Meals in a jar are something a lot of you have been very interested in lately. These are great because you can make a lot of them ahead for storage or quick and easy meals. They beat freezer meals because you don’t have to come up with the freezer space and you won’t get freezer […]
Freeze Dried Foods
Grandma Lori’s Famous Sugar Cookies
Do you ever come across a recipe that is so good you try to spread the love and share with as many people as possible? Jodi’s mom (Julie’s mother-in-law) has an infamous sugar cookie recipe (yes even better than Swig’s for you Utah folks) that falls into this category. All the grandkids LOVE to make […]
Super Cherry Pie Recipe – Taste Test
I have a confession to make, I’m a little bit in love with cherries. Since today is National Pie Day (yes that’s a thing!) I thought I would share with you my FAVORITE pie recipe. Last time I made this I needed two cans of sweetened condensed milk and I only had ONE, so I […]
Christmas Cookies: Great Gift Idea
This is a quick and easy meal in a jar recipe that is great for neighbor,family, teacher gifts etc. The cookies are delicious and festive! Enjoy. Ingredients: Pack your 1 qt. jar with the following ingredients: 1/3 cup Thrive sugar 1/3 cup packed Thrive brown sugar 1 tablespoon Thrive scrambled egg powder 3/4 cup Thrive […]
Freeze-Dried Sausage Crumbles
Out of all of Thrive’s products there are only a couple I haven’t tried. Up until last Saturday, somehow I had never tried the Freeze-Dried Sausage Crumbles. I kept meaning to put them on my Q but kept forgetting. Well let me tell you, I’m going to remember this next month to get some because […]
Make it a Thrive’n Thanksgiving
We can’t believe it’s NOVEMBER already! We wanted to share with you some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes and how we can “sneak” delicious Thrive Foods into nearly every course of Thanksgiving dinner to save time and/or help with food storage rotation. Our philosophy is that you should store GOOD food that you love and […]







Hi there! I’m Jodi. I share my preparedness adventures via the blog and social media so you can see what I’m working on day to day.