@newbee3 Yes, absolutely. Protein is often overstated as a factor. Of course you need some, but the amounts are overstated. Unless your goal is top level elite full-time bodybuilder, then as long as you have progressive overload, volume, good training, good sleep, etc. these are far more important factors.
As always, it depends what are your goals? If you're looking to gain muscle, then decent training and a calorie surplus with decent protein will do that. Where are you starting from? Are you generally athletic and past newbie gains and still doing progressive overload but stagnated in muscle gains? In which case a bit more protein may be necessary.
So even for specific bodybuilders, 1.6g per kg of bodyweight, that's 96g of protein as a target. Some would say that's a minimum, but that's if you're trying to really optimise muscle growth, for serious bodybuilders, not just more casual goals of building some muscle. Being below that will still mean gains, as long as everything else (the more important factors of progressive overload, sleep, etc.) is OK.
So yeah, 60-96g of protein is very doable from food. Throw some seeds and nuts into oatmeal and other dishes. Check out lentil pasta (or other high protein pasta) and other high protein breads and staples. These kind of 'sneakily' add a good 20-30g of protein.
Lastly check out edamame and TVP. Very high protein content. The first is often expensive, but depends where you are. The second is essentially super soy (in terms of protein) with most of the oil removed. It's often 50%+ protein. In 100g, you'd have 50g+ of protein, 330 calories, and some other nutrients. So that's essentially a super protein shake.
And if you don't like protein shakes, make other shakes. A bunch of fruit, and add in nuts and seeds and nut butters, etc. I don't typically like protein shakes by themselves. But if I use soy milk and add in lots of fruit, then it tastes better too.
Good luck!
