Vegan protein powder fail

Getting enough veggie sourced protein into my husband is becoming a full-time job for me. I'm having a lot of trouble  because he does not like beans, legumes, and hardly likes lentils. He will tolerate them served in different ways but how many times a day can you have lentils? He likes nuts which are good protein source, but he cannot eat handfuls of nuts all day. Although veggie shake protein powder is processed, I thought I would give it a try see if he could at least get 15 to 20 g protein in the morning and would not have to worry as much over the course of the day. I had been putting Chia in his shakes, but an ounce of Chia has 9 g of fat and only 5g of protein so I need to find something more purely protein. I whipped up this lovely strawberry banana  shake and added the veggie protein and with one sip I looked at him and held my breath. With husband, it is pretty much the same as with kids, you don't want to act like it is a big deal so you casually hand over a shake, and in this case you get to see his whole face scrunch up and then hear "this is disgusting." Ugh. I tried 3 more types and he hated them all. 

 He deemed it too gritty to get down. Granted there is some grit in most veggie protein powder sources. I looked into other ways to get protein like protein bars but they are mostly filled with isolated soy protein which is not a great vegan protein source as it is highly processed and controversial. I had high hopes for this shake so it was a bummer when he couldn't get more than one sip down. I am going to try a couple of other brands, but I have tried lots of them and they all taste pretty similar. This was the one that I thought he would tolerate best. 

Honestly I was pretty mad and frustrated!!! He isn't feeling great because he is only getting 25-30 gms of protein in a day and that is too little and not OK.  To meet his 10% requirement he should have about 50gms of protein. He won't eat leafy greens unless I make them, and does not want them every night. He will eat tofu once in a while, but doesn't love it.   I throw edamame on what I can and have sought out seeds like pumpkin seeds with higher protein content, but I noticed that when  I look at his finished plate a lot of the seeds have been moved off to the side. I am so frustrated and so is he, but he is not willing to do a lot to try things. He just says, "I don't like it" and the case is closed. I am going to try a black bean burger tomorrow night. Wish me luck!!! 

And I will not give up on the protein powder. Will keep trying. Argh.

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