Dairy Recipes

THRIVE POWDER RECIPES:

Fruit Recipes

Vegetable Recipes

Meat and TVP Recipes

Food Storage Recipes

Welcome to food storage 101!

I love cooking with food storage!  One of my "food storage secrets" is using lots of freeze dried foods and food storage powders in my everyday recipes.  It helps me rotate my foods storage and saves time, money and stress!  Best part?  The food is delicious!

I add 1-2 recipes to this blog each week that I personally create or modify to work with the ingredients in my home store (my food storage).  In addition, each week I highlight food storage recipes from many other websites / blogs.

I also post 1-2 food storage / preparedness tips on this blog each week.

As there is always a learning curve associated with using food storage, I welcome any questions or comments you may have about these recipes or using food storage in your own recipes.  You can reach me at: misty@yourownhomestore.com or 760-637-7296.

Click on a link below to get started using your food storage!

• Recipes made with 100% shelf stable ingredients
• Food Storage Baking Mix Recipes
• Fast and Healthy Food Storage Recipes
• Recipes Made with Food Storage Powders  (powdered milk, eggs, cheese, shortening, butter, tomato, or sour cream)
• Breakfast Recipes
• Dinner Recipes
• Desserts
• Breads
• Dips & Sauces

Becoming a Shelf Reliance Consultant:

I would love to have you join my nationwide team by becoming a Shelf Reliance consultant!

Become Self Reliant and Prosperous!

What better way to become more self reliant and prosperous than by increasing your income?  As a Shelf Reliance consultant you can create supplemental part time income, even full time income for your family while working from home, setting your own hours, and helping others become more self reliant. 

Quality Training & Support
As your enroller, I will also be your trainer.  I provide all the training and support you need to get a great start!  I really enjoy training new consultants from all over the United States.  You should choose your enroller carefully.  A good, supportive enroller / trainer can help you focus your efforts and set a foundation for amazing success in this business.  As you trainer, I offer the following:

• A private training website with training videos, pictorials, downloads, helpful phone #s etc.  I also update this site 1-3 times / week with helpful tips and tricks to help you in your business.
• 5-10 times slots available each week (morning, afternoon, evening and weekend) for one-on-one trainings by phone and/or online webinar (you can see my screen) on any topic you choose.
• A weekly training newsletter.
• A monthly conference call for all consultants on my team so we can all learn from each other
• Monthly promotions to reward and motivate the top members of my team.
• A video training course (to be completed by Christmas) on successful blogging and online sales techniques.

The Details:
Below is some basic information about why being a Shelf Reliance Consultant is such a great thing!  In addition, you may want to take a minute to read why I decided to become a Shelf Reliance Consultant.  

You can read about the process of becoming a Shelf Reliance Consultant  and / or enroll to be a Shelf Reliance consultant on my Shelf Reliance website. You will need the following:

• My enroller ID: 1956. 
• My email. It is: misty@yourownhomestore.com.

If you would like to contact me before joining Shelf Reliance, I would love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have.


What Makes Being a Shelf Reliance Consultant So Great?
Becoming a Shelf Reliance Consultant is an incredible opportunity.  Here are a few reasons why:

• You are selling a NEED: food & self reliance.  Everyone needs to eat! 
• You are selling a consumable product.  Customers will return to purchase from you multiple times.
• There are no minimum sales requirements. You make 5%-32% of what you personally sell: even if you only sell $10.
• You make commission on your own purchases. You make back 10% of everything you purchase outside your Q.
• You can be both a host and a consultant and get both benefits! Commission and free product to build your own home store quicker!
• You can earn commission on your team's sales.
• You make money even if you take a month off. You make 5% of what your customers purchase on the Thrive Q each and every month. So, if a customers starts a Q in February, you still make 5% of whatever that customer purchases in March, April, and May....etc. without any additional parties / selling!
• There is HUGE potential for growth with this company. Shelf Reliance has been around for years (they are a solid company), but they have just started selling their products through home parties.  As of November 2011 there were just over 4000 consultant TOTAL!  As a comparison, Pampered Chef, Avon, and Mary Kay all have hundreds of thousands or even millions of consultants. Jump in now and be one of the founding consultants!
• You do not have to carry any inventory. Everything is shipped out from the Shelf Reliance warehouse.
• You set your own hours
• Shelf Reliance is a wonderful company. They have no debt and a wonderful mission statement that I can fully support.

Interested? 
You can read about the process of becoming a Shelf Reliance Consultant  and / or enroll to be a Shelf Reliance consultant on my Shelf Reliance website. You will need the following:

• My enroller ID: 1956. 
• My email. It is: misty@yourownhomestore.com.

