I grew up a similar way! My mom always referred to protein as meat. Needed to add chicken or beef or pork to be the "protein" to make a dinner complete.

Never mind it being cheese or bean based, meaning it had tons of protein.

I would have to do the math on TVP on if it's a better source of protein per buck than like split peas. But glad it's working out for you!

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Where I live it is, because of local-ish soy production. Also helps that it's a complete protein, so you don't have to think as much about which amino acids you're getting from where.