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Family Food Storage Plan For 3 Months

December 7, 2012 By ParkerMama 5 Comments

Making a family food storage plan for 3 months can feel daunting. Overwhelming. Something you’d rather not even think about.

How much do I need?

Where do I start?

I suggest working on a 3 Month Family Food Storage Plan. 3-Months of foods you KNOW your family will eat. Nothing funky. Nothing you hope they will eat. Don’t buy into the theory that when people get hungry enough, they’ll eat whatever you put in front of them. It simply ain’t true!

(Psst! You are going to need 1 Gallon Of Water Per Person Per Day. We can show you how to do that AND how to filter emergency water too! )

I suggest you begin by creating 7 breakfast menus, 7 lunch menus, and 7 dinner menus that your family is familiar with and enjoys.

Then break each menu down to each ingredient. Don’t just assume you have enough tomato sauce, go and check. Add up how many teaspoons of salt you will need and make sure you have it on hand. How sad will you be when your Italian pasta bake has no oregano because you thought you had enough? If you like mayo with your tuna salad, you’d better list mayo on your ingredient list. The same with pickles. How’s your supply of celery salt looking? Go ahead and look, I’ll wait…

Now you should have the ingredients listed for 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 7 dinners.

How Much Food Do I Need For A 3 Month Food Storage Plan

Since you are working towards a THREE MONTHS family food storage plan, you’ll want to take those ingredients and multiply it by 12. 12 weeks = 3 months.

If you are planning on serving oatmeal for breakfast once a week for 3 months, and your family uses a pound of dry oats per breakfast, then you are going to need 12 pounds of dried oats.

If you need 1 cup of raisins for each breakfast, they you will need 12 cups of raisins total. How much brown sugar does your crew plow through each time they eat oatmeal? You are going to need that much, times 12.

Oh, and if your family likes milk on their oatmeal, you’re gonna want to make sure you have either powdered or canned milk in your stash.

What I like the most about this plan of starting your food storage is that you wind up with exactly what you need in order to make a variety of complete meals.

(And because you have three months of meals your family can’t wait to eat, you can easily rotate the ingredients for each meal. Yes, you must rotate your food storage. Don’t give me the stink eye over this. Storing only cans of stuff that lasts for 20 years, is expensive and full of sodium. In times of crisis your family is going to want foods that are familiar. )

Imagine 3 months of nothing but taco shells, green beans and pudding cups.

Yeah.

This plan is sounding better already, huh?

How To Create A Family Food Storage Plan

PS: Wondering how to make meals that call for meat if the power has gone out? Thrive Freeze Dried Meats are beyond amazing and so easy to use! And with a shelf life of around 25 years for most meats, you can purchase a few each month to build up your stash! It’s easy to sign up to be a part of Thrive’s NEW Grocery Box plan for monthly deliveries!

If you have a way to boil water (and you REALLY should) when the power is out, you can cook with freeze dried foods!

How To Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food

April 3, 2018 By ParkerMama Leave a Comment

Are you looking to stock a deep pantry? Do you like the idea of being able to have healthy, money saving food storage with up to a 25 year shelf life? Terrific! This post on How To Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food is for you!

Why Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food?

There is so much buzz lately about grocery stores that deliver groceries to you door. Thrive Life has been delivering quality groceries, right to your door, for years now. Groceries that won’t spoil or go to waste as they wait for you to get to them. You can even get FREE shipping!

I love how Thrive Life Groceries are ready to go when I am, with no washing, chopping, peeling or browning necessary! Score! Taco Tuesday has never been easier.

Most importantly, I know that in case of disaster, I will be able to feed my family from my Long Term Food Storage Plan.

What Are The Perks Of Becoming A Preferred Customer?

Ah. I love this part. So many opportunities to save money come with being a Preferred Customer and signing up for a monthly delivery service.

1. Free Shipping

Preferred Customers get free shipping on all Preferred items when they spend at least $100 in the delivery service! Just look for the Preferred Customer icon next to qualifying products.

2. Get 3% Back

For every $100 you spend on a delivery, you’ll get $3 back in Grocery points! Let your points rack up, and use them on any purchases outside of your deliveries.

3. Shop Early

Shop Black Friday and Spring Sale deals a day before everyone else! These sales are always while supplies last, which means you’ll get hot products before they sell out.

4.Monthly Savings

Get a monthly coupon to save on a popular item! No limit on the amount of coupon products you can order either. Not like the grocery stores that limit how many coupons you can use!

I’m Skeptical About Automatic Delivery Services.

Oh, I get that. But, with Thrive Life, you can skip or cancel any upcoming deliveries before the processing date.

Okay. I’m In! How Do I Become A Preferred Customer?

There are two ways:

Get a FREE membership by committing to 3 deliveries within 90 days (at least one order every 30 days).

You can select this option during the setup process for your delivery service.

Pay a one-time fee of $79 through the delivery service.
If selected, it will be charged after completion of delivery setup.

