PLEASE NOTE: I think many missed the point of the above video and that it was about my favorite things to dehydrate to give people ideas of what they can put up in that form but NOT an instructional video on how to dehydrate and use all the items because not only do I already have in depth videos out on many of those items, the above video would have been at least two hours long for me to go over all of that. This is why I provided the link to the full dehydrating playlist in the description box but I will go ahead and put it again here so you can find the videos I have out on most of the items I mentioned in the above video and learn how I dehydrate them and how I use them: th-cam.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKGq40kbOG_h6yo9K6NDQ9_S.html
This is the only channel I watch where I feel like I need to take notes Heidi! lol I mean that in a good way. Do you ever wonder how many people you and Patrick have benefited by sharing your knowledge? Thanks for the info. Phil
Heidi, I always feel optimistic and happier after watching your videos. This video is great! My grandmother (born around 1880!) down in California dried everything on metal screens out in her field, bringing it all into the shed before the dew fell on it each night. She always had a cow and chickens, garden, small orchard, all that. They were the rare family that had butter through WW2.
Heidi, here is South Africa we currently have almost no eggs on the shop shelves due to "bird flu" or so they say. I've dried eggs and stocked up for a year.
Thanks for the reminder about drying meat. With the holidays coming up it's a good way to not waste leftover meat, especially when you're tired of it and decide to feed it to the dog.
I recently needed some cabbage slaw for some BBQ pork that I unearthed from our big freezer. I didn’t have a fresh cabbage so I went for a cup of dehydrated. Soaked it in ice water in the fridge for about an hour or so… came back crispy and crunchy! Wonderful! I added in a bit of mayo and vinegar plus seasoning… winner. Wasn’t as good as fresh but darn close.
Gonna waterglass some this week...I dehydrate pumpkin powder too, and SO MUCH!!!My tomatoes are mostly sliced and vac sealed in jars...I have tons of dehydrated fruit, still afraid to dehydrate meat...want long term storage not in fridge or freezer
“I’m sticking to my guns on this one”😂. This is perfect content for me to get into the mind frame to focus on dehydration and forget the other ways of preservation that I can’t afford to do right now. Watching these videos are so empowering. 🎉 I’m ready to start rebuilding my pantry. My oven isn’t working. So this is a great time to perfect air-drying like my First Nation TH-cam friend “Black Elk Linda”. Thank you for sharing this information. You are truly a blessing and source of inspiration. ❤
Thanks Heidi. With your help I have been dehydrating much of my garden, eggs, cheese, etc. I don’t have a blender so have made no powder yet. Your wisdom on all foods is priceless. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
Have some turmeric root and ginger root in my Cosori at the moment. I separate cream from my raw milk, dehydrate the milk and make butter from the cream. Love your videos, they have taught us a lot and we are very grateful! Thank you! God Bless!
I found,since watching your channel, that I haven’t liked my dehydrated food because I was doing them at too high a temperature. Now I do low and slow and they’re much better. Thank you.
You have taught me so much about dehydrating. I was pleased to know that I have dehydrated a lot of your listed items today. Not the volume but a bit here and there. So thankful for the skill knowledge even if I don’t use it right now. I don’t powder up as much as you do. It is only me and I don’t cook the amount you do. Love the ideas. Thanks
God gave you so much wisdom, thank you for sharing with us. You have opened up a whole new world for me. I never would have thought I would be making my own....well you name it!! You have made this learning proccess possible. I am getting a dehydrator soon, I cant wait!
I finally found a tomato sauce recipe my family likes. This inspired me to try and dehydrate it! That would be so nice to have the extra freezer space. You have the best ideas!
I have been underutilizing my dehydrator! Thank you so much for these videos. I grew pumpkins this year and have been trying to figure out the best way to put them up
I need to use my dehydrator more than I do. I dry herbs if we have any harvested but the main use for me is making treats for our dog. I use chicken breast as treats for our dog. She loves it and I know exactly what is in her treats. You really inspire me to use my dehydrator more. Thanks Phil
A couple of years ago I was looking around for a dehydrator and found a mesh made hanging one on Amazon. The one I got has 6 enclosed shelves with zipper openings. At that time it cost around $35. I can load it with 6 different herbs, etc and in a few days just take them out for putting into jars. No setting of heat or electricity needed. Super easy. Just remember to label what you're putting in it since after they're dried it can be difficult to tell the difference.
