History Of Food Storage: The Root Cellar

Welcome! I love history! Through history, we are better able to understand ourselves, where we have been, and where we are going. Each week, I am going to share a bit with you about the history of food storage! Lucky for us, food storage is the easiest and healthiest it has ever been! Start your [...]

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Our Daily Starch?

Bread. For many generations, bread has been an essential to life for man kind. It was *the* staple of every culture. Bread was healthy. Bread was life sustaining. But now, it seems, bread just makes you fat. Most likely you can peek at the label of one of your favorite treats and you will see [...]

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Recipe: 1 Minute Brownie

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  [...]

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Recipe: Homemade ‘Helper’ Recipe

We love easy around here. And we have all been brain washed into believing those boxed ‘helper’ recipes are as easy as it gets. With a whopping 110 Calories in the mix alone and a lengthy list of unhealthy ingredients and preservative, there must be a better way! Making homemade hamburger helper could not be [...]

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30 Days of Faves: Cansolidator

Welcome back! Each day in June I am going to be sharing with you one of my favorite Shelf Reliance Products as part of the 30 days of faves blog party! Today I am excited to share with you one line of Shelf Reliance Food Rotation Systems: The Consolidator.  Do you have a disorganized pantry? [...]

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No More Starving College Kids!

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 [...]

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Food Waste

Today I had planned a post on snacking with Thrive foods, but as I opened up WordPress, I was greeted by a post on food waste. “One category stood out as being accurate and useful—the dead waste. These are not spending decisions, but rather mistakes. The parking ticket, the bank fee, and yes-the food we [...]

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