To wrap up September's Q-Pon Cooking with the popular and delicious THRIVE Sweet Corn, I made some Chicken Taco Soup! Fall is really starting to be in the air around here and the leaves are turning the beautiful reds, oranges, and browns. So why not make some soup!?! I actually developed this recipe on my own, based on a crock pot recipe I used to always make. The problem with that crock pot recipe is that it used almost all canned ingredients, and my husband always told me that it was too salty. So after he ate this one and I asked him his opinion, he said it was a lot less salty than usual! I told him it was because I used all my THRIVE ingredients and made up the recipe myself :)! I was kind of excited about that! Truth is, THRIVE has helped me become more adventurous in the kitchen, and I love it!
So here's my chicken taco soup (which I threw in the crock pot at about noon, and it was ready at 1!) The beauty of this is that you don't even have to use the crock pot! I simply did, because both kids were down for a nap, so that meant I could get everything in the crock pot and heating and didn't have to worry about it when the kids were both awake! But it can easily be thrown into a saucepan on the stove and brought to a boil, then reduced to simmer for 20 minutes and it'd be done!
CHICKEN TACO SOUP
1/2 cup THRIVE Instant Pinto Beans
1/4 cup THRIVE Sliced Onion
3/4 cup THRIVE Sweet Corn
1/2 cup THRIVE Instant Black Beans
2 tablespoons THRIVE Green Chilis
3/4 cup THRIVE Chopped Chicken
3 teaspoons THRIVE Chicken Boullion
1 teaspoon taco seasoning
1 10-ounce can Rotel
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
5 cups water
Add all ingredients to crock pot and cook on low 4 to 5 hours. Serve with your favorite toppings and tortilla chips!
*Alternately, you can add all ingredients to a saucepan, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer 20 minutes.
This was awesome, and I will make it again! It can even be a jar meal!
There are only a couple days left to get the THRIVE Sweet Corn at Q-Pon price! Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com if you're interested in learning more!!
Happy THRIVEing!
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
Q-Pon Cooking: September 2015: Sweet Corn -- Southwestern Egg Rolls
I had Southwestern Egg Rolls on our 2-week menu list for about a month (we just didn't get to it last pay period), so today, I decided I needed to use those egg roll wrappers! As I looked over the recipe today, I realized I could completely THRIVEalize this meal!!! And so I did :). The original recipe can be found here. The recipe below is my THRIVEalized version!
1 1/2 cup THRIVE Sweet Corn
1 cup THRIVE Spinach
3/4 cup THRIVE Instant Black Beans
1/4 cup THRIVE Green Chilis
3 tablespoons THRIVE Green Onions
1 cup THRIVE Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese*
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 package egg roll wrappers
2 1/2 cups water, divided
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
In a small saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water and black beans to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
While the beans are cooking, put all remaining THRIVE ingredients into a large bowl and mix well. Add 1 cup water and mix. Allow to sit while beans finish cooking. When beans are finished, drain the water and add to bowl along with cheddar cheese and seasonings. Mix again until well combined.
Place an egg roll wrapper on a flat surface, with one corner pointing towards you. Place about 1/4 cup mixture in the middle of the wrapper.
Fold corner closest to you over the mixture and roll a little bit. Then fold in side corner and continue rolling. Dip your finger in water and moisten the last corner and press to seal as you roll the rest of the way.
Continue with remaining wrappers. (I ended up with about 17 egg rolls, but you could get more or less depending on how much filling you add.) Place them on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spray lightly with cooking spray.
Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, turning once during cooking.
And here's what they look like when done baking!
Serve warm with salsa!
Delicious! We ate these for a meatless dinner, but they can also be a heavy appetizer!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com if you'd like to have these ingredients on hand!
1 1/2 cup THRIVE Sweet Corn
1 cup THRIVE Spinach
3/4 cup THRIVE Instant Black Beans
1/4 cup THRIVE Green Chilis
3 tablespoons THRIVE Green Onions
1 cup THRIVE Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese*
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 package egg roll wrappers
2 1/2 cups water, divided
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
In a small saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water and black beans to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
While the beans are cooking, put all remaining THRIVE ingredients into a large bowl and mix well. Add 1 cup water and mix. Allow to sit while beans finish cooking. When beans are finished, drain the water and add to bowl along with cheddar cheese and seasonings. Mix again until well combined.
Place an egg roll wrapper on a flat surface, with one corner pointing towards you. Place about 1/4 cup mixture in the middle of the wrapper.
Fold corner closest to you over the mixture and roll a little bit. Then fold in side corner and continue rolling. Dip your finger in water and moisten the last corner and press to seal as you roll the rest of the way.
Continue with remaining wrappers. (I ended up with about 17 egg rolls, but you could get more or less depending on how much filling you add.) Place them on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spray lightly with cooking spray.
Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, turning once during cooking.
And here's what they look like when done baking!
Serve warm with salsa!
Delicious! We ate these for a meatless dinner, but they can also be a heavy appetizer!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com if you'd like to have these ingredients on hand!
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Q-Pon Cooking: July 2015: Sausage Crumbles -- Pizza Pasta
It's nearly the end of July, which means time is running out to snag the great deal on THRIVE Sausage! It's the Q-Pon item for just a few more days, so let me know if you want to get some before the opportunity passes you by!
THRIVE Sausage Crumbles is easily one of my favorite THRIVE Life products! I have used it in so many recipes. Here is a small sampling of those recipes:
Mountain Man Mix
Italian Bowtie Pasta (which can also be a jar meal!)
Sausage and Pepper Brunch Pizza
Sasuage Zuppa Toscana (which can also be a jar meal!)
Truth is, before I was introduced to THRIVE Sausage Crumbles, I maybe bought sausage 2 or 3 times a year. Now that they are a part of my home store -- and so easy to use! -- I use sausage so much more! It's awesome.
So here is one more recipe for you to try out with the awesome THRIVE Sausage Crumbles! And remember, if you want to grab some at this great price, contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or you can order through my website at www.thriveingnilla.thrivelife.com/thriveingnilla.
PIZZA PASTA
1 cup THRIVE Sausage Crumbles (I cut this back to about 3/4 cup for my family's meat preferences)
1/4 cup THRIVE Chopped Onion
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 cup THRIVE Tomato Sauce (also on special this month!)
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon basil
2 cups rotini pasta (or pasta of your choice)
1/2 cup THRIVE Mozzarella Cheese (also on special this month!)
1/4 cup THRIVE Parmesan Cheese
Sliced Pepperoni
2 cups water
Add all ingredients except peperoni and both cheeses to a saucepan and add 2 cups water. Bring to a boil. Boil about 15 minutes or until pasta is done. While there is still thick juicy sauce, add the pepperoni on top and then sprinkle the cheeses on top. Broil 3 to 5 minutes until cheese is melted. (You can choose to re-hydrate the cheeses first and they will melt better).
This can also be prepared as a jar meal! I will be doing it one of these days to hopefully use at a future jar meal event!
I didn't invent this recipe, but got it from a consultant who shared it in a facebook group. I think it's quite tasty! And totally kid-pleasing! We rounded our meal out with grapes and salad ;).
Happy THRIVEing!
THRIVE Sausage Crumbles is easily one of my favorite THRIVE Life products! I have used it in so many recipes. Here is a small sampling of those recipes:
Mountain Man Mix
Italian Bowtie Pasta (which can also be a jar meal!)
Sausage and Pepper Brunch Pizza
Sasuage Zuppa Toscana (which can also be a jar meal!)
Truth is, before I was introduced to THRIVE Sausage Crumbles, I maybe bought sausage 2 or 3 times a year. Now that they are a part of my home store -- and so easy to use! -- I use sausage so much more! It's awesome.
So here is one more recipe for you to try out with the awesome THRIVE Sausage Crumbles! And remember, if you want to grab some at this great price, contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or you can order through my website at www.thriveingnilla.thrivelife.com/thriveingnilla.
PIZZA PASTA
1 cup THRIVE Sausage Crumbles (I cut this back to about 3/4 cup for my family's meat preferences)
1/4 cup THRIVE Chopped Onion
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 cup THRIVE Tomato Sauce (also on special this month!)
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon basil
2 cups rotini pasta (or pasta of your choice)
1/2 cup THRIVE Mozzarella Cheese (also on special this month!)
1/4 cup THRIVE Parmesan Cheese
Sliced Pepperoni
2 cups water
Add all ingredients except peperoni and both cheeses to a saucepan and add 2 cups water. Bring to a boil. Boil about 15 minutes or until pasta is done. While there is still thick juicy sauce, add the pepperoni on top and then sprinkle the cheeses on top. Broil 3 to 5 minutes until cheese is melted. (You can choose to re-hydrate the cheeses first and they will melt better).
