Plant Based Dinner
This insane, plant based dinner has more protein than a steak dinner and it tastes incredible. Say eight ounces of cooked steak, one cup mashed potatoes, one cup green beans, and maybe a dinner roll, that is going to give you about fifty nine grams of protein. But our impressive plant based meal weighs dramatically more, it’s going to be incredibly more filling, and it has more protein at sixty grams! If you like this recipe be sure to check out this one too! and this one!
Prep
I start by marinating eight ounces of sliced tempeh with one teaspoon of olive oil, a tablespoon of soy sauce, a minced clove of garlic, half teaspoon paprika, and a bit of salt and pepper. I let this marinate for about ten minutes and then toss my pan on the stove to preheat it for around a minute.
Base
For the base of our meal I put a pot on the stove, turn up the heat, add a touch of olive oil and around half an onion, chopped. Then let that simmer until translucent. Next I rinse one cup of quinoa, and toss that into the pot with one cup of lentils. Let those simmer together, just to toast for a bit. Then I add around four cups of water, or veggie broth. Now just cover it and let it cook for twenty minutes. After fifteen minutes I toss in some broccoli, put the lid back on, and let that steam for a few minutes.
Plating
Then we need to get our pan to a medium/high heat, with a touch of olive oil. Toss the tempeh in and cook that for about three minutes per side. Or until it is golden and crispy. Then flip it over, toss in some green onions. Let that cook for just a minute. Pull the broccoli out of the pot and into the pan, add a little bit more olive oil. Toss in some garlic, add the lid, and let it simmer. Once it is done we are going to add a little salt and pepper. Then it is time to plate!
I’m going to add one and a quarter cup of our lentil quinoa mix, top with the tempeh, add the broccoli, about two tablespoons of hemp seeds, add some kimchi and there you have it! This is delicious! And only 800 calories! It’s protein rich! You gotta give this plant based dinner recipe a try! Watch the full video here!
This Plant Based Meal Has More Protein Than A Steak Dinner
Ingredients
- 8 ounces tempeh
- olive oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic
- .5 tsp paprika
- salt
- pepper
- .5 onion
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 cup lentils
- 4 cups water or vegetable broth
- broccoli
- green onions
- 2 tbsp hemp seeds
Instructions
- I start by marinating the tempeh in olive oil, soy sauce, minced garlic, paprika, salt and pepper for about 10 minutes.
- Put a pot on the stove, turn up the heat, add olive oil and chopped onion. Let the onion get translucent.
- Rinse quinoa and add it to the pot along with the lentils, let them simmer together for a bit.
- Add water or veggie broth, cover it and let it cook for 20 minutes. After 15 minutes add broccoli, put lid back on and let it steam for a few minutes.
- Get a pan on a medium/high heat with some olive oil. Add the tempeh in and cook for about 3 minutes each side. Add in green onions, let that cook for a minute.
- Pull the broccoli out and add it to the pan, add more olive oil and garlic then the lid and let it simmer. Once it's done add salt and pepper and plate!
- I scoop some of the base quinoa and lentils then top with tempeh, broccoli, hemp seeds, and kimchi! Enjoy!