I just wanted to give a quick shout out to the people behind the logos you see supporting this contest. I’m of course not getting paid for doing this, but just within the last few days I’ve again been in contact with some of them and I’d just like to say what great people we have here behind these logos!
You see all kinds of names represented here, some bigger businesses and some small, but what they have in common is they’ve each donated from their bottom lines thanks to their sincere appreciation for preparedness and simply wanting to help people out.
I couldn’t do this without them and I do hope, when the time comes, that you’ll give these folks a few minutes of your time and support their online shops. You’d be supporting a group of genuinely good individuals and businesses of which I hope keep doing what they’re doing. We need them!
Here’s where you can visit them!
New West Marketing featuring Goal Zero products (www.powerinapinch.com)
Martine Anthony — Thrive Representative
This is great, keep it going!
Megan,
I just found your website. This is incredible. Thank you for all your hard work in organizing this so well.
I had a question regarding pantry meals–if the recipe calls for 1 TBSP of olive oil, do you store that in a separate baggy? (I’m thinking of the Thai Coconut Corn Soup.)
Thanks so much!
Brittney
Thanks for your compliment, Brittney! I’m so glad you found the site — Welcome!
Actually, for those kinds of ingredients I don’t store them in with the dry/canned stuff at all. I just know that I have it kept in the cupboard, so I add it as I make it and haven’t found a reason to go to the extra work of packing it w/ the pantry meal itself. If I had to leave in a hurry and wanted my meals to grab and go, I’d have to grab a few extra ingredients along with the pantry meal boxes. To prepare for this, you could keep a short list of “add-in’s” which go with the meals your storing just in case.
Don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any other questions!
Megan, This is way off the subject, but my daughter sent me a Thrive food meat recall. I know you use Thrive and worried if you knew???? The recall is an older one, but we have older food storage, & it might affect you. Their multi-grain pancake mix can, has a possibility of blowing up. She said it’s on Thrive Food recall web site. LaRene Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 05:05:58 +0000 To: buttonsnbows@live.com
Good to know! I didn’t know about that. I’ll have to look into it and see what I can find out. Thanks for letting me know!
The Thrive 6 Grain Pancake mix which was manufactured between 2009 – 2011 was recalled simply because the mix was reacting with the oxygen absorber and causing pressure in the cans. There was no risk to the taste, nutrition, or consumability of the product whatsoever. All those who ordered this product were given a brand new 10 grain pancake mix and asked to throw their 6 grain away. The 10 grain has no risk of having this problem, nor do any other Thrive products. The majority of Thrive products are individual items and not mixes like this one. If you have any more questions, please let me know! Here is a link to the recall info: http://www.homefoodstore.thrivelife.com/recall_faq?utm_source=Q-Club&utm_campaign=deae2f6a04-Pancake_Recall_consultants_8_9_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe0513b60a-deae2f6a04-295926725
The Thrive Meat recall was way back in 2009. The recall was simply due to an oversight as the product was shipped out before going through its rudimentary USDA onsite inspection. There was no issue with the product in quality or nutrition and there were no issues in the packaging. If you search for this recall on youtube you will find the full news report and the reason for the recall. Thrive Life has a USDA controller onsite at all times and has the highest quality and respectability in the industry. They are transparent with their sourcing, nutrition, and certifications. Here are a few sources for further information as to the quality of Thrive:
Thrive Database: https://www.thrivelife.com/files/materials/thrive/THRIVE-Database.pdf
Gluten Free: https://www.thrivelife.com/files/materials/thrive/Flyer:-Gluten-Free-Certified-.pdf
Product Detail: https://www.thrivelife.com/files/materials/thrive/THRIVE-Product-Details.pdf
Equivalencies to Fresh: https://www.thrivelife.com/files/materials/thrive/THRIVE-Equivalents.pdf