Snowstorm? No problem!

I remember the years I lived in Virginia when we would hear about a huge snowstorm was headed our way.  The grocery stores would be packed with people who suffered from what I call a "subdued panic".  Shelves of water and bread were empty after the grand rush and milk was no where to be found.  The buzz in the air was always about how much snow we would get and how long we would be "trapped" in our homes.  It appeared to me that for most people in the check-out lane, they could be trapped for about 3 weeks, no problem!

But at what cost?  I'm not talking about financial cost necessarily, but rather time, energy, emotional and physical.  

Kansas City got hit with a major storm yesterday, dumping 8-15 inches across the metro.  The day before the storm, I sat in my home, calmly working, THRILLED that I didn't need to rush out to the store for ANYTHING.  Milk?  If we need it, we have our Thrive instant milk powder, which, by the way, tastes as good if not better than milk in the store.  Water?  Plenty.  Even if the pipes had frozen or lines had broken, we have our Shelf Reliance water containers ready, full and prepared.  Food?  No problem!  I just pulled out my Thrive can of scrambled egg mix and whipped up some yummy scrambled eggs with Thrive rehydrated onions and peppers, and voila, a meal...simple but nourishing.

I never had to leave my house...thus, I didn't use any gas, I didn't use any precious time, and I didn't exert any extra energy to try to prepare; I WAS ALREADY PREPARED!

I encourage you to visit my website HERE and save yourself the time, energy, concern, and gas money and get your house and family prepared for situations like bad snowstorms or power outages or out of town guests "popping in", or whatever other "emergency" scenario you can envision.  It's easy, convenient, cost-effective, and best of all, I can help you!  

Thrive Ground Beef

Many folks are interested in SEEING what the different foods look like that have been freeze-dried.  So, I took this picture of my ground beef, which I took out of the can and rehydrated in some warm water for 15 minutes, and then used in a stir-fry.  Voila!  Easy, VERY tasty, and economical.  Why economical?  I bought this ground beef about three months ago and opened it then to make another dish.  But since these products have a 6-18 month OPEN shelf life, I just reached in my cupboard, pulled out the can, and had fresh ground beef ready to eat in 15 minutes.  No running out to the store, no thawing frozen ground beef, no hassle, and a quick meal ready in 20 minutes!

Another Thrive recipe...along with Visalus shake mix!

Ok, I realize I am now combining my THRIVE products with my VISALUS protein shake mix in recipes and they are turning out to be YUMMY! Here is an amazing recipe I just made: 

I just made the most incredible Pumpkin Thrive and Vi-cookies. Here is the recipe, which I chose to double because we like to share...and eat. :-)

Pumpkin Vi-cookies

1/2 cup organic refined coconut oil (shortening)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs (reconstituted THRIVE eggs)
1 1/2 cups pumpkin (ours was from our home garden last summer!)
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 cups flour
1/2 cup VISALUS shake mix
1/4 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup slivered almonds (recipe calls for 1 cup chopped nuts and 1 cup raisins)

Cream shortening, sugars and eggs together. Blend in pumpkin and lemon juice. Add sifted dry ingredients, nuts and raisins and mix together. Drop by teaspoons on cookie sheet. (Cookies will puff up) Bake 12-15 minutes at 375 degrees. 

One could easily use Thrive sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking powder, and baking soda!  The best part was that I did not have to run out to the store to buy EGGS!!!  Saved time, money, energy, and so I was able to accomplish other things!  LOVIN' IT!

My husband, Paul Czaszewicz said, "These are REALLY good!" He took a few in to his colleagues today.

February Specials!

I am thrilled to see that one of this month's specials is Tomato Powder!  I believe this is fast becoming one of my favorite products.  Just this morning I was making a beef barley stew recipe which calls for a 15 oz can of tomato sauce.  I pulled out my Thrive Tomato Powder, added some water and made my own tomato sauce!  

May I suggest that you invest in some tomato powder this month as it is at a very good price at $31.69 for a #10 can!  You can make your own paste, your own spaghetti sauce, soup or whatever and remember, the tomatoes are picked at the peak of ripeness and then freeze dried so that it locks in all the nutrition AND flavor.  I'm sure you've tasted some of the flavor-less tomatoes in the stores these days.  Best of all, the tomatoes won't go bad!  It's a win-win all the way around!  Click on my link below to get yours today!

http://www.shelfreliance.com/ArdenCz3