How I came to love Freeze Dried Foods and Emergency Prep

One of the things that made me fall in love with Shelf Reliance was the Q.

Every month I was trying to set aside a bit of money sometimes $50 and sometimes more like $200, depending on what I thought we needed to add to our families Emergency Food & Supplies Storage. 

So I would have to reevaluate what our family needed every month, and would find those things on sale and save them.

PROBLEMS:

• Re-evaluating every  month
• Remembering to set the money aside
• Playing catch up when I'd forgotten to neglected for several months.
• BIGGEST problem...When I did find things on sale... Shelf life is typically 2yrs or less.
• Buying food my family didn't typically eat because the food we eat dosn't store for long periods of time! ("foodsaving" a few bannanas and check back in 2 years... LOL)

HOW DID THE Q ANSWER ALL THESE PROBLEMS?

1. I was able to set a budget and count on that every month!!
2. I had a saved food plan and didn't have to double check every month. And this food plan was LEGIT!
3. Since it was automatic and at a set budget...I never have to play catch up (which isn't fun for play month in a budget)
4. Hooray the food I was buying was going to last 25 years!! 
• With NO PRESERVATIVES
• NO SUGAR
• NO SALT!!!
• With the same (sometimes better) nutritional value than what I would get fresh at the store!
• I wasn't relying on canned corn and chili in time of emergency!
5. Now I was buying the food my family ate like broccoli, strawberries, bananas, peas, white chicken, sausage...
6. TADA!!!!!!!!!! It's delivered to your door with excellent shipping prices!! You can't beat that! $7-$15 ships a typical Q!

What I DIDN'T realize...

(When I started I thought I was saving for my family and making an investment...But I was in a for a happy surprise)
(And I'll try no to make this part to long....)

1. I was going to  be saving sooooo much time by using these
2. I was going to be able to make FAST, HEALTHY and delicious meals my family would LOVE.
3. I was going to love these as much or more than the fresh foods...
4. I would save money not running to the store for milk which always resulted in 2-4 bag of other "must haves" equaling $30-$60 (The milk is the BEST powdered milk you have HAD!)
5. I would always have on hand items that I was always running out of... milk, eggs, apples, onions, peppers, bannanas...
6. I would love the EGGS...I was terrified the first time I used powdered eggs...now I can't live without them!!
7. I could pull together a delicious meal in 5-10 mins! (and it would smell like I'd just spent an hour chopping fresh foods!)

Thank goodness for these THRIVE foods and Shelf Reliance, they have helped me:

• Be a better mom, with good for you snacks
• Be a better cook, with healthy foods on hand for my "go-to's" and "hurry and make something for dinner" meals
• Run a safe household...Knowing that my children and family are prepared is a great feeling!

4 person 1 year supply is on Super Sale

This 4 person 1 year supply is on super sale!

336 Cans of #10 THRIVE foods at $2991(Includes S&H)

is like paying $8.90 a can!!

Know someone who might benefit from this? See how you can benefit from passing on the savings at the bottom of this post!

This THRIVE 4 Person Premium, 1 Year Food Supply contains 336 #10 (gallon-sized) cans. See below for specific package contents.

Grains:

• 6 - 6 Grain Pancake Mix (50 servings per can/300 total servings).
• 6 - Germade (Wheat Cereal) (44 servings per can/264 total servings).
• 6 - Oats-Quick (38 servings per can/288 total servings).
• 6 - 9 Grain Cracked Cereal (43 servings per can/258 total servings).
• 36 - Wheat, Hard White Winter (44 servings per can/1584 total servings).
• 6 - Flour-White (45 servings per can/270 total servings).
• 9 - Flour-Whole Wheat (49 servings per can/441 total servings).
• 6 - Cornmeal (46 servings per can/276 total servings).
• 6 - Elbow Macaroni (45 servings per can/180 total servings).
• 18 - Rice-Instant (48 servings per can/864 total servings).
• 8 - Rice-White (53 servings per can/424 total servings).

Proteins & Beans:

• 3 - Taco (TVP) (42 servings per can/126 total servings).
• 6 - Bacon (TVP) (47 servings per can/282 total servings).
• 6 - Beef (TVP) (44 servings per can/264 total servings).
• 3 - Sausage (TVP) (45 servings per can/135 total servings).
• 3 - Sloppy Joe (TVP) (43 servings per can/129 total servings).
• 6 - Chicken (TVP) (45 servings per can/270 total servings).
• 3 - Ham (TVP) (44 servings per can/132 total servings).
• 6 - Lentils (51 servings per can/306 total servings).
• 6 - Barley-Pearled (58 servings per can/348 total servings).
• 12 - Beans- Black (49 servings per can/588 total servings).
• 6 - Beans-Kidney (44 servings per can/264 total servings).
• 14 - Beans-Pinto (49 servings per can/686 total servings).
• 6 - Eggs-Whole powdered (236 servings per can/1416 total servings)(calculation is based on a small egg.)

Dairy:

• 6 - Chocolate Drink Mix (48 servings per can/288 total servings).
• 24 - Milk-Powdered (43 servings per can/1032 total servings).
• 6 - Mac & Cheese Powder (52 servings per can/312 total servings).

