Mar 12, 2013

Anniversary Giveaway - Updated with Winner

3/27/13 - Congratulations to Stephanie K for winning my 1st Anniversary Giveaway!

This month is my 1 year anniversary of becoming a Shelf Reliance Independent Consultant.  It has been a great experience for me and my family.  My home store (aka food storage) has grown and I've learned a LOT.  Sadly, the learning a lot part means I am better aware of how much I don't know AND my To Do list for preparedness keeps growing, faster than I can keep up.  I am very grateful to all my customers, especially my first two (you know who you are)!

I continue to look to grow my business and my team - if you'd like to join my team, or get more information about becoming a consultant, check out the Join page here.  To sign up, you'll need my consultant ID (5892) and my email address (imthriving@gmail.com).  I'm so glad I didn't wait any longer to start my business.  A year from now, will you be wishing you had signed up now?  Are you looking to build up your home store for your family?  Becoming a consultant may be the answer as you can earn free and half-price products on your orders (outside of your Q) helping you to build up that home store faster.

To celebrate my anniversary, I want to share some of my favorite products with you.  And when I say share, I mean one of you will be getting 1 Pantry Can each of 3 of my favorite products...
This product is so versatile! I primarily use it to make Tomato Basil Bread, in soups (like this Minestrone soup), and when I am just a little short on spaghetti sauce (just mix up a little and add it to a partial jar from the fridge instead of opening a whole new jar). I could also use it to make enchilada sauce, or anything else you'd make from tomato sauce or tomato paste. Many people use it to make spaghetti sauce.

When I first tried the raspberries straight from the can, I was not thrilled.  But I'm not a tart fruit fan.  So why are they among my favorite products?  Because I throw them into almost any bread recipe and it makes it amazing.  Check out the Banana Chocolate Chip Raspberry Bread or the Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe (note a trend).  I've also made Lemon Raspberry Scones that were awesome - and I need to finally share that recipe with you.
I have fallen in love with using THRIVE Whole Egg Powder in my recipes.  With the rising prices at the grocery store, especially on fresh eggs, these are cheaper than using fresh eggs.  So I use them a LOT.  You can mix them up to make scrambled eggs for breakfast, or simply use them as a substitute for eggs in a recipe.

To enter my anniversary giveaway, complete the rafflecopter entries below.  The giveaway is open through March 26th (ends at midnight on March 27th).

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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29 comments:

  1. Pick ME!!! :) I LOVE my Thrive food. And I have a fabulous consultant. :)

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    1. Thanks Jeanne! So who loves THRIVE more? You or the little one? She's going to start finding it to nibble on herself so you might want to consider locking up those yogurt bites, or putting them higher than she can climb (you know she'll be climbing sooner than you want her to be).

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  2. This is such a great giveaway! Congratulations on making it a whole year!

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  3. Oops! I didn't see the comment prompt. I am loving our freeze dried corn lately--my one year old loves it as an on the go snack.

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    1. Last summer I kept finding my 5 y/o (now 6) with a scoop of corn that she had "snitched". It's hard to yell at your child when they're eating a snack of vegetables....especially when I know that they are GMO free, and without any additives, including salt. As long as it's not right before dinner.

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  4. I love my Thrive products, but my favorite is the mangos.

    Jen

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    1. I'm glad you're loving THRIVE. Thanks for being one of my first two customers Jen!

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  5. I love all the Gluten Free products that Thrive has!!

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    1. I've been waiting this whole year for Shelf Reliance to be certified Gluten Free, thinking of your family and others we know that face the gluten challenge. I was SO excited when the Certification announcement came earlier this month.

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  6. Excited about hosting! I wanna try the yogurt bites.

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    1. Warning Amber - the yogurt bites have been known to be addicting. I know someone who literally locks them up so her kids don't eat them all :)

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  7. How exiting! I just saw Thrive at the Time Out for Women las weekend! I would love to win these great products.. I love the blueberries..

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    1. Good luck Jo! I'm so glad I don't have to pick the winner (Rafflecopter does that for me). I have blueberries on my list to try - there's been so many to try I just haven't gotten to try them all yet. I'm heading to TOFW next month - it's my favorite weekend each year.

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  8. Wow! This is the first time I am hearing about this product and I am veru intrigued! I would love to try the spinach...and so many others!

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    1. Welcome to I'm THRIVing, and Shelf Reliance, Jo! I just recently tried the spinach - now to write that blog post to share how well it worked in the Japchae I made (Korean noodles and veggies). I bought it thinking I could sneak some spinach into lasagna but haven't tried it yet. I love that THRIVE Foods are great for everyday use, as well as having a long shelf life making it great for storing for emergencies.

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  9. I love just about all the freeze dried fruit - so good!!

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    1. I agree Amy! It gets so tempting to buy all the different fruits but I'm trying to stock up on a variety of food groups so that I can actually make meals in an emergency and not just serve my family fruit (although we'd probably all be happy with fruit.... and cheese).

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  10. I just had a Thrive party and got very few orders! I'd love to win some extras! I cant wait to get the mangos.

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    1. I'm sorry your party was not as successful as you had hoped. My first party had just 2 people attend but the next one was much better - I think it's a timing thing. Mangoes are one of my 6 y/o's favorites (it ranks up there with the corn for her).

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  11. I'd like to try the peach slices.

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    1. Welcome Pat! I have tried the peach slices when my upline made the Peach Cobbler Cakes from the THRIVE Cookbook. I had to buy some but I haven't opened the can up yet to make it for myself. Part of that is I think I could eat the whole can - which is really funny since I'm not a big fresh peach fan.

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  12. All of the fruits sound yummy! Thanks for the giveaway.

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    1. Welcome to I'm THRIVing Steph! Thanks for stopping by and helping me to celebrate by sharing some of my favorites. Hopefully, you'll find a new favorite for yourself!

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  13. I'd love to try the freeze dried raspberries.

    Thanks,
    Laura
    Laurasu82 at yahoo.com

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    1. Welcome to I'm THRIVing Laura! Obviously the raspberries are one of my favorites. I keep finding more and more recipes that I throw the raspberries into, which makes my husband very happy. I'm thinking maybe raspberry waffles or pancakes will be next. Of course, I could do that with many of the FD Fruits. I love that I can break them into smaller pieces without juice all over my counter - and the thought of trying to cut fresh raspberries in half? Yikes. I may be strange but when I have a raspberry muffin, I want my bite to have all the flavors and not just end up with a raspberry in my mouth. So I often break them in half before adding them to a recipe. You can also just eat them straight from the can.

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  14. Oh my goodness, the tomatoes sound like something i would use all the time! It is so versatile, and i am always needing just as little bit more sauce and i don't want to open a whole jar!

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    1. Thanks for checking out I'm THRIVing! I agree, the Tomato Powder is perfect when you need just a little more sauce! That's one of the reasons it is one of my favorites.
      Another option when you need just a little more sauce is to add the THRIVE FD Diced Tomatoes. One friend adds some of the THRIVE freeze dried zucchini to her spaghetti sauce to help stretch it AND add some extra vegetables.

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  15. The dried fruit is great

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    1. The freeze dried fruit is great as a handy snack, without needing refrigeration. I'm trying to use the freeze dried fruit and yogurt bites instead of chips when I get the munchies. I also like them for taking a lunch somewhere and for road trips.

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