As a garden-burger loving, edamame-snacking vegetarian of 6+ years, I've always scoffed at nay-sayers with their protests of: "How can you possibly get enough protein?" and "vegetarian diets just aren't complete." I've long retorted back with my healthy-living stats and facts:

Vegetarians are less likely to:

• Develop high cholesterol.
• Die because of coronary artery disease (CAD).
• Develop high blood pressure.
• Develop prostate or colorectal cancer.
• Develop type 2 diabetes.
• Be overweight.
• And the list goes on and on...

But still, I wanted to be sure. Was I really getting enough protein? That's why when I came across this free daily-food-intake tracker from the USDA, I immediately entered my daily stats to see if I was getting enough protein. It was really simple to sign up for, and it prints out every nutritional stat you could want with side-by-side comparisons of what you ate, and what you need. And guess what my results show? Because of my regular hummus, peanut butter and chocolate-covered nuts snacks, I am getting plenty of protein.

What snacks and foods do you eat to get enough protein?

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We love hummus. Even the littlest McDuffee, not even two, has been slurping down hummus well before his first birthday. Just plain hummus is fine with us, but we also love to blend in things like spinach and broccoli for added nutrition.

We do eat meat, so I wasn't necessarily concerned about a lack of protein, but I always did wonder if hummus alone was enough. On the days I would just have hummus and veggies for lunch, for instance, was I getting enough protein?

WebMD says that hummus protein is a big yes. Hooray! Apparently, when you combine legumes and seeds, a complete protein source is established. You can go to the article to read about all the fancy terminology and the names of the different proteins.

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