I am 15 and saw your video on pasta, I didn't know homesteading was a thing. Now I am thinking about it for my future, your videos really help with understanding different lifestyles. I did have chickens before but that was like 5 years ago.
You’re 15 now 17 watching this in 2024. If you have start now. Learn to can, dehydrate start saving for a freeze dryer. Look for books on gardening, canning and preserving. I wish I would have taken the time to learn from my mom and grandmother. Now I’m 45 and doing research on the different things I can do and building my book library on these types of things. I’ve also started buying cookbooks and other books from the Great Depression era. Praying they are never needed but would rather have the books and never need them than need them and not be able to get them.
Becky you can store your food long term in mason jars you’ll need a foodsaver mason jar sealer kit. You’ll be able to remove almost all the air in the mason jar without a need for oxygen absorbers and the kit is super affordable. There are two ways to use it one with a vacuum sealer which you have or two with a break bleeder TH-camr rain country demonstrates this perfectly and she has a wealth of knowledge for you to learn I think you’ll like her channel. It’s a simple and cheap addition to your homestead to make sure your food will last all winter long for sure and many years after that.
@@neophytealpha absolutely but for those who are like me know I don’t necessarily need it so some ppl like me given that option will opt out of using them so I personally like to include that bit of information for whoever to make an informed decision based off of their needs.
@@Angie_P I’m glad you like the channel as much as I do. I really enjoy Heidi her wisdom and demeanor makes watching her videos fun even when I don’t plan to use some of the knowledge given. She is a gem im so glad she choose to make TH-cam videos and share it with all of us for free.
You can actually vacuum seal jars inside the chamber of the freeze dryer as well. I do not freeze dry other item when I am freeze drying raw eggs with other foods due to possible cross contamination from salmonella. I clean my freeze dryer really well after raw eggs.
I didn’t know you could freeze dry eggs!! One more bartering point with hubby to get me a freeze dryer!! My 16yr old son and I LOVE watching your videos, he wants to be a chef and I recently watched your episode where you made meals for your friend who had baby #2. I purchased my son the cookbook you suggested The America's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook, and it arrived today as a gift for him…..he’s so excited to start reading it! Ty for sharing that!!! We’ve learned so much from you and the rest of your subscribers!
You can freeze dry just about anything. I wish I had one! There are a couple of channels that both dehydrate and freeze dry and compare them. They've even done milk.
Awww your son wanting to be a chef ❤ I did as well. My dad pushed me to do what I wanted to a ton and I never did it.. now I'm 30 and wish I would of. That is my only regret.
I've been freeze drying eggs for about 2 years and my husband doesn't know it. LOL! He's been reluctant to eat anything that I've FD'ed but it's amazing how many things he's been eating that I preserved over a year ago. I try to find the best deal on eggs that I can and try to do all 4 trays with raw scrambled eggs. I also do sour cream and whole milk. When I can get lactose free whole milk from Walmart for 2.78/half gallon, I stock up with as much as I can by pouring it into extra trays and prefreezing it. I separate the slabs of milk with plastic wrap until the FD'er is ready. It's saved us so much and our FD'er has more than paid for itseIf several times over. Diced onions, peppers, jalapenos, hatch chilies, ground beef, chicken strips, peas, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, apples - OMG - apples are wonderful freeze dried. So are mandarine oranges (Halos or Cuties). I absolutely love our FD'er. It has saved us so much money on food and saved me a lot of time in cooking. You'd have a hard time prying it from me. We preserve ingredients instead of combinations because I never know what I'm going to use them for. I'm getting plants ready to grow indoors for the winter and am looking forward to seeing if I have enough to freeze dry. Congratulations on your HRFD. They're amazing. And thank you so much for all that you share. You've had me laughing out loud at times and you've also brought up things I often wondered about. Keep doing what you're doing. God bless!
Are you ever going to tell your husband, that's so funny 😂 I'd love to have a freeze drier but just way too expensive. Can i ask what are you going to plant indoors? I'm planning a big garden next year for us 😊
I ordered a HRFD a couple of weeks ago and am awaiting it's delivery. 😁 Do you have any suggestions for resources to tell what you can freeze dry? I was thinking of starting out with the potatoes I harvested a couple of months ago. I don't eat them fast enough before they start going bad... and it's just me, no family to eat it up, lol...
The potatoes do wonderful in the freeze drier! I also can a bunch they are so good to use canned also! I was wondering if whole milk is ok to freeze dry ive heard different things on that but if you can do sour cream and heavy cream must be ok! They say the fat content in it makes it not as long on shelf life ,but idk I'll have to do more research on it!
Seeing as you’ve been doing this awhile I want to ask if the machine retains odor? Cam you freeze dry onion with something like apples or will the apple take on onion flavor etc? You know what I mean? I If the machine does retain odor, how do you clear the odor best before starting something else?. TIA
I don’t have chickens. I don’t grow vegetables. But I watch every one of your videos and enjoy them immensely. You are an inspirational young woman. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thank you for allowing us to spend time with you. Love from Bonnie Scotland 🏴
Becky, a few of us have mentioned the Rose Red Homestead TH-cam channel before, and Pam is the best - a scientist, food preservation expert, and great home cook. Her freeze drying videos are excellent!
Becky!! I have no good reason to watch you....wait! My kids are grown, I am single, do not like gardening, travel for work BUT you are amazing!!! I so enjoy your videos from scratch cooking to gardening to just about anything you do. Thank you for putting a smile on my face. You are wonderful!! Many blessings...