You can go here to create your customer account and delivery service.

I’m Signed Up, Now What?

Once you have signed up to order Thrive Freeze Dried Food, you’ll be asked to choose your meal plan. You can choose from Simple Plate meals (think Blue Apron type meals, but freeze dried), grocery (this is what I do) or a combination of both.

Fill up your grocery cart with the items you love the most! You’ll be asked when you’d like your monthly grocery orders to ship. Then you’ll check out and VIOLA! Groceries to your door step.

What If I Just Want To Place A Single Order?

I totally understand. You can simply place a single order through my Thrive Life website. Please make sure my name, Tammy Hodson, is in the upper right hand corner of your screen. I build my food storage when others order through me.

Thrive Life Delivery Service Video

Confused? Here’s a step by step video tutorial on ordering. Or, feel free to email me at hods6mom@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you!

Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan: Food Security

January 3, 2018 By ParkerMama Leave a Comment

Could you put together a nutritious meal for your family using only ingredients currently in your pantry? What about nutritious meals for a week? A month? Several months? If you have a Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan, then the answer is an easy yes.

Why should you have a Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan?

Food storage is security. A well stocked pantry is security against inflation, job loss, illness, and natural disasters. Think of it as peace of mind you can eat.

What is a Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan?

A 3-Month, or short term food storage supply is made up of every ingredient you need to make meals for 3 months, without having to go to the store for supplies.

A Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan stretches that original 3 months out longer, and it consists of items with that have up to a 25-30 year shelf life when stored properly.

Legumes: dried beans, lentils, barley and nuts.

Grains: wheat, rice, oats, whatever your family likes and is used to eating. A long emergency is NOT the time to see how your family’s guts hold up to exotic grains.

Powdered Milk

Leavening Agents

Salt and Spices

Fats and Oils: Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, and even Crisco. Remember though, most oil has a very short shelf life, so keep it well rotated!

Water. And more water.

Step 1: Create Your Menus and Ingredient List

In this post we discussed how to create a 3 Month Food Storage Supply Plan. The concept for a Long Term Food Storage Supply is much the same, just with foods that can store for longer periods of time. Instead of only having 7 days worth of menus, you’ll want to aim for 14 days of menus for meals you know you family will eat.

Step 2: How to Pay for Your Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan

Examine your monthly budget. What can you do without in order to provide your family with food security in an emergency? Identify those items, and make of list of your projected savings.

Next, consider some of these ideas to help find the cash to stock that pantry.

Set those savings back to be used ONLY for your Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan.

How to get the Best Nutritional Bang for your Food Storage Buck

When I first began to put together my goals for a long term food supply plan, my biggest concerns were that my family HATES beans, and they gag at the thought of canned fruits and vegetables.

What’s a Mama to do?

I remember thinking that maybe I could get some fruits and veggies in with bottled juices. But that’s a LOT of juice, and juice has no fiber, and little real nutritional value.

I experimented with wet packed meats. The ‘tinned’ taste was a big turn off.

I dehydrate much of my garden produce and different fruits. The problem here is that dehydrated foods take so much water to bring back to life. And they are often unappetizing unless used in soups or casseroles.

Then I started investigating Freeze Dried Foods for my Long Term Food Storage Supply.

Not all Freeze Dried Food is Created Equally

I think I tested samples from every freeze dried food company known to man. At least it felt that way. I remember opening a can of freeze dried pineapple from one company to discover that ever single piece was part of the ‘core’ of the pineapple. You know, the middle part we usually cut out. That can of pineapple was not only bitter, but no matter what I did, I couldn’t get that pineapple to a point where it wouldn’t break a tooth.

Thrive Freeze Dried Food

I finally settled on Thrive Life Freeze Dried Foods. The quality is unmatched. They freeze dry their own food in house, and they source as locally as possible.

Thrive Life Freeze Dried Food also puts each fruit and veggie through a special wash process and then tests each product after the freeze drying process to ensure it’s safety. A step like this is especially important when you read about so many food recalls these days.

The very last hurdle I faced was how to make my modest Long Term Food Storage budget go as far as it possibly could.

Imagine being able to make pizza with melted real cheese and your favorite toppings using your long term food storage supply.

Free Delivery. Coupons. Sales and More.

Once again, Thrive Life freeze dried foods was able to help me come up with a plan that met a very modest budget.

By signing up for monthly deliveries, I am able to stock up on the foods my family is used to eating that can last up to 25 years.

Now, before I lose you here, let me tell you something. I get the reluctance to sign up for something. For quite a while our credit cards were maxed out with providing our son with his medical needs. We had worked hard to pay down each card, why would we want to add more to it?

The Lowest Cost For The Very Best Long Term Food Storage Supply.

After running the numbers it was very clear; by taking advantage of Thrive’s monthly coupons, sales, and consultant discounts, we were getting the best deal on the best freeze dried food available……anywhere.

