For the Pants hanger and other tools: 📍 LINKS MENTIONED Fullstar Vegetalbe Chopper: amzn.to/3JYVhfN Pants Hangar for canning rings: amzn.to/3Xot5Wo Dehydrating Basics & Journal: shop.thepurposefulpantry.com/
These are great newbie tips that I recognized from watching your videos. I don’t have Dehydrating tip but I will give you a tip for how to use dehydrated spinach. You dehydrated the huge tub of spinach before it went bad and now what do you do. Add it to your lasagna or spaghetti sauce. I add it to the cheese mixture in lasagne and you don’t need much but unlike fresh or frozen, there is no liquid to water down your lasagne. And if has a great taste.
Another awesome video! My tips: 1. An egg slicer works great for mushrooms if you want them to keep a flat, shroomy shape. Can be a little fiddly, but quick once you get the hang of it. 2. USE what you dehydrate, especially when you are first trying a particular fruit or veggie, to see what works for you. I've discovered that I prefer to roast carrots (no oil), then shred and dehydrate. They keep a beautiful color, rehydrate quickly and have a texture that works for me. 3. Be patient when rehydrating or find another approach to get the results you prefer. I love having dehydrated peas in my pantry, but am still struggling to remember that they need a little time to rehydrate well. So, they can still be a little crunchy at the center when I add them to soups at work because I'm too hungry to wait, lol. 4. Go back and WATCH DARCY'S VIDEOS on any item you want to dehydrate and experiment with. She's been doing this a long time, always shares her experiences from the heart and her tips are absolutely terrific. 😊👍💖
I bought one of those flexible chopping mats from the dollar store and I cut it to fit the tops of my recycled glass jars. I just trace around the top of the jar and cut it with my kitchen shears. Then you place it on top your jar, and screw the original lid back on. Occasionally you’ll get a jar with a lid that is too shallow to allow the thickness of the “chopping mat disc” but it’s not an issue with most of them that I recycle.
This is a tip for gardeners. I save my banana peels which I dry behind my woodstove. I also save all my eggs shells, just put in an old cake pan, let sit for quite a while, then powder them. The egg shells add calcium to garden soil to prevent dry end rot on tomatoes and zucchini. The banana peels get powdered in my blender for fertilizer, especially my rose bush. This phosphorous, wait until you see your roses grow!! I am in Maine.
My big dehydrating tip is after simmering a liquid to make it thicker. A 13" x 9" metal or Pyrex baking pan fits in a Cosori or Excalibur. You have to sacrifice a shelf that load and as soon as the mixture is firm enough you need to scrape it up and flip it over so it won't be moisture locked. It takes about 24 hours, but sometimes more depending on what you are drying. This tip was life changing for me. When I cook fast beans I save the broth and dehydrate it. then powder it. When I rehydrate I add the bean broth powder back in. It already has the spices, dried onions, garlic, etc. Same with Tomatoes or cabbage and potatoes 🥔 soup. I hope this helps.
My tip is, give things a chance. I'm fairly new to dehydrating and things I didn't anticipate being particularly useful for me personally are now my favourite things in the kitchen. I use fresh garlic all the time and thought dehydrated would be taking a step back in quality/taste. Absolutely wasn't, it's fantastic and so, so convenient. I don't tend to eat frozen mixed vegetables, I use fresh. I thought I'd just dehydrate some bags of frozen veg to have for an emergency. Wrong again, I'm always reaching for the stuff to add to soup or casserole. I'll probably be using some fresh vegetables too but the frozen veg mix adds a bit more interest because it's a good mixture of stuff. Give stuff a go in small batches to see if you will enjoy using it.
Re: Storing Rings I have cut down massively on the number of rings that I have to store. When I open a jar and use it, after washing and drying the jar, I put a ring on it and store the jar (with its ring) in the box that the jars came in in the first place. I store the jars upside down in the box to help keep dust and stuff out of the jar. I still have rings from the unopened jars on the shelves to store, but WAY fewer "orphan rings" than I used to have.
I had an old wooden paper towel holder that sat on my counter. I bought a new one that is installed under the cupboard, so I’m using my old paper towel holder for my canning lids. Another thing I do is put my used lids upside down and screw them on to my canning jars. I know that when the lid is upside down, I can’t use it for pressure canning again, but ai have a jar with a lid and a ring that can be used to store dry goods.
What I found out accidentally was that a ball lid will fit right in the white ball canning lids and it will still close just fine. I learned this one night when I was REALLY exhausted from baking and cooking all day and apparently I had put the lid on and the screw cap lid as well. When I used that same jar the next day, I realized that the lid felt much more "secure" and was sealed better. When I realized what I'd done, I tested it and it really works. I don't know that it works with the grey lids, but it does with the white ones. So, I use the old lids that I've already used for pressure canning, but that still have nice clean seal rings! Works like a charm for me.
You're the only one on TH-cam with so many original and useful tips for dehydrating, great job! I especially love the tip on creating a lipped tray! You deserve many more subscribers.