You are a hard working young woman, I'm 70 and love your channel, you are a wonderful teacher to all. I have been buying freeze dried fruit, and I enjoy the taste. Thank you Becky for being such a food preservation instructor, we learn by doing. Pat from Oregon coast.
I’m 69 & still learning so much from Becky’s gardening, cooking, & food preservation techniques. Just wish I was 25 again & could spend my life homesteading like she’s doing. She’s truly a blessing to all of her fans. ❤
Are you aware your giving us glimpse into things I sort of heard of but you sweet pretty girl showed me! I’m so excited over your channel!! Please don’t stop! Your hubby is wonderful to help you out. Thank him for me/us! I can’t wait to see your landscape….I so love that. Do you have four fur babies? Hugs to them. Thank you for this video. Love it! 😍🍎🫐🥑🥦🥚🫑🧊❤️🎃
Becky, I have to tell you FD bone broth is incredible. 1 quart of broth per tray makes reconstituting it so easy. I canned up several dozen jars last year and am in the process of FD all of it. It’s much easier to store in mylar.
My 4 year old son and I watch your videos for bedtime. We snuggle and watch at least 1 before he goes to sleep. If we see a new one available he says 'Look Momma, there's a new one!' You are so great to watch. So eaay to understand and you make people realize that all of these intimidating things are completely possible. I live an apartment on the 3rd floor with no available space for gardens so I live precariously through yours!
Chives! Notoriously persnickety about being dehydrated, they do very well being freeze dried. Tomato paste is great to add some concentrated flavor without all the juice, so you can put it powdered into soups/stews/salsas if you don’t want the moisture content to get away from you. You can do the same thing with squashes, fruits and root vegetables, puréed, to sprinkle in and amp up nutrition on anything you make OR make dried baby food with them (after a chat with one’s pediatrician, of course). Really the only restriction is your imagination :)
I am a one ingredient person, so I freeze dry one ingredient items: onions, peppers, all vegetables, non fat dairy products, Cheese, chopped tomatoes, sliced tomatoes, tomato powder. I have not yet worked with meats, because I have so much meat canned on my shelves. The one thing I like, is the ability to make meals in a jar, just adding a can of the meat I canned. QUICK, EASY, YUMMY!! I know many people who freeze dry complete meals, but I'm not there yet, may not want to be. We really like yogurt bites, too. They rock!
There is a TH-cam channel "Rose Red Homestead" and she does a lot of powdered vegetables and adds them to her dishes. She uses both her food dehydrator and her freeze dryer
I can see that you have the dehydrators on the bottom shelf as a counterweight, but I would encourage you to move that expensive freeze-dryer over to the center of the rolling cart, just so, if by chance you forget and move the dehydrators, your freeze-dryer doesn't cause the table to tip up on end and crash to the floor. Sorry - I'm a worrier and look for that sort of thing.
I'm so excited for you. Congratulations on the freeze dryer. This has been an ultimate want of mine. You have one of the best gardens I've ever seen and you do such cool and amazing stuff. I know your parents have to be incredibly proud of you for having such knowledge of this young age. I would love to see more freeze drying videos from you. Hopefully I'll be getting one very soon.
WOW! Loved this video. Love your channel. I am new to food preservation and have become fascinated with it as a way to save money and not waste food. It all started with the idea of not having to toss my leftover mushrooms because they spoiled faster than I could use them. (seemed to be an achilles heel for me! ) I've just joined your channel and I'm fascinated by all the meal prepping you do to save time and food preservation to save on food waste and cost. Thank you for sharing this one. Next step...adding chickens to my backyard. Have to wait for that, don't live on a homestead yet! In due time. :)
This gives me good inspiration. I can't wait until the day I have a house on a piece of land a own and I can learn to grow and care for food for me and my family. I just adore you and your videos
I had to watch you say "freeze the frood" like 6 times at 5:25. Lol. In all seriousness, I love love your videos. You are such a hard worker, and that motivates me so so much. I play your videos while my 2 year old and baby nap. It's a time when i just want to sit and do nothing, but your energy and work ethic get me really excited to be productive!! I love my chickens, and I'm working to figure out how to do a garden with the limited sunlight and highly acidic dirt in our yard. Every time I watch you, I end up telling my husband "we HAVE to figure out a garden. I NEED a garden." Thanks for all you do!
Watch Retired at 40. He does a lot of experiments. Also he has some things for sale that will help you. I love mine. I’ve done onions peppers cooked hamburger with onions, herbs, veggies. I’ve been a bit busy and have slacked but back into it. I’ve had mine for about 6 weeks. You’ll love it.
Love this idea!! Suggestion for the “texture” issue. If you normally make 5 eggs for you and your husband, use 4 freeze dry worth and add one fresh. Maybe that would give you a more “normal” texture? I love your videos!!
I just recently bought the small harvest right freeze dryer I’ve been running it continually my first project was frozen greens I had in my freezer they were obviously already cooked so I purée them and then put them in the trays and put them in it was so awesome once it was done I just polarized it and put it in a jar perfect for adding to anything even pasta
We love more on freeze drying. I’m really happy the eggs did so well. This is is a good way to keep up with our chickens. My daughter tried her hand at making raisin vinegar. She just showed me that she actually has two beautiful mothers in it.
