I'm trying to be better about using my green powder. Today I was feeling very fat from Christmas and wanted a pot of cabbage soup but we got 9" of snow so I wasn't going anywhere! So I made it from home dehydrated cabbage, celery, peppers, tomatoes and threw in some bouillon as well as home canned tomatoes. It still wasn't very 'rich' so I added a lot of green powder, powdered tomatoes and some powdered mushrooms. It is delicious now! Thank you for this series, Darcy.
I am so obsessed with doing powders! I have only been dehydrating under a month...and I've learned SO MUCH from your channel! I made fried potatoes lastnight. And put green bell peppers powder and onion powder into them...I dont like biting into the TEXTURE of onions amd peppers lol.....at 45. 😁
This has been a great series and I'm excited to do some powders. I've only done lemon powder so far but would like to do mushroom powder and the green powder. I'm not a good veggie eater so I can see doing this to 'hide' the taste! Thanks so VERY much!
You are fabulous! With each video we learn so many new things. We just started to dehydrate this fall and you have really been a great deal of inspiration and knowledge for us both. I appreciate your advice and tips for getting the most out of your dehydrator. We both look forward to next year's garden and our dehydrated treasures.
Oh Darcy, this month has been so much fun! I have enjoyed learning about everything. You are an excellent teacher. Thanks so much! I will be trying to think of any questions I have that I haven’t already asked you for the live video tomorrow. 🙏🎉
I’m a newbie... just dehydrated my first items today. Apple rings, kiwi slices, and tomatoes. The apples (with a little sugar Andy cinnamon were DELISCIOUS!!! Thanks for your videos... this one was great. I imagine I’ll be watching them all!
Thank you SO much for this entire series! I have learned an enormous amount from you and my confidence regarding dehydrating has definitely been raised. :)
Thank you so much for doing this series! I am getting a new dehydrator and am looking forward to using it to its fullest. This has been very helpful, even in ways that I never imagined.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You saved this Nana from a very stressful situation . We are going for custody of our granddaughter who is a teen. Because of what she has been through all she will eat is fries, chicken nuggets, hotdogs and KD. Thanks to this video, I am going to sneak some much need fruit and veggies into her diet. In fact, I made veggie powder last night while she was sleeping and put some I her KD at lunchtime. 😈🙃.
I can't thank you enough for this series. I have picky eaters and you are a logical and pleasant solution. Thank you again and a healthy happy New Year!
I love all the information! I am going to do powders! My bunch hates greens and some vegetables. I can sneak them in!! Thanks for all you hard work I putting this together. Love all your videos!
Darcy, thank you for this series. Love it. I learn alot from you. You are a fast talker so I watch several times and enjoy. I had a home ec teacher in the 60's that taught us about spices around steaming pots. You would be a great teacher. Your family is very lucky. Happy New Year.
Glad you enjoy it! I trained as a teacher and was, in fact, NOT a great choice to be a teacher in a public school format LOL. Thank God he let me know that before I got into a classroom and gave me another avenue for gainful employment!
I just found your channel! Absolutely love it. I have tried to make green powder and it went moldy. ( live in the Pacific Northwest, everything is always super moist in the winter rains. ) After watching your channel I have learned so much! I feel I have the tools to be successful in making green powder and dehydrating. Thank you.
These have been great videos. I will continue to send people to your channel because it is so informative, especially for those just starting out. Thank you for putting this altogether in a series.
Nice video. As usual, just what I was looking for. Just got the Corso FD165 & can't wait to start some powders & dehydrated soup mixes. Your videos are the best. Thank you.
Thank you for this awesome series! I already do a lot of dehydrating but I still learned some things. I am enjoying your ebook and I think it will be a great reference for future. Happy New Year.
Excellent video. Great teaching. I have a lot of pumpkin and zucchini leaves in the summer. Now l know what do with it when l have trim the leaves down and eaten enough, too much bulk in the freezer Thanks so much. Keep safe
Well done 👍👍👍 Thanks for the great series “Drycember “ So much great information inquiring minds want to know 😊 I live in a area where the power goes out often. Would it work to keep dehydrated food in vacuum sealed bags in freezer if it goes through freezing and thawing a few times. Thanks for the hard work making these video videos.
Power going out in the summer? High heat does reduce shelf-life over a long period, but dehdyrated foods shouldn't be done for storage of 4+ years - you'd need to invest in freeze-dried for that kind of storage. So I wouldn't bother wasting freezer space that way.
