Highlights from our Holiday Weekend Sale

Pin It Thanksgiving came and went like a blink of an eye and it is time to get back to our normal lives again.  We hope your Thanksgiving was a wonderful one filled with family time and lots of delicious food.  Some of you were brave enough to go out shopping on Black Friday and we hope it was a safe shopping experience for you.


We, too,  had a very exciting Black Friday/Saturday Sale here at Basic Living.  Many waited in line before store opening to get the best deals on Black Friday.  The Bosch Universal Plus Kitchen Machines were one of the most popular items and they were literally gone within minutes after the doors opened. Seychelle water bottles and Emergency Zone's food storage kits were also among our best selling products.  It was a great weekend.  Here are some highlights for those of you who missed out as well as for those who want to re-live the excitement of our holiday weekend sale.

Getting Ready!!!
Products began to fill up at Basic Living in preparation
for Black Friday/Saturday Sale.  

How to Make Bread with the Bosch Universal Plus Mixer

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     Here at Basic Living, we carry a wide variety of products to help our customers in your kitchen along with other self reliance needs.  As we interact with our customers, we pay close attention to what people are looking for.  As a result, we add to our line of products each year anything that might be of value to our customers.  It has been a joy for us to try to meet our customers' needs by introducing them to new and amazing products that will empower them in their homes.
     It's probably not right for us to have favorites when it comes to products we sell at the store.  Perhaps it's almost as bad as having a favorite among your own kids.  However, if we were to point something out as an all-time favorite, it would be the Bosch Universal Plus Kitchen Machine (you didn't hear this from me, don't tell my boss).  Boasting a 6 1/2 quart bowl, which can hold up to 15 lbs of bowl, the Bosch has no problem kneading all that dough thanks to its powerful 800 watt motor under the hood.  As the years went on, Bosch has made small improvements here and there which drastically improved the user experience.  One of the newer features is the bowl scraper, which scrapes the dough off of the sides of the bowl to provide a more complete kneading action.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  See for your self.


The Bosch also enjoys the patented dough-hooks that kneads bread dough very effectively.  The new models also have small rubber suction cup-like pieces on the bottom to keep the machine from walking off the kitchen counter.  The list goes on.  There are hundreds of reasons why the Bosch has been one of the most popular items sold in our store.  The biggest reason is that the Bosch was designed and built for you and me.  They have done such a great job in making improvements to tailer fit the Bosch to meet our needs.

Dark Rye Breat Recipe

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One of the great things about visiting the Basic Living store is that more often than not, there are samples.  If you walk into the store and smell something delicious, that's usually because something is in the oven.  Here is one of those samples that we gave out to customers as they came by (not the whole thing, obviously :D) a few weeks ago.  In our new location, we have a very nice kitchen in the back that allows us to use some of the items we sell to make delicious things.  This also gives us experience and knowledge concerning the products we sell.  This Dark Rye Bread was made using our favorite product, the Bosch Universal Kitchen Machine.  

And those of you who didn't get to come by the store and try this yummy bread, we have the recipe for you!!!  

Simple Home Remedies Class by Kathy Crocker

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We had another successful and a very educational class today.   The topic was "Simple Home Remedies" taught by Kathy Crocker.  Kathy is a mother of seven, stepmother of four, and grandmother of sixteen.  Her youngest son is the reason for learning Alternative Medicines, Herbs, Essential Oils, Vitamins, and Minerals.  When her youngest son came down with C-dif, a contagious and sometimes deadly infection, which is caused by the destruction of the good bacteria in the intestines, she was told by the pediatrician she was not to give him any medicine.  Her son being very young at the time, thoughts of childhood illnesses ran through her mind.  She began to

Tour Our Store!!!

Pin It Not everyone lives in or close to this blessed little city of Rexburg, ID, but that doesn't mean you can't get a taste of how fun it is to come to our store!  This is for those of you who haven't had the chance to visit our store and for those who haven't been back to see us in a while.  We went around the store and took some pictures.  We hope you'll enjoy our little sample tour of the store!

Our new store locations is right next door to Family Dollar on 2nd East.  It is much bigger than our previous locations and we are very excited to be here!

We are a certified retailer of Bosch kitchen products.  The Universal Kitchen Machines are one of the most popular items in our store!  Bosch's patented dow hook design allows it to knead bread very well.  Check our older posts for more information on the Bosch Universal Kitchen Machines!    

We are Back!!!!!

Pin It OK, so I admit that we have been slacking on the blog lately.  Much has happened since you last heard from us. The biggest change you will notice if you are in Rexburg is our new store location!  It is located on 2nd East.  If you remember our old place, you would be excited too because it is much bigger!  And for those of you who cannot visit our store, don't you worry, you will see some improvements in our blog and websites as well.  We hope you will find our changes to be fun and exciting.  We also hope to see you back at our store or website soon.  Here is a tour to our new store.  Enjoy!