Thrive Sweet Potato Pie recipe

I know that lots of people enjoy sweet potato items for the holidays.  This is a great demo video showing how to use the convenience of freeze-dried foods to make a classic sweet potato pie!  What I love about it is that this recipe is easily "healthified"!  My version of this recipe follows the video.  You can easily print the recipe using the Print Friendly button!




Healthier Sweet Potato Pie

Base:

1 1/2 cups Thrive Sweet Potatoes (rehydrated with water)
1/3 cup coconut sugar
half teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons Thrive whole egg powder + 4 tablespoons water

Topping:
1/3 cup coconut sugar
half cup whole wheat flour
half cup chopped pecans
quarter-cup melted butter
quarter-cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Combine the base ingredients with mixer until nicely mixed and fluffy.  Pour into greased 8x8 casserole dish.

Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle evenly over the base.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until lightly browned on top.

How to Use Thrive freeze-dried cheese

Since some of the cheese is on sale this month I thought some of you would want to know how to use it.  Here's a video from the company that shows how to do it for best results.


 
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Saturday Spotlight: Freeze-Dried Cauliflower

I love this quick video that shows easy ways to use the freeze-dried cauliflower.  You can grind up any of these fruits or veggies in a coffee grinder or food processor or blender and add them to just about anything.  Such an easy way to add more good stuff to what your family likes to eat!

August Monthly Specials from Thrive Foods

The monthly specials for August have been released!  You will notice in this PDF document that there is a regular retail price, a website price, and then the lowest price is the club price.  You can take advantage of the Q club pricing only when you order through me this month (or if you are already a Q customer), or if I help you get set up with your very own Q.  When you see up a Q with me this month I will have an extra gift for you!  (What's a Q?)

Sale items:

Celery (freeze-dried) regularly $25.29, sale price $21.09 on the website, or $20.29 through me (read why I love it here)
Green Beans (freeze-dried)  regularly $15.99, sale price $13.39 on the website, or $12.79 through me
Potato Chunks (dehydrated) regularly $12.89, sale price $10.79 on the website, or $10.39 through me
Colby Cheese (freeze-dried) regularly $49.19, sale price $41.09 on the website, or $39.39 through me
Monterey Jack Cheese (Freeze-dried) regular $47.29, sale on website is $39.39, just $37.89 through me
Peach Slices (freeze-dried) regularly $30.79, sale on website is $25.69, or just $24.69 through me
Roast Beef (freeze-dried) regularly $53.29, sale on website is $44.39, or just $42.69 through me
Instant White Rice regularly $11.19, sale on website is $9.39, or just $8.99 through me

Q club members can also get the Thrive freeze-dried whole strawberries for just $16.29 this month (regularly $21.69)  You can get a deeper discount for buying a case of 6, as well.

There are several more items on the PDF document, so be sure to check that out as well.

Saturday Spotlight: Thrive FD Celery

I love using the Thrive freeze-dried celery!  So many of my soup and casserole recipes use celery, and with this product I never have to wash, scrub, or chop celery.  Best of all:  I don't end up with limp celery that gets wasted because I didn't use it in time!

Here's a video from Shelf Reliance that tells you more about the celery:


Remember:  You can always get the best pricing when you have a Q membership.  Contact me for help setting up a Q, and I will have an extra gift for you!  supermom@supermomshealthandwellness.com

Thrive Foods from Shelf Reliance

It's been about a year since I started using Thrive brand freeze-dried foods from a company called Shelf Reliance.  My good friend Marla had told me about how convenient the products were, how great it was that the fruits and veggies didn't have any additional weird ingredients in them, how happy she was with the quality, and how much time and money she was saving with them as well.  All of that has turned out to be true for us as well, and because of that I plan to start regularly telling you about the products, sharing recipes, and so on.  I'm hoping to have a regular Thrive Thursday post for you so you can learn more about these great products!

Right now I just want to tell you about two important news items:

July is featuring an awesome deal for hostesses.  If you host a party with at least $100 in sales, hostesses can get 50% off one item, up to a $500 item!  This is *in addition* to the other hostess benefits.  This is an awesome opportunity to get a big item (like a shelving system or one of the big packs of food or survival gear) at a great price.