I have an old bullet that is still working and make powders of different things. My favorite is fresh greens that I dehydrate and put in just about everything. Also, if you don't have it, find a brownie recipe that has beets in it. Never know they are there and the taste is fantastic. Do you turn the dehydrated foods before you powder them???
Do I turn them? I'm not sure what that is. If you mean condition - it depends on the food - dryer things like greens, no. I dry the powder after. I'm pretty experienced at knowing what's really dry ad what isn't, and for most vegetables, no I don't condition first, because I dry in the end. But for some things, yes I condition first.
Finally got the cranberries dried and turned half of them into powder. I used some powder in my homemade yogurt and my hot tea this morning. YUM. Do you have other suggestions to use the cranberry powder in besides smoothies? I just received my dehydrator for Xmas and can't wait to put it to more use.
Excaliburs are great machines. Yes, they've had customer service issues because of Covid this year and being located in CA where they've been on lockdown on and off the entire year. But I've had mine 8+ years already - there are people who have used them for 20+ . There are plenty of machines that are good and that I would recommend for less money, but if you have the money for them, I do recommend them, too. If I was just starting out again, I probably wouldn't choose it because I could get some for a lot less that do just as well. But it is a good machine with a great warranty. www.thepurposefulpantry.com/tips-for-buying-a-dehydrator
Hello, I've looked around for info on making bunny food from veggie powder with no luck. Is there a way to turn powder into a paste and re-dehydrate it into small "cakes" ??
Perfect timing! I've never dehydrated raspberries before so I figured I'd give it a try and make powder to add to water. I just took them out of freezer and put them in the trays. The temp says 135. Should I put it on lower setting?
I hate eating vegetables probably because I also have a texture issue. I am certainly going to make vegetable powder to get my veggies after watching your videos. Would it be ok on a steak? I grill and smoke meat a lot but again, hate veggies. I want to trick myself into eating healthier with the powders.
It would be good on steak, but won't flavor the same way other spices and herbs do. But you could definitely mix it with some seasonings and get the added nutrition. But start putting it into everything you cook - into taco meat, onto eggs, etc. You'll begin to get built-up nutrition. It shouldn't replace daily nutrition, but enhance it.
Have you dried boiled unseasoned hamburger meat? I have after covid weirdness with taste and smell. It's been way over 8 months now. I have just recently added hamburger meat but it has to be boiled and all the juices squeezed out on lots of paper towels. It doesn't taste like the hamburger I remember but it's edible with lots of Velveta cheese with it. Can't do catsup or mayo yet. But I wondered about drying and making a hamburger powder. Is that do able? How would it be done?
It's not something I would recommend unless you plan on storing it in the freezer. Proteins can turn rancid on the shelf. I prefer freeze dried proteins for their greater shelf-stability.
You cannot really make it. That pie is made from lemon juice, not whole lemon - which is what lemon powder is. If you opt to dry lemon juice, you can, but you'll have to measure the juice first, then after it is dry to know the ratio of what you would need at that point. lemon powder is full of fiber, not juice, and even adding water back into it makes it not juice, if that makes sense.
No - because I don't have a problem with moisture in them (I don't open them over the stove, green and veg don't clump), and they are rotated through so often I don't bother. For things I don't use as often or are very prone to moisture, I use moisture absorbers to control moisture which vacuum sealing doesn't do.
Sure - but I find it's less messy in the oven. Use coffee filters, jars with cheesecloth on top, a bowl, etc., to help keep the powder contained. And remember - let the fan come to a complete stop before opening your machine up to check the powder, or it will be everywhere.
@@ThePurposefulPantry What if I put them in a little hot water at first and then add them to my room temperature water? Will the hot water help dissolve the powder?
First, of all I just want to say that you are very knowledgeable and you make great easy to follow videos. However, there is a difference between the carbs in fruit and the carbs in a donut. All carbs are not created equal. Having said that keep doing what you do because your videos are awesome.
That's not the point. The carbs in fruit stay the same when dehydrated, but in a more concentrated amount. So those that do count have to make sure they take that into consideration - they can't eat a handful of dehydrated pineapple the way they eat a handful of fresh pineapple.
Not sure what last 2 you are speaking of? If they were lives, those were probably notifications of some of the tests we were doing since I was unfamiliar with the live feature on YT.
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I'm trying to be better about using my green powder. Today I was feeling very fat from Christmas and wanted a pot of cabbage soup but we got 9" of snow so I wasn't going anywhere! So I made it from home dehydrated cabbage, celery, peppers, tomatoes and threw in some bouillon as well as home canned tomatoes. It still wasn't very 'rich' so I added a lot of green powder, powdered tomatoes and some powdered mushrooms. It is delicious now! Thank you for this series, Darcy.