I love dehydrating foods and after watching your videos I've adding some other things,such as eggs, cheese and mushrooms. Thank You for All you teach us Mrs Heidi 🙏🙏 Kendra
I have dehydrated lactose milk,and it comes out great,next will be ice cream,lactose free. And of course I do plums,to make prunes, they come out really good. You have a great system,Heidi.
Heidi I sliced and dehydrated potatoes and now I have potatoes to make scalloped and au gratin potatoes. Not going to buy them any more. I am waiting on my silicone trays to come in so I can start dehydrating eggs. I have learned so much from watching yours and Patrick's videos.I also love my vacumn chamber that I got from you. I am also waiting on a break bleader to come in. I am using my food saver right now
I believe it was after shooting this video that I started digging up and dehydrating my own potatoes. I have 17 or 18 quarts jars of dried potatoes both in sliced and diced forms. The rest I am working through in their fresh form first
Onions and garlic are among my favorite things to dehydrate! I caramelize the onions in the slow cooker in a little bit of water. I save that broth to make soup, then I put the onions in the dehydrator. Some of that I store as slices, and some of it I use to make caramelized onion powder. Sooo good. I also make garlic powder with some of my dehydrated garlic. Also dehydrated peppers and zucchini get used in my soups.
People seem shy of dehydrating berries but I LOVE making raspberry jam -no added sugar-by rehydrating berries with less water to make it thick like jam. To sweeten I might add some apple or a bit of stevia. Makes a wonderful low carb spread. I do the same for “apple butter”. Any dry fruit will work.
I have dehydrated some berries, I find the segmented berries such as blackberries and raspberries dry up the best and quickest and can be powdered to use as flavoring in many things but for a snack as is, I would not say they are my favorite
All of the above! Although I haven't gotten to your method of dehydrating meat, yet, because I'm busy with other things. One of my favorite things to dehydrate is cantaloupe. It's SO good. Really sweet. I never re-hydrate it, so not sure how it does with that, but as a nice snack it's super. I often take it in the truck with me. I don't buy food out anymore. I have a thermos, water bottles, and a small container of snacks both salty and sweet with me., along with the get home bags.
Hi Heidi! Thank you for this video. I needed a reminder of things we can dehydrate. And links to the videos to help us. Appreciate your time and your knowledge. Blessings.
Since finding your channel about a month ago I have turned into a dehydrating maniac, dehydrating anything and everything from milk to hot peppers. lol. I live in a small condo, so I can't have my own chickens, but my local grocery store had organic eggs for .99 about a week ago because the "sell by" date was coming up. I bought all 11 dozen they had! I dehydrated all but 1 dozen ( I boiled the last dozen) and fit them all in 1 and a half quarts. Now I check my store every few days to see if they have them again. I've dehydrated 3 gallons of organic whole milk and the other day I got a bunch of organic half and half on sale and tried my hand at that and it turned out great! I am going to try heavy cream next! I am so thankful for you and your wisdom! God blessed me when he brought me to your channel!!!
My dehydrator is working almost all summer. I dehydrate herbs, celery leaves, carrot tops, zucchini, spinach and more. You have helped me learn things I can dehydrate and have been experimenting a lot. This video has put a bug in my ear to try new things. God bless you.
Jar your tomato powder and keep it in the freezer it will not cake in the freezer. You are giving out some very good information. I like to dehydrate. One of my favorite things to dehydrate is cooked dry beans.
This is my third time watching this video today. (I watch you on both my tv and my laptop) So much to take in! I'm so excited to be learning all of the things I can dehydrate. Thanks, Heidi! 🥰 Such valuable information!
Thanks for sharing your go-to items-helpful for this newbie. This morning I’m experimenting with the grape peels and seeds left after I steam juiced them. I’d like to turn them into a powder I can add to smoothies, hot cereals etc. We shall see! You give me the info and courage to try new things.😊
I'm so inspired by this video! Thanks so much Heidi. I need to learn more about appropriate temperature settings for my dehydrator for different veggies, green beans, zuchs, apples, etc. I used the first of my dehydrated spinach in a spaghetti sauce last night and felt so accomplished!