Great tips! My tip: Use a coffee grinder to finely chop mixed veggies and add to 1/2 C sour cream and 1 block of cream cheese with a dash of garlic salt for a great bagel spread.
I’m a fairly new dehydrator but one of the first things I learned was that fruit that didn’t have the best taste or texture when eaten fresh was absolutely delicious when dehydrated. Saved me alot of waste when I realized that!! Love your videos!
Thank you Darcy! These tips are great for a novice like me! I especially loved the “chopping” tips and the plastic wrap tip for when you can’t vacuum seal!
When it's time to flip items, place an extra mesh sheet and tray over the items and flip. If you don't have an extra mesh and tray, take one tray and empty into a bowl. Flip other trays using that and then subsequent meshes and trays. Then reload the last tray from the bowl.
I learned the paint brush trick from you. I am so happy! It keeps from wasting. I think I've learned ALL my tricks from you. You make me so happy. Thank you.
Two heads of cabbage free so getting them onto the dehydrators. I already have Choi in the refrigerator to keep up in our stir fry were going threw right now with rice rice rice. But one thing I did do even being I've been doing dehydrated vegetables for ten years I bought a dehydrated cook book . It's nice on how exact cups and doing a dehydrated vegetables soup. So on it helps coming up with different things to eat. I will never ever do hot pepper, green red yellow bell peppers or onions in the house to dehydrated it that goes to the grauge it's over welling smell getting done.
I use a regular wire hanger for my rings…just unwind the twist, add the rings, and hook the twist back on (no need to retwist, it will stay). You can mix regular and large rings because the regular ones slide right through the large ones.
This was great, and the pants hanger idea is a neat one! I store my canning rings on paracord. I cut a length, tied a canning ring at one end to serve as a stop to prevent the other rings from sliding off, and tied a loop at the other end. I then loaded my rings-on-a-string contraption and put it on a hook on the back of a closet door. When I need rings, I remove the loop from the door hook, take off however many I need, and then hang the rest back up. I have one for regular rings and one for wide-mouth rings. It's not decorative, but it's functional and cost me nothing, since I already had some paracord and over-the-door hooks.
Thanks, Darcy! I got pretty much all my dehydrating knowledge from you. I really enjoy dehydrating and powdering mushrooms, celery and ginger, due to texture challenges. Powder always goes into recipes better. The challenge to powder is controlling the poofy spread. Consider new make-up brushes in fan shapes that would be wider than art brushes. Really like the pants hanger for cover rings.
Thanks Darcy. I think I have used most of these tips. It's good to have them all in one video. My one tip is also take notes as to how you use the dehydrated food. I dehydrated thinly sliced potatoes and used them in scalloped potatoes. I have a "Dehydrated" recipe book where I wrote the recipe. After, I made notes of what worked and what didn't so that I could improve the recipe. I have 5 or 6 recipes now that I make on a regular basis.
I just bought a Magic Mill dehydrator during the Prime Day sales. My biggest newbie tip is to spend time watching your videos before you start anything. You are so knowledgeable and super helpful. I have learned so much is just a short time.
My tip is to be sure and label your dehydrated foods with contents and date. Some foods look similar when dehydrated. And it’s good to know when you dried that food so you can rotate items and use older jars first. Thank you, Darcy, for all your tips and info! I got your journal for Christmas and it is so helpful! 🌻
I dehydrate a lot of sweet peppers. They are awesome rehydrate. I like them better than fresh. I think I'll take some canned pears I bought that are so hard, puree them and make fruit leather. Perfect for motorcycle ride picnics.
Thank you, Darcy! I am now enjoying the art of dehydrating thanks to you! I had a very old American Harvest that I used to make fruit roll ups for my kids when they were young and deer or beef jerky. I know have an Excalibur that I got on sale and you have inspired me to dosomuch more! And thank you for videos that keep it simple and realistic!!🙂😅
Thank You, Always good tips and information. My one tip is don't get discouraged. I would have never done more than Jerky a year ago, then I found you on youtube and I bought your book and a corsori dehydrator. Now I am having a blast.
My tip is to try a smaller amount of something new, before getting 10 lbs of something and finding out you don’t like it. Thank you for all the very useful information.
Wahooooo! What a gem you are! A video for a novice and scared person like me! Appreciate you and this channel!! If you were with me I would give you a big hug! Thank you for caring!❤❤❤
@@ThePurposefulPantry you know as well as I do when you are armed with the right tools and knowledge it helps gain confidence! Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend. God bless you and your family!!❤️
Love all the advice you give us. I’m a new dehydrator person but with your help I’m happy with how things are turning out. I have to say I get such a kick out of how small the veggies get after dehydrated.
