140/kg
1.0 fat ratio

Beef Jerky
$150/kg
0.05 fat ratio

Smoked Salmon
$166/kg
0.3 fat ratio


I recall in my youth compiling a similar table for my mates, but that was for the much more fun pursuit of best bottles of booze to buy at the bottle-o to get the cheapest possible alcohol and biggest bang for buck.

Ho hum... now I am in my early dotage and compiling sober tables on protein

The alcohol table was not a trivial calculation as you needed to factor in price * random container volumes * alcoholic content

Nowadays they make it too easy for kids by printing the $/100ml on the shelf label so the work is cut in half. Back in my day it all had to be done on the back of a cigarette packet by hand and was a feat for which a nerdishly minded fella like myself could gain peer group kudos.

Don't let that fat ratio on nuts put you off as most nut fat passes through.


Skimmed milk is probably your cheapest protein, but who wants to drink 4 pints of that a day.