My husband and I are on a two-week driving trip with our dog. Since we supplement her kibble with eggs, pumpkin and ground beef every day we weren’t sure how to bring all these along without refrigeration. The eggs weren’t a problem- I brought a dozen unwashed eggs from our chickens. A large can of pumpkin didn’t take up too much space but the ground beef was going to be tricky. Then I remembered the several jars of dehydrated ground beef I had made with your help - problem solved! After watching this video I guess for the next trip I can powder the eggs and pumpkin and that will be even more convenient. Thanks for the ideas about what more I can dehydrate😊
Good Morning Heidi!! Wonderful to see your happy face :) Thank you for sharing!!I have be dehydrating tomatoes, peppers butternut, apples, and tons of Lambs quarters, other herbs most of which (except the apples and some of the peppers) are from my garden!! my left thumb is starting to turn a little bit green around the edge :) haha... work in progress... blessings to you and Patrick !!
Great video! I'm hoping to try the cheese soon. IMO tomato powder is the absolute best way to preserve tomatoes because there is no waste unlike when you have canned products but only need to use part of the jar. Like recipes that call for a few tablespoons of tomato paste.
I always have wayyyyy too many cucumbers and need another method to preserve them, any tips, I can only eat so many dill pickles and cucumber salad, please help, love your channel, my favorite!❤
I definitely need to get on all this! I dehydrate all my calendula all summer long for products. I also dehydrated all my red peppers. I really want to try the pumpkin. I can pick up pumpkin cheap right now so I’ll be working on that. I also love the zucchini and have heard of it being used as flour. Lastly I’m always wanting celery so I can’t wait to do that as well. Thanks for all the amazing ideas and motivation to keep up the good work.
I highly recommend you check out my freeze dryer videos and the facts I pulled together for both before making such a huge investment. I even turned down an offer for a free one after everything I have learned about them
Wow this video has expanded my list of things to dehydrate I have watched other videos that state you can’t dehydrate eggs ,cheese ,dairy ,meat. I am so stoked knowing I can. It’s like preserving so much conflicting advice out there Re what you can water bath or pressure can. Thankyou for the information you give us you are a world of knowledge.
The potatoes work good sliced if you are cooking for awhile like soups or augratin.. I wish it rehydrated quicker but it’s still amazing to put them up before they go bad and use them like thst
I did your tomato method this year, I purchased a small electric vacuum sealer as well - worthy investment. I feel so good about not being able to afford a freeze dryer bc of your channel. So grateful 🥹
I have apple slices in my new Cosori!! I have done mushrooms, cherry tomatoes that basically turned into candy!, and beef jerky! I have a list a mile long that I need to toss in there! My freeze drier is going to get an overhaul and put up on marketplace.
Hi Heidi, Thank you for the video! wonderful information all the time. While back you mentioned about Dr. Jennifer Daniels, and now I read her books understand the questionable medical system etc. It is so important to connect with people like you and get the right information.
Excellent video. Thank you Heidi. I have some dehydrated kidney, black and pinto beans from 2022 and 2021. I keep wondering if they are still good and I am about to open one jar and try them. 😊They were all vacuum sealed when I dehydrated them. I am afraid I don’t know how long I can keep all my dehydrated food. I do rotate but I do have a lot. I had a very nice Pro Cabela’s Dehydrator and when we moved five years ago I gave it away thinking I would not be dehydrating anymore. What was I thinking…….NOT. So I have bought myself a cheap one now as I decided I wasn’t through with dehydrating food even though we no longer have a huge garden. Big Big mistake on my part giving that dehydrator away with all my mason jars, meat slicer, vacuum sealer, and much more. It was a very stressful move after living in the same home for 52 years. And moving from a home of 7000 sq ft to a small townhouse. Can’t think about that now….it is done.
Contrary to companies that push their freeze dryers and try to make people believe that dehydrated goods do not last long, they can last indefinitely and only a year or two is nothing compared to that so yes, they should still be good as long as they stayed dry (meaning did not get any moisture in them in storage)
Thanks to your channel I've started dehydrating more & more things. I like it because it takes me less time to get them going than it takes to can or blanch & freeze, which is important in the midst of harvest, AND it doesn't take nearly as much watching over. As I watched this video I started getting all kinds of ideas of what I can grow & dehydrate next year as a gift for my sister (shhhh!) who has a catering company, so she doesn't have to worry about availability/price.