Thank you Darcy! I dehydrated years & years ago with my mother on old round dehydrated. I just bought myself one with drawers. Aroma from on Amazon with decent reviews. I have eggs I want to dehydrate before they go up to $20 a dozen. Worse part is farmers are still getting screwed Again thank you. I’m just unboxing my new dehydrator. Still have Mom’s old round old. Figured I’ll keep it for outside with onions & garlic lol
Again, awesome video. I'm so glad you shared the info about the hanger with the rings! That was distracting me, lol. Genius! Love the paper clip tip also. My future self is constantly rolling her eyes at my past self for inconsistent note-taking. Binders are my favorite way to keep it all kinda sorta organized. Love your "Dehydrating Basics" book. Thanks so much for all you share!!! 💞😊
Love, love, love all these tips!! I haven't even used my new (first) dehydrator yet! I don't think you mentioned it in this video, I know you have in others, but I will be sure to label things. I think I will remember what somethings is in a jar or container and I have no idea what something is (in the freezer).
I like both pieces and mushroom slices. I used an egg slicer to make the slices and altho it wasnt as fast as chopping it did give nice slices. You just have to make sure to put the top of the cap down to keep nice slices. I took all the stems and chopped them up so as not to waste! Thanks for all your tips!
I thought of two more tips: Put the tray with REALLY wet food on bottom of your Excalibur or other cabinet style dehydrator. I was drying both beans and tomatoes on different trays and put the tomatoes tray on top. The beans probably would have been dry way faster without the tomatoes dripping on them.
Very smart. Just got a dehydrator yesterday. Learning curve for sure😂. Strawberries yesterday came out good doing apples and bananas today, see how it goes. Thank you I just made notes👍
This is a great video! Thank you for all those great ideas. I have learned to have my notebook handy while watching videos like this, because trying to find that 1 tip in that 1 video is impossible.
I just started dehydrating last Thursday and I want to thank all of you in advance for the wonderful tips that are posted. This journey is going to be so much fun. Thank you for sharing.
This is a great channel too learn and enjoy 😊 it's a great way saving everything. Started a year ago and for me the best investment ever. Darcy s channel is great
I have a very small dehydrator can't find silicone Matt's for dehydrating liquid stuff... So I used airfryer baking bowls jus trimmed them down works!!
GREAT video with such a wealth of information. I add a variety of powdered nutrients to my husband's smoothies and yogurt. The color is not very appealing and he calls the color olive drab.
Thanks so much for the tips! I am fairly new to dehydrating. I did purchase a standard round dehydrator a couple years ago but was concerned because there is no way to control the temp. Then I purchased a freeze dryer. IMO it wasn’t worth the money. I sold it and purchase a Cosori dehydrator for a fraction of the cost of the freeze dryer. So far I love it. (I do canning as well for preserving foods). It’s quiet, doesn’t run much electricity (compared to the freeze dryer which you are running a freezer, vacuum pump and heat trays and It’s loud!!!) anyway thanks for helping those out that are new. You have some wonderful experience to share for advice. My tip..I use a sharpie marker to write directly on the jar contents and date. When the jar is emptied I was off the marker with a magic eraser. No sticky gummy stuff from labels and the lids remain clean looking as well. Just my way of labeling.
You can use the powdered veggies to replace some of the flour in savoury pastries. I love zucchini powder in pastry for chicken pot pie. I use spinach powder when making linguini - such a beautiful colour. The last 2 years I have dehydrated the skins from the tomatoes I canned. And wondered what to do with it. Well, some vlogger said (sorry I can't remember who) to use it as a thickener. The other day I opened a jar of pork, a jar of navy beans in onion broth (left over from blanching onions before dehydrating) and a jar of corn. I didn't really want a soup, so I added about a 1/4 c of tomato powder. Thickened it up quite nicely, and without adding gluten.
😂 Darcy!!! I didn't realize that the the canning rings was one of your tips!!! Thanks! My tip would be to purchase the temperature magnet or sticker to put on my dehydrator to remind me of the temperature needed.
Great tips! I got a spiral notebook for keeping track of each item I dehydrate. I have gone back to see how I’ve done something. I also write notes on how they turned out positively and negatively. Question: After turning your dehydrated vegetables into a powder do you have to dehydrate that as well? Thank you
Great newbie tips! Taking notes is a huge I mean GIGANTIC way to help as you go down your Dehydrating journey! I made some mistakes - now I take notes. Love the parchment paper trick!!
Great tips. I keep Rubbermaid containers with my lids in and another with my fermented lids. Otherwise I am on an Easter Egg hunt as to were I keep them.
Darcy you are truly amazing! Fabulous tips! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Love the hanger idea. Amazon has them. I'm using a bent wire hanger for canning rings. The pant hanger will be less painful on my arthritic hands. Hugs ~Kate
If you’re using your oven to dehydrate and you have a electric oven just barely turned it on don’t even get to warm yet just barely turned it on. The dollar tree has these bladders rounds. Simply unscrewed the handle on the top and you got an instant dehydrating tree. It’s wonderful because he can come from the top and the bottom. I have several of these, and I use them for everything except liquids I’ve never done liquids. The nice thing about them is they’re so easy to clean. They only cost $1.25, and I’ve had mine for over six months. The nice thing to do if food doesn’t stick, because it’s getting air! That’s my trick. Great vide!
if you have plastic containers like the kind that yogurt, cottage cheese etc. then you can cut the lid to the size to fit inside a canning lid or a plastic lid instead of buying the silicone liners.
