Category: Long-Term Food Storage
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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How to Bolster Your Food Storage
In recent months I’ve become enamored and, dare I say, completely sold on the idea of freeze dried-foods not only in my food storage but also in our daily lives, specifically foods from THRIVE Life. I’m so happy with them, in fact, that I’ve decided to become an independent consultant. The good news is that not…
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How to Make Magic Mix for Homemade “Cream of” Soups, Puddings, Sauces, and More!
If you don’t yet know how to make magic mix, then you’re in for a real treat. My wife and I decided that we’d really like to make an effort to make more of our own foods from scratch which reminded me of this Magic Mix video that I saw a while back. Apparently, it’s…
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How to Make 3000+ Calorie DIY Survival Food Ration Bars (per batch)
Have you ever had those Datrex or Mainstay Emergency food ration bars? If so, you may have realized that they aren’t the best of survival rations for taste but they will keep you alive. Nuff said. And hard tack? Yikes! You may as well be eating a brick. 😉 Well, I came across this article a while…
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How to Setup Your Sun Oven for the First Time: Stove Sundays
I’ve had a Global Sun Oven for years now and really enjoyed using it but, sadly, haven’t done so in about a year. (FYI: There’s a newer version, the All American Sun Oven, that seems to be a better design and less expensive if interested.) Anyway, while visiting my in-laws I noticed they’ve yet to…
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What REAL Chicken Eggs Look Like
I’m back in Kansas City visiting my in-laws for a while and one of the many benefits of doing so is that they get farm-fresh eggs from a friend who raises their own chickens. When making breakfast this morning I realized that many of you may not know what REAL chicken eggs look like so I…