We’ve been LOVING the convenience of meals-in-a-jar lately. Not only are they awesome for healthier “fast food”, but they are also a great alternative to just-add-water meals that are convenient in emergency situations. We are always looking for great jar recipes but today we wanted to share with you how you can take one of […]
Recipes
Guilt-Free Cheesecake
I love cheesecake. Love it a lot. Problem is, it’s not a very guilt-free snack. My good friend Sierra is the Q-U-E-E-N of making treats healthier. I think she should start her own blog with all her recipes because then I wouldn’t have to ask her for them all the time. She was auctioning a […]
3 Tricky Ways Thrive Can Help You Eat Healthier “On the Run”
My husband and I have been doing the “Insanity” workout program lately and it is definitely INSANE. It’s been fun to do something together to try to get healthier and a little more physically fit. We decided to follow their recommended nutrition plan and I’ve been able to use a lot of Thrive Life Foods […]
Camping with Thrive: 3 Easy Recipes
Our family enjoys camping but we don’t do it nearly enough because it always feels really stressful (and expensive) to prep all the food for a camping trip for our family of 6. The other day I had the idea that I could pre-prepare a few sets of camping food at the beginning of the […]
How I Preserve Food: Meals in a Jar
There are so many ways (and reasons) to preserve food (scroll to the bottom of this post to see a blogger round-up of tons of great food preservation posts). While most people think about canning or dehydrating when they think about food preservation, we wanted to touch on something a little different today. We are […]
Potluck Bean Salsa Recipe
With summer in full swing we thought we would share with you our favorite go-to potluck recipe. The reason this is a go-to for us is because it’s shelf stable. Meaning we have all these ingredients ready to go in our home store. Texas Caviar (Black Bean Salsa) Mix: ½ tsp. salt and ½ tsp. […]
Hi there! I’m Jodi. I teach busy moms how to save time and money in the kitchen while making healthy and delicious meals using freeze-dried foods.