How do you use dehydrated spinach in your soups etc, I place some whole spinach in my soup and I couldn't eat it because it was so tough. Thank you so much for your information.
Because it makes it turn out more like freeze dried making it crispy and not chewy the way regular dehydrated meats turn out so thus, they are better for using in dishes
Thank you Heidi for this... I'm a beginner dehydrator still learning about my machine and i didn't realize that i could dehydrate so much... QUESTION... Can someone please tell me how long on average do dehydrated goods last... Thanks again Much love from Australia 💞
I've dehydrated up alot of the things that you have mentioned I'm going to try the tomatoe flakes ..ive only powdered them but you make alot of sense....but the milk an cheeses I havent but wil be trying the eggs I did try this year and love them...but thank you for your content...an the knowledge that you have...
PLEASE NOTE: I think many missed the point of the above video and that it was about my favorite things to dehydrate to give people ideas of what they can put up in that form but NOT an instructional video on how to dehydrate and use all the items because not only do I already have in depth videos out on many of those items, the above video would have been at least two hours long for me to go over all of that. This is why I provided the link to the full dehydrating playlist in the description box but I will go ahead and put it again here so you can find the videos I have out on most of the items I mentioned in the above video and learn how I dehydrate them and how I use them: th-cam.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKGq40kbOG_h6yo9K6NDQ9_S.html
Thank you so much Heidi & I understand those are some of your favorites, but I found this video instructional too🥰🥰
Great information as usual! My dehydrating has expanded to a larger variety of items. Thanks so much. A real space saver
What temp for the eggs?
@@vldarden Please go see the video for all the details on dehydrating eggs. You will find it in the playlist I linked in the comment above
This is the only channel I watch where I feel like I need to take notes Heidi! lol I mean that in a good way. Do you ever wonder how many people you and Patrick have benefited by sharing your knowledge? Thanks for the info. Phil
Wow! Cabbage will ferment after dehydrating I love that
Heidi, I always feel optimistic and happier after watching your videos. This video is great! My grandmother (born around 1880!) down in California dried everything on metal screens out in her field, bringing it all into the shed before the dew fell on it each night. She always had a cow and chickens, garden, small orchard, all that. They were the rare family that had butter through WW2.
Did she happen to live in Santa Clara Valley?
Don’t you miss your grandparents and wish they were here now.
Heidi, here is South Africa we currently have almost no eggs on the shop shelves due to "bird flu" or so they say. I've dried eggs and stocked up for a year.
Eggs
Pumpkin
Spaghetti squash, butternut, sweet potatoes
Tomatoe flakes
Meats
Zucchini, chopped or powdered
Mushrooms
Horseradish, hot peppers (powdered)
Sweet peppers
Herbs & flowers
Apples
Potatoes, mashed
Cheese, powdered
Rhubarb
Cabbage
Snow peas
Greenbeans
Black & Rasp berries (powdered)
Yogurt
Milk
Love HEIDI love her way of putting trolls in their place so graceful. And you know she could whoop your butt with that martial arts knowledge
Thanks for the reminder about drying meat. With the holidays coming up it's a good way to not waste leftover meat, especially when you're tired of it and decide to feed it to the dog.
I recently needed some cabbage slaw for some BBQ pork that I unearthed from our big freezer. I didn’t have a fresh cabbage so I went for a cup of dehydrated. Soaked it in ice water in the fridge for about an hour or so… came back crispy and crunchy! Wonderful! I added in a bit of mayo and vinegar plus seasoning… winner. Wasn’t as good as fresh but darn close.
Did your family know the difference?
Gonna waterglass some this week...I dehydrate pumpkin powder too, and SO MUCH!!!My tomatoes are mostly sliced and vac sealed in jars...I have tons of dehydrated fruit, still afraid to dehydrate meat...want long term storage not in fridge or freezer
I love canned meat...tasty and easy to use.
I always get good info from you, Heidi. The wheels in my mind are churning now…thinking about freeing up freezer space. Thank you!
