Potato Corn Chowder

2 cups Thrive FD potato dices
1/3 cup Thrive carrot dices
1/3 cup Thrive celery
1/3 cup Thrive onion
7 cups water
4 tsp Thrive chicken bouillon
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup Thrive butter, prepared
2 cups Instant or Powdered milk, prepared
1/4 cup flour
2 cups Thrive FD corn
1 1/2 cups Thrive cheddar or Montery Jack cheese

Place first 7 ingredients into a large pot. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 10 - 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine butter, milk, and flour in a small sauce pan over medium-low heat. Stir until smooth and thick.
Pour milk mixture into veggie in large pot.
Stir in corn and cheese and continue stirring for about 5 minutes until cheese is melted and incorporated.
Top with more cheese (reconstituted), chives, or prepared Thrive sour cream if desired.

Garlic Chicken and Spinach Pizza

1/2 cup Mayo mixed with 2 - 3 Tbsp minced garlic
1 cup THRIVE chicken
1/2 cup THRIVE onions
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
Italian seasonings and garlic salt
2 Tbsp sugar
1 cup THRIVE spinach
1 1/2 cups THRIVE mozzarella cheese
1 cup chopped tomatoes

Prepare pizza dough to fit on a large cookie sheet (I make a whole wheat dough, but you can also buy pre-made wheat dough or whatever you like). Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough out and place on your baking pan. Spread garlic mayo on the pizza dough. Reconstitute chicken, drain and sprinkle with Italian seasonings and garlic salt. Soak onions in balsamic vinegar for 3 minutes and saute with sugar to caramelize. Top your pizza with the chicken and onion reduction.
Reconstitute spinach, drain and pat dry. Recontitute cheese in a shallow dish (dinner plate), drain, and pat dry. Add spinach and cheese to pizza. Add tomatoes to pizza. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes.
Enjoy!
Recipe modified from Amber! Thanks!

Yummy smoothie!

A friend of mine shared a delicious recipe for smoothies using Thrive foods with me. I modified it just a smidgen.

The THRIVE Very Berry Smoothie

1 1/2 C Mixed FD fruit in blender
Example: 1/8 C FD blueberries
4 chunks FD pineapple
1/3 C FD banana slices
1/2 C apple slices
1/8 C FD raspberries
1/2 C FD strawberries
1/3 C FD mandarin oranges

Add 1 cup water (just enough to cover fruit) and let soak 5 - 10 minutes. (This is the time I usually get my kids bookbags and/or lunches together).

Optional additions:
10-12 frozen grapes
1/2 - 1 cup of cubed melon (whatever you have or like, I cut my melons as soon as they are ripe and put them in a container in the fridge for quick use or snacking)

Add 1 Cup of ice and 1/2 scoop of vanilla protein powder.
Blend and enjoy!

Thanks Lisa for the recipe!
To purchase the Thrive fruits listed above or to have me bring some to you for sampling, check out my website. http://www.shelfreliance.com/JenniferManley