Short-Term Food Storage Basics: Part 1 – Getting Started
December 12, 2022
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A beginner’s guide to short-term food storage and the differences between short-term and long-term food storage.
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Here are the July Thrive Life Specials
WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW BEFORE FILLING YOUR DELIVERY CART THIS MONTH
Yay for summer favorites! The July Thrive Life specials include some of my essentials for long term food storage, as well as foods I like to keep stocked in my pantry for snacks and every day cooking.
These July food storage specials are in no particular order – I just started typing.
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1
Strawberry Slices - up to 25% off
25 year shelf life
If you love strawberries, you’ll love these!
They are bursting with flavor…a fan favorite, for sure!
These are also a great thing to purchase in a pantry can size to throw in a 72-hour kit for a snack. You can’t beat not having to rotate a snack food for 25 years that your kids will happily gobble up!
Click here if you’re ready to purchase Strawberry Slices for HALF OFF!
2
Chicken Slices - up to 25% off
25 year shelf life
Most people think this tastes totally fine. So unless you’re a chicken snob like me, this would be a good addition to your food storage.
Pro Tip:
I will say, freeze dried meats have become SO MUCH MORE TOLERABLE for me once I started browning them in a frying pan. This makes all the difference to me. Don’t just stop at reconstituting the meat. Take the extra couple minutes and brown it with a little bit of oil!!!
3
Onion Slices - up to 25% off
25 year shelf life
These taste just as good as the chopped onions and cook up just as well. I just prefer them to be smaller, so I like the chopped onions. But, if you use onions a lot, go ahead and add some of these to your cart.
They’re quick and easy and so much better than crying while you slice up a fresh onion.
If you want to see a reel where I compare chopped onions to onion slices, click here.
If you want to add onion slices to your delivery, click here.
4
Classic Tomato Sauce - up to 25% off
25 year shelf life
I haven’t tried this – I have only tried the tomato powder. This is a different item.
Click here if you’re ready to add classic tomato sauce to your order.
5
Mozzarella Cheese - up to 25% off
25 year shelf life
I actually haven’t tried the mozzarella cheese, but I have tried the freeze dried cheddar cheese, and it’s awesome.
So even though I haven’t tried the mozzarella, I am going to assume it’s pretty similar to the cheddar, in that it reconstitutes and melts the same as the cheddar. I just haven’t tried it yet!
Although, I feel a lasagna trial run coming on….so stay tuned!
Click here if you want to add freeze dried Mozzarella Cheese to your next order.
6
Green Peas - up to 25% off
25 year shelf life
These are pretty dang good. I actually think they’re good straight out of the can. Have you ever had a Cup O Noodle? You know how there are always a couple peas at the top? That’s exactly what these are: freeze dried peas.
They’re great straight from the can, they’re great cooked in a meal (like chicken pot pie), and they’re great reconstituted and heated up as a side of vegetables.
7
Green Beans - up to 30% off
25 year shelf life
These are fine. Nothing to write home about – they’re green beans. I will say that the stringy little side seam that is on green beans feels a little amplified in these sometimes, but it just depends. Not my absolute favorite, but I definitely have some in our storage!
Click here if you’re ready to purchase green beans with a 25-year shelf life.
8
Sausage Crumbles - up to 30% off
25 year shelf life
This is one of my favorite meats from Thrive Life! It is DELICIOUS!
I don’t cook much with sausage, but when I do, I have no hesitation using this. Just like ground beef, I recommend browning the sausage crumbles before adding them to a meal.
Click here if you’re ready to add these sausage crumbles to your food storage.
9
Instant Milk - up to 50% off
25 year shelf life
**Instant Milk has an OVERSTOCK banner on it, which means it may be 1 or 2 years into its 25-year shelf life already.
This stuff is GREAT! Unless my kids see me mixing it up, they can’t tell the difference.
I definitely think this is one staple everyone should have in their food storage. (Well, I guess if your family is dairy-free it wouldn’t make sense. But, everyone else should have some.) Even if no one drinks it by the glass in your household, I bet you have a handful of recipes that call for milk (like mac & cheese).
This used to be the only milk I recommended storing, but now there’s a really close runner-up. I promise honesty, so here it is: the LDS Home Storage Center has upgraded their milk and it is really good! It’s cheaper than Thrive’s milk, so I’ll link it here for ya.
If you want to stick with Thrive’s, 50% off is a screamin’ deal. I cannot recommend this milk enough.
If you want to know more about this milk, including cost per serving, go read this post.
If you’re ready to add this instant milk to your order, click here.
If you have questions:
PLEASE send me an email! Don’t delay getting started on your food storage just because something is confusing. I am here to help. If something is confusing to you, or even if you have questions about a previous order, PLEASE ASK!
melanie@planforawesome.com
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