This can also be prepared as a jar meal! I will be doing it one of these days to hopefully use at a future jar meal event!
I didn't invent this recipe, but got it from a consultant who shared it in a facebook group. I think it's quite tasty! And totally kid-pleasing! We rounded our meal out with grapes and salad ;).
Happy THRIVEing!
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Q-Pon Cooking: July 2015: Sausage Crumbles: Stove-Top "Baked" Ziti
July is halfway over, and I've been lax in posting my THRIVEing cooking experiences! Trust me, I haven't been lax in having them, though! Life with a 2-month old and a new baby is just a whirlwind and finding the time to sit down and post all of these culinary treats is not as easy as I would hope. And on those rare days when I could have the chance since I (by some miracle) got both kids down to nap at the same time, I pretty much choose to nap as well -- because we're still in the mostly-sleepless night phase! My little guy still likes eating on a 2-hour schedule these days.
But that's enough about me! Let's talk about some THRIVE! It's still July, which means you can still snag some Sausage Crumbles at a great price! Since I have posted before about why I love the THRIVE Sausage Crumbles, I won't reinvent the wheel... But if you click on that link, you can read all about the many reasons they are among my favorite THRIVE Life products -- and why I keep them on hand in my home store ALL THE TIME now. (And that's saying something for someone who maybe bought sausage 4 times a year in the past...).
And I'll just add this recipe I recently cooked up, using the THRIVE Sausage Crumbles to make a great one-pot meal even simpler! You can find the original recipe here.
STOVE-TOP "BAKED" ZITI
1 cup THRIVE Sausage Crumbles
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
12 ounces rotini pasta
3 cups water
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese*
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese*
Heat olive oil over medium heat in large skillet. Add garlic and cook about 30 seconds. Add tomatoes, THRIVE Sausage Crumbles, red pepper flakes, pasta and water. Stir. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 13 to 16 minutes.
Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan and heavy cream. Top with mozzarella and cover until cheese has melted, about 2 minutes.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
How easy is that!?! There's a reason I love these Sausage Crumbles. And I know you will too! So get some. Now! Just contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com to get the Q-Pon price if you aren't a Q-Club member. Or add it to your Q for July if you are a Q-Club member!
Happy THRIVEing!
But that's enough about me! Let's talk about some THRIVE! It's still July, which means you can still snag some Sausage Crumbles at a great price! Since I have posted before about why I love the THRIVE Sausage Crumbles, I won't reinvent the wheel... But if you click on that link, you can read all about the many reasons they are among my favorite THRIVE Life products -- and why I keep them on hand in my home store ALL THE TIME now. (And that's saying something for someone who maybe bought sausage 4 times a year in the past...).
And I'll just add this recipe I recently cooked up, using the THRIVE Sausage Crumbles to make a great one-pot meal even simpler! You can find the original recipe here.
STOVE-TOP "BAKED" ZITI
1 cup THRIVE Sausage Crumbles
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
12 ounces rotini pasta
3 cups water
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese*
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese*
Heat olive oil over medium heat in large skillet. Add garlic and cook about 30 seconds. Add tomatoes, THRIVE Sausage Crumbles, red pepper flakes, pasta and water. Stir. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 13 to 16 minutes.
Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan and heavy cream. Top with mozzarella and cover until cheese has melted, about 2 minutes.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
How easy is that!?! There's a reason I love these Sausage Crumbles. And I know you will too! So get some. Now! Just contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com to get the Q-Pon price if you aren't a Q-Club member. Or add it to your Q for July if you are a Q-Club member!
Happy THRIVEing!
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Throw & Go Vegetable Beef Soup
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: one of my favorite things about THRIVE Life is how it helps me save time -- or have a good, healthy meal easily when I don't have any time. Or when I have very little motivation to make dinner :). (And I accept that as the way it is when I could deliver a baby any day!)
Well, Tuesday was one of those days. I'd had a doctor's appointment, hit up Costco, the bank and Target, washed some laundry, took care of a toddler, took the toddler to the library to get new books... And by dinner-time, I didn't have any meat thawed, and I really didn't feel like doing anything much. It was quite tempting to go through a drive-thru while out at the library!
But I knew that wasn't the best option for us. And so I convinced myself to come home and figure out something fast and easy with all my delicious THRIVE!
And I came up with this "Throw & Go Vegetable Beef Soup!" And I liked it! The THRIVE Ground Beef may be my new favorite item!!!
Seriously, I just threw a bunch of stuff in a pot, brought it to a boil, reduced to simmer and let it simmer 15 minutes. I thawed out some french bread I'd made and frozen earlier. And dinner was done! Here's how I did it (but just realize you can adapt to your likes and preferences with THRIVE Life!)
THROW AND GO VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons THRIVE Chopped Onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons THRIVE Celery
3 tablespoons THRIVE Carrot Dices
1/4 cup THRIVE Green Peas
1/4 cup THRIVE Mushrooms
1/4 cup THRIVE Asparagus
1 teaspoon THRIVE Chicken Bouillon
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce*
1 14-ounce can chicken broth*
2 cups water
1/2 cup THRIVE Ground Beef
Heat oil in a saucepan/pot over medium heat. Add onion and saute 30 seconds. Pour in tomato sauce, broth, water. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and allow to cook 15 minutes.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
I enjoyed the flavor in this soup and I could really taste the beef flavor, even after only 15 minutes! I thought this was awesome for a no-plan meal :). And I loved that I got all my veggies in and in such variety! The only thing I'll do differently in the future is add either some macaroni or potato chunks. But that'll be just as simple with THRIVE Life :)!
I love my home store!
Well, Tuesday was one of those days. I'd had a doctor's appointment, hit up Costco, the bank and Target, washed some laundry, took care of a toddler, took the toddler to the library to get new books... And by dinner-time, I didn't have any meat thawed, and I really didn't feel like doing anything much. It was quite tempting to go through a drive-thru while out at the library!
But I knew that wasn't the best option for us. And so I convinced myself to come home and figure out something fast and easy with all my delicious THRIVE!
And I came up with this "Throw & Go Vegetable Beef Soup!" And I liked it! The THRIVE Ground Beef may be my new favorite item!!!
Seriously, I just threw a bunch of stuff in a pot, brought it to a boil, reduced to simmer and let it simmer 15 minutes. I thawed out some french bread I'd made and frozen earlier. And dinner was done! Here's how I did it (but just realize you can adapt to your likes and preferences with THRIVE Life!)
THROW AND GO VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons THRIVE Chopped Onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons THRIVE Celery
3 tablespoons THRIVE Carrot Dices
1/4 cup THRIVE Green Peas
1/4 cup THRIVE Mushrooms
1/4 cup THRIVE Asparagus
1 teaspoon THRIVE Chicken Bouillon
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce*
1 14-ounce can chicken broth*
2 cups water
1/2 cup THRIVE Ground Beef
Heat oil in a saucepan/pot over medium heat. Add onion and saute 30 seconds. Pour in tomato sauce, broth, water. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and allow to cook 15 minutes.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
I enjoyed the flavor in this soup and I could really taste the beef flavor, even after only 15 minutes! I thought this was awesome for a no-plan meal :). And I loved that I got all my veggies in and in such variety! The only thing I'll do differently in the future is add either some macaroni or potato chunks. But that'll be just as simple with THRIVE Life :)!
I love my home store!
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Q-Pon Cooking: Ground Beef (May 2015): Sloppy Joes
It's nearing the end of May and time is running out to take advantage of the great deal on THRIVE Ground Beef! I have loved having this ground beef on hand, because it has made coming up with dinner in a pinch a cinch ;). I didn't have to thaw any meat! Or brown it, for that matter :).
In addition to the meatballs we made a few nights ago, we also tried out the ground beef in sloppy joes! Love this recipe, which I found here. And I love even more that it can be a jar meal! Look for a great picture of that soon -- and a date to come make a jar of your own to take home at our next Jar Meal Event!
We halved this recipe at my house and it still made plenty for my family! The recipe as we made it (and as is shared below) would easily make 8 sloppy joes. (For my family, that means it would feed 4; since my husband ate 3 of them!!!). The recipe below is the way I made it with a few adaptations (for example, I didn't have tomato powder on hand, so I used a can of tomato sauce).
SLOPPY JOES
1 cup THRIVE Ground Beef (it's the Q-Pon item this month!!)
1/4 cup THRIVE Diced Tomatoes
3 tablespoons THRIVE Mixed Bell Peppers
2 tablespoons THRIVE Celery
2 tablespoons THRIVE Chopped Onion
1 tablespoon THRIVE Green Chilies
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce*
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt*
1/4 teaspoon pepper*
1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
In a skillet, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Turn off heat and add dry ingredients to skillet. Stir to combine. Let rest 15 minutes.