This month has been great learning things that I have never done. Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
I am so obsessed with doing powders! I have only been dehydrating under a month...and I've learned SO MUCH from your channel! I made fried potatoes lastnight. And put green bell peppers powder and onion powder into them...I dont like biting into the TEXTURE of onions amd peppers lol.....at 45. 😁
Yep - texture things are real!!
This has been a great series and I'm excited to do some powders. I've only done lemon powder so far but would like to do mushroom powder and the green powder. I'm not a good veggie eater so I can see doing this to 'hide' the taste! Thanks so VERY much!
You can do it!
Thank you so much. You got me started and I've been dehydrating and powdering for the last two weeks and I'm hooked.😊
You are so welcome!
Thank you dear lady. Great job in teaching. I have been dehydrating for over 30 years and still learned plenty.
You are so welcome!
You are fabulous! With each video we learn so many new things. We just started to dehydrate this fall and you have really been a great deal of inspiration and knowledge for us both. I appreciate your advice and tips for getting the most out of your dehydrator. We both look forward to next year's garden and our dehydrated treasures.
You are so welcome!
Thanks for doing this. You've answered a bunch of questions! Sharing this out! 💗
Oh Darcy, this month has been so much fun! I have enjoyed learning about everything. You are an excellent teacher. Thanks so much! I will be trying to think of any questions I have that I haven’t already asked you for the live video tomorrow. 🙏🎉
You are so welcome!
I use fruit powders in teas to add flavor. Powders are a game changer.
I’m a newbie... just dehydrated my first items today. Apple rings, kiwi slices, and tomatoes. The apples (with a little sugar Andy cinnamon were DELISCIOUS!!! Thanks for your videos... this one was great. I imagine I’ll be watching them all!
Great series, appreciate the brevity and to the point details.
Thanks for watching!
Just ordered the e-book. On my desktop waiting for me to read... Thank you so much...
Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you SO much for this entire series! I have learned an enormous amount from you and my confidence regarding dehydrating has definitely been raised. :)
I'm so glad!
This has been a wonderful series! Thank you so much for doing this!! I have learned so much and loved every minute of the series!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for all your educational videos.
Glad you like them!
Thank you for the series! You are an excellent teacher and I learned how to up my dehydration game. Buying your ebook, too.
Hope you enjoy it!
This is brilliant! Yesterday I snuck almost and entire pack of spinach into chili and the guys didn't hesitate to eat the whole pan.
Yep! Mine know I do it, and don't mind.
Sweet! A better way to make Green Eggs and Ham for my granddaughter. This has been a great series.
Thank you so much for doing this series! I am getting a new dehydrator and am looking forward to using it to its fullest. This has been very helpful, even in ways that I never imagined.
So glad it is helpful to you!
Thank you for all the sharing ⚘
Ty for sharing all your knowledge with us 😊
My pleasure!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You saved this Nana from a very stressful situation . We are going for custody of our granddaughter who is a teen. Because of what she has been through all she will eat is fries, chicken nuggets, hotdogs and KD. Thanks to this video, I am going to sneak some much need fruit and veggies into her diet. In fact, I made veggie powder last night while she was sleeping and put some I her KD at lunchtime. 😈🙃.
Thank you for these tips! I have been using my dehydrator for a few years but never name powders......now I will make some powders.
Wonderful! You can do it!
I can't thank you enough for this series. I have picky eaters and you are a logical and pleasant solution. Thank you again and a healthy happy New Year!
You, too!!
Loving this series learned a lot and some great things for me that I’ve been buying and can do myself
I love all the information! I am going to do powders! My bunch hates greens and some vegetables. I can sneak them in!! Thanks for all you hard work I putting this together. Love all your videos!
Sounds great!
Darcy, thank you for this series. Love it. I learn alot from you. You are a fast talker so I watch several times and enjoy. I had a home ec teacher in the 60's that taught us about spices around steaming pots. You would be a great teacher. Your family is very lucky. Happy New Year.
Glad you enjoy it! I trained as a teacher and was, in fact, NOT a great choice to be a teacher in a public school format LOL. Thank God he let me know that before I got into a classroom and gave me another avenue for gainful employment!
I just found your channel! Absolutely love it. I have tried to make green powder and it went moldy. ( live in the Pacific Northwest, everything is always super moist in the winter rains. ) After watching your channel I have learned so much! I feel I have the tools to be successful in making green powder and dehydrating. Thank you.
Wonderful! I'm glad it was helpful!