My Freeze Dryer has replaced my dehydrator for everything but jerky. I always pre-freeze liquids, I saw too many people have disasters when the vacuum pulls before the liquids are totally frozen. Yes, you can FD almost anything but the shelf life is affected by oils. Mine runs almost non stop. Have fun, this will change your food prepping world. 😃
Ok, found you a month or so ago and I am addicted!! First I love you organization of the process. The tips, like the dishwasher empty, trash can out, compost bowl….all excellent tips!!! You are amazing at teaching this process, of meal planning, how to freeze the items and I was blown away with all the pear juice in your other video!!! I wish you best of success on all of your efforts!!! Now back to the videos!!!!🎥🎥🎥🎥
I was wondering when I would see a FD video! We just got our large harvest right freeze dryer a couple weeks ago. We are on our 4th run right now! You definitely need to try different fruit. We have strawberries in there now, bit have tried apple's and bananas. Love them both! Great for snacking. If you haven't yet, I recommend following Retired at 40. He has a TH-cam channel and Facebook group. Loots of great information from him! Good luck!
We have a Harvest Right and we LOVE it! We have stored so many meals and so much of our garden harvest this way! Our housemate likes to freeze dry soup to send to her mom and her friends! It's great!! Edit: This is also why we use our Vacmaster! You can load it with Mason jars and it seals the jars!
Awesome video! I've been wanting one and I love that you're new to it too so the fact that you're not a pro at it yet makes it less intimidating for the viewer too! I'd love to be able to freeze dry meat products like bacon, sausage, chicken breasts, stuff like that. Suuuuuper happy to see this can be done with eggs. My son and I go through a ton and buy them from a neighbor who always has too many lol
I have freeze dried foods in my food storage and love it! I buy mine because I don’t have anywhere to grow food. With those eggs, mixing them up in the Vitamix is the way to go. I then reconstitute them and use in all my baking 😋. They are excellent. Also, you can use the mason jars for freeze dried foods 20 years if you do t have Mylar bags. I just fill jars as full as possible to eliminate extra oxygen, then I drop in an oxygen absorber and close canning lid tightly. You will get that “pop” sound in a couple hours indicating a successful seal. P.S. l just love your channel, Becky 😍
We have the large freeze dryer and have freeze dried many things. Sauerkraut, gravies, soups, sauces, casseroles, rice, so many things. You'll love everything you make and save.
thank you so much for your channel. at some point, the Mrs and I plan on moving from the city to a more rural area. we like the idea of growing our own food and raising chickens and are thankful for you showing us how freeze drying can work for the do it yourselfers. pantry tour video was so cool too. the videos are really a big help in the design process of what a self sufficient home really needs to have. Rock on. Look forward to viewing the videos.
I'm thinking soup mix of onions, celery, garlic, ginger, carrot, green/red/yellow bell pepper, kale, leek, cabbage. Ooh I want one. I would put that mix into roasts, soups, bakes.
Re watching this as just got my freeze dryer right before Christmas. I have scrambled eggs freeze drying right now. Our chickens have still been producing 15 to 16 eggs a day. I can't wait to get all things freeze dried from our garden this year. With just the two of us we have an abundance I am planting so many tomatoes this year to make paste and crushed etc.
Our cousin has a freeze dryer, and we love it when we get to benefit from it, haha! She's constantly running it with sliced fruit for snacks for her kids, and she uses it for batch cooking too. She makes huge batches of salsa and freeze dries it. Oh, and she freeze dries milk, because only her husband drinks cows milk out of the whole family, but it's hard for him to get through a gallon of milk before it goes bad. There are a TON of things you can do with that, and it's amazing!
I have the same set up 4 ft metal table on wheels I bought to house my Excalibur dehydrator but both are white 😊 I've been dehydrating for years and bought freeze dryer jul 23rd this year I love both too! I'm building my powder stash of veggies, fruit, bone broth. Your gonna love the eggs they turn out perfect!💖
When I went to college, I worked at a place on campus that shared kitchen space with the main cafeteria, so I learned a few things about how they operated. They mainly used the liquid eggs that come in the half gallon cartons to make breakfast in the mornings but there were 2 times over a year and a half that they had to use the powered eggs instead. The liquid eggs have that perfectly homogenous aspect that Josh mentioned where there are almost silky smooth with no inconsistencies, that's probably why as far as I know, none of the students ever noticed the difference when they have to used the rehydrated eggs. I couldnt tell the difference when I tried them as well.
You are so informative and revealed several things that I didn’t know about a freeze dryer. Thank you for talking so much as to teach us through your experiences.
I've heard to watch out for clumps when blending freeze-dried items to powder. Clumps = Moisture, it can make them unstable over time. You should try to freeze-dry some shredded potatoes, instant hash browns!
Hi Becky another great video! Just an idea for you, I do this, I crack eggs into ice trays and freeze them, then pop them out and place them into a zip lock bag. Simply take them out of the freezer when needed. It's very handy to always have eggs! I'm already looking forward to your next video!
You are correct about the eggs being so powdery. They crush right up and don't need a blender after FDing. I put one tray in 1 gal mylar bag and then kinda squish the bag and it's done. I've never used the blender to powder anything I've done in 3.5 years. Having soups is one my favorite as that's what I feel will be incredible to have if the power is out or if we want to take it camping. No need to be doing a ton of prep or dishes, just add water and done. You're going to have quite an fun adventure with you machine! Congrats!!
I have also.watched videos where folks are preserving their eggs (in the shell) in buckets of water with hydrated lime added. I have not tried this yet, but some people swear by it. I really enjoy your videos and how genuine you are, thank you.
