8 High-Protein Vegetables You Need In Your Diet (4 of 4)

Soybean Sprouts

Time for the heavy hitters. Soybean sprouts, or at least: some types of soybean sprouts, hold up to 9 grams of protein per cooked cup. You can just boil these for a few minutes or add them to whatever stir fry you’re feeling like. It’s easy to pop a handful of these into a dish and get some extra protein in your body.

Dried Beans

The best way to get your protein fix is to get some dried beans in your diet. Depending on which type of dried bean you’ll be adding, you could get 12 to 22 grams of protein per cup. Tofu, one of the more commonly known vegetarian alternatives for meat, is made of very high protein soy beans and can easily get you near those 22 grams per cup.

Lentils

One cup of lentils gets you 18 grams of protein, free of charge. Imagine how much protein one of those lentil burgers you can find pretty much everywhere would have. They’re also pretty versatile in their use, so they’re a nice alternative to dried beans if you can’t find any of those in your local shop and still want to easily get your high protein fix.