Tortilla Soup - Thrive Style

Today I decided to FINALLY make Chef Todd's Los Cabos Tortilla Soup and I have to say, it was DELICIOUS!

Tortilla Soup from Thrive

The first time I ever had Tortilla Soup was in Houston at Quilt Market. We stayed at the Convention Centre Hilton and this soup was their speciality. I've had it a few times since, but none were as good as the one at the Hilton. 

This recipe though is pretty close! And super easy! And FAST! 

First of all I made a "meal in a jar" with the recipe. I added Thrive Sweet Corn and a bit more chilli powder to my version.

My Thrive ingredients 

Once all of the ingredients were in the jar, all I had to do tonight was to add the water and simmer for about 25 minutes. To serve, we filled our bowls with the soup, added crushed tortilla chips, grated cheese and a dollop of sour cream. 

The resulting Tortilla Soup (Thrive Style) was AMAZING!  Check out my Thrive website for this and MANY more recipes. 

A great way to make easy Blueberry, Cranberry, Lemon Scones

Yesterday my youngest son requested scones for breakfast. Usually on a Friday morning this type of request wouldn't be granted, BUT since I was still on holidays and since he was suffering from a sinus infection, I got out my favourite recipe and got to work.

I haven't made scones since I started using Thrive, so I decided to "Thrivelize" my recipe!! I got out my Thrive blueberries, Thrive cranberries (about 1/4 cup of each) and Thrive Lemonade powder (1/2 tsp) and mixed them with a little water (3 tsp). I let them sit and got to work on the scones.

Here is my super easy scone recipe:

2 1/4 cups   all-purpose flour
2 tbsp         white sugar
2 1/2 tsp     baking powder
1/2 tsp        baking soda
1/2 tsp        salt
1/2 cup       cold butter cubed
1 cup          milk
2 tsp           lemon juice

1. Mix the lemon juice and milk and set aside.
2. Add the five dry ingredients to a food processor and pulse. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles course crumbs.
3. Pour this mixture into a bowl and add the milk - stir with a fork.
4. At this time you can add whatever additions you want.

         *** My son loves chocolate chips in his scones, so I take out enough batter to make three scones and add the chocolate chips to it. For the rest of the scones I mixed in my Thrive berry mixture,

      5.  Drop by large spoonfuls onto parchment paper.
      6.  I sprinkled Thrive honey Crystals on top, but you could use sugar instead.
      7.  Bake at 425 F (220 C) for 12-15 minutes (until puffed and golden)

Makes about 12 scones (or 9 if you are the Baker family LOL)

Using the food processor makes the job quick and easy. And using Thrive is a great way to make easy Blueberry, Cranberry, Lemon Scones that are super yummy!!

Why Thrive???

I guess you could say I have my hands full with everything going on in my life. Between working as a pharmacist, having two teenage boys, family health issues which have us going out of town for medical appointments almost every week and my quilting businesses, I pretty much fill my days. People are always asking me how I do it all (the answer is being organized) and why I take on more projects (the answer to that is a bit more complicated I think LOL - perhaps I just want to try EVERYTHING).

My newest venture is Thrive foods and I really happened upon it by accident. While I was in Florida visiting my parents in March, my mom's friend asked me if I had ever heard of Thrive. She said it was new and it was freeze dried food. My first reaction was "yuck" that sounds disgusting. But, she told me to look it up online so I did and the more I looked at it and the more I thought about it the more interested I became!

 Thrive is really a revolution in food! And for someone who is as busy as I am, I needed some help ensuring that my family had nutritious, delicious and EASY food!!!  For almost a year now we have been using and loving Isagenix, but I wanted to be able to make healthy meals for my family too. For years I have been buying fruits and vegetables on a weekly basis and watching them go bad before we could eat them!!

Besides the convenience and the reduction in waste, Thrive foods are packed with nutrients!!

We have been loving our Thrive foods and we are having so much fun sharing them with our friends and family! Check out the Thrive Life Website to see all of the products available - believe me you will be AMAZED!!!