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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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.…
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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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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…
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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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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…