Category: Skills / Knowledge

  • How to Make Oral Rehydration Solution: This Knowledge Could Save a Life!

    How to Make Oral Rehydration Solution: This Knowledge Could Save a Life!

    Knowing how to make an oral rehydration solution could be one of the most important pieces of knowledge you can possess. Ok, maybe it’s not THAT important but knowing how to make it really could save a life one day. Perhaps yours or a loved one. Fortunately, it’s incredibly easy to make but let’s consider WHY it’s important…

  • THRIVE Loaded Scalloped Potatoes

    THRIVE Loaded Scalloped Potatoes

    The other day I was tasked with making dinner and since the kids wanted breaded fish and my wife wanted to add green beans, I was wondering what else I could quickly add to the meal and decided to get into these Thrive Loaded Scalloped Potatoes: They’re easy to make as with all Thrive Express…

  • 5 Minute Prep: Make Copies of Wallet Cards – Safety Saturdays

    5 Minute Prep: Make Copies of Wallet Cards – Safety Saturdays

    I can’t remember now where I saw somebody suggest you make copies of wallet cards but I finally decided it was a good idea to do and so I’m sharing the idea with you today. The purpose is so that you have all the information readily available should you lose your wallet or, worse, get it…

  • 3-Ingredient DIY Liquid Laundry Soap That Works

    3-Ingredient DIY Liquid Laundry Soap That Works

    A few weeks ago I decided to try another attempt at making my own DIY liquid laundry soap. I had actually tried another recipe a few years back with no success. It was so bad that my wife all but forbid me to try it again. 😉 Ok, it wasn’t THAT bad but the recipe I tried–which…

  • Don’t be Afraid of the Dark! SHTF Lighting Solutions

    Don’t be Afraid of the Dark! SHTF Lighting Solutions

    As preppers we like to be prepared for nearly anything and that includes life without electricity… a wonderful invention that has reliably lit up the dark of night for generations now. But, as preppers, we also know that the power grid is relatively fragile and certainly won’t be there (at least not reliably) during an lengthy SHTF…

  • What is Freeze Dried Food? Why You Should Add it to YOUR Life…

    What is Freeze Dried Food? Why You Should Add it to YOUR Life…

    If you’re a regular reader here then I’m sure by now that you’ve noticed I’ve been discussing THRIVE Life Foods on reThinkSurvival.com lately and I intend to do so for a long, long time because it’s turning out to be a wonderful addition to our mealtime strategy. 🙂 To be sure, freeze dried foods are awesome…

  • THRIVE Chicken Salad – Tasty Party Favorite!

    THRIVE Chicken Salad – Tasty Party Favorite!

    Have a party but don’t want to take the time to make your own chicken salad? No problem! With Thrive’s Chopped Chicken, Chopped Onions, and Chopped Celery, you’re nearly done. 🙂 In fact, I was able to make this even fast with a pantry can of Thrive’s Chicken Salad Mix which already combines the chicken, onions,…

  • How to Make 4-Ingredient DIY Sink Scrub

    How to Make 4-Ingredient DIY Sink Scrub

    A while back we ran out of our Mrs. Meyer’s Surface Scrub and rather than spending $5 on another one I figured I would try to make my own DIY sink scrub. How to Make DIY Sink Scrub As it turns out, making sink scrub is probably the easiest homemade cleaner I’ve made yet! Really.…

  • 10 Tips Everyone Should Know About How to Cook Dry Beans

    10 Tips Everyone Should Know About How to Cook Dry Beans

    I was cooking some dry beans (black and pinto) when I realized there may be some things you didn’t know about doing so. As such, the following is just some quick info about how to cook dry beans that I’ve found over the years: How to Cook Dry Beans Dry beans expand when soaked to about 2-2.5…