Hey Darcy!!! Happy New Year! Will be babysitting the Grands tomorrow night so I may miss the Live.
Happy new year!! Enjoy those grandbabies - definitely more important! The video will be around for you to watch later.
Thank you! This has been very informative!
These have been great videos. I will continue to send people to your channel because it is so informative, especially for those just starting out. Thank you for putting this altogether in a series.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for the series. Just found them recently. So appreciate.
You're very welcome!
Another wonderful video, with so much info. Thanks.
Someone once suggested using powdered mushroom instead of bread crumbs when canning meatballs. Works great!
Thanks for the tip!
Nice video. As usual, just what I was looking for. Just got the Corso FD165 & can't wait to start some powders & dehydrated soup mixes. Your videos are the best. Thank you.
Enjoy!
Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge with us. We have never met but i feel you are a friend. Looking forward to your next series.
You are so welcome
I have been wanting to learn powders
Hope this gives you the courage to give them a try!
I really enjoyed Drycember. Very informative. Thanks again.
Glad to hear it!
I’m so glad I found you!! Perfect timing!
So glad!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Thank you for this awesome series! I already do a lot of dehydrating but I still learned some things. I am enjoying your ebook and I think it will be a great reference for future. Happy New Year.
Excellent video. Great teaching. I have a lot of pumpkin and zucchini leaves in the summer. Now l know what do with it when l have trim the leaves down and eaten enough, too much bulk in the freezer
Thanks so much. Keep safe
Sounds great! I did a video on drying pumpkin leaves this past fall!
I can't wait to make my powders! Thank you.
Have fun!
This was so helpful... Thank you...
You're so welcome!
Some blenders fit mason jars so you don't have to dirty up your blender cup.
Powders, yeah! :-) Great series Darcy!
Glad you like them!
Darcy, thank you so much for this video, and the whole series. So helpful. Happy New Year! Catherine
Happy new year!
Happy New Year to you.
Same to you!
Well done 👍👍👍 Thanks for the great series “Drycember “ So much great information inquiring minds want to know 😊 I live in a area where the power goes out often. Would it work to keep dehydrated food in vacuum sealed bags in freezer if it goes through freezing and thawing a few times. Thanks for the hard work making these video videos.
Power going out in the summer? High heat does reduce shelf-life over a long period, but dehdyrated foods shouldn't be done for storage of 4+ years - you'd need to invest in freeze-dried for that kind of storage. So I wouldn't bother wasting freezer space that way.
Really helpful series!
Glad to hear it!
I have an old bullet that is still working and make powders of different things. My favorite is fresh greens that I dehydrate and put in just about everything. Also, if you don't have it, find a brownie recipe that has beets in it. Never know they are there and the taste is fantastic.
Do you turn the dehydrated foods before you powder them???
Do I turn them? I'm not sure what that is. If you mean condition - it depends on the food - dryer things like greens, no. I dry the powder after. I'm pretty experienced at knowing what's really dry ad what isn't, and for most vegetables, no I don't condition first, because I dry in the end. But for some things, yes I condition first.
Finally got the cranberries dried and turned half of them into powder. I used some powder in my homemade yogurt and my hot tea this morning. YUM. Do you have other suggestions to use the cranberry powder in besides smoothies? I just received my dehydrator for Xmas and can't wait to put it to more use.
Great job! You can give a few of these ideas a try: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/ways-to-use-fruit-powders
@@ThePurposefulPantry Do coffee grinders work for nuts too, as well as blending things into powders …. ?
Great Tips! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm not computer savvy. How does the ebook thing work.
Just curious about your dehydrater. It doesn't have great reviews on Amazon. Have you had any issues with it?
Excaliburs are great machines. Yes, they've had customer service issues because of Covid this year and being located in CA where they've been on lockdown on and off the entire year. But I've had mine 8+ years already - there are people who have used them for 20+ . There are plenty of machines that are good and that I would recommend for less money, but if you have the money for them, I do recommend them, too. If I was just starting out again, I probably wouldn't choose it because I could get some for a lot less that do just as well. But it is a good machine with a great warranty.
www.thepurposefulpantry.com/tips-for-buying-a-dehydrator
Hello, I've looked around for info on making bunny food from veggie powder with no luck. Is there a way to turn powder into a paste and re-dehydrate it into small "cakes" ??
Perfect timing! I've never dehydrated raspberries before so I figured I'd give it a try and make powder to add to water. I just took them out of freezer and put them in the trays. The temp says 135. Should I put it on lower setting?
