Plant Protein Quotes

Abstain from beans.

In any culture where a proportion of people can obtain protein from animal sources, beans will be reviled as food fit only for peasants.

For breakfast, I juice a big green juice, and I try to get in as much raw food and protein as I can, obviously plant proteins and legumes, but sometimes it's late at night, and there's a frozen pizza in there, and sometimes it's all you've got! You don't have the energy to chop up a bunch of vegetables.

People say, 'Where do you get your strength from?' Well, where does an ape get his strength from? They are 20 times stronger than humans, and they don't rely on a meat-based diet. They eat plants all day long. It's a myth that you need meat for strength.

I'll cook a batch of brown rice or quinoa and keep it in the fridge, so when I get hungry, I can easily dress it up with olive oil, lemon, and salt and pepper, and then add veggies.

The strongest animals on earth are plant eaters. Every creature we've enlisted to do the work we couldn't handle - the horse, donkey, elephant, camel, water buffalo, ox, yak - is an herbivore... whose huge muscles were built from plant protein, and whose strong bones got that way, and stayed that way, from grazing on grass and eating other vegetables.

I am very organic; I eat a lot of seeds. At home in the morning, I eat muesli with a banana. At noon, I mix a little bit of all the seeds I can find. I love quinoa. It's great - it cooks like rice and is better than caviar.

Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.

The Rice Dream rice milk is like a savior in my life, and I couldn't live without it. The Earth Balance soy butter is so good you could eat it with a spoon.

We need to boost our intake of healthy plant foods and reduce our dependence on animal-based foods.

If you have some potatoes, green beans and cauliflower, you have a heck of a dish that can feed an entire family.

I'm not here to say I don't eat vegetables - I do, a lot of them - but, from a soil perspective, they're actually more costly than a cow grazing on grass.

Meat is an inefficient way to eat. An acre of land can yield 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but that same acre would only graze enough cows to get 165 pounds of meat.

Lectins are plant proteins that protect the plant and its seeds from being eaten by basically hacking into the animal's immune system, causing the animal to have inflammation.

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

I always try and have a snack before an event - usually a small bowl of chickpea pasta, which is quick to make and delicious with just salt and pepper and a little bit of butter.

I rarely eat red meat and only occasionally eat fish. Plant based foods are my main source of nutrition along with nuts, fruits, brown breads and grains.

I think people should eat vegetarian food for 20 days and then see the glow on their faces.

In terms of the quality of food entering you, vegetarian food is definitely far better for the system than non vegetarian.

Almond Mylk is a great source of omega fatty acids and fiber without being high in fat.

I make a fabulous tofurkey for Thanksgiving. My Mexican-Italian family can't tell the difference.

My refrigerator is full of kale and greens. I can't imagine something greasy, or eating meat.

Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.

I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.

Some companies out there make a great burger; Beyond Beef does a great job. But making a burger at home that feels soul-satisfying and fatty and protein-based while still being plant-based was a challenge.