That is one thing that I don't know if I could ever afford...or really know where I would even put one. I think it is awesome what you can do with them. How great that will be like you said for your own chicken bouillon! You wouldn't have to worry about limiting your use because of the sodium and etc. because the ingredients would be great!
YOU are amazing! You are not afraid to try new things and bring us along when you do. And I love that about you. You have given me the encouragement I needed to start planning and preparing for my first garden, along with gathering canning supplies to start that as well.
I was on the fence about buying a FD, but I’m going to take the plunge after watching your video. Hearing you admit you were initially intimidated by the FD but are now excited about the endless possibilities for preserving food after only using it twice has given me confidence to go for it. Thx!
My freeze dryer came on Friday, we ran our bread run yesterday, and I’m so excited to go forward with this amazing tool! Thanks for sharing, the egg test was an important one!
Also! You can remove the shelf from your freeze dryer, add 1 tray at the bottom of the curve as a shelf, put your mason jars with lids and finger-tight rings in and run the more dry setting for 1 minute to seal your jars up. So cool. I can fit about 6-8 jars at a time.... Dry goods only though.
Becky, YES, chicken broth and beef broth are awesome. I did peaches recently and they are really good for snacking. I have also done chicken soup and it's nice to have that for a quick meal. Everything I have done I have loved. Have a good time with your new toy. Love your channel. Thanks!
Becky I love this video! I would definitely LOVE to see more videos of you doing the freeze drying. I am intrigued by this!!! And of course I live all your videos too!!! Live your Channel!
Just watched your part 1 about baby A💙. Also just started my first batch of freeze dried eggs! Got a small freeze dryer for myself for Christmas using your link. Thank you Becky!
Hi Becky, I was really looking forward to this video and thankfully woke up to it. I am in Canberra Australia and we have a company here importing the harvest right dryers. I was very interested in getting one particularly for preserving my duck eggs. But also for creating our own hiking meals. I love your channel. Thanks so much for continuing to bring great content!
We love our harvest right. Excited to see all that you do with it. You are a worker...subscribed to your channel now. Please show more freeze drying to give ideas of what you like to do.
I love everything about your channel and what you are doing it's awe inspiring!!!! I am trying to just cook everyday and use what I have an hand instead of eating out so much! I am seriously considering doing some of what you do!❤️
So nice to see exactly how the freeze dryer actually works from start to finish. Thanks! I have been considering getting one. The eggs looked just perfect.
Wow! You got the freeze dryer?! Wonderful! I can’t wait to see you explore more of it and share your experiences with us. I bought the same one and am waiting for the delivery of it. Yay!!!
Hey Becky! Since you asked about recipes, may I recommend Rose Red Homestead o you tube. She does a video showing a freeze dried asparagus soup mix in a jar. You just add chicken stock or even water!! I do not have a freeze dryer yet, but when I do, that is the first thing I am making!! I love your channel!!!
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I am 15 and saw your video on pasta, I didn't know homesteading was a thing. Now I am thinking about it for my future, your videos really help with understanding different lifestyles.
I did have chickens before but that was like 5 years ago.
Don’t wait! Start now, even if you have to grow things in pots.
Very smart
LOVE to hear this from such a young person! Yay YOU!!!!
You’re 15 now 17 watching this in 2024. If you have start now. Learn to can, dehydrate start saving for a freeze dryer. Look for books on gardening, canning and preserving. I wish I would have taken the time to learn from my mom and grandmother. Now I’m 45 and doing research on the different things I can do and building my book library on these types of things. I’ve also started buying cookbooks and other books from the Great Depression era. Praying they are never needed but would rather have the books and never need them than need them and not be able to get them.
Becky you can store your food long term in mason jars you’ll need a foodsaver mason jar sealer kit. You’ll be able to remove almost all the air in the mason jar without a need for oxygen absorbers and the kit is super affordable. There are two ways to use it one with a vacuum sealer which you have or two with a break bleeder TH-camr rain country demonstrates this perfectly and she has a wealth of knowledge for you to learn I think you’ll like her channel. It’s a simple and cheap addition to your homestead to make sure your food will last all winter long for sure and many years after that.
You could go one level up from that. Still put the oxygen absorbers in, but use the vacuum seal lids too.
I checked out the rain country homestead channel based on your recommendation. What a great find! I've been binging on their videos.
@@neophytealpha absolutely but for those who are like me know I don’t necessarily need it so some ppl like me given that option will opt out of using them so I personally like to include that bit of information for whoever to make an informed decision based off of their needs.
@@Angie_P I’m glad you like the channel as much as I do. I really enjoy Heidi her wisdom and demeanor makes watching her videos fun even when I don’t plan to use some of the knowledge given. She is a gem im so glad she choose to make TH-cam videos and share it with all of us for free.
You can actually vacuum seal jars inside the chamber of the freeze dryer as well. I do not freeze dry other item when I am freeze drying raw eggs with other foods due to possible cross contamination from salmonella. I clean my freeze dryer really well after raw eggs.
I didn’t know you could freeze dry eggs!! One more bartering point with hubby to get me a freeze dryer!! My 16yr old son and I LOVE watching your videos, he wants to be a chef and I recently watched your episode where you made meals for your friend who had baby #2. I purchased my son the cookbook you suggested The America's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook, and it arrived today as a gift for him…..he’s so excited to start reading it! Ty for sharing that!!! We’ve learned so much from you and the rest of your subscribers!
That is awesome!! Your son is going to LOVE that cookbook. :)
You can freeze dry just about anything. I wish I had one! There are a couple of channels that both dehydrate and freeze dry and compare them. They've even done milk.
