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Real Food High-Protein Energy Bites

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Mike’s Mix High Protein Breakfast Granola Bites These little protein bites, dense in whey and sustained energy, are a convenient way to assure you’ll have the real food you’ll need to keep you strong through your next adventure or workout. Straightforward to make and hard to screw up, you’ll have 24 bites of 100 calorie […]

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Protein Gingerbread

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Looking to add some nutritional (yet delicious) options at your next holiday gathering this season? Give this Protein Gingerbread recipe a try. Made with Mike’s Mix Whey Protein and Flaxseed, this banana bread variation will add substance and great taste to any spread.   P.S. Also makes for a great recovery snack! Print Protein Gingerbread Protein Gingerbread […]

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PB & J Protein Smoothie

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A delicious alternative to the ordinary and routine PB & J Just like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, this PB & J Protein Smoothie is quick and easy to make and can be consumed on the go. Make with fresh or frozen fruit or try it with different nut butters for variety.  Benefits of Nut […]

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Peanut Butter Protein Balls

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My 6 year old son, Sawyer, wouldn’t leave me alone while I made these delicious little bites of protein. He had spotted the chocolate chips long before I actually started mixing. Thankfully, this recipe is quick and easy to make and he didn’t have to wait long before his opportunity to taste test. This no […]

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Strawberry Rhubarb Smoothie

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It’s rhubarb season in Wisconsin and my favorite food season by far. Rhubarb stalks are crisp and tart and although considered a vegetable, are commonly used as though it were fruit. Think tart pies, crisps and syrups paired with ice cream. Have I mentioned that I love rhubarb? Given my love of rhubarb, I was very […]

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Cherry Limeade Protein Smoothie

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This tart and tangy protein smoothie is full of zest to kick start your day A tasty way to vary your breakfast smoothie, courtesy of the minimalistbaker.com. It starts with loads of cherries and fresh lime juice for that mouth puckering cherry limeade flavor. Mike’s Mix Whey Protein adds a creamy texture that complements the cherries perfectly.  The combined flavors can […]

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Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie

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Peanut Butter Banana Protein Smoothie The words peanut butter, banana and smoothie immediately bring my mind to an indulgent treat and this is no exception. Parents and kids alike will love this treat that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch or a daytime snack.   Look to add variety to this by adding: A handful of […]

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Iced Coffee Recovery Drink

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Want a caffeine boost with your post-workout meal? Use any chocolate or vanilla Mike’s Mix recovery drink in the following easy recipe and get all the protein and carbohydrate to assure you are recovered for your next workout while enjoying the delicious, ice-cold energy boosting taste of an iced Mocha.     Don’t care for chocolate? […]

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Cranberry Protein Smoothie

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Cranberry Protein Smoothie Wisconsin is the leading producer of cranberries nationally and during the fall our local grocers pack the produce shelves with them. I can’t pass this alluring and pretty red fruit without picking up a bag. Initially, I ate the fresh raw berries in salads, and their flavor never really impressed me. It wasn’t […]

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Clean Protein Recovery Drink

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Wait a second…..Pink Vanilla?! Pink Lemonade makes sense. Pink Vanilla? Not so much. So what’s the deal with this unlikely flavor/color combination?  The Pink Culprit? Whole Beet Powder. Protein First Recovery Drink is our newest product specifically designed for recovery from power and strength workouts. In our initial chocolate flavor, the deep purple of the beet […]

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Vegan Protein Bars

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This recipe was inspired by a good friend who follows a vegan diet. She was, and is, always looking for ways to vary and increase her protein intake. The result is an easy, delicious, non-time consuming, nutrient rich recipe (whew!) that could fit her vegan needs and be happily consumed by my children (who can […]

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How do you separate the proteins from the rest of the carbs in your vegan protein?

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With the introduction of our new Vegan Protein, we have received a number of questions. One of the most frequent is: “How do you separate the proteins from the rest of the carbs in the beans and lentils?”  In short, the answer to this is we don’t separate the protein from the carbohydrate in our vegan […]

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Vegan Protein Smoothie

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This last week, the family and I went picking wild black berries. While Sawyer (my 5 year old) commenced with eating all of his immediately, Mike and I were more prudent with ours, freezing half in anticipation of enjoying in future smoothies.  I only made it a couple of days before digging into my frozen […]

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Where is the 6 lb bag of protein?

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We no longer offer a six pound bag of whey protein. We changed the company that was agglomerating our protein and the result was a fluffier, lower-density product. The current product mixes even better than before and in general is a more consistent, homogeneous powder.  Unfortunately, we are unable to get as much product into the packaging, […]

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High Protein Recovery Drink

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  We are really excited to introduce to you our newest product: Protein First Recovery Drink You asked for it, here it is; a recovery drink designed for strength, power and fitness workouts. If the goal of your training is to reduce body fat and/or increase muscle mass, then Protein First is the recovery drink for […]

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