Mix Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, tomato sauce and red wine vinegar in a small bowl until combined. Add sauce to ingredients in skillet.
Turn stove to medium and bring to simmer. Simmer for 15 minutes or until sauce is desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Serve on hamburger buns.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
This recipe was awesome-sauce! In fact, I'm jar-mealing it to have on hand for when baby comes (which could be any day now!!!). It's a great recipe for summer, so now's the time to stock up on the THRIVE Ground Beef so you can have some :)! It's great served with home-fries and veggies!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla to place your order! Remember, if you're a Q member, you have access to the Q-Pon item by simply logging in. If you're not a Q member, you can still get the great deal by contacting me!
Happy THRIVEing!
In addition to the meatballs we made a few nights ago, we also tried out the ground beef in sloppy joes! Love this recipe, which I found here. And I love even more that it can be a jar meal! Look for a great picture of that soon -- and a date to come make a jar of your own to take home at our next Jar Meal Event!
We halved this recipe at my house and it still made plenty for my family! The recipe as we made it (and as is shared below) would easily make 8 sloppy joes. (For my family, that means it would feed 4; since my husband ate 3 of them!!!). The recipe below is the way I made it with a few adaptations (for example, I didn't have tomato powder on hand, so I used a can of tomato sauce).
SLOPPY JOES
1 cup THRIVE Ground Beef (it's the Q-Pon item this month!!)
1/4 cup THRIVE Diced Tomatoes
3 tablespoons THRIVE Mixed Bell Peppers
2 tablespoons THRIVE Celery
2 tablespoons THRIVE Chopped Onion
1 tablespoon THRIVE Green Chilies
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce*
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt*
1/4 teaspoon pepper*
1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
In a skillet, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Turn off heat and add dry ingredients to skillet. Stir to combine. Let rest 15 minutes.
Mix Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, tomato sauce and red wine vinegar in a small bowl until combined. Add sauce to ingredients in skillet.
Turn stove to medium and bring to simmer. Simmer for 15 minutes or until sauce is desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Serve on hamburger buns.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
This recipe was awesome-sauce! In fact, I'm jar-mealing it to have on hand for when baby comes (which could be any day now!!!). It's a great recipe for summer, so now's the time to stock up on the THRIVE Ground Beef so you can have some :)! It's great served with home-fries and veggies!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla to place your order! Remember, if you're a Q member, you have access to the Q-Pon item by simply logging in. If you're not a Q member, you can still get the great deal by contacting me!
Happy THRIVEing!
Friday, May 22, 2015
Chef Todd's Salsa... Sort Of
I had a get-together the other evening when I hosted a doTERRA Class for my sister-in-law. (If you're interested in Essential Oils, you should totally check out her website here.) Being the foodie that I am, I can't not serve food at an event!
So I made salsa. One of the reasons for this was because I could "showcase" the edible uses of a couple of the Essential Oils (cilantro and lime).
The other reason was because I knew my THRIVE foods would come through for me and I could throw together a salsa in a snap! Which was particularly awesome when that day turned out to be a harder one that I'd originally anticipated. I needed easy like you can't imagine that day...
This salsa knocked my socks off for a couple reasons. 1. It tasted great. 2. My husband really liked it. 3. It was literally done in 5 minutes and was in the fridge mingling flavors. No chopping or washing of anything (except the dishes later one). It was amazing. I may never make any other fresh salsa again, now that I know I can be spoiled with my THRIVE!
I halved the recipe (which can be found in its original form here) and made it as follows:
CHEF TODD'S SALSA... SORT OF
2 cups THRIVE Tomato Dices
2 tablespoons THRIVE Green Chilies
1 tablespoon THRIVE Chopped Onions
1 tablespoon THRIVE Cilantro
1/8 teaspoon THRIVE Chef's Choice seasoning blend
1 drop doTERRA Lime Essential Oil
a smidge (try not to use a full drop -- it's potent!) doTERRA Cilantro Essential Oil
3/4 cup water
Mix all dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Add the lime and cilantro oils to the water and stir. Pour the oil-infused water into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Serve with chips.
See? I told you this was easy.
Would you love to enjoy fresh salsa made in minutes? Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website at www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla to place an order for these awesome ingredients!
Happy THRIVEing!
So I made salsa. One of the reasons for this was because I could "showcase" the edible uses of a couple of the Essential Oils (cilantro and lime).
The other reason was because I knew my THRIVE foods would come through for me and I could throw together a salsa in a snap! Which was particularly awesome when that day turned out to be a harder one that I'd originally anticipated. I needed easy like you can't imagine that day...
This salsa knocked my socks off for a couple reasons. 1. It tasted great. 2. My husband really liked it. 3. It was literally done in 5 minutes and was in the fridge mingling flavors. No chopping or washing of anything (except the dishes later one). It was amazing. I may never make any other fresh salsa again, now that I know I can be spoiled with my THRIVE!
I halved the recipe (which can be found in its original form here) and made it as follows:
CHEF TODD'S SALSA... SORT OF
2 cups THRIVE Tomato Dices
2 tablespoons THRIVE Green Chilies
1 tablespoon THRIVE Chopped Onions
1 tablespoon THRIVE Cilantro
1/8 teaspoon THRIVE Chef's Choice seasoning blend
1 drop doTERRA Lime Essential Oil
a smidge (try not to use a full drop -- it's potent!) doTERRA Cilantro Essential Oil
3/4 cup water
Mix all dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Add the lime and cilantro oils to the water and stir. Pour the oil-infused water into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Serve with chips.
See? I told you this was easy.
Would you love to enjoy fresh salsa made in minutes? Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website at www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla to place an order for these awesome ingredients!
Happy THRIVEing!
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Jar Meal: Apple Pie Oatmeal
This Thursday I am doing a Make and Take Jar Meal class for my sweet friend Megan! She's so awesome and she's so excited about THRIVE Life that she wants all her guests to have some THRIVE Life deliciousness to take home and enjoy -- hence the Apple Pie Oatmeal in a jar for every party guest :)!
So this morning, my toddler and I tried it out! And it is amazing! My toddler asked for "more...more!" And, considering she usually leaves her store-bought cereals to soak up milk and go soggy and go to waste, I was totally impressed that she at all of her oatmeal and wanted more!
Being that I'm only 3 weeks away from my due date, I am definitely planning on making variations of this recipe to keep in my cabinet for easy to fix breakfasts after we have a new little bundle in our home (and I have less sleep in my body :)). Definitely going to try doing it with bananas and cinnamon; strawberries and vanilla powder; peaches, etc.! So versatile!
APPLE PIE OATMEAL
1 cup THRIVE Quick Oats
2 tablespoons THRIVE Instant Milk
1/4 cup brown sugar*
1/2 cup THRIVE Granny Smith Apples, crushed/broken (about 5 to 6 apple slices)
2 teaspoons Apple Pie Spice
For the jar: Layer ingredients in a pint-size jar, beginning with oats.
To prepare in microwave: Place contents of jar in microwave-safe bowl (a larger one) and add 1 2/3 cups water. Microwave on high 2 to 2 1/2 minutes in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval. Add more water slowly to reach desired consistency. Add milk as necessary to thin/cool after oatmeal is cooked.
To prepare on stove top: Add contents of jar to 1 3/4 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, adding water as necessary. Add milk as necessary to thin/cool after oatmeal is cooked.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
This is 2 servings in the pint-size jar; but you can half the recipe (in a jelly jar) and have single-serve breakfasts! Which would be totally awesome to take to work with you -- or send with your husband ;)!
I may have used too small of a bowl in the microwave... And I may have had a little mess to clean up! But it was so worth it!
I'm so excited about jar meals and how THRIVE Life can help me have easy and fast meals on hand like this oatmeal! And I'm definitely glad for it as I prepare to make-ahead a bunch of meals (both breakfast and dinner!) to help us as we transition from a family of 3 to a family of 4!!!
Would you like to be able to make your own jar meals? I can help you out! Just contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website at www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla!
Happy THRIVEing!
*This is not my original recipe. I got it from a jar meal cookbook available through my THRIVE Life team!
So this morning, my toddler and I tried it out! And it is amazing! My toddler asked for "more...more!" And, considering she usually leaves her store-bought cereals to soak up milk and go soggy and go to waste, I was totally impressed that she at all of her oatmeal and wanted more!
Being that I'm only 3 weeks away from my due date, I am definitely planning on making variations of this recipe to keep in my cabinet for easy to fix breakfasts after we have a new little bundle in our home (and I have less sleep in my body :)). Definitely going to try doing it with bananas and cinnamon; strawberries and vanilla powder; peaches, etc.! So versatile!
