New Protein Cookie Recipe from the awesome Mike Mahler

Homemade Super meal Protein Cookies

Virtually all of the protein bars on the market are garbage. Loaded with sugar, artificial ingredients and low quality proteins, you might as well eat a Snickers bar--which is probably a better nutritional than most high-priced protein bars. The only worthwhile protein bar I can think of that is the Organic Food Bar, which you can find at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Market and online. Still, even these are high in sugar and nowhere close in quality to the homemade protein bar recipe below. These homemade protein cookies that are influenced by a recipe that I picked up from John Berardi are nothing less than super meals--extremely healthy and perfect for hard-training athletes--I eat them everyday and know that you'll like them as well.

Here are the ingredients you'll need:

2 scoops of Vanilla Sunwarrior Protein Powder and 2 scoops of Chocolate Sunwarior Protein Powder (60 grams of high quality protein and iron)
3 tablespoons of almond butter (good protein, fat, and magnesium)
3 tablespoons of flax powder (Omega 3, fiber, increases ration of good estrogens to bad (2 hydroxy estrone to 4 and 16 hydroxyestrone)

1/4 pecans
1/4 cup of Gogi berries (High in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and Iron)
1 tablespoon of ginger powder (immune system, stomach health, and digestion)
1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice (loaded with healthy spices)
1 tablespoon of cinnamon (increases insulin sensitivity and glucose regulation)
1 teaspoon of stevia
1 and 1/2 cup of water

Preheat oven to 425. Mix everything in a bowl with a spoon until a thick paste forms. Divide into eight parts, then shape into cookies. Place on cookie sheets and bake for 15 minutes.

Total Nutrition Profile (all eight cookies) :

Protein: 83.5 grams

Carbohydrates: 69.5 grams

Fat: 33.5 grams

Nutrition per cookie:

Protein: 10.4 grams

Carbs: 8.6 grams

Fat: 4.1 grams

For more info on Sunwarrior Rice Protein, go to:
http://www.mikemahler.com/store_riceprotein.html