Fruits:

• 2 - Pineapple Chunks (FD) (41 servings per can/82 total servings).
• 4 - Raspberries (FD) (48 servings per can/192 total servings).
• 1 - Blackberries (FD) (49 servings per can/49 total servings).
• 1- Blueberries (FD) (50 servings per can/50 total servings).
• 4 - Apples-Sliced (48 servings per can/192 total servings).
• 6 - Strawberries (FD) (45 servings per can/270 total servings).
• 4 - Apple Chips (47 servings per can/188 total servings).
• 2 - Banana Chips (45 servings per can/90 total servings).

Vegetables:

• 16 - Potato Chunks (42 servings per can/672 total servings).
• 6 - Corn-Sweet (FD) (46 servings per can/276 total servings).
• 2 - Broccoli (FD) (52 servings per can/104 total servings).
• 2 - Carrot Dices (49 servings per can/98 total servings).
• 6 - Peas-Green (FD) (41 servings per can/276 total servings).
• 3 - Peas-Split Green (46 servings per can/138 total servings).
• 2 - Onions-Chopped (FD) (45 servings per can/90 total servings).
• 2 - Onions-Chopped (45 servings per can/90 total servings).
• 4 - Sweet Potato (43 servings per can/172 total servings).
• 6 - Mixed Bell Peppers (42 servings per can/252 total servings).

Basics:

• 6 - Orange Drink (86 servings per can/516 total servings).
• 4 - Peach Drink (86 servings per can/344 total servings).
• 6 - Apple Drink (86 servings per can/516 total servings).
• 2 - Bouillon-Beef (191 servings per can/382 total servings).
• 2 - Bouillon-Chicken(185 servings per can/370 total servings).

Dessert:

• 6 - Fudge Brownies (75 servings per can/450 total servings).

Cooking Basics:

• 1 - Baking Powder
• 1 - Salt-Iodized
• 2 - Sugar-Brown
• 4 - Sugar-White

336 Total Cans

What a great deal from  ShelfReliance!!

At this price it's a steal... a little more than your looking to spend? Split it with a friend! It's still $8.90 a can!

Passing these savings on really pays! For every friend you share these savings with who takes advantage of this offer, you get *$150 in free retail product! Got a family thinking about getting prepared? Refer 5 friends and Boost your savings...*$1000 in FREE food storage!

Just by sharing this with friends or family who might be interested you could double your own food storage No shipping NO hidden costs!

*Purchuse must be made through Consultant Shelbi Owen in order to get the Benefit! No hidden costs, 100% FREE

Using THRIVE in the Kitchen...

Alot of people ask me... do you really use this stuff everyday?


Well the answer to their question is YES! I made the decision about 2.5 years ago that we wouldn't eat cereal for breakfast. I still buy it if I find one of those...Out-of-this-world-sales..but I rarely do. So I tie my apron strings and bring a warm breakfast to the table nearly every morning. It wasn't always this easy to do...
 I love thrive in the Morning. We typically eat one of the following:

Eggs

Omlets

Breakfast Burritos

Oatmeal

Cream of Wheat

French toast

Pancakes

All of these have had a budget loving helping hand from THRIVE!

Eggs: When I scramble eggs now I use an egg or 2 from the Fridge and 4-8 eggs from thrive.

Eggs are easy 1 tablespoon equals 1 egg and you add 2 tablespoons of water.

From Scrambled eggs for the babies to breakfast burritos for my Honey ;) Thrive make it super thrifty to make a wholesome meal. Thrive eggs have less fat/cholesterol than fresh eggs also which is very nice.

I add to these eggs any or all of the following, also from THRIVE: onions, Green and red bell peppers, Freeze dried Sausage.

These are great for eggs/omelets/and burritos...but what i really love is FRENCH TOAST!!

THRIVE eggs are the perfect companion on a sleepy Saturday morning when you want to go out but know you don't want to spend all the money on Breakfast! I take a cup to a cup and a half of Thrive eggs the same amount of water and then the same amount of milk about 2 table spoons vanilla(thank you Rachel Ray) and a bit of cinnamon. It's so cheep and fast that you can't really even compare it to anything else! I used to use 7-10 eggs to make french toast and now I can save those for fried eggs and use my thrive eggs for the perfect french toast in seconds with no mess and no hassle!!

We usually top our french toast with strawberry dust and powdered sugar or strawberry syrup  which is always available thanks to thrive!!

Thrive Makes Breakfast YUMMY!
(...and affordable and healthy and fast )

Our germade aka. Cream of Wheat is the best of the best!!

Beating out Winco's best price for Cream of Wheat and raising them 1 with the fact that it's in a can...not a cardboard box...less mess and less spills and less chance of that box getting wet.

That's also a plus about the oats!!

THRIVE's 6 grain pancake mix is awesome!! 

Every Friday is Pancake friday at our house because of Late start for school. Long gone are the days of my healthy mixes expiring I now can order this by the case and save a load and I know that I'll use it in 8-10 years ...that was a joke, but It will last that long compaired to 18months to 2 years at the store...thats pretty nice!