Cosori dehydrator arrives tomorrow. The Danaldi I first ordered came damaged, and they weren't able to send a replacement. I have used an older model dehydrator my mom had it worked great for herbs and smaller foods. Thanks for sharing.
While you were talking I noticed the pants hanger with the rings on them. I kept thinking that looks like a good idea, so I'm glad you brought it forward and talked about it. Although I've been dehydrating for a few years I loved the tips you shared with us. You always have interesting videos!!
Hi Darcy. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful knowledge with us. Your channel is the first I look at when I need to know how to dehydrate something. Your videos are always clear and straight to the point without a bunch a fluff. I also appreciate your reminders on the videos of proper practices. It helps me remember. I have a question maybe you can answer. Is it safe if I put wheat or grain berries in a mason jar and use my food saver to remove the air and store the jars in the freezer?
You don't even need the O2 absorber when you're putting in the freezer, but yes, it's safe as long as your jar isn't old/cracked, etc. Some jars will break, because they will. I've never had one break, but I won't say none ever will, if that makes sense? I store a lot of things in my freezer in canning jars.
@@ThePurposefulPantry makes sense to me! I wanted to get a large amount of berries to grind for flour and feel like I need to store a bunch in the freezer so it lasts longer. I just did t know if the air was removed from the jar if it’s more prone to break. Glad I can just fill the jars and pop them in :)
I purchased the bright kitchen lipped liners for dehydrating bone broth. I used them once. Trying to get the broth off was difficult and messy. I went back to parchment paper. I don’t like that I create more waste. Thanks for the tip about the paper lips.
@@ThePurposefulPantry yes I have those and find they are easier to remove sticks products from so I am assuming they will make it easier to remove the dehydrated broth. And they will be reusable.
I love that pant hanger idea!! Genius!! I haven't been good about Journaling. It's a good idea. So many jerkies I've made, most I have love, some more than others. If I had wrote down what I did I would remember why I loved them. You are a good teacher. Thanks for sharing
Hey lady, enjoyed your video. I have a question for you. I was wanting to dehydrate some of my can peas. Do I need to poke holes in them? Thank you so much for all your shared information. Keep up the good work. Bye for now.
Likely not since the canning process has already weakened the skin, and they'll probably break. Check them after awhile - if they aren't breaking, then press down on them or go ahead and poke a hole or two to help them along.
For the Pants hanger and other tools: 📍 LINKS MENTIONED
Fullstar Vegetalbe Chopper: amzn.to/3JYVhfN
Pants Hangar for canning rings: amzn.to/3Xot5Wo
Dehydrating Basics & Journal: shop.thepurposefulpantry.com/
These are great newbie tips that I recognized from watching your videos. I don’t have Dehydrating tip but I will give you a tip for how to use dehydrated spinach. You dehydrated the huge tub of spinach before it went bad and now what do you do. Add it to your lasagna or spaghetti sauce. I add it to the cheese mixture in lasagne and you don’t need much but unlike fresh or frozen, there is no liquid to water down your lasagne. And if has a great taste.
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@@girlnextdoorgrooming that sounds good too
I just make spinach lasagna
It's also excellent to use to make spinach pasta. I will be making spinach lasagna noodles with some of mine later this month!
I also like to dehydrate stinging nettles and add it to anything I was going to add spinach no# 1 it’s free and it is also so good for you!
Another awesome video! My tips:
1. An egg slicer works great for mushrooms if you want them to keep a flat, shroomy shape. Can be a little fiddly, but quick once you get the hang of it.
2. USE what you dehydrate, especially when you are first trying a particular fruit or veggie, to see what works for you. I've discovered that I prefer to roast carrots (no oil), then shred and dehydrate. They keep a beautiful color, rehydrate quickly and have a texture that works for me.
3. Be patient when rehydrating or find another approach to get the results you prefer. I love having dehydrated peas in my pantry, but am still struggling to remember that they need a little time to rehydrate well. So, they can still be a little crunchy at the center when I add them to soups at work because I'm too hungry to wait, lol.
4. Go back and WATCH DARCY'S VIDEOS on any item you want to dehydrate and experiment with. She's been doing this a long time, always shares her experiences from the heart and her tips are absolutely terrific. 😊👍💖
I bought one of those flexible chopping mats from the dollar store and I cut it to fit the tops of my recycled glass jars. I just trace around the top of the jar and cut it with my kitchen shears. Then you place it on top your jar, and screw the original lid back on. Occasionally you’ll get a jar with a lid that is too shallow to allow the thickness of the “chopping mat disc” but it’s not an issue with most of them that I recycle.
