I WON A MAJOR AWARD!

No it wasn't a fishnet stocking covered leg lamp stamped 'fra-jee-lay' on the box.

At the Allegany Community Chili Cookoff ( I was invited to attend and set up a Shelf Reliance table with samples ) on Saturday night, my THRIVE 20 minute chili recipe won 2nd runner up out of 12 contenders! I was absolutely shocked! Not that I didn't think my chili was good, but that 3 judges, experienced judges mind you, gave my recipe an official stamp of approval! Mind you it didn't earn that shiny golden trophy I had my eye on, but it will suffice for my first attempt using ALL THRIVE foods in a recipe!

What a neat little community get together! Such neighborliness and friendship. And great food, laughter, socializing and sharing. It was like a church social without the prayers.

In 3 weeks they are having a community Shelf Reliance tasting party. The proceeds from the sales will all be donated to stock their community center as an emergency shelter in the event of a disaster. This little community of 300-400 homes is doing something proactive to take care of themselves. They know that small isolated areas will be hard to rescue. Big cities will come first. I am so excited to help them on their quest to be self sufficient! This is a great example of what neighborhoods, communities and cities should be putting into place. Americans have a history of helping ourselves and neighbors through hard times. If your area isn't involved in something like this yet, at least YOU can be by taking steps to insure your own household can take care of themselves.

When it comes to being prepared, you don't want to be a runner up, an also ran. You want first prize!

Here is the recipe if you'd like to try it:

THRIVE 20 minute chili
by Dorie

Bring 6 cups of water to a boil.
Add 2 1/2 C. THRIVE instant beans; red, pinto & black
Simmer 20 minutes

In another saucepan, mix together on low heat:
1/4 C. each of THRIVE freeze dried onions, peppers, celery
3/4 C. water
2 T. THRIVE tomato powder
1 T. chili powder
2 t. THRIVE sugar
1 t. cumin powder
1/2 t. habenero powder
1/2 t. minced garlic
1 cube Knorr chipotle seasoning
4-6 oz. canned green chili sauce

When beans have been simmering 15 minutes, add:
1 C. THRIVE freeze dried sausage crumbles
1 C. THRIVE ground beef crumbles
1/2 C. THRIVE bacon TVP
1 C. THRIVE freeze dried sweet corn

Combine seasonings and beans together. Mix well and simmer 5-10 more minutes.
Salt and pepper to taste, add more water for thinner chili.

Serve with THRIVE cornbread recipe, THRIVE powdered butter reconsituted and THRIVE cheddar or mozzerella cheese reconsituted.
WHO SAID FOOD STORAGE MEALS HAD TO BE BLAND!
ENJOY!

IN HONOR OF MY BIRTHDAY ~ QUICK! WHAT'S 6 TIMES 10?

Well!

If you think I'm going to reveal my age forgetaboutit! What I AM going to do is sell 6 of these packages before November 13th which IS my birthday and even tho the special runs until the 14th, that's my goal. 6! SIX! 2x3! Six of you or maybe 6 other friends will be all the more prepared for the crap that's coming soon with our economy and the prices of goods, services and most importantly FOOD. JUST SHOUTING!


NEW- Consultant Special - No Coupon Required

The three month (2 person) food and water package

(Catalog ID #25357)

$945.19 (regularly $1326.99)

10/17-11/14
*This package can only be purchased by calling a consultant (THAT WOULD BE ME!) to place the order. HERE ARE THE DIGITS : 541-404-6363!