APPLE PIE OATMEAL
1 cup THRIVE Quick Oats
2 tablespoons THRIVE Instant Milk
1/4 cup brown sugar*
1/2 cup THRIVE Granny Smith Apples, crushed/broken (about 5 to 6 apple slices)
2 teaspoons Apple Pie Spice
For the jar: Layer ingredients in a pint-size jar, beginning with oats.
To prepare in microwave: Place contents of jar in microwave-safe bowl (a larger one) and add 1 2/3 cups water. Microwave on high 2 to 2 1/2 minutes in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval. Add more water slowly to reach desired consistency. Add milk as necessary to thin/cool after oatmeal is cooked.
To prepare on stove top: Add contents of jar to 1 3/4 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, adding water as necessary. Add milk as necessary to thin/cool after oatmeal is cooked.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
This is 2 servings in the pint-size jar; but you can half the recipe (in a jelly jar) and have single-serve breakfasts! Which would be totally awesome to take to work with you -- or send with your husband ;)!
I may have used too small of a bowl in the microwave... And I may have had a little mess to clean up! But it was so worth it!
I'm so excited about jar meals and how THRIVE Life can help me have easy and fast meals on hand like this oatmeal! And I'm definitely glad for it as I prepare to make-ahead a bunch of meals (both breakfast and dinner!) to help us as we transition from a family of 3 to a family of 4!!!
Would you like to be able to make your own jar meals? I can help you out! Just contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website at www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla!
Happy THRIVEing!
*This is not my original recipe. I got it from a jar meal cookbook available through my THRIVE Life team!
Friday, May 15, 2015
Sausage and Pepper Brunch Pizza
Earlier this year, I had a Pampered Chef party at my house. As a result, I was able to score one of their new items for free! It's this huge round baking stone that has handles and a little lip so that you can make things like quiches in it. And I love it!
As part of the party, we made a recipe for Sausage and Pepper Brunch Pizza using the stone. And I realized I could totally THRIVE-alize that recipe! So I did! And we had it for dinner the other night :). (It was a brinner kind of evening that day...).
It was awesome having many of the ingredients on-hand, thanks to THRIVE Life! And even more awesome that I could avoid handling raw sausage and raw eggs and the time (and mess) it would otherwise take to brown the sausage!!! There is a reason THRIVE Sausage Crumbles are one of the most popular items THRIVE Life has to offer!!!
Below is the recipe as I made it. But it is originally a Pampered Chef recipe and can be found here.
SAUSAGE AND PEPPER BRUNCH PIZZA
1 cup THRIVE Sausage Crumbles
3/4 cup THRIVE Red Bell Peppers (broken in smaller pieces)
1 tablespoon basil*
4 ounces Neufachtel cheese (1/3 of the fat of cream cheese option), softened
6 THRIVE Whole Eggs (6 tablespoons egg powder + 3/4 cup water)
1 16-ounce package refrigerated flaky biscuits (grands size)
4 ounces provolone cheese, shredded
black pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place sausage crumbles and red bell pepper in a bowl. Cover with boiling water and allow to sit and reconstitute. Drain off excess water (after 5 to 10 minutes).
Separate the flaky biscuits in half so that you have 16 biscuits. Lay overlapping on round dish and roll or press to cover entire dish (I used a Pampered Chef round baking stone). Make sure all seems are sealed. Press some up the sides a bit.
In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave cream cheese 10 to 15 seconds until very soft and stir-able. Whisk until smooth. Add eggs, alternating powder and water, whisking to blend well after each addition.
Sprinkle half the cheese over the biscuits. Then sprinkle with the sausage/pepper mixture. Sprinkle with basil. Carefully pour egg and cheese mixture over all. Sprinkle black pepper on top to taste. Bake in preheated oven 15 to 17 minutes. Serve immediately.
Definitely delicious! Definitely easy! Love having THRIVE on hand to help me with my meals :)!!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla if you want to know more!
Happy THRIVEing!
As part of the party, we made a recipe for Sausage and Pepper Brunch Pizza using the stone. And I realized I could totally THRIVE-alize that recipe! So I did! And we had it for dinner the other night :). (It was a brinner kind of evening that day...).
It was awesome having many of the ingredients on-hand, thanks to THRIVE Life! And even more awesome that I could avoid handling raw sausage and raw eggs and the time (and mess) it would otherwise take to brown the sausage!!! There is a reason THRIVE Sausage Crumbles are one of the most popular items THRIVE Life has to offer!!!
Below is the recipe as I made it. But it is originally a Pampered Chef recipe and can be found here.
SAUSAGE AND PEPPER BRUNCH PIZZA
1 cup THRIVE Sausage Crumbles
3/4 cup THRIVE Red Bell Peppers (broken in smaller pieces)
1 tablespoon basil*
4 ounces Neufachtel cheese (1/3 of the fat of cream cheese option), softened
6 THRIVE Whole Eggs (6 tablespoons egg powder + 3/4 cup water)
1 16-ounce package refrigerated flaky biscuits (grands size)
4 ounces provolone cheese, shredded
black pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place sausage crumbles and red bell pepper in a bowl. Cover with boiling water and allow to sit and reconstitute. Drain off excess water (after 5 to 10 minutes).
Separate the flaky biscuits in half so that you have 16 biscuits. Lay overlapping on round dish and roll or press to cover entire dish (I used a Pampered Chef round baking stone). Make sure all seems are sealed. Press some up the sides a bit.
In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave cream cheese 10 to 15 seconds until very soft and stir-able. Whisk until smooth. Add eggs, alternating powder and water, whisking to blend well after each addition.
Sprinkle half the cheese over the biscuits. Then sprinkle with the sausage/pepper mixture. Sprinkle with basil. Carefully pour egg and cheese mixture over all. Sprinkle black pepper on top to taste. Bake in preheated oven 15 to 17 minutes. Serve immediately.
Definitely delicious! Definitely easy! Love having THRIVE on hand to help me with my meals :)!!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla if you want to know more!
Happy THRIVEing!
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Q-Pon Cooking May 2015: Ground Beef: Sweet & Sour Meatballs
This month, THRIVE Ground Beef is the Q-Pon item! Which means it is a phenomenal deal and the perfect time to stock up! A #10 can of the ground beef usually retails for $62.49, but in May, you can get it for $43.79! That's an amazing savings!
Plus you get all the benefits of THRIVE Ground Beef: no handling raw meat, no need to wait for meat to thaw, and no need to have grease splatter during the browning process! And the flavor is great, by the way ;).
So here's the recipe for some delicious Sweet & Sour Meatballs using THRIVE Ground Beef (I halved the below recipe for my smaller family ;))!
SWEET & SOUR MEATBALLS
2 cups THRIVE Ground Beef
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
1/4 cup THRIVE Powdered Milk, rehydrated
2 tablespoons THRIVE Chopped Onions
1 teaspoon salt*
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 THRIVE Whole Egg, rehydrated (1 tablespoons powder + 2 tablespoons water)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed*
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 can pineapple tidbits with juice (I used crushed, because it's what I had :))
1/3 cup vinegar
1/8 cup THRIVE Mixed Bell Peppers
5 cups white rice, prepared*
Rehydrate freeze-dried ground beef by bringing 4 cups water to a boil. Add beef and boil for 5 minutes. Drain excess water. Mix meat, dry bread crumbs, milk, onions, salt, Worcestershire sauce, and egg together; shape into twenty 1 1/2 inch sized balls
Place in skillet and cook over medium heat, turning occasionally until brown (about 20 minutes).
Mix brown sugar and cornstarch in a skillet. Stir in pineapple, juice, vinegar, and soy sauce. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium, then add meatballs and peppers.
Cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve over cooked rice.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
We served stir fry veggies alongside these meatballs. Due to the fact that I forgot to halve the egg portion of the recipe (oops!), my meatballs didn't stick together as nicely as they should have. However, they still tasted amazing! My husband really liked the dish and the flavor of the ground beef!
One thing I really loved about the THRIVE Ground Beef is that it allowed me to not have a plan until later in the day! By the time I decided on dinner, I wouldn't have had time to thaw the meat the way I prefer to thaw it (I don't like defrosting meat in the microwave, because it never comes out well!). I love the convenience of having ground beef on-hand and ready to use at a moment's notice!!
Would you like to take advantage of the great deal on ground beef this month at THRIVE Life and enjoy the convenience of having it on-hand and the presence of it in your home store? Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website at www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla to place your order! And contact me with any questions you may have!
Happy THRIVEing!