This is a tip for gardeners. I save my banana peels which I dry behind my woodstove. I also save all my eggs shells, just put in an old cake pan, let sit for quite a while, then powder them. The egg shells add calcium to garden soil to prevent dry end rot on tomatoes and zucchini. The banana peels get powdered in my blender for fertilizer, especially my rose bush. This phosphorous, wait until you see your roses grow!! I am in Maine.
My big dehydrating tip is after simmering a liquid to make it thicker. A 13" x 9" metal or Pyrex baking pan fits in a Cosori or Excalibur. You have to sacrifice a shelf that load and as soon as the mixture is firm enough you need to scrape it up and flip it over so it won't be moisture locked. It takes about 24 hours, but sometimes more depending on what you are drying. This tip was life changing for me. When I cook fast beans I save the broth and dehydrate it. then powder it. When I rehydrate I add the bean broth powder back in. It already has the spices, dried onions, garlic, etc. Same with Tomatoes or cabbage and potatoes 🥔 soup. I hope this helps.
What a great idea! I make bone broth and would love to have it in powdered form. I will have to try it. Thanks for sharing!
My tip is, give things a chance. I'm fairly new to dehydrating and things I didn't anticipate being particularly useful for me personally are now my favourite things in the kitchen. I use fresh garlic all the time and thought dehydrated would be taking a step back in quality/taste. Absolutely wasn't, it's fantastic and so, so convenient. I don't tend to eat frozen mixed vegetables, I use fresh. I thought I'd just dehydrate some bags of frozen veg to have for an emergency. Wrong again, I'm always reaching for the stuff to add to soup or casserole. I'll probably be using some fresh vegetables too but the frozen veg mix adds a bit more interest because it's a good mixture of stuff. Give stuff a go in small batches to see if you will enjoy using it.
Re: Storing Rings
I have cut down massively on the number of rings that I have to store. When I open a jar and use it, after washing and drying the jar, I put a ring on it and store the jar (with its ring) in the box that the jars came in in the first place. I store the jars upside down in the box to help keep dust and stuff out of the jar. I still have rings from the unopened jars on the shelves to store, but WAY fewer "orphan rings" than I used to have.
I place a new lid on with a ring, lightly screwed on, to newly clean and dry jars. When I am ready to can, they are clean and ready to go.
I had an old wooden paper towel holder that sat on my counter. I bought a new one that is installed under the cupboard, so I’m using my old paper towel holder for my canning lids. Another thing I do is put my used lids upside down and screw them on to my canning jars. I know that when the lid is upside down, I can’t use it for pressure canning again, but ai have a jar with a lid and a ring that can be used to store dry goods.
What I found out accidentally was that a ball lid will fit right in the white ball canning lids and it will still close just fine. I learned this one night when I was REALLY exhausted from baking and cooking all day and apparently I had put the lid on and the screw cap lid as well. When I used that same jar the next day, I realized that the lid felt much more "secure" and was sealed better. When I realized what I'd done, I tested it and it really works. I don't know that it works with the grey lids, but it does with the white ones. So, I use the old lids that I've already used for pressure canning, but that still have nice clean seal rings! Works like a charm for me.
You're the only one on TH-cam with so many original and useful tips for dehydrating, great job! I especially love the tip on creating a lipped tray! You deserve many more subscribers.
Great tips! My tip: Use a coffee grinder to finely chop mixed veggies and add to 1/2 C sour cream and 1 block of cream cheese with a dash of garlic salt for a great bagel spread.
I’m a fairly new dehydrator but one of the first things I learned was that fruit that didn’t have the best taste or texture when eaten fresh was absolutely delicious when dehydrated. Saved me alot of waste when I realized that!! Love your videos!
Thank you Darcy! These tips are great for a novice like me! I especially loved the “chopping” tips and the plastic wrap tip for when you can’t vacuum seal!
You are so welcome!
When it's time to flip items, place an extra mesh sheet and tray over the items and flip. If you don't have an extra mesh and tray, take one tray and empty into a bowl. Flip other trays using that and then subsequent meshes and trays. Then reload the last tray from the bowl.
I learned the paint brush trick from you. I am so happy! It keeps from wasting. I think I've learned ALL my tricks from you. You make me so happy. Thank you.
I'm so glad!
You can also go to the Dollar Tree and get their cheap paper towel holders and put them up and put your rings on those as well
I like the cling film trick. So many channels are , buy this!, buy this!!
Two heads of cabbage free so getting them onto the dehydrators. I already have Choi in the refrigerator to keep up in our stir fry were going threw right now with rice rice rice. But one thing I did do even being I've been doing dehydrated vegetables for ten years I bought a dehydrated cook book . It's nice on how exact cups and doing a dehydrated vegetables soup. So on it helps coming up with different things to eat. I will never ever do hot pepper, green red yellow bell peppers or onions in the house to dehydrated it that goes to the grauge it's over welling smell getting done.
I use a regular wire hanger for my rings…just unwind the twist, add the rings, and hook the twist back on (no need to retwist, it will stay). You can mix regular and large rings because the regular ones slide right through the large ones.
