Author: Damian Brindle
How to Make Homemade Cream of Broccoli Soup Using “Magic Mix” Starter
We decided to make some Broccoli Rice Casserole–my kids’ favorite–which required two cans of cream of broccoli soup. Rather than buying the store-bought cans of “yucky” cream of broccoli, we choose to make our own homemade cream of broccoli soup using the Magic Mix as a starter I showed you how to make a few…
Meals in a Jar: Banana Split Snack in Strawberry Yogurt
I decided to make a dessert from our THRIVE Life foods and chose to adapt this one from Caryn’s Banana Split Snack from the Meals in a Jar recipe book that can be had for free by subscribers to our monthly newsletter (details can be found after the post). Like all meals in a jar, this is…
Hundreds of Free OFFLINE Maps for Your Smartphone!
I can’t remember now where I found out about maps.me but it had to be another survival blog. Anyway, I’ve since decided to fiddle with it some more and began to make good use of the app for my smartphone by adding dozens of offline maps. While I use the iPhone Maps.me app there are apparently similar…
Several Thoughts on Being Frugal from the Past Months
First and foremost, I do enjoy trying to be more frugal these days. In part because we have to and it’s good to save money where you can but also because it’s teaching us to live with less… less stuff, less conveniences, less need for all that consumerism has to offer. Second, I’m afraid there’s…
How to Keep Your Most Valuable EDC Asset Safe and Secure
In my opinion, the ever-invasive cell phone is perhaps the most valuable EDC asset you have. Yup. I’m sure I’ll catch some flak for this as plenty of people feel you shouldn’t have any reliance on electronics during an emergency. Personally, I say be able to make use of any and all tools at your…
How to Make Gluten-Free, Amost Sugar-Free Walnut Cookies… Kids Even Enjoyed Them!
I figured I would show you how we quickly made some very delicious gluten-free, almost sugar-free walnut (and optionally raisin) cookies over the weekend. They were such a hit that even the kids enjoyed them! Ingredients: 1 c. maple syrup (the original recipe called for 1 c. sugar but we wanted to avoid that) 2…
THRIVE Express Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup: Supper Sundays
Recently my kids had some friends over and we didn’t feel like making some huge meal. Neither did we want them to eat a bunch of chips or other less-than-nutritious meals and so we decided to make some THRIVE Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup from their Express line of products: Fortunately, these meals are super easy…
Instant Screen Door: Lets the Breeze Through, Keeps the Bugs Out!
Since we live in a place where air conditioning is not mandatory we spend a lot of time with the doors and windows open. You might think no air condition is a good thing but not so when it gets too warm for comfort in the house most days and, wouldn’t you know it, the bugs…
DIY Dishwasher Detergent Tabs or Powder at HALF the Cost of Store-Bought!
A few weeks ago I linked to an article on making homemade dishwasher tablets and figured since we’re trying to be more frugal that I would give my own DIY dishwasher detergent tabs a shot myself. My first attempt didn’t work out so well and I wound up making dishwasher powder which still seemed to work…
