Another great meal in a jar recipe! You can choose to either use Thrive Life's Sausage Crumbles or Thrive Life's Ground Beef. We choose the ground beef this time and it tasted great. 

When you're meal prepping the meals in a jar, you could choose to make 1/2 with the Thrive Sausage Crumbles and 1/2 with the Thrive Ground Beef or even split the amount per jar in half and use both. These recipes are great since you can mix and match and make 1 meal several different ways.

Since I had large macaroni noodles on hand, I used those but you can use the small macaroni noodles too. This is one of those meals that you can serve hot or cold. Since we're in Arizona, a cold noodle salad is a nice, refreshing meal in the middle of summer.

We like to eat it either way but when I know we're going to have it cold, I'll make it a day ahead of time. That way when we're ready to eat, I just pull it out of the fridge, mix and serve. I also let the mayonnaise soak in overnight.

In the video, I show the mayonnaise packets you can include in your meal in a jar. This is especially nice if you're taking this meal camping or even along with you in your RV. It will be ready when you are. Since we're eating it at home, I used more mayo than a packet. I'm a bit of a mayonnaise lover and just like me and chocolate chips, more is better.

Also in the video, I mentioned 1 1/2 jars of water. Start with 1 jar of water and add more as needed. Anytime you're using freeze dried foods, you want to have enough water to cover your food to make sure it is refreshing or rehydrating. I start on the lower side and work my way up, if needed. 

We make our meal in a jar recipes in a pint size jar which is 2 servings. If you're making this for a family or want leftovers, use the quart size jar. If you're using the quart size jar, I would make sure the water covers the food enough so that you can have it boil.

Since the size of the noodles or broccoli can vary, you may need to push down the dried ingredients in your meal in a jar. 

Sausage Noodle Salad Meal In A Jar (Pint Size)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. macaroni noodles
• 1/2 c. Thrive ground beef or Thrive sausage crumbles
• 1/2 c. Thrive broccoli
• 1/2 c. Thrive diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon Thrive green chili peppers
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 package mayonnaise or mayo to taste
• Thrive parsley and Thrive chives (optional topping)

Directions:

Pour contents of meal in a jar into a saucepan and add 1 jar of water. Watch the water level and if you need more, add more.

Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and let simmer for 5 minutes or until noodles are done.

Add mayonnaise and either serve warm or let cool and eat as a cold noodle salad.

Top with Thrive parsley and chives, if desired.

Sausage Noodle Salad Meal In A Jar (Quart Size)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c. macaroni noodles
• 3/4 c. Thrive ground beef or Thrive sausage crumbles
• 3/4 c. Thrive broccoli
• 3/4 c. Thrive diced tomatoes
• 2 tablespoon Thrive green chili peppers
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 package mayonnaise or mayo to taste
• Thrive parsley and Thrive chives (optional topping)

Directions:

Pour contents of meal in a jar into a saucepan and add 1 jar of water. Watch the water level and if you need more, add more.

Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and let simmer for 5 minutes or until noodles are done.

Add mayonnaise and either serve warm or let cool and eat as a cold noodle salad.

Top with Thrive parsley and chives, if desired.

​Why use Thrive Life Freeze Dried Foods?

Thrive food is different than any other kind you’ll find on the market.

• These foods won’t spoil in a few days…or even a few weeks. They’re good.
• You won’t be thawing, degreasing, or cutting raw meat.
• You won’t be chopping veggies or washing and peeling fruit.
• There’s an extra burst of flavor you won’t find anywhere else! Just take a bite!
• Just toss in any meal or refresh (rehydrate) in warm water.
• Free of GMOs, preservatives, artificial nonsense and chemical junk
• The Nutrilock Promise! It's our little secret that makes our food higher in nutrients and freeze-dried fresh all year long. It's a rigorous 41 step process that one we own, and that it takes that wild, naturally ripened food and gently locks in the nutrients and flavor without the use of preservatives. Can the grocery store do that?