I've been making Socca from chickpea flour and using that for my pizza crusts, in case you need new ways to consume bean protein. Super quick and easy to whip up.

Have you tried dehydrated granules from 90% pea protein, 10% jackfruit? It has no weird additional ingredients besides those two and for my wife and I has replaced ground beef except for burgers

Where do you even get that? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.

I get the brand Lotao, but they are German (also available in UK IIRC). Our drug store DM also has a house brand of it. I assumed that if there are 2, there are probably more elsewhere ;)

This one?

https://www.lotao.com/en/pages/english

Yeah that's the one, I have it on subscription, 1kg/2 months (about 3kg of finished product)

But considering the simplicity of the product, I assume any brand will be very similar.

I've tried pea protein products before that had a kind of bitter taste. What is the flavor profile like?

Extremely neutral to me. I have pea protein powder and there I taste a bit of bitterness.

Seitan is pretty good, otherwise soy based things like tofu and tempeh can be extremely tasty. The highly processed shit is probably as bad as highly processed meat so I avoid it too.

I’ve cooked and eaten tofu that was acceptable, and tempeh that was slightly better. I’ve never had tofu that came anywhere close to plain chicken breast—just salted and fried—in terms of taste, let alone something I’d call extremely tasty.

So, I guess, question is, how do you make extremely tasty tofu? Do you have to get some tofu that is not available in Europe?

> how do you make extremely tasty tofu

Marinades, breading, spices... even better if [broth, spices, vegetables...] are added in the mix before tofu coagulation. Some shops sell those but not very common.

Tempeh on the other hand is easier to elevate because the fungus "sip" marinades very quickly. If one day you find yourself in the way to cook some again don't be shy to give it your cooking love : paprika+garlic+thyme+oliveOil / coconut+curry+lime / pepper+cheese+cream. Tempeh is very adaptable and forgiving. Can be boiled, fried, poached (better when fresh), bbq...

In my humble experience a very good taste is achieved in ~5 min like so:

- mix 1/2 soy sauce + 1/2 neutral oil. Slice or dice the tempeh and dip or surround with sauce for >10sec

- pan for a few minutes with some oil. It can be eaten raw but it's better with a crust

- serve with thym and pepper on top

If you don't like tofu you're not going to like it. I vastly prefer it to chicken, which I find unpleasant, and I don't even like tofu that much.

Despite enjoying Quorn for a few months once or twice a week, after a while it started making a family member throw up (so thanks for the IBS tip). Chickpeas are also out. I can feed them tofu, tempeh and beans and lentils for vegan protein.

If you're living in the US, reduced fat paneer is very good, and protein dense.

Morningstar Vegan Breakfast Sausage Patties. Great with eggs.