There is a new edition coming out in Nov!!!
That is a fantastic book! It not only has tasty recipes, it explains the hows and why's of the best steps to the preparation of foods.
Awww your son wanting to be a chef ❤ I did as well. My dad pushed me to do what I wanted to a ton and I never did it.. now I'm 30 and wish I would of. That is my only regret.
I've been freeze drying eggs for about 2 years and my husband doesn't know it. LOL! He's been reluctant to eat anything that I've FD'ed but it's amazing how many things he's been eating that I preserved over a year ago. I try to find the best deal on eggs that I can and try to do all 4 trays with raw scrambled eggs. I also do sour cream and whole milk. When I can get lactose free whole milk from Walmart for 2.78/half gallon, I stock up with as much as I can by pouring it into extra trays and prefreezing it. I separate the slabs of milk with plastic wrap until the FD'er is ready. It's saved us so much and our FD'er has more than paid for itseIf several times over. Diced onions, peppers, jalapenos, hatch chilies, ground beef, chicken strips, peas, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, apples - OMG - apples are wonderful freeze dried. So are mandarine oranges (Halos or Cuties). I absolutely love our FD'er. It has saved us so much money on food and saved me a lot of time in cooking. You'd have a hard time prying it from me. We preserve ingredients instead of combinations because I never know what I'm going to use them for. I'm getting plants ready to grow indoors for the winter and am looking forward to seeing if I have enough to freeze dry. Congratulations on your HRFD. They're amazing. And thank you so much for all that you share. You've had me laughing out loud at times and you've also brought up things I often wondered about. Keep doing what you're doing. God bless!
Are you ever going to tell your husband, that's so funny 😂 I'd love to have a freeze drier but just way too expensive. Can i ask what are you going to plant indoors? I'm planning a big garden next year for us 😊
Lol! I'd love to do that to my husband too!
I ordered a HRFD a couple of weeks ago and am awaiting it's delivery. 😁 Do you have any suggestions for resources to tell what you can freeze dry? I was thinking of starting out with the potatoes I harvested a couple of months ago. I don't eat them fast enough before they start going bad... and it's just me, no family to eat it up, lol...
The potatoes do wonderful in the freeze drier! I also can a bunch they are so good to use canned also! I was wondering if whole milk is ok to freeze dry ive heard different things on that but if you can do sour cream and heavy cream must be ok! They say the fat content in it makes it not as long on shelf life ,but idk I'll have to do more research on it!
Seeing as you’ve been doing this awhile I want to ask if the machine retains odor? Cam you freeze dry onion with something like apples or will the apple take on onion flavor etc? You know what I mean? I
If the machine does retain odor, how do you clear the odor best before starting something else?. TIA
I don’t have chickens. I don’t grow vegetables. But I watch every one of your videos and enjoy them immensely. You are an inspirational young woman. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thank you for allowing us to spend time with you. Love from Bonnie Scotland 🏴
"if you don't want to watch me cook dinner..." 🤣🤣🤣 Good one, Becky!
I bet we all did watch her cook dinner lol I did 🤣
Lol, we always want to watch you cook dinner Becky 😂
I was just looking at your channel so see if you had uploaded and i was sad when i saw no new videos, then i saw this 1 min later!! What a gift :)
Becky, a few of us have mentioned the Rose Red Homestead TH-cam channel before, and Pam is the best - a scientist, food preservation expert, and great home cook. Her freeze drying videos are excellent!
I concur! Nice to find someone who's not anti-science and knows their stuff!
Agreed. I've learned so much from watching Pam's videos. She really has taken my food preservation skills up a notch. Love that woman.
Becky!! I have no good reason to watch you....wait! My kids are grown, I am single, do not like gardening, travel for work BUT you are amazing!!! I so enjoy your videos from scratch cooking to gardening to just about anything you do. Thank you for putting a smile on my face. You are wonderful!! Many blessings...
You are a hard working young woman, I'm 70 and love your channel, you are a wonderful teacher to all. I have been buying freeze dried fruit, and I enjoy the taste. Thank you Becky for being such a food preservation instructor, we learn by doing. Pat from Oregon coast.
I’m 69 & still learning so much from Becky’s gardening, cooking, & food preservation techniques. Just wish I was 25 again & could spend my life homesteading like she’s doing. She’s truly a blessing to all of her fans. ❤
Are you aware your giving us glimpse into things I sort of heard of but you sweet pretty girl showed me! I’m so excited over your channel!! Please don’t stop! Your hubby is wonderful to help you out. Thank him for me/us! I can’t wait to see your landscape….I so love that. Do you have four fur babies? Hugs to them. Thank you for this video. Love it! 😍🍎🫐🥑🥦🥚🫑🧊❤️🎃
Becky, I have to tell you FD bone broth is incredible. 1 quart of broth per tray makes reconstituting it so easy.
I canned up several dozen jars last year and am in the process of FD all of it. It’s much easier to store in mylar.
When you reconstitute the eggs let them absorb the water a bit 5 mins ,before besting and cooking. It gives the best texture and flavour.
Fabulous video! To the point without over talking! You’re a very organized cook. I’m a fan!
My 4 year old son and I watch your videos for bedtime. We snuggle and watch at least 1 before he goes to sleep. If we see a new one available he says 'Look Momma, there's a new one!'
You are so great to watch. So eaay to understand and you make people realize that all of these intimidating things are completely possible. I live an apartment on the 3rd floor with no available space for gardens so I live precariously through yours!