I used that before this, and prefer this.it is more stable and I get more on
I bought the Full Star chopper because you had one. Oh, my GOSH, what a game changer. Chopping is so FAST.
This was great, and the pants hanger idea is a neat one! I store my canning rings on paracord. I cut a length, tied a canning ring at one end to serve as a stop to prevent the other rings from sliding off, and tied a loop at the other end. I then loaded my rings-on-a-string contraption and put it on a hook on the back of a closet door. When I need rings, I remove the loop from the door hook, take off however many I need, and then hang the rest back up. I have one for regular rings and one for wide-mouth rings. It's not decorative, but it's functional and cost me nothing, since I already had some paracord and over-the-door hooks.
Thanks, Darcy! I got pretty much all my dehydrating knowledge from you. I really enjoy dehydrating and powdering mushrooms, celery and ginger, due to texture challenges. Powder always goes into recipes better. The challenge to powder is controlling the poofy spread. Consider new make-up brushes in fan shapes that would be wider than art brushes. Really like the pants hanger for cover rings.
Thanks Darcy. I think I have used most of these tips. It's good to have them all in one video. My one tip is also take notes as to how you use the dehydrated food. I dehydrated thinly sliced potatoes and used them in scalloped potatoes. I have a "Dehydrated" recipe book where I wrote the recipe. After, I made notes of what worked and what didn't so that I could improve the recipe. I have 5 or 6 recipes now that I make on a regular basis.
Yep - that's why I mentioned it in the notes section - always gotta remember those things!
I just bought a Magic Mill dehydrator during the Prime Day sales. My biggest newbie tip is to spend time watching your videos before you start anything. You are so knowledgeable and super helpful. I have learned so much is just a short time.
I'm so glad you've been finding them helpful!!! Have fun!
The DIY lipped parchment was brilliant! Darcy, you have some incredibly good ideas. Thanks so much, Audrey
My tip is to be sure and label your dehydrated foods with contents and date. Some foods look similar when dehydrated. And it’s good to know when you dried that food so you can rotate items and use older jars first. Thank you, Darcy, for all your tips and info! I got your journal for Christmas and it is so helpful! 🌻
I dehydrate a lot of sweet peppers. They are awesome rehydrate. I like them better than fresh.
I think I'll take some canned pears I bought that are so hard, puree them and make fruit leather. Perfect for motorcycle ride picnics.
Thank you, Darcy! I am now enjoying the art of dehydrating thanks to you! I had a very old American Harvest that I used to make fruit roll ups for my kids when they were young and deer or beef jerky. I know have an Excalibur that I got on sale and you have inspired me to dosomuch more! And thank you for videos that keep it simple and realistic!!🙂😅
Thanks so much!!
Thank You, Always good tips and information. My one tip is don't get discouraged. I would have never done more than Jerky a year ago, then I found you on youtube and I bought your book and a corsori dehydrator. Now I am having a blast.
That's awesome, Sheila!!
good tip on mushrooms!
My tip is to try a smaller amount of something new, before getting 10 lbs of something and finding out you don’t like it. Thank you for all the very useful information.
Darcy, we missed you. Thanks for the video.
Wahooooo! What a gem you are! A video for a novice and scared person like me! Appreciate you and this channel!! If you were with me I would give you a big hug! Thank you for caring!❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
@@ThePurposefulPantry you know as well as I do when you are armed with the right tools and knowledge it helps gain confidence! Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend. God bless you and your family!!❤️
That pant hanger is a great idea. I will be trying that
I use nylon window screening on all my trays. Stops food from falling through and works as a funnel.
However, just as a note for anyone else reading, it's not rated food-grade safe. But yes, it will definitely work.
When I blanch celery, I put a tablespoon of baking soda in water, makes them keep their green color.
(Read that somewhere)
Love all the advice you give us. I’m a new dehydrator person but with your help I’m happy with how things are turning out. I have to say I get such a kick out of how small the veggies get after dehydrated.
Thank you Darcy! I dehydrated years & years ago with my mother on old round dehydrated. I just bought myself one with drawers. Aroma from on Amazon with decent reviews. I have eggs I want to dehydrate before they go up to $20 a dozen. Worse part is farmers are still getting screwed
Again thank you. I’m just unboxing my new dehydrator. Still have Mom’s old round old. Figured I’ll keep it for outside with onions & garlic lol
I especially like about the plastic over the top of the jars that's a great idea
You are brilliant! I’ve been dehydrating for years but learn so much from you.
Again, awesome video. I'm so glad you shared the info about the hanger with the rings! That was distracting me, lol. Genius! Love the paper clip tip also. My future self is constantly rolling her eyes at my past self for inconsistent note-taking. Binders are my favorite way to keep it all kinda sorta organized. Love your "Dehydrating Basics" book. Thanks so much for all you share!!! 💞😊
You are so welcome!