If you would like to contact me before joining Shelf Reliance, I would love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have.

Misty Marsh

Authorized Shelf Reliance Independent Consultant 

Silver Executive

Email: misty@yourownhomestore.com.  

Phone: 760-814-9833

Hours: Monday - Saturday 7 am - 10 pm PST.  

I am not available on Sundays

© Copyright Misty Marsh, January 2011

About Me

My name is Misty Marsh. Before anything else, I am mother to my four beautiful children. Usually, that is by choice. Sometimes it is b/c they simply demand it. (*haha*) I have 3 1/2 yr old twin boys, a 2 yr old daughter, and a 6 mo old daughter. They keep me busy and very, very happy. I also have a wonderfully amazing and supportive husband who adores our children as much as I do. There is never a dull moment in our house and almost always a reason to laugh. Many of my decisions are strongly influenced by the fact that I have young children. That includes my decisions about food and preparedness.


I want to be able to provide for my children in any circumstance.  So, I've invested in health insurance, life insurance, car insurance, renter's insurance etc.  I also started creating "food insurance" for my family.  I call it "My Own Home Store."  I initially did this (without increasing our food budget) through "couponing."  Each week I would buy A LOT of whatever was on sale for an extremely low price.  After a while, I had a large "home store" full of crackers, cereals, condiments, pasta, rice, soups and baking supplies.  I also invested in a significant amount of wheat from the LDS cannery. (they have the lowest prices around).  In addition, I filled our freezers (yes, we have a HUGE extra freezer in the garage) with food: produce, meats, and dairy.

Shortly after graduating from law school in April 2010, my husband lost his job.  We used our "own home store" as the food insurance it was meant to provide and were able to live off it for some time.  However, eventually we had to move in with my parents.  There were a few important food groups I couldn't take with us b/c they had no shelf life outside our freezer: produce, meats, and dairy.  We lost a lot of money when we gave all that food away. 

I started to think that there had to be a better way.  I wanted to be prepared, but losing all that food was sickening.  My mother had started building her own home store with THRIVE foods from Shelf Reliance.  I fell in love with these foods!  They:

• Came in every food group (including produce, real meats, and dairy: cheese, yogurt, milk), 
• Completely unprocessed, 
• Just as healthy as the fresh product, 
• Easy to use, 
• Tasty, 
• Affordable, and 
• Had an average 20 year shelf life!   

I began using them in my own made from scratch recipes. I also saw just how much my kids liked the fruits and veggies strait out of the can. 

They made my life easier: no more chopping veggies or browning meat! No more last minute trips to the grocery store for an egg, some shortening or another forgotten ingredient. I could include meat, produce and dairy in my own home store w/o worrying about waste! I was hooked!

I decided that THRIVE was the food I wanted for my family's "home store." Once my husband found a new job, I started purchasing it. I'm selling it for two reasons:

1. I use the money I make to help us develop our home store sooner. (I'd like to eventually have a full 1 year supply for our family)
2. I believe "food insurance" is something every family should have.  THRIVE foods provide that while also saving time, money, and stress.  I can't think of a better gift to give to others!

I started this blog as a way to help others learn how to cook with and use the foods in their "own home store." I experiment with the products so you don't have to!   Also, since having a "your own home store" is all about preparing you to provide for your family in any circumstance, you will also find tips about preparedness in general here.

In addition, I hope to help others build that their "own home store" in the least expensive way possible.  So, I post product sales and specials and offer an innovative monthly shipment program called the Q.

If you'd like, you can learn more about building Your Own Home Store. 

You can also join me in the adventure of helping others build a "home store" of their own.

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you build or use Your Own Home Store!

Emergency Supplies Tips

THRIVE Vegetable Tips

Tips for using THRIVE dairy products:

5 Food Storage Excuses: RESOLVED

Many of us know that we should have food storage as part of preparing our families. However, we often create excuses that prevent us from preparing properly. I have been guilty of this in the past. In fact, there were 5 basic ideas I used to excuse myself from buying food storage for my family. When I found Shelf Reliance, all those excuses were taken away. Shelf Reliance solved all of my concerns about building a food storage. They provide fabulous, high quality THRIVE food that tastes good, is easy to use, healthy and affordable. I knew THRIVE was the food I wanted to store for my family. To read about just how Shelf Reliance solved my concerns and took away my excuses for not building a food storage, click on the link below:

Excuse #1: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE FOOD STORAGE