Sometimes I eat a bowl of roasted chickpeas and its pretty good. I’ve been noticing that a lot of my protein options like tofu and seitan aren’t super high in calories. I’m trying to gain weight rn and it has been difficult as I have a very high metabolism and a small stomach. I eat beans and nuts because they fill that niche somewhat but I was curious if y’all had and recipes or advice. Thanks :D
Peanuts! although some evidence suggests people don’t really gain weight. But peanut sauces added to beans/lentil bowls for more calories.
Nuts are proteiny and caloric, but very expensive.
If this was me, keeping in mind I don’t know your sitch, I would go for soy based stuff that are mostly protein concentrates (tofu skin/bean curd sticks/tvp) and cook them with oily sauces I enjoyed. That way I could really focus on getting the fats and the protein for small and energetically dense meals, that said you would need to get some fibre elsewhere.
So like tofu skins braised in sesame or peanut sauce type stuff. Savoury tofu breakfast pudding with sesame oil.