Thank you for the tip about using the frozen vegetables. It sure saved a lot of time for me. I am very pleased thank you thank you thank you
Love, love, love all these tips!! I haven't even used my new (first) dehydrator yet! I don't think you mentioned it in this video, I know you have in others, but I will be sure to label things. I think I will remember what somethings is in a jar or container and I have no idea what something is (in the freezer).
I hope they help when you get started!
I like both pieces and mushroom slices. I used an egg slicer to make the slices and altho it wasnt as fast as chopping it did give nice slices. You just have to make sure to put the top of the cap down to keep nice slices. I took all the stems and chopped them up so as not to waste! Thanks for all your tips!
I thought of two more tips: Put the tray with REALLY wet food on bottom of your Excalibur or other cabinet style dehydrator. I was drying both beans and tomatoes on different trays and put the tomatoes tray on top. The beans probably would have been dry way faster without the tomatoes dripping on them.
Very smart. Just got a dehydrator yesterday. Learning curve for sure😂. Strawberries yesterday came out good doing apples and bananas today, see how it goes. Thank you I just made notes👍
You are wonderful! Thank you for these very helpful tips!
small bungie cords hang my jar rings really well.!!!!
This is a great video! Thank you for all those great ideas. I have learned to have my notebook handy while watching videos like this, because trying to find that 1 tip in that 1 video is impossible.
I just started dehydrating last Thursday and I want to thank all of you in advance for the wonderful tips that are posted. This journey is going to be so much fun. Thank you for sharing.
This is a great channel too learn and enjoy 😊 it's a great way saving everything. Started a year ago and for me the best investment ever. Darcy s channel is great
I have a very small dehydrator can't find silicone Matt's for dehydrating liquid stuff... So I used airfryer baking bowls jus trimmed them down works!!
What brand of dehydrator do you have?
GREAT video with such a wealth of information. I add a variety of powdered nutrients to my husband's smoothies and yogurt. The color is not very appealing and he calls the color olive drab.
lol - yes, sometimes the color is a little less than appealing - but it can taste awesome!
Thanks so much for the tips! I am fairly new to dehydrating. I did purchase a standard round dehydrator a couple years ago but was concerned because there is no way to control the temp. Then I purchased a freeze dryer. IMO it wasn’t worth the money. I sold it and purchase a Cosori dehydrator for a fraction of the cost of the freeze dryer. So far I love it. (I do canning as well for preserving foods). It’s quiet, doesn’t run much electricity (compared to the freeze dryer which you are running a freezer, vacuum pump and heat trays and It’s loud!!!) anyway thanks for helping those out that are new. You have some wonderful experience to share for advice. My tip..I use a sharpie marker to write directly on the jar contents and date. When the jar is emptied I was off the marker with a magic eraser. No sticky gummy stuff from labels and the lids remain clean looking as well. Just my way of labeling.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
you are so down to earth ... thank you ... lots of encouragment for those of us starting
You can use the powdered veggies to replace some of the flour in savoury pastries. I love zucchini powder in pastry for chicken pot pie. I use spinach powder when making linguini - such a beautiful colour. The last 2 years I have dehydrated the skins from the tomatoes I canned. And wondered what to do with it. Well, some vlogger said (sorry I can't remember who) to use it as a thickener. The other day I opened a jar of pork, a jar of navy beans in onion broth (left over from blanching onions before dehydrating) and a jar of corn. I didn't really want a soup, so I added about a 1/4 c of tomato powder. Thickened it up quite nicely, and without adding gluten.
Here are a bunch of other ways you can use tomato powder, too! www.thepurposefulpantry.com/ways-to-use-tomato-powder/
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you! That was very helpful.
😂 Darcy!!! I didn't realize that the the canning rings was one of your tips!!! Thanks! My tip would be to purchase the temperature magnet or sticker to put on my dehydrator to remind me of the temperature needed.
Great tip! :D
I just purchased your book! I have never dehydrated anything but excited to get started 😮
You can do it!
😱😱😱 HOLY COW‼️ Thank You so very much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I’ve learned so much
learning so much from you- will be dehydrating herbs for the first time this summer
Awesome!
Great tips! I got a spiral notebook for keeping track of each item I dehydrate. I have gone back to see how I’ve done something. I also write notes on how they turned out positively and negatively.
Question: After turning your dehydrated vegetables into a powder do you have to dehydrate that as well? Thank you
No
Love the canning rims idea! I have been trying to figure out how to manage these for some time and this is brilliant! Thank you!
Thanks Darcy. I love your channel, I’ve learned so much.
I'm so glad!
Great newbie tips! Taking notes is a huge I mean GIGANTIC way to help as you go down your Dehydrating journey! I made some mistakes - now I take notes. Love the parchment paper trick!!
Loved the brush and hanger tips :)
Great tips. I keep Rubbermaid containers with my lids in and another with my fermented lids. Otherwise I am on an Easter Egg hunt as to were I keep them.
