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What Makes it Convenient????

What Makes it Convenient????  No more food waste, and less prep time in the kitchen!   Woot!  6 years and I am still in love with this companies products.  I use them all the time and we have cut our grocery bill down by 40%!

 

What makes THRIVE foods healthy?

If you don't think freeze dried foods compare to fresh foods, think again!

You can rest easy knowing that when you set the table with THRIVE,

you're making a healthy choice for your family.

 

Fast meals, long memories What makes THRIVE foods convenient? Memories are made while eating a home cooked meal, but when that meal takes hours to prepare, the chef may feel too burnt out to make those memories. Cut back time in the kitchen while increasing the quality of mealtime with the scoop-and-go method of THRIVE foods! No washing fruits and veggies No thawing and browning meat No chopping, slicing, and dicing produce Goodbye Grocery Runs THRIVE foods don't spoil quickly, so you won't be constantly running to the store for fresh produce, meats, eggs, milk, and more. You'll have everything you need right in your pantry for any meal, any time. Plus, learn how you can get your groceries delivered to your door each month on the Q. Learn More Kay & Gwen Mangelson Thrive Life Consultant Contact Me

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December Specials

 

Save up to 30% on December specials.  |  View online SHOP ONLINE       PARTIES        RECIPES

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15 Jars in 1 Hour!

That's right!  Yesterday I made 15 Meals in a Jar of Taco Soup in just under 1 hour.

That is 15, 4 serving meals.  When we are tired and cold and hungry or have unexpected company, I LOVE grabbing a meal in a jar,  boiling the right amount of water and adding the Jar Meal whatever it may be and then in 25-30 minutes we are ready to eat! 

I line up my THRIVE ingredients  in order of the recipe along with the coordinating measuring cups or spoons and I grab a 1 qt WIDE mouth jar and just go down the line!  My friend/Thrive customer Sandy came and brought her own jar so she could see how I did it, and we had a blast!

Some of the jars have meat, either chicken or beef, (Thrive brand) and the rest have none.  Partially because I want to use my pressure canned meats I have done this year, partially to have no meat at all on the days I feel that way but want taco soup anyhow, and 3rdly because I forgot to add it to my last Q order! lol  So I used what I already had open in the pantry.  When my customers place a Q order,  I share my recipes with them. What's a Q?  It's groceries to your door!  You never have to use "Extra" money for Thrive orders because it comes right out of the grocery budget.  Click HERE for more info

I am loving the cooler weather and I will be spending the day in my studio downstairs "cleaning" up and creating.  Yesterday I made a birthday card for our granddaughter and a get well card for her brother and totally forgot to get photos,  ugh.

I have started a Gingerbread book using my Accucut and those gorgeous Candy Cane Lane papers, stamps and accessories and will snag some photos of the cut outs and then photos when it's finished.   Life has been wildly busy here with Kay's Business, my Stampin Up and Thrive businesses and we love it. 

I am also for the firs time in years having a  wonderful time "shopping" for gifts for Christmas because my son Morgan invited us to their home and of course Grammie has to bring presents!!!  But mostly I am excited to see my kids grandkids and my step kids and grandkids.  And I will get to see my Niece Michelle along the way and hug the stuffing out of her!!!

When you lose your only sister and both of your parents you really realize how important family is-  I already knew that, (Dad died in 1995)  but this is on a way different level of understanding. Especially when we live so far away from all of the kids and grandkids.

I will be back tomorrow-  I PROMISE with Stamping Show and tell.

hugs to all, hope your turkey day week is going awesome!

Gwen

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Busy Busy Busy

I am sorry I haven't been posting, I was asked by Stampin Up To create samples for the upcoming Onstage the first weekend in November.

And that is what I have been doing! I cannot show anything until after it is over as the items they sent me to create with are from the upcoming Spring Catalog (and I signed an agreement lol)

 

I just wanted to update all of you on where I am. I hope to be finished soon and back to life! lol  I am SOOO excited to attend this event this coming weekend.  And I just received my Silver promotion necklace from Stampin Up last Friday.  Hard work pays off (fun that is pays off lol)  

In the meantime, I want to share a delicious recipe that Kay is making us for lunch today between painting our shed and me in the studio working on the Onstage projects! 

 

Winter White Lasagna....  Easy!!!

Click HERE for recipe

Click HERE to order your Thrive Supplies

Have a fabulous day everyone!~!

hugs

Gwen

 

Life Happens

My sweet friends, life has a way of happening to each of us. Yesterday my husband lost his job. We have no idea where or what we will be going/doing as it is still to early to tell.  He has such a specialized area of work that there are only 1000 or less jobs of his kind - and finding one available will be quite the trick.

I will be ramping up my Stampin Up! and Thrive Businesses to help with the paying of the bills. I appreciate all who are already my customers and business partners and I am just saying this in hopes of finding people who want a Stampin Up demonstrator and or Thrive distributor not only in my area (Southwest Missouri) but all over the nation.  I will be putting more classes together (for both businesses).