I totally agree! I love my dehydrator but had no idea that I could dehydrate so many things!
“I’m sticking to my guns on this one”😂.
This is perfect content for me to get into the mind frame to focus on dehydration and forget the other ways of preservation that I can’t afford to do right now.
Watching these videos are so empowering. 🎉
I’m ready to start rebuilding my pantry.
My oven isn’t working. So this is a great time to perfect air-drying like my First Nation TH-cam friend “Black Elk Linda”.
Thank you for sharing this information. You are truly a blessing and source of inspiration.
❤
God is good, all the time.
Thank you for being here 💐🙏
I did not know that I could dehydrate cabbage. Thank you.
Thanks Heidi. With your help I have been dehydrating much of my garden, eggs, cheese, etc. I don’t have a blender so have made no powder yet. Your wisdom on all foods is priceless. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
Nothing beat a fried apple pie made from dehydrated apples. Don’t know what the difference is but it’s much better.
Have some turmeric root and ginger root in my Cosori at the moment. I separate cream from my raw milk, dehydrate the milk and make butter from the cream.
Love your videos, they have taught us a lot and we are very grateful! Thank you! God Bless!
"not that fat free garbage"!😂 My sentiments exactly!
Haha!
I dehydrate more all the time, you give us so many great ideas! I just dehydrated some persimmon pulp and it’s so delicious! Many Blessings!
Oooh! That sounds wonderful!
I found,since watching your channel, that I haven’t liked my dehydrated food because I was doing them at too high a temperature. Now I do low and slow and they’re much better. Thank you.
Hi Heidi, God is good all the time. Hallelujah.❤❤❤
Good Morning from Eastern Washington!
You have taught me so much about dehydrating. I was pleased to know that I have dehydrated a lot of your listed items today. Not the volume but a bit here and there. So thankful for the skill knowledge even if I don’t use it right now. I don’t powder up as much as you do. It is only me and I don’t cook the amount you do. Love the ideas. Thanks
God gave you so much wisdom, thank you for sharing with us. You have opened up a whole new world for me. I never would have thought I would be making my own....well you name it!! You have made this learning proccess possible. I am getting a dehydrator soon, I cant wait!
I finally found a tomato sauce recipe my family likes. This inspired me to try and dehydrate it! That would be so nice to have the extra freezer space. You have the best ideas!
Hello Heidi from SE Oregon. I'm so glad I found your channel. I have many videos saved to watch later and refer to in the future.
I have been underutilizing my dehydrator! Thank you so much for these videos. I grew pumpkins this year and have been trying to figure out the best way to put them up
I need to use my dehydrator more than I do. I dry herbs if we have any harvested but the main use for me is making treats for our dog. I use chicken breast as treats for our dog. She loves it and I know exactly what is in her treats. You really inspire me to use my dehydrator more. Thanks Phil
A couple of years ago I was looking around for a dehydrator and found a mesh made hanging one on Amazon. The one I got has 6 enclosed shelves with zipper openings. At that time it cost around $35. I can load it with 6 different herbs, etc and in a few days just take them out for putting into jars. No setting of heat or electricity needed. Super easy. Just remember to label what you're putting in it since after they're dried it can be difficult to tell the difference.
I agree wholeheartedly. Definitely like the way you dehydrate!
I love dehydrating foods and after watching your videos I've adding some other things,such as eggs, cheese and mushrooms. Thank You for All you teach us Mrs Heidi 🙏🙏 Kendra
Thank you Heidi!🙂
Blessings! 💜
I have dehydrated lactose milk,and it comes out great,next will be ice cream,lactose free. And of course I do plums,to make prunes, they come out really good. You have a great system,Heidi.
Thank you Heidi for experimenting first for us!
Thanks again lovely lady you are awesome..blessings ❤😊
Heidi I sliced and dehydrated potatoes and now I have potatoes to make scalloped and au gratin potatoes. Not going to buy them any more. I am waiting on my silicone trays to come in so I can start dehydrating eggs. I have learned so much from watching yours and Patrick's videos.I also love my vacumn chamber that I got from you. I am also waiting on a break bleader to come in. I am using my food saver right now
I believe it was after shooting this video that I started digging up and dehydrating my own potatoes. I have 17 or 18 quarts jars of dried potatoes both in sliced and diced forms. The rest I am working through in their fresh form first
@@RainCountryHomesteaddo you soak or cook the potatoes before dehydrating?