Chives! Notoriously persnickety about being dehydrated, they do very well being freeze dried. Tomato paste is great to add some concentrated flavor without all the juice, so you can put it powdered into soups/stews/salsas if you don’t want the moisture content to get away from you. You can do the same thing with squashes, fruits and root vegetables, puréed, to sprinkle in and amp up nutrition on anything you make OR make dried baby food with them (after a chat with one’s pediatrician, of course). Really the only restriction is your imagination :)
I freeze dry all my cooking herbs now!
I am a one ingredient person, so I freeze dry one ingredient items: onions, peppers, all vegetables, non fat dairy products, Cheese, chopped tomatoes, sliced tomatoes, tomato powder. I have not yet worked with meats, because I have so much meat canned on my shelves. The one thing I like, is the ability to make meals in a jar, just adding a can of the meat I canned. QUICK, EASY, YUMMY!! I know many people who freeze dry complete meals, but I'm not there yet, may not want to be. We really like yogurt bites, too. They rock!
Freezes dried eggs probably best for making French Toast or for adding to hamburger mix even for making Schnitzel.
Wow that is one nifty machine. I could see freeze drying strawberries for snacks.
They are delicious on their own or in homemade granola...
There is a TH-cam channel "Rose Red Homestead" and she does a lot of powdered vegetables and adds them to her dishes. She uses both her food dehydrator and her freeze dryer
I’ve had a tremendous amount of freeze dried eggs and other foods in the military. ☺️Those look great!
Becky : today is an exciting day I’m doing a ton of stuff while you watch me from your couch
Everyone : I’m here 😂
Haha! Total doing the same today!
Becky you are really on top of your games lately!! don't forget to rest also 😊
I can see that you have the dehydrators on the bottom shelf as a counterweight, but I would encourage you to move that expensive freeze-dryer over to the center of the rolling cart, just so, if by chance you forget and move the dehydrators, your freeze-dryer doesn't cause the table to tip up on end and crash to the floor. Sorry - I'm a worrier and look for that sort of thing.
That's not being a worrier. That's smart!
I was thinking the same thing!
I thought of that, too!
I'm so excited for you. Congratulations on the freeze dryer. This has been an ultimate want of mine. You have one of the best gardens I've ever seen and you do such cool and amazing stuff. I know your parents have to be incredibly proud of you for having such knowledge of this young age. I would love to see more freeze drying videos from you. Hopefully I'll be getting one very soon.
WOW! Loved this video. Love your channel. I am new to food preservation and have become fascinated with it as a way to save money and not waste food. It all started with the idea of not having to toss my leftover mushrooms because they spoiled faster than I could use them. (seemed to be an achilles heel for me! ) I've just joined your channel and I'm fascinated by all the meal prepping you do to save time and food preservation to save on food waste and cost. Thank you for sharing this one. Next step...adding chickens to my backyard. Have to wait for that, don't live on a homestead yet! In due time. :)
Love how you’re not afraid to start a totally new thing.
This gives me good inspiration. I can't wait until the day I have a house on a piece of land a own and I can learn to grow and care for food for me and my family. I just adore you and your videos
I had to watch you say "freeze the frood" like 6 times at 5:25. Lol. In all seriousness, I love love your videos. You are such a hard worker, and that motivates me so so much. I play your videos while my 2 year old and baby nap. It's a time when i just want to sit and do nothing, but your energy and work ethic get me really excited to be productive!! I love my chickens, and I'm working to figure out how to do a garden with the limited sunlight and highly acidic dirt in our yard. Every time I watch you, I end up telling my husband "we HAVE to figure out a garden. I NEED a garden." Thanks for all you do!
I truly are amazing. I would have never thought of making dehydrated eggs.
I’ve been watching your videos and got motivated to start my own garden. Forms in place, prepping dirt for winter veggies.
Watch Retired at 40. He does a lot of experiments. Also he has some things for sale that will help you. I love mine. I’ve done onions peppers cooked hamburger with onions, herbs, veggies. I’ve been a bit busy and have slacked but back into it. I’ve had mine for about 6 weeks. You’ll love it.
Love this idea!!
Suggestion for the “texture” issue. If you normally make 5 eggs for you and your husband, use 4 freeze dry worth and add one fresh. Maybe that would give you a more “normal” texture?
I love your videos!!
Also I have read that putting a little salt in your raw eggs will make the texture normal when freeze drying.
Hey girl. I use my wide-mouth quart jar and my emersion blender to do each tray of eggs. Works like a charm!
Becky..you are quite an amazing young woman...teaching so many things to people my age (59)...love learning your kitchen tricks too
This is not a peice of kit I would ever buy but I just loved your enthusiasm for the things you are able to use it for.
I just recently bought the small harvest right freeze dryer I’ve been running it continually my first project was frozen greens I had in my freezer they were obviously already cooked so I purée them and then put them in the trays and put them in it was so awesome once it was done I just polarized it and put it in a jar perfect for adding to anything even pasta
You are too sweet sharing your eggs. 💜
We love more on freeze drying. I’m really happy the eggs did so well. This is is a good way to keep up with our chickens.
My daughter tried her hand at making raisin vinegar. She just showed me that she actually has two beautiful mothers in it.
My sweet Becky. Your channel makes me happy.
My Freeze Dryer has replaced my dehydrator for everything but jerky. I always pre-freeze liquids, I saw too many people have disasters when the vacuum pulls before the liquids are totally frozen. Yes, you can FD almost anything but the shelf life is affected by oils. Mine runs almost non stop. Have fun, this will change your food prepping world. 😃
I love your enthusiasm for food preservation!
