Category: Food / Water

  • THRIVE Express Broccoli Cheese Soup

    THRIVE Express Broccoli Cheese Soup

    As you may have noticed there are quite a few Thrive Express meals and side dishes to choose from. This week’s selection is Broccoli Cheese Soup. Here’s the front of the package: Here’s what it looks like before being cooked… yes, not very appetizing, I know: Fortunately, it cooks up much better: The soup tastes pretty good…

  • Stop Perpetuating the $300 for One Year of Food Myth!

    Stop Perpetuating the $300 for One Year of Food Myth!

    This is really beginning to drive me nuts. I keep seeing aggregations sites (those that do nothing but share other bloggers work… yes, I do plenty of that myself) continue to perpetuate ridiculous claims like the belief that you can purchase $300 worth of food that’s enough to sustain you for one FULL year and, believe it…

  • THRIVE Express Wild Rice Pilaf – Tasty Side Dish

    THRIVE Express Wild Rice Pilaf – Tasty Side Dish

    Not all Thrive Express foods are intended to be meals. This Wild Rice Pilaf makes an excellent side dish. In fact, we had some with fish and veggies and it went quite well. Here’s the front of the package: And this is what it looks like still dry (before being cooked): And this is the…

  • The Greenhouse of the Future DVD: Abundance and Energy Autonomy

    The Greenhouse of the Future DVD: Abundance and Energy Autonomy

    I was recently sent The Greenhouse of the Future DVD (and eBook) for review. I must first say that I’ve ever only been involved in one greenhouse build (my father-in-laws) and I didn’t even do many of the more difficult parts, including digging it out and the brick masonry work. I can say, however, that it…

  • THRIVE Express Creamy Beef and Noodle

    THRIVE Express Creamy Beef and Noodle

    I keep working through the many Express packages that Thrive offers. The other day I tried Thrive’s Creamy Beef and Noodle meal. As I’m the only person who tends to eat beef in my family, I had it all to myself. 🙂 Here’s what the front of the package looks like: And the backside: Like all…

  • 900+ Dutch Oven Cooking Recipes!

    900+ Dutch Oven Cooking Recipes!

    I was searching for dutch oven recipes this weekend because it’s getting to be good campfire season and figured I would share what I found in my searches. Note that there are more than likely some duplicate recipes included in the links below but there are no doubt plenty of great ideas for years to…

  • THRIVE Creamy Garden Vegetable Chowder

    THRIVE Creamy Garden Vegetable Chowder

    You could choose to eat this Thrive Creamy Garden Vegetable Chowder either as a lunch or dinner for two or as a side dish as we did the other night: Thus far we’ve been very happy with every Thrive Life Express package we’ve tried; heck, even my kids usually wanted more which isn’t normal of…

  • THRIVE Scrambled Egg Mix

    THRIVE Scrambled Egg Mix

    Eggs, along with dairy (such as cheese, milk, etc) and meat are among the more important foods to include in your food storage but are also difficult to add yourself. That is, it’s not very easy or recommended for safety reasons to try and dehydrate eggs or cheese, for example. Commercially-packaged options are without a…

  • Homemade Breadsticks: Better Than Olive Garden Breadsticks!

    Homemade Breadsticks: Better Than Olive Garden Breadsticks!

    Last week I showed how we make 6-ingredient DIY whole wheat bread. Not only did we make more of that delicious bread that you really should try if you haven’t done so yet, we wound up making some super delicious homemade breadsticks too. These happen to be my father-in-laws “super secret” recipe… or something like…