Protein Bar Blog

Protein Bar believes that healthy habits CAN and should start at a young age. Understanding that food should be used to fuel active lifestyles is a concept we need to pass onto younger generations—that’s why we’ve chosen to participate in this year’s Food Revolution Day. This event, held at The Centered Chef, is an extension of celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver’s mission to change the way we eat. 

This year we’ve teamed up with a

Ever have one of those days? You know…the kind in which everything you do has turned in to a big pile of muck? Perhaps you got yelled at work. Your significant other broke up with you. You just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

I’ve had several conversations today, if not this week about feeling bad and how we cope with it. In the end, I’ve come to

You’ve never seen quinoa like this before! In honor of Celiac Awareness Month Chef Phil has compiled some of his FAVORITE quinoa recipes. These simple recipes are perfect for on-the-go individuals who want that extra boost of PROTEIN!

Quinoa Berry Smoothie

Yes, you read that correctly—a quinoa SMOOTHIE! It’s the fastest (sneakiest) way to get your quinoa on!

1/2 Cup Cold Cooked Quinoa
1 Tbsp Sunflower or Almond Butter
3 Frozen Strawberries
1/2 Cup Frozen Blueberries
1/2 Cup

I Got My Butt Kicked by Cathe – and You Should Too!

Cathe Friedrich has been kicking my butt for years – in the privacy of my living room – when she announces her first Chicago-area Road Trip on Facebook. Two years in the making, Cathe’s beloved weekend of fitness, friendship and fun is finally coming to the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I’ve waited a long time for

PROTEIN BAR is thrilled to announce our expansion to Washington, DC! This summer we’ll show our dedication to life, liberty, and the pursuit of healthiness with 2 NEW Protein Bar locations. Our first location will open at 7th and D in DC’s Penn Quarter neighborhood, with a second later in the summer in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA.

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I’m sitting here enjoying my Americano and thinking that I may need to share how you can EAT coffee, not just drink the stuff. It’s really easy and super versatile. You can use it in both savory and sweet things, giving it a special depth of flavor that some may be able to pick up on but some may just love it and not know why. It’s also really great

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of information out there about eating before your workout and after your workout and what’s best. My answer…both. You need energy and FUEL to help get the most out of your workouts. You want to make sure that your body gets used to using food as FUEL and the best way to help teach your body is to get something in your system around

Coffee……MMMMmmmmm.  I love it.  I need it my life. Well, at least that is how I feel every morning when I walk towards the blue line, coincidentally towards the coffee shop. And then again when I walk in Protein Bar, looking for just one more cup.

Many people don’t know much about the journey that coffee takes before it delivers that morning jolt. I admit, I was unaware too. Makes me verklempt just

As the weather turns warmer… then freezing… then summer like… then freezing again… then like spring… then like fall… then like winter… then like summer again… (Wasn’t last week awesome?!) One inalienable truth comes out. Summer is really coming to Chicago. One of these days it will happen. I swear.

The thoughts of what to do, where to go, what to wear start to stream in to your consciousness. Those who

Dream Bigger to Be Inspired

In the last year, I have had a best selling book, (Naked Fitness) appeared on the NBC Today show twice, flew an F16 jet fighter, traveled down under to Queensland, Australia, learned to surf in Costa Rica, and even climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the single tallest standing mountain in the world. How could so many experiences be possible? – Networking and dreaming beyond what I thought of