Plus you get all the benefits of THRIVE Ground Beef: no handling raw meat, no need to wait for meat to thaw, and no need to have grease splatter during the browning process! And the flavor is great, by the way ;).
So here's the recipe for some delicious Sweet & Sour Meatballs using THRIVE Ground Beef (I halved the below recipe for my smaller family ;))!
SWEET & SOUR MEATBALLS
2 cups THRIVE Ground Beef
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
1/4 cup THRIVE Powdered Milk, rehydrated
2 tablespoons THRIVE Chopped Onions
1 teaspoon salt*
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 THRIVE Whole Egg, rehydrated (1 tablespoons powder + 2 tablespoons water)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed*
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 can pineapple tidbits with juice (I used crushed, because it's what I had :))
1/3 cup vinegar
1/8 cup THRIVE Mixed Bell Peppers
5 cups white rice, prepared*
Rehydrate freeze-dried ground beef by bringing 4 cups water to a boil. Add beef and boil for 5 minutes. Drain excess water. Mix meat, dry bread crumbs, milk, onions, salt, Worcestershire sauce, and egg together; shape into twenty 1 1/2 inch sized balls
Place in skillet and cook over medium heat, turning occasionally until brown (about 20 minutes).
Mix brown sugar and cornstarch in a skillet. Stir in pineapple, juice, vinegar, and soy sauce. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium, then add meatballs and peppers.
Cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve over cooked rice.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
We served stir fry veggies alongside these meatballs. Due to the fact that I forgot to halve the egg portion of the recipe (oops!), my meatballs didn't stick together as nicely as they should have. However, they still tasted amazing! My husband really liked the dish and the flavor of the ground beef!
One thing I really loved about the THRIVE Ground Beef is that it allowed me to not have a plan until later in the day! By the time I decided on dinner, I wouldn't have had time to thaw the meat the way I prefer to thaw it (I don't like defrosting meat in the microwave, because it never comes out well!). I love the convenience of having ground beef on-hand and ready to use at a moment's notice!!
Would you like to take advantage of the great deal on ground beef this month at THRIVE Life and enjoy the convenience of having it on-hand and the presence of it in your home store? Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website at www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla to place your order! And contact me with any questions you may have!
Happy THRIVEing!
Friday, May 8, 2015
Jar Meal: Vegetarian Taco Soup
This past Tuesday was our Cinco de Mayo Jar Meal Event! It was another get-together full of fun and good food! So I figured I'd share the recipe for the Vegetarian Taco Soup! We found the original recipe here, for anyone interested. I have to say I'm grateful for the THRIVE Life Consultant community! All the consultants help each other and are so willing to share recipes and ideas. It's a wonderful group of which to be a part :)! I tweaked it a little bit because we did the vegetarian option and used the THRIVE Taco TVP, which is already seasoned with taco seasoning. But you can also use THRIVE Ground Beef in this recipe as well.
VEGETARIAN TACO SOUP
¾ cup THRIVE Sweet Corn
1/3 cup THRIVE Green Chilies
½ cup THRIVE TomatoPowder
3/4 cup THRIVE Taco TVP
1/3 cup THRIVE Chopped Onions
1/8 cup Taco Seasoning
1 ½ teaspoons Ranch Dressing Mix
Soup Preparation:
Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a soup pot. Pour in contents of jar and stir; reduce heat
to low and simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until veggies are tender. Optional: Serve with your favorite taco toppings.
This recipe is incredibly flavorful! We had lots of compliments from event attendees who tasted the samples -- and then made themselves jars to take home! It is just a nice, quick-fix meal for those super-busy days!
Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website: www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla if you want to get the ingredients to be able to make these at home! And if you want Ground Beef in yours, now is a great time to get it at a great price, since the THRIVE Ground Beef is this month's Q-Pon item! For the month of May, you can get a #10 Can of Ground Beef for $43.79! You can check it out and the other May specials here!
Happy THRIVEing!
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
Honestly, it never would have occurred to me to try THRIVE-alizing ice cream! However, a friend of mine said to me one day, "So I have this delicious recipe for my grandmother's homemade peach ice cream. But it calls for raw eggs. And that gives me the heebie jeebies. So I was wondering if you thought the THRIVE Whole Eggs would work in the recipe?"
Well! I thought it was a great opportunity to try something new and find out! Plus I gave her some THRIVE Powdered Eggs to try it out on her grandmother's recipe to see how it turns out! When she tries it, we'll see if it's comparable to her grandmother's traditional recipe :).
Meanwhile, I recalled a recipe I have had sitting in my "to try" recipe binder for a decade. It's from a 1983 Southern Living magazine -- from back in the days when putting a recipe in a magazine that calls for raw egg yolks probably wasn't frowned upon. Because that's what one of the ingredients is for this recipe! But hey, I've been toting that recipe around for years, and figured this was a great time to try it out -- and avoid the heebie jeebies (and harm to my unborn) thanks to THRIVE Whole Eggs! So, in my THRIVE-alizing of this recipe, I did change it a little bit. But mostly kept the same :).
COOKIES AND CREAM ICE CREAM
2 tablespoons THRIVE Whole Egg Powder (+4 tablespoons water)
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
4 teaspoons THRIVE Pure Vanilla Extract Powder
1 cup (or more!) coarsely crushed Oreo cookies
2 cups (1 pint) whipping cream, whipped (cannot be whipped topping!)
In a large bowl, mix together powdered eggs and water until all egg powder is dissolved. Add vanilla extract powder and mix until well blended and dissolved. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Fold in cookies and whipped cream. Pour into aluminum foil-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan or other 2-quart container. Cover; freeze 6 hours or until firm. Scoop ice cream from pan or peel off foil and slice. Return leftovers to freezer.
This worked out so deliciously! I will warn you, however: it is rich.
Funny tidbit: At the bottom of the recipe, it cautions the user to use only Grade A clean, uncracked eggs for safety purposes, of course. I don't know if you can actually get anything other than Grade A eggs (at least form a grocery store) these days, but I take comfort in knowing I don't need to worry about that when I use THRIVE Whole Eggs!
After much discussion with my husband, we decided the raw eggs called for in the original recipe may just be for flavor and may not be vital to the recipe's success. But even so, if there is a special purpose (beyond flavor) for the raw egg, then the THRIVE Whole Egg Powder does the trick and makes some awesomely yummy (and totally unhealthy ;)) home-made ice cream! Our family thoroughly enjoyed it for dessert last night (and we have more to enjoy for another night!).
The hoarder in me wants to hold on to this relic of a recipe from 1983... But the "trying to clean out the clutter" part of me knows the original recipe must go ;).
And now I'm thinking of ways to make more homemade ice creams using my THRIVE! Powdering up fruits and mixing them in will add quite a variety of flavors to a simple vanilla ice cream recipe :)! So I've got visions of raspberry ice cream, blueberry, banana... floating in my head. Oh the possibilities are endless -- and easily on-hand! -- with THRIVE!
I need to do a product highlight for the THRIVE Whole Egg Powder, seriously. It is the very first THRIVE Product I purchased and I love love love it and use it in so many ways! So be looking for that in the posts ahead!
In the meantime, contact me if you'd like to get your hands on some! It's amazing stuff! THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website: www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla
Happy THRIVEing!!!
Well! I thought it was a great opportunity to try something new and find out! Plus I gave her some THRIVE Powdered Eggs to try it out on her grandmother's recipe to see how it turns out! When she tries it, we'll see if it's comparable to her grandmother's traditional recipe :).
Meanwhile, I recalled a recipe I have had sitting in my "to try" recipe binder for a decade. It's from a 1983 Southern Living magazine -- from back in the days when putting a recipe in a magazine that calls for raw egg yolks probably wasn't frowned upon. Because that's what one of the ingredients is for this recipe! But hey, I've been toting that recipe around for years, and figured this was a great time to try it out -- and avoid the heebie jeebies (and harm to my unborn) thanks to THRIVE Whole Eggs! So, in my THRIVE-alizing of this recipe, I did change it a little bit. But mostly kept the same :).
COOKIES AND CREAM ICE CREAM
2 tablespoons THRIVE Whole Egg Powder (+4 tablespoons water)
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
4 teaspoons THRIVE Pure Vanilla Extract Powder
1 cup (or more!) coarsely crushed Oreo cookies
2 cups (1 pint) whipping cream, whipped (cannot be whipped topping!)
In a large bowl, mix together powdered eggs and water until all egg powder is dissolved. Add vanilla extract powder and mix until well blended and dissolved. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Fold in cookies and whipped cream. Pour into aluminum foil-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan or other 2-quart container. Cover; freeze 6 hours or until firm. Scoop ice cream from pan or peel off foil and slice. Return leftovers to freezer.