Nope - just dry at 135F
@@ThePurposefulPantry thank you and Happy New Year
What’s a moisturizer absorber
Do you do cabbage? Do you put the purple cabbage in the veggie powder or the green powder?
I'd put it in the veg powder
wow, genius idea, thank you! :-)
Glad you liked it!
Have you tried drying romaine lettuce and grind into powder? (Not sure if there is much nutrition though.) Thoughts?
I do lettuce of every kind except Iceburg. th-cam.com/video/loiP93JqUAM/w-d-xo.html
Do you have a dry mix for Black Bean Burger in jar Thank you
Sorry - no, I don't. But I'm sure you can google it to find a recipe
I hate eating vegetables probably because I also have a texture issue. I am certainly going to make vegetable powder to get my veggies after watching your videos. Would it be ok on a steak? I grill and smoke meat a lot but again, hate veggies. I want to trick myself into eating healthier with the powders.
It would be good on steak, but won't flavor the same way other spices and herbs do. But you could definitely mix it with some seasonings and get the added nutrition. But start putting it into everything you cook - into taco meat, onto eggs, etc. You'll begin to get built-up nutrition. It shouldn't replace daily nutrition, but enhance it.
Have you dried boiled unseasoned hamburger meat? I have after covid weirdness with taste and smell. It's been way over 8 months now. I have just recently added hamburger meat but it has to be boiled and all the juices squeezed out on lots of paper towels. It doesn't taste like the hamburger I remember but it's edible with lots of Velveta cheese with it. Can't do catsup or mayo yet. But I wondered about drying and making a hamburger powder. Is that do able? How would it be done?
It's not something I would recommend unless you plan on storing it in the freezer. Proteins can turn rancid on the shelf. I prefer freeze dried proteins for their greater shelf-stability.
How much lemon powder do you need to make lemon meringue pie
You cannot really make it. That pie is made from lemon juice, not whole lemon - which is what lemon powder is. If you opt to dry lemon juice, you can, but you'll have to measure the juice first, then after it is dry to know the ratio of what you would need at that point.
lemon powder is full of fiber, not juice, and even adding water back into it makes it not juice, if that makes sense.
Just wondering why wouldn’t you just freeze vegetables,,instead of dehydrating ,,just curious,,great video
Freezer could die, can't make powders out of frozen veg, long-term food storage that is shelf-stable and doesn't require electricity, etc.
Since you are using your powders often do you remove all the air from the jars after each use?
No - because I don't have a problem with moisture in them (I don't open them over the stove, green and veg don't clump), and they are rotated through so often I don't bother. For things I don't use as often or are very prone to moisture, I use moisture absorbers to control moisture which vacuum sealing doesn't do.
Can I mix my fruit powders together in one container?
Sure
can you put the powder back in dehydrator and not the oven
Sure - but I find it's less messy in the oven. Use coffee filters, jars with cheesecloth on top, a bowl, etc., to help keep the powder contained. And remember - let the fan come to a complete stop before opening your machine up to check the powder, or it will be everywhere.
Question: can you use the powder to make baby food .
Yes, just make sure to get it to a thin enough consistency - too thick and it can cause problems.
Can we put these powders in our water bottles to drink throughout the day?
They won't dissolve, but will flavor
@@ThePurposefulPantry What if I put them in a little hot water at first and then add them to my room temperature water? Will the hot water help dissolve the powder?
Have you ever made powder from butter? I want to make some but don’t have a clue how. Thanks
Butter is not recommended to dehydrate - purchase the commercial version instead.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Oh wow! Thank you as I had no idea.
Can you dehydrate leftover canned vegetables
Yes, but they aren't great to rehydrate as side dishes on their own. They are better in something or as powder, to me.
First, of all I just want to say that you are very knowledgeable and you make great easy to follow videos. However, there is a difference between the carbs in fruit and the carbs in a donut. All carbs are not created equal. Having said that keep doing what you do because your videos are awesome.
That's not the point. The carbs in fruit stay the same when dehydrated, but in a more concentrated amount. So those that do count have to make sure they take that into consideration - they can't eat a handful of dehydrated pineapple the way they eat a handful of fresh pineapple.
I dehydrated my blueberries and made powder. 🫐 It came out great! Thank you for inspiring me! I am going to try pumpkin next. ❤
Sounds great!
@@ThePurposefulPantry pumpkin powder !! That sounds great, have you made a video on that ??
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Darcy your last two videos are not coming through !
Not sure what last 2 you are speaking of? If they were lives, those were probably notifications of some of the tests we were doing since I was unfamiliar with the live feature on YT.
Happy New Year to you.
Same to you!