Package contents include:
•6 Hard White Winter Wheat
•4 Potato Chunks
•6 Elbow Macaroni
•6 Six Grain Pancake Mix
•3 Cornmeal
•3 Quick Oats
•6 Instant White Rice
•6 Sweet Corn
•6 Green Peas
•3 Broccoli – Freeze Dried
•3 Raspberries – Freeze Dried
•2 Strawberries – Freeze Dried
•6 Apple Chips
•3 Carrot Dices
•3 Mixed Bell Pepper
•3 Potato Beads
•6 Non-Fat Powdered Milk
•4 Chocolate Drink Mix
•2 Cheddar Blend
•2 Bacon TVP
•2 Beef TVP
•2 Chicken TVP
•2 Taco TVP
•2 Pinto Beans
•2 Black Beans
•Kidney Beans
•Whole Eggs
•THRIVE™ Orange Drink
•Deluxe Wheat Grinder
•55 Gallon Water Container
•Water Pump
•Bung Wrench - doubles as a gas shutoff tool
•Water Treatment Solution

DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED and have a nice day :)

This picture has nothing to do with this special. It's just so stinkin' cute I had to put it in here. I guess you could say this about it, If you're hungry enough, you'll eat anything! But if you are prepared ahead of time, you won't have to eat PAINT!

LISTEN UP!

SHELDON COOPER SMITH AGE 3 CALLING YOU TO ATTENTION

Super cool announcement just received from Shelf Reliance!!

We are excited to announce that in early November Shelf Reliance® will be releasing five new THRIVE™ products. Our new products are sure to add more variety and convenience to your Home Store. The three new veggies are some of our most frequently requested items, and the new fruit products are sure to become a family favorite. The new THRIVE Fruits and Veggies will be here soon, so now you have even more reasons to love THRIVE!

That's the official word right off the presses (I just got an email from home office!). I can't tell you what the new products are because I don't know yet. But I do know that they will be just as phenomenal as the other products. I recall a while back where a lot of us consultants sent in our requests. I personally requested avocado. We will see soon!

But they will be discontinuing some products and I'm here to tell you what those are. If they happen to be one of your favorites, I suggest you buy a case of it. Also discounted immediately are mandarin oranges. Bad crop = no products!

The discontinued items are:
Banana chips
dehydrated pineapple
dehydrated bell peppers (one of MY favorites!)
dehydrated sweet potatoes
You are welcome to order anything you like at my consultant discount directly from my website at DorieSmith.shelfreliance.com



So this is your heads up early warning don't say I didn't tell you aha moment for the day!!

Quick and Easy Custard Pie

Well, it's about time I posted something new here. I was browsing through Facebook today when I noticed a new recipe in "Just a Pinch". So I clicked over and took a look. Now I probably wouldn't have looked twice but it was early in the day and I hadn't eaten. The picture looked yummy and so I quickly jotted it down. Let me tell you, it is SUPER easy! The recipe calls for traditional ingredients but I got a great idea to substitute some Thrive foods where I could. This is the recipe:

Super Easy Custard Pie
Get our your blender
Put in- 4 eggs (I used Thrive whole egg powder reconstituted)
3/4 C. sugar (you could use your Thrive sugar)
2 C. milk (I used reconstituted Thrive Instant milk)
pinch of salt
1/4 C. melted butter (I used real butter)
2 t. vanilla
1/2 C. flour (you could use your Thrive white or wheat flour)

Mix all these ingredients in the blender for about 30 seconds or so ( I told you it was easy!)
Pour into a greased 9" pie plate (hint: put the pie plate in the oven first and then pour the custard mix into it. It splashes out easily when you try to walk with it or move your oven racks with the full pie plate on it)(I learned this the hard way today!) Sprinkle liberally with Nutmeg.
Bake this for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

The mixture separates and makes it's own crust on the bottom. Now it's not like a crunchy crust so don't be expecting that. It's more gooey than crisp although the next time I might just put it on the bottom rack and see how it turns out. You can see how mine turned out below.

Here's a closer look:

I think if I had been surviving on my food storage staples of whole wheat, beans, oats, powdered milk and rice for a while, a nice little custard dish like this one would be greatly appreciated! Next time I'm going to add COCONUT! Perhaps I will use my coconut macaroon mix with it...

Tick Tick Tick

Well, this deal has to end sometime. Just reminding you that the sale ends on October 9th. That's only a few days away. Time is ticking away. The grains of sand are slipping down the hourglass. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN ON THIS DEAL, BASICALLY IT"S NOW OR FORGET ABOUT IT!

JUST SAYIN'