In today’s age of ‘out sourcing’, almost every product we buy has ‘made in china’ or a similar country attached. When we pick up our phone to make a customer service call, our calls are often transferred over seas. In this day and age ‘made in America’ has become something rather rare. According to the [...]
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Made in The USA
Posted in Health, Helping Others, Home Store, In The News, tagged buy local, made in america, made in the USA, shelf reliance, thrive on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recipe: 1 Minute Brownie
Posted in Food Storage 101, Helping Others, Product Feature, Recipes, Reducing Food Waste, Uncategorized, tagged 1 minute bowniw, bownie in a mug, recipe on June 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes at the end of a long day, you just need some quiet & some chocolate! And chocolate doesn’t come in many better forms that brownies! But, an entire pan of brownies is just too tempting! So, my new best friend, is a Brownies in a Mug,AKA: The 1 Minute Brownie! Recipe: 4 Tbsp Thrive [...]
No More Starving College Kids!
Posted in Food Storage 101, Helping Others, Reducing Food Waste, Uncategorized, tagged college student, gift, grads, hungry, q, starving college student on June 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Freshman 15! My theory is it comes from all the junk food poor college kids are living on: Ramen noodles, Mac & Cheese, Frozen Pizza! Yuck!! Eating healthy can seem expensive. Fresh Produce goes bad very quickly. processed food is cheap because its full of ‘junk’. Do you know a college student you care [...]
Recipe and News from The Benefit
Posted in Helping Others, Recipes, Uncategorized on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, Rena & I had the great pleasure of setting up a booth and selling baked goods at Coffee Creek RV Resort for their VFD benefit. We got a little sun… Ok A LOT of sun… and met some really awesome folks! We listened to some amazing blue grass, ate some delicious BBQ and told [...]
Helping Others
Posted in Helping Others, Home Store, Uncategorized, tagged charity, cost, emergency, food storage, help, home store, prepper, shelf reliance, thrive on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With the recent Tornadoes, Wildfires, and other disaster occurring around the country, many are asking the question “How Can We Help?”. One of the greatest needs during a disaster is Food. And food banks QUICKLY become depleted or the foods they have expire. The VERY BEST thing you can donate when it comes to food [...]