I have a LOT of retired stamps for sale here at my home. Over the weekend I will be adding even more as I transition to the new 2016-2017 Catalog.

Your prayers will be greatly appreciated as always.

hugs

Gwen

Hello Honey!

I have received emails asking about our Thrive Honey Crystals, so I decided to post this awesome Chef Todd Video that will answer those questions- visually!

I use this honey all the time and love it!

 

You can order your honey crystals and Thrive products on my husbands website HERE

 

Where's The Beef?

I am sorry for the lack of posts the last week,  I have been doing parties:  2 Thrive, 1 Jamberry and an online Stampin Up Party.  It's Party time obviously!  PLUS, 2 Youngliving Essential Oil demonstrations and trainings.   I am exhausted but having the best time!

I want to share with you today information about our Thrive Ground Beef- We use it instead of store bought all the time.  I will tell you this, the way I make MY tacos I use fresh, so I keep a package in the freezer just for that and for my husbands delicious meatloaf. For all other recipes it's Thrive for me!  Our ground beef is PRE COOKED  talk about a time saver! woot  This is also the meat I use  in my meals in a jar that I have posted in the past!!

THRIVE Ground Beef is an essential in the kitchen! These crumbly bits are pre-cooked and perfect for tacos, sloppy joes, and casseroles.

Ratio of FD vs. Fresh:

2 1/2 C. FD Ground Beef + 2 C. Water = 1 lb. Fresh Ground Beef

•  Certified gluten-free
•  NO artificial colors or flavors

- See more at: http://www.thrivelife.com/freeze-dried-ground-beef.html#sthash.9bAdF5zW.dpuf

Click HERE to see the can label

Prep Instructions

Add 1/2 cup warm water to 1 cup Ground Beef; cover and let sit for 10-15 minutes, or until tender.

 

   

Fresh Equivalent

1 cup dry = about 1/2 lb. raw meat

   

Click here to view the THRIVE to Fresh Equivalents Chart.

 

 

Tips and More

     

• Use in tacos, sloppy Joes, pasta sauces, and casseroles.
• Warm it in a pan with some butter before adding the water to rehydrate it to create a toasted flavor.

- See more at: http://www.thrivelife.com/freeze-dried-ground-beef.html#sthash.9bAdF5zW.dpuf

Food has become the 1 thing we cannot afford to waste-  water being the 2nd.  Save yourself a lot of money and use Thrive.   I know it's working for us and it's delicious too!  We have videos, recipes and lots of ideas for delicious meals!
Check out this delicious and EASY beef enchilada recipe HERE

And for a complete list of Thrive Ground Beef recipes click HERE

Be sure to check out the 4 easy ways to Thrive  just click  HERE

Questions?  just email me at   [email protected]

Online party?  YES, you can have an online party all items are shipped from the company to the person ordering-  it is EASY to earn lots of FREE food!

We are having 70ish degree weather but the horrible winds keep me from wanting to go outside and gather up the mass of dead branches on our acreage- ugh  so more garden planning,seed buying and sewing is on the list for the day.  (oh and some housework-  gag, gag, gag)

I hope you are all doing well-  my email for this blog is [email protected]    Please leave a comment  - I have taken off the restrictions for the time being until I see spam or nasty comments again-  

Have an awesome day everyone!  I truly appreciate you for stopping by and sharing my life with me!

hugs

Gwen

www.thrivelife.com/Kay 

(Hubby is Kay,   it's his website)

 

 

Black Friday Deals

I am hosting a THRIVE Black Friday Party

to view the  sales starting early Friday morning, go to:  https://www.thrivelife.com/Kay 

(hubby is the consultant)

 I found out a couple hours ago one of our favorite sister Missionaries is bringing her boyfriend to meet us on Friday and other members of the church are coming here to see them-

I just took down all the fall and now will have to rush like nuts to get up as much Christmas as I can by Friday noon-   anyone want to come over to help and keep me sane!???  ok back to the cleaning and such

I have been sewing Santas and Mrs Santas : a set for me and one for Katie (shhh she doesn't know) I have also been making fabric gingerbread men like crazy- they are died in instant coffee and cinnamon water and they are adorable.

And Stella Awesome Came to see us and spent the night she even brought her parents! (yes that really IS her middle name!)  We are in love with Stella!

I have the quilts back from the longarm quilt lady  and one is bound to send out for a Gift- have one more to do to get it sent and I have Kay's Roman costume finished and my pattern arrived yesterday so I can make mine, they are for our Church Christmas party. I am sure there will be plenty of shephards there, , so I decided we would go as Roman's to liven things up a bit lol- So as you can see I have been really busy and it doesn't seem to stop anytime soon!

All is well I hope you are too!

have a great week everyone!!!   I will be back with photos of the decorating asap!

hugs

Gwen