This worked out so deliciously! I will warn you, however: it is rich.
Funny tidbit: At the bottom of the recipe, it cautions the user to use only Grade A clean, uncracked eggs for safety purposes, of course. I don't know if you can actually get anything other than Grade A eggs (at least form a grocery store) these days, but I take comfort in knowing I don't need to worry about that when I use THRIVE Whole Eggs!
After much discussion with my husband, we decided the raw eggs called for in the original recipe may just be for flavor and may not be vital to the recipe's success. But even so, if there is a special purpose (beyond flavor) for the raw egg, then the THRIVE Whole Egg Powder does the trick and makes some awesomely yummy (and totally unhealthy ;)) home-made ice cream! Our family thoroughly enjoyed it for dessert last night (and we have more to enjoy for another night!).
The hoarder in me wants to hold on to this relic of a recipe from 1983... But the "trying to clean out the clutter" part of me knows the original recipe must go ;).
And now I'm thinking of ways to make more homemade ice creams using my THRIVE! Powdering up fruits and mixing them in will add quite a variety of flavors to a simple vanilla ice cream recipe :)! So I've got visions of raspberry ice cream, blueberry, banana... floating in my head. Oh the possibilities are endless -- and easily on-hand! -- with THRIVE!
I need to do a product highlight for the THRIVE Whole Egg Powder, seriously. It is the very first THRIVE Product I purchased and I love love love it and use it in so many ways! So be looking for that in the posts ahead!
In the meantime, contact me if you'd like to get your hands on some! It's amazing stuff! THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website: www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla
Happy THRIVEing!!!
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Raspberry-Peach Rolls with a Simply Peach Glaze
So I'd had thoughts of this recipe brewing in my head for some time. And since I took advantage of the Big Deal Sale we had this month, I finally got my THRIVE Peaches to make it happen! I had reservations, as this fell under the category of "Hila experimenting in the kitchen" and I'm still a tad new at the whole experimentation game (I do love to follow a recipe!). But after talking over my idea with my husband and getting his advice... I decided it was worth a try. And unless it turned out like charcoal, we'd be eating it! Can't let those delicious THRIVE Peaches and THRIVE Raspberries go to waste!
Good news! It wasn't charcoal! Even better news: It was a total success! My husband had 3 big ones. And is now down for a morning nap ;).
I'll do a step-by-step with pictures at the bottom, but sometimes I know people just want the recipe and I usually hate scrolling through the long version when I'm looking at other people's recipes ;). So here is the recipe (I am not responsible for making up the dough recipe, though I did THRIVE-alize it a bit. The original dough recipe can be found here. But I did develop the "innards" of this ;)).
RASPBERRY-PEACH ROLLS with a SIMPLY PEACH GLAZE
Dough:
1 cup THRIVE Instant Milk (prepared)
1/3 cup butter
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup white sugar*
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour* (plus more for kneading)
1 teaspoon salt*
3 THRIVE Whole Eggs (3 tablespoons egg powder + 6 tablespoons water)
Filling:
2 cups THRIVE Peaches
1/4 cup THRIVE Raspberries
1/3 cup white sugar*
Glaze:
1 cup THRIVE Powdered Sugar
2 tablespoons THRIVE Simply Peach drink mix
3 tablespoons THRIVE Instant Milk (prepared)
For the dough: Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it barely bubbles. Remove from heat and melt butter in milk. Allow to cool until lukewarm. Pour into large mixing bowl and add yeast. Mix and allow yeast to dissolve in milk and butter mixture. Add sugar, 3 cups of flour, salt, and eggs. Mix until well-blended. Add remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough pulls into a ball. Turn dough out on floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, adding flour as necessary (this was about another 1/4 cup or so for me). Oil a large bowl and put dough into bowl, turning to coat with oil. Cover with a damp towel and allow to rise until doubled in size (anywhere from 1 to 2 hours, depending on temperatures). Turn dough out onto a clean, dry surface and roll dough out to approximately 11x14-inch rectangle.
For the filling: Place peaches and raspberries in a blender or food processor and process until powdered. Pour into a small bowl and add 1/3 cup sugar. Stir to mix all ingredients together.
For the glaze (I recommend making this while the rolls are cooking): Add all ingredients (powdered sugar, Simply Peach, and prepared milk) together in a bowl and whisk until a glaze forms. Set aside until rolls are done baking.
For the rolls: Sprinkle filling evenly all over rolled-out dough, leaving a 1/2" bare at one "short" edge of the dough. Brush that bare strip with water. Beginning with the other short edge, roll tightly all the way and then pinch seams at the wet dough end. Cut into 12 equal parts (I do this using string or floss, as it prevents flattening) and place into a greased 9x13 pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, take rolls out of the refrigerator and allow to set for 30 to 45 minutes (making sure rolls have doubled in size... You may have to let them sit out longer -- but not too long! Ours were out a little too long ;), hence the popping out rolls!). Preheat oven to 375. Bake loosely covered with foil for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until rolls are done. Drizzle with glaze while still hot.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
So here are some step-by-step pictures:
Filling mixture sprinkled over dough rectangle.
Dough rolled up and sealed.
Cut rolls, covered with plastic wrap and ready for the fridge!
After rising and sitting out for a while in the morning (ours sat out a bit too long, so they over-big!). I almost forgot to take this picture, hence the inside-the-oven picture ;)).
Simply Peach Glaze is ready to go!
The finished product! So yummy!
One thing I learned is that I'll probably add a little water to the Simply Peach drink mix in a saucepan in the future to melt the sugar crystals in the drink mix. The glaze was a little grainy from the sugar that didn't melt as I made it above. So it was just a little learning thing for me ;). Still tasty, though! And a delicious treat for a lazy Saturday morning!
If you're interested in enjoying any of these awesome products to make this recipe -- or a million others! -- contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website: www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla.
Happy THRIVEing!
Good news! It wasn't charcoal! Even better news: It was a total success! My husband had 3 big ones. And is now down for a morning nap ;).
I'll do a step-by-step with pictures at the bottom, but sometimes I know people just want the recipe and I usually hate scrolling through the long version when I'm looking at other people's recipes ;). So here is the recipe (I am not responsible for making up the dough recipe, though I did THRIVE-alize it a bit. The original dough recipe can be found here. But I did develop the "innards" of this ;)).
RASPBERRY-PEACH ROLLS with a SIMPLY PEACH GLAZE
Dough:
1 cup THRIVE Instant Milk (prepared)
1/3 cup butter
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup white sugar*
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour* (plus more for kneading)
1 teaspoon salt*
3 THRIVE Whole Eggs (3 tablespoons egg powder + 6 tablespoons water)
Filling:
2 cups THRIVE Peaches
1/4 cup THRIVE Raspberries
1/3 cup white sugar*
Glaze:
1 cup THRIVE Powdered Sugar
2 tablespoons THRIVE Simply Peach drink mix
3 tablespoons THRIVE Instant Milk (prepared)
For the dough: Heat milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it barely bubbles. Remove from heat and melt butter in milk. Allow to cool until lukewarm. Pour into large mixing bowl and add yeast. Mix and allow yeast to dissolve in milk and butter mixture. Add sugar, 3 cups of flour, salt, and eggs. Mix until well-blended. Add remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough pulls into a ball. Turn dough out on floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, adding flour as necessary (this was about another 1/4 cup or so for me). Oil a large bowl and put dough into bowl, turning to coat with oil. Cover with a damp towel and allow to rise until doubled in size (anywhere from 1 to 2 hours, depending on temperatures). Turn dough out onto a clean, dry surface and roll dough out to approximately 11x14-inch rectangle.
For the filling: Place peaches and raspberries in a blender or food processor and process until powdered. Pour into a small bowl and add 1/3 cup sugar. Stir to mix all ingredients together.
For the glaze (I recommend making this while the rolls are cooking): Add all ingredients (powdered sugar, Simply Peach, and prepared milk) together in a bowl and whisk until a glaze forms. Set aside until rolls are done baking.
For the rolls: Sprinkle filling evenly all over rolled-out dough, leaving a 1/2" bare at one "short" edge of the dough. Brush that bare strip with water. Beginning with the other short edge, roll tightly all the way and then pinch seams at the wet dough end. Cut into 12 equal parts (I do this using string or floss, as it prevents flattening) and place into a greased 9x13 pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, take rolls out of the refrigerator and allow to set for 30 to 45 minutes (making sure rolls have doubled in size... You may have to let them sit out longer -- but not too long! Ours were out a little too long ;), hence the popping out rolls!). Preheat oven to 375. Bake loosely covered with foil for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until rolls are done. Drizzle with glaze while still hot.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
So here are some step-by-step pictures:
Filling mixture sprinkled over dough rectangle.
