chickpeas

There are some fairly high protein plants like chickpeas and soy that are less intensive to produce than milk.

A can of chickpeas is around $1 and it really fills you up for many hours.

It gave me some good ideas, a taste for chickpeas, and a willingness to add beans to anything that looks boring.

Beans crops (soy, kidney beans, chickpeas) fixate their own nitrogen and have zero/minimal applied.

Legumes like beans and lentils and chickpeas don't satisfy the Atkins fanatics but they're low-carb compared to common wheat and potato based foods.

I bet you could get similar reactions from American farmhands on a farm that grows chickpeas destined for hummus.

Add a protein shake and a side of chickpeas and you're pushing 90g.

Beans, chickpeas, lentils and sometimes soy (examples of protein sources) are pretty inexpensive.

And we do use it for legumes as well (beans, dal, chickpeas for hummous, etc...).

He has dried chickpeas and lentils, both of which are beans.

And I have eaten many classic vegan burger alternatives based on lentils, peas and chickpeas.

Ancient egyptians ate fucktons of wheat and barley, lentils, chickpeas, etc.

Lentils, Chickpeas, rice, flour, and other human diet staples (for the last 6000 years) are dirt cheap.

-Almonds are nearly as high in protein but have many times the amount of fat (note: that's not necessarily a bad thing) -Chickpeas have a moderate amount of protein, but are much higher in carbohydrates than the other two.