You’re probably just not eating rich enough food! If your normal meal is something like say spaghetti bolognese and you take out the beef and cheese and just throw in some lentils for an equivalent mass they have 1/3 the calories! Not to mention cheese is incredibly energy dense.
Usually, proteins tend to work out if you’re using lentils/legumes in reasonable amounts. They tend to beat meat on a gram for gram basis just on raw numbers but be much lower energy to make up the difference so you need some fats in there. This is where stuff like nuts and seeds come in.
If you’re also suddenly increasing fibre intake that can irritate your gut and make it move stuff a little too fast which can make you feel hungry.
Here are a few cheap and lazy meals that always fill me up. Try them for yourself.
You’re probably just not eating rich enough food! If your normal meal is something like say spaghetti bolognese and you take out the beef and cheese and just throw in some lentils for an equivalent mass they have 1/3 the calories! Not to mention cheese is incredibly energy dense.
Usually, proteins tend to work out if you’re using lentils/legumes in reasonable amounts. They tend to beat meat on a gram for gram basis just on raw numbers but be much lower energy to make up the difference so you need some fats in there. This is where stuff like nuts and seeds come in.
If you’re also suddenly increasing fibre intake that can irritate your gut and make it move stuff a little too fast which can make you feel hungry.
Here are a few cheap and lazy meals that always fill me up. Try them for yourself.
https://www.purelykaylie.com/vegan-moroccan-stew/#tasty-recipes-10125-jump-target
https://thestingyvegan.com/vegan-jambalaya/
https://lovingitvegan.com/vegan-burrito/#recipe (lazy in big batches anyway)
https://www.veganricha.com/grillable-veggie-burger/#recipe
https://thewoksoflife.com/buddhas-delight-lo-han-jai/#recipe (ok this one isn’t lazy but it isn’t hard and it’d delicious!)