Dough rolled up and sealed.
Cut rolls, covered with plastic wrap and ready for the fridge!
After rising and sitting out for a while in the morning (ours sat out a bit too long, so they over-big!). I almost forgot to take this picture, hence the inside-the-oven picture ;)).
Simply Peach Glaze is ready to go!
The finished product! So yummy!
One thing I learned is that I'll probably add a little water to the Simply Peach drink mix in a saucepan in the future to melt the sugar crystals in the drink mix. The glaze was a little grainy from the sugar that didn't melt as I made it above. So it was just a little learning thing for me ;). Still tasty, though! And a delicious treat for a lazy Saturday morning!
If you're interested in enjoying any of these awesome products to make this recipe -- or a million others! -- contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website: www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla.
Happy THRIVEing!
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Our family loves pancakes. We have them for breakfast at least once a week. But sometimes 2 or 3 times a week! We keep a variety of pancake mixes on hand, just for this reason. We definitely love the THRIVE 10 Grain Pancake Mix, and we are super-excited about the changes that have been made to it, so it is now among the many non-GMO products THRIVE Life offers!
And it's on special this month! The perfect time to stock up!
But that isn't actually the pancake mix I used today. Today I used a regular store-bought mix and jazzed it up -- a lot! It wasn't a special celebratory day or anything. I just felt like trying out some fancy "special" pancakes with the new -- and completely amazing THRIVE Peanut Flour. I realize I've been posting a lot of recipes recently with the Peanut Flour, but that's because I am simply amazed by the versatility of it; not to mention how easy it is to use and clean!
I would have never thought to add peanut butter to my pancake mix without this great product. I got the idea, because many people enjoy peanut butter spread on their pancakes. So I thought, "Why not step it up and put peanut flour in the pancakes!?!" And it was so easy to do! I just tossed some in with my other dry ingredients, and oila!
And these were yummy. So yummy, I didn't even use syrup. And my toddler snarfed all of hers down. Quickly.
OATMEAL PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES
2 cups all-inclusive pancake mix*(we used Krusteaz brand)
3/4 cups oats* (I used old-fashioned, but quick would work fine too!)
2 tablespoons THRIVE Peanut Flour
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 to 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips (this depends on how many chocolate chips you want!)
Add all dry ingredients, except chocolate chips, to a medium-size bowl and whisk together to combine. Add water and whisk until well-blended. Mix in chocolate chips. Pour batter onto prepared skillet or griddle and cook according to pancake mix directions (or to your preferences ;)).
When I make pancakes, they are usually 6 to 7-inches in diameter. This recipe yielded 5 pancakes that size.
I'm definitely making these again! So easy, and so yummy!
The Peanut Flour is also on special this month! It is a perfect time to get some! Through April, it is $15.09 for a #10 can, which will make a little more than 11 1/4 cups of fresh peanut butter however you like it (you control the salt, sugar, and oil!). And just for comparison purposes, 2 large jars of JIF peanut butter from Costco are 10 3/4 cups of prepared peanut butter without the ability to control the sugar, salt, and oil (fat) content! I can't remember the cost of the peanut butter at Costco right off hand, but I'll make a mental note to check on Tuesday and post it! But the 5 year unopened shelf life on this peanut flour is a great thing, because it's a lot longer than store-bought peanut butter!!
It's a great time to stock up on some great things with THRIVE Life! Not only are the 10 Grain Pancake Mix and the Peanut Flour on sale this month, but everything is being discounted for this months BIG DEAL Sale! It's still going on through April 20th, so if you want to take advantage of the sale and bulk up your home store, contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com!!!
Happy THRIVEing!
And it's on special this month! The perfect time to stock up!
But that isn't actually the pancake mix I used today. Today I used a regular store-bought mix and jazzed it up -- a lot! It wasn't a special celebratory day or anything. I just felt like trying out some fancy "special" pancakes with the new -- and completely amazing THRIVE Peanut Flour. I realize I've been posting a lot of recipes recently with the Peanut Flour, but that's because I am simply amazed by the versatility of it; not to mention how easy it is to use and clean!
I would have never thought to add peanut butter to my pancake mix without this great product. I got the idea, because many people enjoy peanut butter spread on their pancakes. So I thought, "Why not step it up and put peanut flour in the pancakes!?!" And it was so easy to do! I just tossed some in with my other dry ingredients, and oila!
And these were yummy. So yummy, I didn't even use syrup. And my toddler snarfed all of hers down. Quickly.
OATMEAL PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES
2 cups all-inclusive pancake mix*(we used Krusteaz brand)
3/4 cups oats* (I used old-fashioned, but quick would work fine too!)
2 tablespoons THRIVE Peanut Flour
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 to 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips (this depends on how many chocolate chips you want!)
Add all dry ingredients, except chocolate chips, to a medium-size bowl and whisk together to combine. Add water and whisk until well-blended. Mix in chocolate chips. Pour batter onto prepared skillet or griddle and cook according to pancake mix directions (or to your preferences ;)).
When I make pancakes, they are usually 6 to 7-inches in diameter. This recipe yielded 5 pancakes that size.
I'm definitely making these again! So easy, and so yummy!
The Peanut Flour is also on special this month! It is a perfect time to get some! Through April, it is $15.09 for a #10 can, which will make a little more than 11 1/4 cups of fresh peanut butter however you like it (you control the salt, sugar, and oil!). And just for comparison purposes, 2 large jars of JIF peanut butter from Costco are 10 3/4 cups of prepared peanut butter without the ability to control the sugar, salt, and oil (fat) content! I can't remember the cost of the peanut butter at Costco right off hand, but I'll make a mental note to check on Tuesday and post it! But the 5 year unopened shelf life on this peanut flour is a great thing, because it's a lot longer than store-bought peanut butter!!
It's a great time to stock up on some great things with THRIVE Life! Not only are the 10 Grain Pancake Mix and the Peanut Flour on sale this month, but everything is being discounted for this months BIG DEAL Sale! It's still going on through April 20th, so if you want to take advantage of the sale and bulk up your home store, contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com!!!
Happy THRIVEing!
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie -- Again!
I know, I know... I've posted this recipe before. But now, with the amazing THRIVE Life Peanut Flour, I've made it a new way -- and we love it!!!
Gone are the days of messy measuring with peanut butter! Having to clean measuring utensils used for measuring peanut butter became one of my least favorite things to do. In fact, because I disliked it so much, I pretty much stopped measuring in most cases. I'd just use a huge dollop of peanut butter on a spoon. Which means I sometimes didn't have enough peanut butter, and I sometimes had too much! Now, clean-up is super easy!
I also love that I can omit extra salt and sugars in this smoothie now. And even the extra fat! And yet, I still have the potential for peanut butter in my long-term home store (unopened, this is good for 5 years! Can't say that about regular peanut butter!), because with a few ingredients (oil, salt, sugar), I can make up my very own peanut butter the way I want it to taste using this peanut flour! So all in all, I'm seriously loving this brand new product!
So though I've shared the recipe before, here it is again, with the peanut flour!
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA SMOOTHIE
1 cup fat free milk*
1 frozen banana, sliced
1 tablespoon THRIVE Peanut Flour
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon sugar* (you can adjust to your preferences)
Put all in a blender (or regular mouth mason jar a blender attachment will fit on ;)) and blend!
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
This is an amazingly filling smoothie. And so delicious, as I'm sure I've mentioned before. Easy to throw together -- and even easier now with the Peanut Flour! In fact, my munchkin just woke up from her nap, so guess what we're having for a little afternoon snack :)!
Want to try some of this amazing new product? Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla -- or add it to your Q this month, if you're a Q customer!!!
Happy THRIVEing!
Gone are the days of messy measuring with peanut butter! Having to clean measuring utensils used for measuring peanut butter became one of my least favorite things to do. In fact, because I disliked it so much, I pretty much stopped measuring in most cases. I'd just use a huge dollop of peanut butter on a spoon. Which means I sometimes didn't have enough peanut butter, and I sometimes had too much! Now, clean-up is super easy!
I also love that I can omit extra salt and sugars in this smoothie now. And even the extra fat! And yet, I still have the potential for peanut butter in my long-term home store (unopened, this is good for 5 years! Can't say that about regular peanut butter!), because with a few ingredients (oil, salt, sugar), I can make up my very own peanut butter the way I want it to taste using this peanut flour! So all in all, I'm seriously loving this brand new product!
So though I've shared the recipe before, here it is again, with the peanut flour!