Ok, found you a month or so ago and I am addicted!! First I love you organization of the process. The tips, like the dishwasher empty, trash can out, compost bowl….all excellent tips!!! You are amazing at teaching this process, of meal planning, how to freeze the items and I was blown away with all the pear juice in your other video!!! I wish you best of success on all of your efforts!!! Now back to the videos!!!!🎥🎥🎥🎥
I was wondering when I would see a FD video! We just got our large harvest right freeze dryer a couple weeks ago. We are on our 4th run right now!
You definitely need to try different fruit. We have strawberries in there now, bit have tried apple's and bananas. Love them both! Great for snacking. If you haven't yet, I recommend following Retired at 40. He has a TH-cam channel and Facebook group. Loots of great information from him! Good luck!
We have a Harvest Right and we LOVE it! We have stored so many meals and so much of our garden harvest this way! Our housemate likes to freeze dry soup to send to her mom and her friends! It's great!!
Edit: This is also why we use our Vacmaster! You can load it with Mason jars and it seals the jars!
Awesome video! I've been wanting one and I love that you're new to it too so the fact that you're not a pro at it yet makes it less intimidating for the viewer too! I'd love to be able to freeze dry meat products like bacon, sausage, chicken breasts, stuff like that. Suuuuuper happy to see this can be done with eggs. My son and I go through a ton and buy them from a neighbor who always has too many lol
I have freeze dried foods in my food storage and love it! I buy mine because I don’t have anywhere to grow food. With those eggs, mixing them up in the Vitamix is the way to go. I then reconstitute them and use in all my baking 😋. They are excellent. Also, you can use the mason jars for freeze dried foods 20 years if you do t have Mylar bags. I just fill jars as full as possible to eliminate extra oxygen, then I drop in an oxygen absorber and close canning lid tightly. You will get that “pop” sound in a couple hours indicating a successful seal.
P.S. l just love your channel, Becky 😍
We have the large freeze dryer and have freeze dried many things. Sauerkraut, gravies, soups, sauces, casseroles, rice, so many things. You'll love everything you make and save.
I'm so excited you purchased this! I've been contemplating purchasing it for a few months!.
Becky, that was so interesting. Love the idea of turning excess eggs into shelf stable powder. You are a joy to watch on your learning journeys😊
I just found your channel💚. You are so amazingly real, productive and inspiring !
thank you so much for your channel. at some point, the Mrs and I plan on moving from the city to a more rural area. we like the idea of growing our own food and raising chickens and are thankful for you showing us how freeze drying can work for the do it yourselfers. pantry tour video was so cool too. the videos are really a big help in the design process of what a self sufficient home really needs to have. Rock on. Look forward to viewing the videos.
I'm thinking soup mix of onions, celery, garlic, ginger, carrot, green/red/yellow bell pepper, kale, leek, cabbage. Ooh I want one. I would put that mix into roasts, soups, bakes.
Brilliant idea! 😲🤩
Every one of the ideas in the comments has me closer to emptying my bank account for one of these things 😂
Re watching this as just got my freeze dryer right before Christmas. I have scrambled eggs freeze drying right now. Our chickens have still been producing 15 to 16 eggs a day. I can't wait to get all things freeze dried from our garden this year. With just the two of us we have an abundance I am planting so many tomatoes this year to make paste and crushed etc.
Hope you have a great week Beckey, so nice to meet you at the HOA, you're amazing 😊
Our cousin has a freeze dryer, and we love it when we get to benefit from it, haha! She's constantly running it with sliced fruit for snacks for her kids, and she uses it for batch cooking too. She makes huge batches of salsa and freeze dries it. Oh, and she freeze dries milk, because only her husband drinks cows milk out of the whole family, but it's hard for him to get through a gallon of milk before it goes bad.
There are a TON of things you can do with that, and it's amazing!
I have the same set up 4 ft metal table on wheels I bought to house my Excalibur dehydrator but both are white 😊 I've been dehydrating for years and bought freeze dryer jul 23rd this year I love both too! I'm building my powder stash of veggies, fruit, bone broth. Your gonna love the eggs they turn out perfect!💖
When I went to college, I worked at a place on campus that shared kitchen space with the main cafeteria, so I learned a few things about how they operated. They mainly used the liquid eggs that come in the half gallon cartons to make breakfast in the mornings but there were 2 times over a year and a half that they had to use the powered eggs instead. The liquid eggs have that perfectly homogenous aspect that Josh mentioned where there are almost silky smooth with no inconsistencies, that's probably why as far as I know, none of the students ever noticed the difference when they have to used the rehydrated eggs. I couldnt tell the difference when I tried them as well.
You are so informative and revealed several things that I didn’t know about a freeze dryer. Thank you for talking so much as to teach us through your experiences.
Love, love, love, your channel, don't know how you find to do it all, and work. Good for you watching from UK x
You constantly amaze me. Seriously. You have a real gift for growing and preserving food. Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge with us. 💜
I've heard to watch out for clumps when blending freeze-dried items to powder. Clumps = Moisture, it can make them unstable over time. You should try to freeze-dry some shredded potatoes, instant hash browns!
Hi Becky another great video! Just an idea for you, I do this, I crack eggs into ice trays and freeze them, then pop them out and place them into a zip lock bag. Simply take them out of the freezer when needed. It's very handy to always have eggs! I'm already looking forward to your next video!