Great info! We have water glassed, and frozen extra eggs, looking forward to dehydrating them next!! Thank you, God bless you.
Another great teaching, thank u Heidi!
Onions and garlic are among my favorite things to dehydrate! I caramelize the onions in the slow cooker in a little bit of water. I save that broth to make soup, then I put the onions in the dehydrator. Some of that I store as slices, and some of it I use to make caramelized onion powder. Sooo good. I also make garlic powder with some of my dehydrated garlic. Also dehydrated peppers and zucchini get used in my soups.
LOVE this quick thru video on your favorites! So very helpful!
People seem shy of dehydrating berries but I LOVE making raspberry jam -no added sugar-by rehydrating berries with less water to make it thick like jam. To sweeten I might add some apple or a bit of stevia. Makes a wonderful low carb spread. I do the same for “apple butter”. Any dry fruit will work.
I have dehydrated some berries, I find the segmented berries such as blackberries and raspberries dry up the best and quickest and can be powdered to use as flavoring in many things but for a snack as is, I would not say they are my favorite
@@RainCountryHomestead yes, I make the "jam" from powdered dehydrated berries, not whole.
Heidi, I need to dehydrate meat. When I am ready, caught up, your videos will be my guide. You are awesome!
My dehydrated eggs from last year are still good. I made an omelet with some of them and my husband liked it.
I love any info on dehydrating.
All of the above! Although I haven't gotten to your method of dehydrating meat, yet, because I'm busy with other things. One of my favorite things to dehydrate is cantaloupe. It's SO good. Really sweet. I never re-hydrate it, so not sure how it does with that, but as a nice snack it's super. I often take it in the truck with me. I don't buy food out anymore. I have a thermos, water bottles, and a small container of snacks both salty and sweet with me., along with the get home bags.
Hi Heidi! Thank you for this video. I needed a reminder of things we can dehydrate. And links to the videos to help us. Appreciate your time and your knowledge. Blessings.
Since finding your channel about a month ago I have turned into a dehydrating maniac, dehydrating anything and everything from milk to hot peppers. lol. I live in a small condo, so I can't have my own chickens, but my local grocery store had organic eggs for .99 about a week ago because the "sell by" date was coming up. I bought all 11 dozen they had! I dehydrated all but 1 dozen ( I boiled the last dozen) and fit them all in 1 and a half quarts. Now I check my store every few days to see if they have them again. I've dehydrated 3 gallons of organic whole milk and the other day I got a bunch of organic half and half on sale and tried my hand at that and it turned out great! I am going to try heavy cream next! I am so thankful for you and your wisdom! God blessed me when he brought me to your channel!!!
I've been waiting for you to do one of these videos on dehydrating AND you played fiddle music at the beginning! 🎻
Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤️ ❤
My dehydrator is working almost all summer. I dehydrate herbs, celery leaves, carrot tops, zucchini, spinach and more. You have helped me learn things I can dehydrate and have been experimenting a lot. This video has put a bug in my ear to try new things. God bless you.
Jar your tomato powder and keep it in the freezer it will not cake in the freezer. You are giving out some very good information. I like to dehydrate. One of my favorite things to dehydrate is cooked dry beans.
Or vacuum seal or flake instead and vacuum seal to save freezer space. Whatever works best for each person
Very appreciative for all of your helpful information! Thank you!
Great video! I’m afraid to dehydrate meat,but my favorites are: herbs, apples, potatoes and hot peppers
I often wonder why some people are afraid to dry meat when you can go down to the store and buy beef jerky any time. That is simply dried meat
Thank you for all this information! I’ve been dehydrating for years, but never tried meats. And, I struggle with how to use after in the jar.
Thank you and many blessings.... amazing ministry!
I love this channel already, and I just found it! ❤
This is my third time watching this video today. (I watch you on both my tv and my laptop) So much to take in! I'm so excited to be learning all of the things I can dehydrate. Thanks, Heidi! 🥰 Such valuable information!