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA SMOOTHIE
1 cup fat free milk*
1 frozen banana, sliced
1 tablespoon THRIVE Peanut Flour
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon sugar* (you can adjust to your preferences)
Put all in a blender (or regular mouth mason jar a blender attachment will fit on ;)) and blend!
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
This is an amazingly filling smoothie. And so delicious, as I'm sure I've mentioned before. Easy to throw together -- and even easier now with the Peanut Flour! In fact, my munchkin just woke up from her nap, so guess what we're having for a little afternoon snack :)!
Want to try some of this amazing new product? Contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com or visit my website www.thrivelife.com/THRIVEingNilla -- or add it to your Q this month, if you're a Q customer!!!
Happy THRIVEing!
Monday, April 6, 2015
Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake
I definitely loved my broccoli in March! Not that I won't love it every month ;)... But it was March's Q-Pon item, so I was thrilled to use it in a lot of my recipes. One recipe I tried out was the recipes that comes on the #10 can of THRIVE Broccoli: Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake. What's not to love about an easy, cheesy vegetable dish!?!
As you can see, we kind of dug in before I remembered to take my picture ;).
As usual, one of the things I love most about my THRIVE Life foods is that I don't have to clean and chop vegetables! All of the veggies for this dish were a scoop, dumb, rehydrate and go deal! (That's my absolute favorite when it comes to onions, by the way... I can't even tell you the last time I purchased a fresh onion!)
I also love that these veggies stay usable in the can for a long time. Usually around a year, once the can is opened (much, much longer when the can is sealed -- 25 years!). The other day, I threw away a whole crown of fresh broccoli, because we hadn't gotten to it yet and it had molded all over. It made me sad, and sort of annoyed. What a waste of money! I don't have that problem with my THRIVE Broccoli!
So here is the recipe for the Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake as I made it (which means I just left out the cream and added 2 extra tablespoons of milk, because I don't usually have cream on hand):
BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER BAKE
2 cups THRIVE Broccoli
1 cup THRIVE Cauliflower
1 tablespoon THRIVE Chopped Onions
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour*
1 cup + 2 tablespoons milk*
1 teaspoon salt*
1/2 teaspoon THRIVE Chef's Choice Seasoning (which I forgot to picture, but used!)
1 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese*
Reconstitute vegetables in a bowl by barely covering with water. Drain excess water. Melt butter in a saucepan, whisk in flour, and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in milk and slowly bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. Mix in seasoning and half of cheese. Mix in vegetables. Place mixture in greased 8x8 baking pan. Top with remaining cheese and bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
Don't forget, the BIG DEAL sale begins on April 9th -- and ALL THRIVE Life goodies are on sale! You won't want to miss out, so contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com to place your order, or you can simply go to my website and order (but the sale prices will not be visible until April 9th): http://www.thrivelife.com/thriveingnilla.
Happy THRIVEing!
As you can see, we kind of dug in before I remembered to take my picture ;).
As usual, one of the things I love most about my THRIVE Life foods is that I don't have to clean and chop vegetables! All of the veggies for this dish were a scoop, dumb, rehydrate and go deal! (That's my absolute favorite when it comes to onions, by the way... I can't even tell you the last time I purchased a fresh onion!)
I also love that these veggies stay usable in the can for a long time. Usually around a year, once the can is opened (much, much longer when the can is sealed -- 25 years!). The other day, I threw away a whole crown of fresh broccoli, because we hadn't gotten to it yet and it had molded all over. It made me sad, and sort of annoyed. What a waste of money! I don't have that problem with my THRIVE Broccoli!
So here is the recipe for the Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake as I made it (which means I just left out the cream and added 2 extra tablespoons of milk, because I don't usually have cream on hand):
BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER BAKE
2 cups THRIVE Broccoli
1 cup THRIVE Cauliflower
1 tablespoon THRIVE Chopped Onions
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour*
1 cup + 2 tablespoons milk*
1 teaspoon salt*
1/2 teaspoon THRIVE Chef's Choice Seasoning (which I forgot to picture, but used!)
1 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese*
Reconstitute vegetables in a bowl by barely covering with water. Drain excess water. Melt butter in a saucepan, whisk in flour, and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in milk and slowly bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. Mix in seasoning and half of cheese. Mix in vegetables. Place mixture in greased 8x8 baking pan. Top with remaining cheese and bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
Don't forget, the BIG DEAL sale begins on April 9th -- and ALL THRIVE Life goodies are on sale! You won't want to miss out, so contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com to place your order, or you can simply go to my website and order (but the sale prices will not be visible until April 9th): http://www.thrivelife.com/thriveingnilla.
Happy THRIVEing!
Monday, March 23, 2015
Cooking with the Q-Pon (March 2015): Chicken Divan
This dish is one of my family's go-to favorites! And I'm loving how much easier it has gotten with THRIVE Life!
This was my first time using THRIVE Broccoli, and let me say: I am in love!! I can see many uses for this fabulous and time-saving ingredient! I love broccoli in a lot of my meals, so I am excited! I especially love that these are all washed and chopped -- and just the florets! I have never enjoyed the thick stems of broccoli, and I would always buy the florets only from the frozen section. Well, now I don't have to! I have my THRIVE Broccoli!
And, as a side note, I am still loving the THRIVE Sour Cream Powder! As usual, it hadn't even occurred to me to buy fresh sour cream for this recipe. I don't know why, but I always forget it calls for sour cream until I start making it! But now I no longer have to care that I forgot to buy it on grocery shopping day! Because I always have it in my home store thanks to THRIVE Life! And I think that is beyond awesome.
So here goes the recipe -- as I made it (the original recipe calls for the sauce to be doubled with a can of cream of chicken in addition to the can of cream of mushroom... That was too much for us, so we always cut the sauce recipe in half as follows):
CHICKEN DIVAN
3 cups white rice, cooked*
1 1/2 cups THRIVE Broccoli
1 cup THRIVE Chopped Chicken
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese*
Sauce:
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup THRIVE Sour Cream Powder (+ 2 tablespoons water)
1/2 teaspoon curry (you can adjust this to your taste -- we like the curry flavor)
Preheat oven to 350.
In a medium bowl, rehydrate the chicken and broccoli with water (5 to 10 minutes). Drain excess water, if necessary. In a large bowl, make the THRIVE Sour Cream by rehydrating with water. Add other sauce ingredients and mix until well blended.
Spread the cooked rice in the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Spread the chicken and broccoli mixture over the rice. Spread the sauce mixture over the broccoli and chicken. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly on the side and cheese is all melted.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
Even the leftovers are amazing with this dish!
The broccoli is the Q-Pon item this month, so if you'd love to get some at this great discounted price, add it to your Q if you're a Q Club member. If not, contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com and I'll get it ordered for you!
This was my first time using THRIVE Broccoli, and let me say: I am in love!! I can see many uses for this fabulous and time-saving ingredient! I love broccoli in a lot of my meals, so I am excited! I especially love that these are all washed and chopped -- and just the florets! I have never enjoyed the thick stems of broccoli, and I would always buy the florets only from the frozen section. Well, now I don't have to! I have my THRIVE Broccoli!
And, as a side note, I am still loving the THRIVE Sour Cream Powder! As usual, it hadn't even occurred to me to buy fresh sour cream for this recipe. I don't know why, but I always forget it calls for sour cream until I start making it! But now I no longer have to care that I forgot to buy it on grocery shopping day! Because I always have it in my home store thanks to THRIVE Life! And I think that is beyond awesome.
So here goes the recipe -- as I made it (the original recipe calls for the sauce to be doubled with a can of cream of chicken in addition to the can of cream of mushroom... That was too much for us, so we always cut the sauce recipe in half as follows):
CHICKEN DIVAN
3 cups white rice, cooked*
1 1/2 cups THRIVE Broccoli
1 cup THRIVE Chopped Chicken
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese*
Sauce:
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup THRIVE Sour Cream Powder (+ 2 tablespoons water)
1/2 teaspoon curry (you can adjust this to your taste -- we like the curry flavor)
Preheat oven to 350.
In a medium bowl, rehydrate the chicken and broccoli with water (5 to 10 minutes). Drain excess water, if necessary. In a large bowl, make the THRIVE Sour Cream by rehydrating with water. Add other sauce ingredients and mix until well blended.
Spread the cooked rice in the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Spread the chicken and broccoli mixture over the rice. Spread the sauce mixture over the broccoli and chicken. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly on the side and cheese is all melted.
*Denotes other ingredients available through THRIVE Life.
Even the leftovers are amazing with this dish!
The broccoli is the Q-Pon item this month, so if you'd love to get some at this great discounted price, add it to your Q if you're a Q Club member. If not, contact me at THRIVEingNilla@gmail.com and I'll get it ordered for you!
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