I set up a monthly delivery to build my long term food storage with meats, fruits, veggies, and cheese. I looked closely at our budget, made some changes and used that savings to pay for my monthly orders. Anything I earn from sharing Thrive Life with others, I roll right back into my long term food storage budget.

More Choices To Fit YOUR Needs

Now, if you have zero desire to sign up as a consultant, that’s fine too. Sign up just for the monthly deliveries and take advantage of the monthly coupons and sales…….and score FREE SHIPPING. Remember! You can SKIP a month or CANCEL at ANY time!

This quick video will walk you through how to sign up for Simple Plate Deliveries, AND grocery deliveries! It’s quick and easy!

Learn more about monthly deliveries .

Maybe you would simply like to place a single order. Try a few things out and go from there. Yup! You can do that too!

Increase Your Family’s Security With A Long Term Food Storage Supply Plan

Wouldn’t it be nice if we never had to worry about natural disasters, job loss, rising food prices and how we would keep our families fed during an emergency? Well, having a long term food storage supply is one step to taking the worry away and replacing it with a sense of peace. Let Thrive Life Freeze Dried Foods help in creating that long term food storage supply.

Thrive Monthly Q Program for Preppers!

November 7, 2016 By ParkerMama 1 Comment

Thrive Monthly Q Program reflects the understanding that often people hesitate in getting their food storage because they simply don’t know where to start, how to use it, and how to budget for it. To remedy this, Thrive Life has created the Monthly Q Program which offers a variety of ways to incorporate their products into your food storage AND you every day cooking, as well as a way to get the lowest prices at the same time.

WHAT IS THE THRIVE LIFE MONTHLY Q PROGRAM?

You decide the budget. You choose what you want delivered. It’s that easy.
With the Q, the groceries come to you each month! Trade in those last-minute grocery store trips and spendy fast food runs for the unbeatable convenience of THRIVE foods. Discover a better way to shop with the Q.

HOW DOES THE Q WORK?

1. Select the foods you like by adding your favorite Thrive foods to your Q (what I do) OR by selecting the recipes you use the most. The Q will organize your foods into customizable monthly shipments.

2. Set a monthly budget. Choose the amount you want to spend each month to build your Home Store. No need to spend more money: simply reallocate part of your monthly food budget to your Q.

3. Get monthly shipments at low prices. THRIVE foods are shipped to your doorstep on the date you choose. Save time and money by avoiding unnecessary trips to the grocery store. Because I’m local, I just pick my orders up myself, saving me the shipping. If you are local, you can to do the same! While you’re there be sure to try out a few of their products from their sample bar. Yum!

BECOME A MEMBER OF THE Q CLUB TO RECEIVE EVEN MORE GREAT DEALS!

By starting your Q shipments with an order of $100.00 or more in product OR signing up as a consultant—you will get a FREE membership in the the Q Club.

WAIT! THERE‘S MORE…….LOTS MORE!

I AM BUILDING MY FOOD STORAGE PANTRY USING THE THRIVE MONTHLY Q-PONS, SPECIALS AND Q CLUB REWARD POINTS TOWARD FREE PRODUCT

As a Q Club member, each month you will have access to Thrive’s Q-pon of the month. This Q-pon will reflect a SIGNIFICANT savings on that month’s product. You can bet that my Q takes advantage of each monthly Q-pon…..I really stock up!

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THRIVE LIFE MONTHLY Q PROGRAM

Click the image above to be taken directly to the page where you can sign up for the Thrive Monthly Q Program

Look for the My Q link. Click on it. You will taken to a page that looks like this:|

Click on the red box with the words ‘Get Started’

This will lead you to a page with a header like the one below. It will walk you through, step by step, how to set up your first Q. Remember that if you want a FREE MEMBERSHIP into the Q Club, your first shipment will need to be $100.00 or more! OR you can sign up to be a consultant and earn free product! The choice is yours!

You will also have the opportunity to choose your own items to add to your Q, or allow Thrive to add a well rounded mix to your Q that also stays within your budget.

There will be the option choose The Smart Start for your first 3 months on The Thrive Monthly Q Program. In a QUICK THREE MONTHS you’ll have your home store up and running with everything from food to recipes!

The Chef’s Selections 200

The Smart Start: Chef’s Selections 200 is packed with high quality THRIVE products like meats, THRIVE Express, and Sauces and Seasonings, and you’ll get an even better price on the included THRIVE foods than you would buying them separately! Includes 65 THRIVE products, a booklet of 38 recipes, and meal planners and shopping lists for easy meal prep.

Month 1 includes 18 Pantry Cans, 4 Spice Cans, and 2 Express Pouches

Month 2 includes 18 pantry cans and 4 Express Pouches

Month 3 includes 18 pantry cans and 1 Express Pouch

Your very last step is to click on that ACTIVATE Q button. Or else you’ll be waiting for that first shipment of your Thrive Monthly Q Program to arrive and wondering why it hasn’t yet. Ask me how I know. (ahem)

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