THRIVE Insta-dinner! Voila'!

Today my dear husband finished a project for me that, although inconvenient, saved us a fortune in mechanics bills! After 2 weeks, my car is now running better than ever! So what does that have to do with dinner? An insta-dinner at that? Let me set the stage: About 3 pm the car was fixed, Bill set out to put a few hours in on a small job and I celebrated by driving my car to the little market up the road to get some 'bubbly' for tonight (Mug root beer being our bubbly of choice). When I got home, I thought 'what could I do to show my appreciation'? So I mowed part of the lawn till I ran out of gas, took a nice shower and washed my hair and thought I'd make a special meal. That's when I got sidetracked by this: You know you can really lose track of time with something like this.... Then I remembered a live show I wanted to watch online with Chef Todd...you can watch one here: http://youtu.be/CZ14wWF1GQY SUDDENLY I heard my husbands truck pull up! Yikes it's already 7 pm! I haven't even started a special meal yet. I ran into the kitchen, grabbed pan, put in a little water and started heating it up. Then I added a cup of this: Bill was literally walking in the door when I put that chicken in the water and still I didn't have any idea what I was going to make! I let it soak for like less than 5 minutes while grabbing some other things from the pantry and fridge. I drained the water, added some leftover sauce, about 3/4 cup of this: To season it a bit more I also added about 1/3 cup of THRIVE freeze dried green chili peppers and gave it all a stir. I had some cheddar cheese which I quickly grated. I had a bit of sour cream which I added (about 1/3-1/2 C) to the chicken and sauce. I only had 4 of these: I spooned the chicken mixture down the center of a tortilla, topped it with cheese and rolled it up on a plate. Repeat 4 times. I topped it off with the rest of the chicken sauce and more cheese and jammed it into the microwave for 1 minute. I had lettuce from our garden so I started plating our plates. Lettuce, fresh cilantro, sliced tomatoes and 1/2 a lime. And a package of these: (the best in the world!) When the microwave dinged, I set the 'enchiladas' on the table, set the table, got the frosty bubbly and called Bill in to eat. It was 7:13! We were almost finished with dinner, (which he raved about!) when I thought that I should document this event! So here is a picture of the last 1/2 of my enchilada: And here is a close up! I LOVE COOKING WITH THRIVE! Did I say I LOVE COOKING WITH THRIVE? Cuz I really do! ( We had amazing BBQ beef sandwiches for lunch today, also made with THRIVE in minutes!!) This is a recipe I will definitely repeat!

Shout it from the Rooftops FOR REAL!

Don't forget!! Starting Friday morning at 1am until Monday afternoon at 5pm!! * Black Friday weekend. * ALL Thrive items will be discounted 25-50%!! * That's a humongous discount and better than Q or home party prices! * THRIVE products make great Christmas gifts! * * * You need to be there but you don't gotta be there cuz this is an Online/phone in/email order type party!! * * * Pick your method of ordering. * Online from your own computer (in your pj's if you like! No long lines!) USA shoppers go here: www.DorieSmith.shelfreliance.com/home * Canada Customers: www.DorieSmith.canada.shelfreliance.com * Puerto Rico customers www.DorieSmith.puertorico.shelfreliance.com * Phone: 541-404-6363 * Email: doriedoo@hotmail.com * * STOCK YOUR SHELVES NOW by going into my website, placing what you want in your shopping cart! It will be held there until you actually put in your billing/shipping information on Friday and complete the order! The prices today will automatically adjust down to the sale prices on Friday. Whoooo Hoooo!!

I'm always ready to answer any questions about products so just let me know. PLEASE SHARE AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!! Open to USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico Customers And coming soon to JAPAN!

It's not rocket science, just good common sense

Are you a member of Mensa?  Me either.  But I feel pretty darn smart when I take advantage of a great sale and even more smarter (!) when I channel my inner Boy Scout and utilize the motto: "BE PREPARED". 

 

You can be prepared this month for a big discount.  These are November Shelf Reliance discounted items.  They are only good starting 5 pm Nov. 1 - 5 pm Dec.1.  So if you need Gluten free products, check it out.  My favorite snack apples are on sale!  Freeze Dried Fuji apples beat everything I know of for crunch satisfaction and excellent flavor.

Check out the flyer below.  Then Call me, Dorie at 541-404-6363 to place your order and get the discount.  That is the only way. Let's get ourselves prepared before we are digging oursleves out of a Hurricane Sandy type event!!  Over and out.

Flyer: November Monthly Specials

PS.  For those of you who will read this all the way down to here, this is your secret 'heads up'.  BLACK FRIDAY is coming up for Shelf Reliance.  You know when!  To take advantage of this once a year inCREDable sale you need only get up at midnight on the designated day and go shop online in your PJ's at DorieSmith.shelfreliance.com.  +You don't need to call me to receive the lowest prices !!!  So mark your calendar.

Homemade Chicken-Raspberry-Noodles-Jam

The title might be confusing but I'm just trying to efficiently mesh 2 recent THRIVE meal experiences. The post will be crystal clear!

Yes I'm making homemade egg noodles. It's an old family recipe I learned from my cousin when we were roomates at BYU back back back in the day.

It calls for one egg per person, flour and salt to taste. Very precise, I know. Through the years I've come to modify it a bit.

This time out I used all THRIVE ingredients. After all, if it's supposed to be able to feed my family in times of need/lazinessconvenience, I must use them in our favorite recipes. So out came the THRIVE FD (that means freeze dried for those new to my blog) chopped chicken. I love this stuff! It's already cooked, skinned, boned and chopped and rehydrates in about 10 min! Quick stuff! I used my THRIVE carrots, onions, celery and boullion which of course were added to the water in the pot. Next I rehydrated about 6 eggs. That's 1 TBS. of whole egg powder to 2 TBS. of water. Mix and you have liquid eggs ready to go! Then I added about 1 tsp. salt and flour until it was pasta like consistency.

Then they were rolled out very thin like in the first picture. Dust well with flour if you try this. Then roll up the pasta the short way. By that I mean you've rolled it in a sorta rectangular/oval type shape. Once it's rolled up, using a pizza cutter, slice through in about 1" sized pieces, unroll and add them too the boiling broth.

It turned out just as yummy and disappeared just as fast as if I had done it the way I learned in college and spent the WHOLE FREAKIN' DAY preparing this meal!! (There is no picture of the final product. It was fast Sunday and that large kettle of chicken and noodles was gone like the wind) So what about the raspberry jam mix thingie? I got some YUMMY fresh raspberries at the local farmer's market Wednesday. I had every intention of saving those fresh little sweeties for jam. But I saw then I noticed the ever shrinking bowl that no one claimed responsibility for. Anyway, I smashed up the 4 containers of berries. I needed 6 smashed up cups.

As you can or can't see here but trust me it's the truth, I am exactly 1 cup SHORT. I searched the freezer for some sign of frozen berry stuff. I did find some freezer burned strawberries which I took out and began to thaw. THEN I remembered that I had the bits, pieces and powders at the bottom of a large can of THRIVE freeze dried raspberries. Brilliant!

I pour the remnants into a measuring cup and added water just to rehydrate to a thick mush state.

As you can now see, my 5 cups of smashed raspberries now comes to 6 cups and I'm off to make my jam....Well I'm back and guess what? It's delicious and it's all sealed up just fine in my jelly glasses and put away in the pantry. So whenever you get in a pinch in the kitchen, remember your THRIVE products. They really can save the day even if it's not during a natural disaster!