Good morning
Thanks for sharing your go-to items-helpful for this newbie. This morning I’m experimenting with the grape peels and seeds left after I steam juiced them. I’d like to turn them into a powder I can add to smoothies, hot cereals etc. We shall see! You give me the info and courage to try new things.😊
Let us know how that goes? I usually give mine to chickens after steam juicing.
@@misst1586 will do … I’m sure you have happy chickens :) 🍇
Thank you. I am new to dehydrating and your videos are so helpful.
I'm so inspired by this video! Thanks so much Heidi. I need to learn more about appropriate temperature settings for my dehydrator for different veggies, green beans, zuchs, apples, etc. I used the first of my dehydrated spinach in a spaghetti sauce last night and felt so accomplished!
My husband and I are on a two-week driving trip with our dog. Since we supplement her kibble with eggs, pumpkin and ground beef every day we weren’t sure how to bring all these along without refrigeration. The eggs weren’t a problem- I brought a dozen unwashed eggs from our chickens. A large can of pumpkin didn’t take up too much space but the ground beef was going to be tricky. Then I remembered the several jars of dehydrated ground beef I had made with your help - problem solved! After watching this video I guess for the next trip I can powder the eggs and pumpkin and that will be even more convenient. Thanks for the ideas about what more I can dehydrate😊
Always such good information. Thanks so much. God bless
Thank you so much for this video. I don’t have room in the freezer. This will help me so much. 👍😊
Great vid Heidi!
Those were some big blackberries Heidi 😳😳😁🥰
Good video, thanks for sharing, God bless !
I like to dehydrate water... Makes it much lighter, less space consuming, and more portable
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Excellent
Good Morning Heidi!! Wonderful to see your happy face :) Thank you for sharing!!I have be dehydrating tomatoes, peppers butternut, apples, and tons of Lambs quarters, other herbs most of which (except the apples and some of the peppers) are from my garden!! my left thumb is starting to turn a little bit green around the edge :) haha... work in progress... blessings to you and Patrick !!
This was so informative, thank you!
Thanks, Heidi! I might do this instead of canning our apples.
Great video! I'm hoping to try the cheese soon. IMO tomato powder is the absolute best way to preserve tomatoes because there is no waste unlike when you have canned products but only need to use part of the jar. Like recipes that call for a few tablespoons of tomato paste.
I always have wayyyyy too many cucumbers and need another method to preserve them, any tips, I can only eat so many dill pickles and cucumber salad, please help, love your channel, my favorite!❤
Slice them up, put your favorite seasoning on them and dehydrate them. You need very little seasoning!! Cucumber chips!!
@@dlynn8015 chips are brilliant, any other way to dehydrate and use them in cooking?
I would like to know more about dehydrating potatoes and using them. Love your videos. Thanks for doing this.
I have one out already on mashed potatoes and another coming out in a few weeks on dehydrating sliced and diced potatoes
I definitely need to get on all this! I dehydrate all my calendula all summer long for products. I also dehydrated all my red peppers. I really want to try the pumpkin. I can pick up pumpkin cheap right now so I’ll be working on that. I also love the zucchini and have heard of it being used as flour. Lastly I’m always wanting celery so I can’t wait to do that as well. Thanks for all the amazing ideas and motivation to keep up the good work.
Hey Heidi & thank you for sharing how to dehydrate 🥰🥰💞🙏💞
Great video and subject!
love all of your favorites! especially kimchi from dehydrated ingredients!!! brilliant! thanks for the share! continued blessings. 🕊
I have friends with freeze dryers and I’d love to have one too.
I highly recommend you check out my freeze dryer videos and the facts I pulled together for both before making such a huge investment. I even turned down an offer for a free one after everything I have learned about them
my problem with drying apple slices for making pies etc is that my boys eat them so fast i never get to make them into anything 🤣
Wow this video has expanded my list of things to dehydrate I have watched other videos that state you can’t dehydrate eggs ,cheese ,dairy ,meat. I am so stoked knowing I can. It’s like preserving so much conflicting advice out there Re what you can water bath or pressure can. Thankyou for the information you give us you are a world of knowledge.