Obviously I probably do not live in your neighborhood, so we can't do a home party, per se.  But you can place an order of your own, or collect orders from a couple of your friends, I can help you qualify to get this benefit.  You actually have until a few days into August to close out the orders, so if you are feeling too rushed, don't worry.  Shoot me an email or text me and we can help set you up to take advantage of this mighty fine deal.  :)  supermom@supermomshealthandwellness.com or 859-339-9417 for texting 9am-9pm Eastern time.

July sales specials can be found here.  You need to contact me right away to order and take advantage of these items.  August specials are coming up very soon, so stay tuned this week to hear about those!

Leftover Soup

Tomorrow I am making leftover soup! I thought I would tell you a little about how it goes.

Leftover soup is delicious, easy, and thrify.

The base for the soup ingredients is....leftovers! After meals when you have a little bit of rice or veggies or broth or meat that nobody wants to eat, stick in the freezer til soup day. Eventually you'll need a crock pot meal, and you should have a nice variety of items to go into your soup.

Start with some liquid. Whether you have homemade broth, or an organic broth like Imagine brand (please none with MSG), or a creamy soup base (I often get Imagine brand organic soups marked down at Kroger), any of it plus some water will work. Pour it into your crock pot.

Now is the time to empty all of your little containers and ziploc baggies of leftover bits and pieces. Put it all in the crock pot.

Then add in any fresher leftovers that you have in the fridge as well.

Then if you aren't happy with the amount of stuff in there, chop up some onion, carrots, celery, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, etc. Toss in some frozen veggies if you like. I now like using my Thrive freeze-dried veggies--I have a really nice variety, so it makes my soups so much more flavorful and colorful than I used to have when I didn't have so many different veggies on hand all the time!

You can add cooked or uncooked brown rice, wild rice, or barley. If you want to add pasta it does best to go in toward the end of cook time since it gets pretty mooshy after being in the crock pot all day.

Once you've added all the food bits that you want, add more water or broth if you feel that it's needed. Then add seasonings like parsley, a bay leaf, marjoram, sea salt, pepper, or any other herbs or seasonings that you think will add to the taste.

Cook it on low in your crock pot. Come home to a beautiful dinner!

It's never the same soup twice, but it's really good regardless. As long as you get the liquid-to-food ratio right, you can't really go wrong.

Enjoy!

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

I made this delicious soup tonite and served it in homemade bread bowls. Oh so very yummy! I found this recipe thanks to Pinterest and adapted it to meet my healthfulness guidelines and what I had on hand. Also, you will notice that I used some freeze-fried foods in this recipe. I was recently introduced to Thrive Foods from a company called Shelf Reliance, and I was so impressed that not only have I started using their products in my own everyday cooking, plus building up some emergency food storage, I've also decided to start offering their products for sale. More about that at a future date, but that's the short version, and you are welcome to check out what Thrive has to offer here.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

quarter cup butter

half cup chopped onion (or half cup Thrive FD onion plus half cup water, rehydrated for about ten minutes)

1 clove garlic

quarter cup whole wheat flour

1 cup half-and-half

1 cup milk

2 cups organic chicken broth (or veggie broth)

half pound fresh, frozen, or freeze-dried broccoli (if freeze dried, reconstitute with water first)

1 cup shredded, chopped carrot or 1 cup Thrive freeze dried carrot plus 1 cup water, reconstituted.

8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese

4 ounces colby jack cheese

sea salt and pepper to taste

If using freeze-dried foods, set them up to reconstitute first, then gather your other ingredients.

Saute the onion and garlic in the butter over medium heat. Then add the flour, stirring constantly. Then add half-and-half, milk, and broth. Heat at medium high, stirring frequently, until almost boiling.

Reduce heat to simmer. Add broccoli and carrots. Simmer for 20 minutes. Stir every now and then.

Add salt, pepper, and cheese. (you could use more or less, or even leave it out, as you like) Let simmer for another 10 minutes before serving. Oh-so-very yummy!