Loving your drnks trolley in the backgroundof the freeze drier!
You are correct about the eggs being so powdery. They crush right up and don't need a blender after FDing. I put one tray in 1 gal mylar bag and then kinda squish the bag and it's done. I've never used the blender to powder anything I've done in 3.5 years. Having soups is one my favorite as that's what I feel will be incredible to have if the power is out or if we want to take it camping. No need to be doing a ton of prep or dishes, just add water and done. You're going to have quite an fun adventure with you machine! Congrats!!
I have also.watched videos where folks are preserving their eggs (in the shell) in buckets of water with hydrated lime added. I have not tried this yet, but some people swear by it. I really enjoy your videos and how genuine you are, thank you.
That is one thing that I don't know if I could ever afford...or really know where I would even put one. I think it is awesome what you can do with them. How great that will be like you said for your own chicken bouillon! You wouldn't have to worry about limiting your use because of the sodium and etc. because the ingredients would be great!
YOU are amazing! You are not afraid to try new things and bring us along when you do. And I love that about you. You have given me the encouragement I needed to start planning and preparing for my first garden, along with gathering canning supplies to start that as well.
I have had a harvest right for about a month now! I love it so much! I can’t wait to get recipe ideas from you :)
Freeze dried peaches are AMAZING!
I was on the fence about buying a FD, but I’m going to take the plunge after watching your video. Hearing you admit you were initially intimidated by the FD but are now excited about the endless possibilities for preserving food after only using it twice has given me confidence to go for it. Thx!
Another great video Becky. Camera quality is excellent!
My freeze dryer came on Friday, we ran our bread run yesterday, and I’m so excited to go forward with this amazing tool!
Thanks for sharing, the egg test was an important one!
My favorite restaurant uses freeze dried garlic in seasoned olive oil as a dipping sauce for bread. It's the perfect match for any italian food.
That sounds so amazing!
Are the cloves sliced, minced or whole? That sounds so good.
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Your videos make me so happy and motivated. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information!!
Yay! I’ve been waiting to see you use your freeze dryer :) Can’t wait to see what else you do with it. Have fun
Even when storing just for winter, I would still vacuum seal the jars if you have the capability
I definitely need to get a jar sealing kit... :)
Becky, they are not expensive and super helpful!
And oxygen absorbers.
I think you can seal the jars in the freeze dryer itself! I haven’t tried it yet though! And yes the bone broth powder is a favorite of mine.
If you already have a meat vacuum sealer you can buy a jar attachment that will seal them.
I just talked about saving for our next appliance for food preservation…a freeze dryer. The possibilities!
Eggs 🥚 looked great
As if I would not want to watch you cook dinner! I’ve learned so much.
Haha Thank you
Also! You can remove the shelf from your freeze dryer, add 1 tray at the bottom of the curve as a shelf, put your mason jars with lids and finger-tight rings in and run the more dry setting for 1 minute to seal your jars up. So cool. I can fit about 6-8 jars at a time.... Dry goods only though.
Becky, YES, chicken broth and beef broth are awesome. I did peaches recently and they are really good for snacking. I have also done chicken soup and it's nice to have that for a quick meal. Everything I have done I have loved. Have a good time with your new toy. Love your channel. Thanks!
Becky I love this video! I would definitely LOVE to see more videos of you doing the freeze drying. I am intrigued by this!!! And of course I live all your videos too!!! Live your Channel!
Hi Becky!! I love your videos!! Especially the freezer meals!!
Just watched your part 1 about baby A💙. Also just started my first batch of freeze dried eggs! Got a small freeze dryer for myself for Christmas using your link. Thank you Becky!
That’s amazing Becky. I love your excitement about things
Freeze dried apples are one of my all-time favorite snacks ❤️
Hi Becky, I was really looking forward to this video and thankfully woke up to it. I am in Canberra Australia and we have a company here importing the harvest right dryers. I was very interested in getting one particularly for preserving my duck eggs. But also for creating our own hiking meals. I love your channel. Thanks so much for continuing to bring great content!
We love our harvest right. Excited to see all that you do with it. You are a worker...subscribed to your channel now. Please show more freeze drying to give ideas of what you like to do.
It is so fun to rewatch these videos and see how far you have come!!! :) And I have learned SO MUCH!
The result of the eggs is amazing! I can't wait to see what else you end up freezedrying! Potatoes seem like they would work out great.
Omg that freeze dryer is awesome! I like that it seems easy to maintain also.
I've been wanting a freeze dryer! Can't wait to see what else you use yours for! Keep on keeping it real, Becky, you rock!
VERY interesting! I love your setup. Thanks for sharing!
I’m sooo grateful you are doing this
I love everything about your channel and what you are doing it's awe inspiring!!!! I am trying to just cook everyday and use what I have an hand instead of eating out so much! I am seriously considering doing some of what you do!❤️
So nice to see exactly how the freeze dryer actually works from start to finish. Thanks! I have been considering getting one. The eggs looked just perfect.
Freeze dried strawberries and fruit Are my favorite
Wow! You got the freeze dryer?! Wonderful! I can’t wait to see you explore more of it and share your experiences with us. I bought the same one and am waiting for the delivery of it. Yay!!!
Hey Becky! Since you asked about recipes, may I recommend Rose Red Homestead o you tube. She does a video showing a freeze dried asparagus soup mix in a jar. You just add chicken stock or even water!! I do not have a freeze dryer yet, but when I do, that is the first thing I am making!! I love your channel!!!