Monday, November 18, 2013

Meals in a Jar Monday: Multi Grain Chicken Soup



Multi Grain Chicken Soup




printable recipe

In the jar
3/4 cup rice
1/2 cup medium barley
1/2 cup lentils
1/2 cup split peas
2 tbs dried parsley
1 tbs dried thyme
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
2 tbs freeze dried celery
2 tbs dry carrots
1 tsp garlic powder
1 cup freeze dried chicken slices


Instructions attached
1.     Pour contents of jar into pot and add the following:
1.     12 cups of water
2.     Salt and pepper to taste
2.     Bring to a boil.
3.     Cover the pot and turn down the heat to simmer.
4.     Cook for 1 hour until all grains are tender.
5.     Check seasonings.
6.     Thin with water or chicken stock as required.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Top 10 Most Common Emergency Food Fails


Top 10 Most Common Emergency Food Fails Infographic

Prepraing for Black Friday: Sample preorder email

Things to do this week
1.       Make sure your URL is set up.  Remember your URL is charged to the same credit card you have your Q charged to.  You can turn your URL on and off as needed.
2.       Make sure you Q is set where you want it. 
a.       If you want your Q to process during the Black Friday sale you can but you HAVE to call customer service to get it moved.  Usually Qs cannot process after the 28thof the month because it causes problems if someone’s Q is set to process on the 30th and that month doesn’t have a 30th. 
b.                              Make sure you adjust the budget amount to be the correct amount for whatever rank you are going to hit in November.  You might need to adjust your Q budget up so that you will qualify for this month.   It would be a tragedy to hit a new rank in personal sales and team sales only to get paid at the old rank because you had your Q set up wrong.  Double check on the chart below.  See the chart below. 
Your Personal
THRIVE Q Payment
Monthly
Personal Sales
Monthly Team
Sales
(You + 3 levels)
Rank
Your Team Earnings
level 1
level 2
level 3
$50
$0

Consultant



$50
$1,500
$3,000
Mentor
1%


$50
$2,500
$10,000
Director
2%


$100
$3,500
$25,000
Executive
2%
1%

$100
$4,500
$50,000
Silver Executive
2%
2%

$150
$5,000
$100,000
Gold Executive
2%
2%
1%
$150
$5,500
$200,000
Platinum Executive
2%
2%
2%

3.        Send you a pre order email (see an example below).  This lets the customers know the sale is coming and gets them thinking about what they might want. 




Hi—Heather here from Thrive Life

Each November Thrive Life (formerly Shelf Reliance) has a HUGE Black Friday sale.   I know many people start planning their black Friday shopping well in advance so I wanted to make sure you had all the info.

What you need to know:
  •  Black Friday Sale starts Friday November 29that 12:00 a.m. MST and Ends Monday December 2nd at 5:00 p.m.
  • Quantifies will be limited.  No rain checks, no back orders.
  • The sale items will be announced a few days before the start of the sale so watch for the sale email to come around Monday November 25th.
  •     Simplify your life and preorder:  Start thinking about the top 10 items you would love to add to your home store.  Email me your list and as a soon as I know what’s on sale I’ll call you can we can finalize your order to include those items that are on sale.   
·         
Heather  Lorimer
Platinum Executive, Thrive Life
435-535-1470

heather@teamshelfreliance.com
P.S.  If you have ever wanted a Harvest Shelf this is the time to buy it.  So let Santa know that you really want a shelf.    


Preparing for Black Friday: Refresher Videos


Has it been a while since your placed an order or set up a party?  Watch a few of these refresher videos to get back up to speed.


Refresher Videos:
·         My Office Overview
·         How to place a party order
·         Creating a party/event
·         Setting up a Q
·         Registering a Consultant
·         How to set up your consultant URL—so people can order online and you get credit



Meals In A Jar Monday: Baked Cauliflouwer Pasta





Baked Cauliflower Pasta
Printable Recipe
2 cups pasta, elbow, ziti, or other small tube pasta
1 ½ cups Freeze Dried Cauliflower

½ cup Freeze Dried Sausage
1 tablespoon garlic
¼ teaspoons red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
 

Add when cooking: (you could add these to the jar if using freeze dried but I prefer to add them later).
1 can petite diced tomatoes, don’t drain
1 cup or more, Mozzarella Cheese, grated.

1. Bring a large Dutch oven, or other oven safe pot, of water (6-8 cups) to a boil. Add pasta, freeze dried cauliflower, and sausage. Cook until pasta is chalky but almost tender. Drain. Return to the pan.
2. Add remaining ingredients, mix well. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.