I find Amy's are way cheaper at Whole Foods than at the regular grocer… and that Trader Joes has some that are listed as TJ brand, not amy's, but they're definitely the same thing (not surprising, lots of "store brand" stuff is actually just some other brand rebranded).
I get a LOT of my protein from these kinds of things. I find it more expensive to go this route sometimes… but when Costco has something I snag it… usually they have Boca Burgers (100cal each, almost all protein… $8 for 16 of them) and sometimes MSF (few more cals, fewer per box, more expensive). So rather than the "meals" I get what is effectively the meat substitute stuff and make up mexican, italian, etc recipes using them.
So like the other day made a totally awsum dip for tortilla chips that's refried beans (veg or fat free to not have the lard), black beans, onions, and "ground veg" … topped with diced tomatoze and cheese, served over boston lettuce/romaine/spinach. Eat as is for not so many carbs. I forget the exact numbers, but the entire thing (a can of each beans, bag of ground veg, not lot of cheese) is under 1000kcal and is at least 3 meals… forget the protein number but it ends up pretty high, med carb, low fat. (assuming no chips)
A lot of the Boca stuff (and Amy's, and Quorn, and Gardenburger) are vegan. MSF has egg in them, iirc… so unless they say vegan they're usually not. But, the good old label check always works.
My recipes are on my laptop, so I'll have to dig them out another time. They weren't so much whole new dishes as already calculated numbers on "normal" foods like lasagna and burritos and stirfrys. I don't think I still have the recipes for more scratch-made stuff with tempeh or other more basic protein sources.
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