The potatoes work good sliced if you are cooking for awhile like soups or augratin.. I wish it rehydrated quicker but it’s still amazing to put them up before they go bad and use them like thst
Yes, since shooting this above video at least 6 weeks ago, I have 17 quart jars of dehydrated potatoes in sliced and diced forms
I did your tomato method this year, I purchased a small electric vacuum sealer as well - worthy investment. I feel so good about not being able to afford a freeze dryer bc of your channel. So grateful 🥹
This was so helpful; thanks for sharing your experiences! Blessings to everyone 🤗💗🇨🇦
Ive already seen this one. Just wanted to leave ya a comment. Giveya a boost I hope. God Bless
Thank you!
I have apple slices in my new Cosori!! I have done mushrooms, cherry tomatoes that basically turned into candy!, and beef jerky! I have a list a mile long that I need to toss in there! My freeze drier is going to get an overhaul and put up on marketplace.
Did you have to cook the squash first before dehydrating
Yes, it makes it MUCH easier to deal with and use after dehydrating: th-cam.com/video/w2d35tLsolE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Heidi, have you ever considered making a cookbook on dehydrated foods? I know, I for sure would be interested 😊
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Hi Heidi, Thank you for the video! wonderful information all the time. While back you mentioned about Dr. Jennifer Daniels, and now I read her books understand the questionable medical system etc. It is so important to connect with people like you and get the right information.
Excellent video. Thank you Heidi. I have some dehydrated kidney, black and pinto beans from 2022 and 2021. I keep wondering if they are still good and I am about to open one jar and try them. 😊They were all vacuum sealed when I dehydrated them. I am afraid I don’t know how long I can keep all my dehydrated food. I do rotate but I do have a lot.
I had a very nice Pro Cabela’s Dehydrator and when we moved five years ago I gave it away thinking I would not be dehydrating anymore. What was I thinking…….NOT. So I have bought myself a cheap one now as I decided I wasn’t through with dehydrating food even though we no longer have a huge garden. Big Big mistake on my part giving that dehydrator away with all my mason jars, meat slicer, vacuum sealer, and much more. It was a very stressful move after living in the same home for 52 years. And moving from a home of 7000 sq ft to a small townhouse. Can’t think about that now….it is done.
Contrary to companies that push their freeze dryers and try to make people believe that dehydrated goods do not last long, they can last indefinitely and only a year or two is nothing compared to that so yes, they should still be good as long as they stayed dry (meaning did not get any moisture in them in storage)
Thanks to your channel I've started dehydrating more & more things. I like it because it takes me less time to get them going than it takes to can or blanch & freeze, which is important in the midst of harvest, AND it doesn't take nearly as much watching over. As I watched this video I started getting all kinds of ideas of what I can grow & dehydrate next year as a gift for my sister (shhhh!) who has a catering company, so she doesn't have to worry about availability/price.
I dehydrated some marigolds last year
How do you use dehydrated spinach in your soups etc, I place some whole spinach in my soup and I couldn't eat it because it was so tough. Thank you so much for your information.
Here’s the list: raw eggs, pumpkin and squashes, tomatoes, meats, zucchini, mushrooms, horseradish, hot peppers, herbs (medicinal and culinary), apples, potatoes (mashed), cheddar cheese, rhubarb, cabbage, snow peas, green beans, blackberries, raspberries, yogurt, milk.
May I ask…. Why do you freeze the cooked meat before dehydrating…?
Because it makes it turn out more like freeze dried making it crispy and not chewy the way regular dehydrated meats turn out so thus, they are better for using in dishes
Thank you Heidi for this... I'm a beginner dehydrator still learning about my machine and i didn't realize that i could dehydrate so much...
QUESTION... Can someone please tell me how long on average do dehydrated goods last...
Thanks again
Much love from Australia 💞
They can last indefinitely if stored properly
I've dehydrated up alot of the things that you have mentioned I'm going to try the tomatoe flakes ..ive only powdered them but you make alot of sense....but the milk an cheeses I havent but wil be trying the eggs I did try this year and love them...but thank you for your content...an the knowledge that you have...
😊 love these keep me on task vids.😊
Do you have a video on how to reconstitute things you've dehydrated and how much water powder ratio? How much powder to put into recipes?
A general overview on using them, yes: th-cam.com/video/qniaroOiM9w/w-d-xo.html