Girl... I just love you... Thank You
Darcy you are truly amazing! Fabulous tips! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Love the hanger idea. Amazon has them. I'm using a bent wire hanger for canning rings. The pant hanger will be less painful on my arthritic hands. Hugs ~Kate
Yep - I have it linked in the description box for easy access ;)
Love all these tips Darcy!!! I'm wanting to know how you are able to store those canning rings! I'd like to have one of those❤️❤️❤️
Darcy you are the "QUEEN" of dehydrating!!!!--love you --i have learned soooo much from you!!!!
Great hints! Thanks!
Glad you like them!
invaluable tips especially first one I wondered how to do cheaply. TU!
Great ideas to help with dehydration! Thank You!
Love the tip for storing rings on the pant hanger, such an incredible idea!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow some really great tips! Thanks to all!💐
I love the ring holder idea.
If you’re using your oven to dehydrate and you have a electric oven just barely turned it on don’t even get to warm yet just barely turned it on. The dollar tree has these bladders rounds. Simply unscrewed the handle on the top and you got an instant dehydrating tree. It’s wonderful because he can come from the top and the bottom. I have several of these, and I use them for everything except liquids I’ve never done liquids. The nice thing about them is they’re so easy to clean. They only cost $1.25, and I’ve had mine for over six months. The nice thing to do if food doesn’t stick, because it’s getting air! That’s my trick. Great vide!
What is a bladder round?
Thanks for the plastic wrap tip. I have tons of peanut butter lids
Excellent hints. Thanks for sharing.
That’s an amazing tip !!! Thanks… so going to do this !!!! Thank you
Not sure which tip you found awesome, but glad it helped!
if you have plastic containers like the kind that yogurt, cottage cheese etc. then you can cut the lid to the size to fit inside a canning lid or a plastic lid instead of buying the silicone liners.
I wouldn't count on them working well. If they warp at all, they will be no good.
Cosori dehydrator arrives tomorrow. The Danaldi I first ordered came damaged, and they weren't able to send a replacement. I have used an older model dehydrator my mom had it worked great for herbs and smaller foods. Thanks for sharing.
The pants hanger is a good idea. I use the bungee cord and never thought about pants hangers
Thank you Darcy! I'm knew to dehydrating so I don't have any tips thus far. I love your channel!
Happy to help!
Thank you for your useful tips.
My pleasure!
Lots of great tips. My tip is small batches are better than no batches.
While you were talking I noticed the pants hanger with the rings on them. I kept thinking that looks like a good idea, so I'm glad you brought it forward and talked about it. Although I've been dehydrating for a few years I loved the tips you shared with us. You always have interesting videos!!
You give the best information and tips on here . Thanks
Hi Darcy. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful knowledge with us. Your channel is the first I look at when I need to know how to dehydrate something. Your videos are always clear and straight to the point without a bunch a fluff. I also appreciate your reminders on the videos of proper practices. It helps me remember. I have a question maybe you can answer. Is it safe if I put wheat or grain berries in a mason jar and use my food saver to remove the air and store the jars in the freezer?
You don't even need the O2 absorber when you're putting in the freezer, but yes, it's safe as long as your jar isn't old/cracked, etc. Some jars will break, because they will. I've never had one break, but I won't say none ever will, if that makes sense? I store a lot of things in my freezer in canning jars.
@@ThePurposefulPantry makes sense to me! I wanted to get a large amount of berries to grind for flour and feel like I need to store a bunch in the freezer so it lasts longer. I just did t know if the air was removed from the jar if it’s more prone to break. Glad I can just fill the jars and pop them in :)
You are fabulous 👏🏻
I purchased the bright kitchen lipped liners for dehydrating bone broth. I used them once. Trying to get the broth off was difficult and messy. I went back to parchment paper. I don’t like that I create more waste. Thanks for the tip about the paper lips.
These aren't paper - they are fruit leather silicone sheets -t hey work WAY better than the Bright Kitchen for things like broth.
@@ThePurposefulPantry yes I have those and find they are easier to remove sticks products from so I am assuming they will make it easier to remove the dehydrated broth. And they will be reusable.
Wow so many good tips! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips and tricks
Glad you think so!
I love that pant hanger idea!! Genius!! I haven't been good about Journaling. It's a good idea. So many jerkies I've made, most I have love, some more than others. If I had wrote down what I did I would remember why I loved them. You are a good teacher. Thanks for sharing
You are so welcome!
Love the hanger tip!!!
Thank you for the information. Have you written a book? I have "The Dehydrator Bible", but your information is so much more thorough.
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Great tips, thanks Darcy!
Great tips! Ty for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Good tips! Thank you!
Hey lady, enjoyed your video. I have a question for you. I was wanting to dehydrate some of my can peas. Do I need to poke holes in them? Thank you so much for all your shared information. Keep up the good work. Bye for now.
Likely not since the canning process has already weakened the skin, and they'll probably break. Check them after awhile - if they aren't breaking, then press down on them or go ahead and poke a hole or two to help them along.
@@ThePurposefulPantry will do, thank you so much.