Dear Darcy! I learn so much every time I watch one of your videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing all your knowledge & kindness. I now have much more room in my freezer & canning areas!
I just finished dehydrating onions and they are delicious! The home dried onions have so much more flavor than store bought dried onions. I am eating them like candy.
Basil and garlic Pucks. Grind both up, put in ice cube trays or scoop out with small spoon and place on cookie sheets. Freeze and once completely frozen, remove from cookie sheets and place in ziplock bags and toss back in freezer. When cooking, removed a puck and start cooking. It’s wonderful to combine different herbs and freeze as pucks. Becky from Acre Homestead does this and I love the idea. I’m getting inundated with herbs and I’m having fun combining all the different herbs for cooking
Love, love, love the hot dog bun preserving!! I assume any old bread will work as well! Label, label. label! Love your herb blend too! Thanks for all your encouragement! God bless!
If you make your own stuffing/dressing from scratch during the holidays, your dehydrator will be your new favorite holiday helper and sous chef. No more laying the bread or old buns out on the table to dry it out. I don't know why that didn't occur to me until I saw Darcy putting the hot dog buns in the dehydrator 🤔 - 🤔 probably because I've only been using my dehydrator for a few months.
My husband never liked water chestnuts because they were too crunchy for his taste. He may actually tolerate or even enjoy them in dishes if they were previously dehydrated.
@@ThePurposefulPantry If you were adding dehydrated water chestnuts to a rice dish that has a fair amount of liquid in the form of water, leftover liquid from a can of mushrooms, a can of soup, and melted butter, would you recommend rehydrating them prior to adding to the recipe, or just tossing them in dry, or is it an experiment I'm going to have to do? 😉
So grateful for this video, it was timely. I have a box of cukes I harvested wondering what in the world am I gonna do with all of these. Definitely shredding & dehydrating. Think I’ll try making cucumber jelly 😉👍🏼
Thank you for all your tips! I'm always learning something from you! I gathered all the leftover hotdog buns from Independence Day/weekend, and cut them into cubes and dehydrated then for croutons, or I could crush them for crumbs if I want. I felt very accomplished! Also, I made myself a cup of hot basil tea for the first time yesterday. I liked it very much, but I'll give iced a try some time, too!
Wow! Thank you Darcy Great video, so practical! I was rhinking about rhis basil tea… but with your comments describing it, it sure encourage me trying it. Love everything you do! I make my bread… my last hotdog buns were made with all-purpose spelt and khorasan, and some all-purpose flour in the end… the best… I will try it in bread crumbs. ❤️
This bread one is new to me but now that I see it... Why not! I bet I toss a lot of money into the garbage not using up the last two or three every time I buy dog or burger buns. This is such a great tip. Thanks!
That trick of wrinkling up your dehydrator tray is gold! Mine are the ones from Cosori that came with my dehydrator. Where can I buy the pliable trays, please? Thanks!
I saw the Cosori dehydrator in your tagged products. The $159 price point is a good one! I just saw the Cosori on Amazon the other day for $279. I bought mine last summer from Amazon when they had a deal, and it was between $129 and $159 about a year ago. I feel like it was less than the $159 then, but it's a good price at $159 especially if Amazon keeps it at over $200!
Hey Darcy! I'm trying to dehydrate tempeh (a fermented soybean product) which is high in protein/fiber but low in fat/cholesterol. I find that cooking the tempeh in a pan or in air fryer is delicious however after my first few attempts at dehydrating (doing around 6 hours at 125F), I find that there is an unpleasant, hard to describe flavor. I've tried a couple of different marinades before dehydration (soy sauce, Italian herb), but still seem to get an odd tail-end of flavor. I've also come to realize that I really should add any oil in the marinade which may further complicate the process of making a well preserved, delicious snack
As a snack, it won't matter. It'll be fine if it tastes better to you - it just won't be reliably shelf-stable. I've never done it, so I don't have personal experience with it.
if you have hard brown sugar try putting a small slice of apple in your sugar container it will keep it soft and that slice of apple will last for years!
Question about the cucumbers... what would you use them for other than taziki or jelly?? I love gazpacho, Chef John's recipe especially.... would you dehydrate those ingredients separately or make it then dehydrate and probably powder it??
You can often replace zucchini with cucumber in some recipes (you'd want to test if the flavor doesn't turn you off). You can dry it as a soup if you leave the oil out (makes it less reliably shelf-stable - you can saute without it), or you can do individual ingredients if you want.
Hi Darcy, just found your channel today and I love it so much! I wonder if you've ever tried dehydrating tofu before? If so, do you need to cook it first before dehydrating?
I simply slice my cucumbers and dehydrate them. I enjoy eating the dehydrated slices even though the flavor is weird. I will try shredding my cucumbers, thanks!
Japanese beetles have been decimating my basil. Fortunately, we had it planted in two places, and then I've had volunteers popping up in unexpected places. 😊
Recommend you check out Next Level Gardening and Next Level Homestead. This channel tells how to plant gardens inter mixing other plants which deture unwanted bugs/preditors. Yes it's the nasturtium or marigold idea but offers many more and which plant for which preditor. This man has a lot of knowledge about gardens and landscaping. Hope you enjoy his videos and get help with that invading army in your garden.
I am learning so much from you. Thank you for all that you do! I have a burning question about dehydrating garlic. I have a load of the garlic slices in my dehydrator (for several days and nights now) and although they snap when I go to see if they are dry, they are sticky/tacky to the touch when cool. So I keep putting them back in the dehydrator and keep running it. Am I doing this right? Is this normal? Will the stickiness eventually go away? I am using fresh garlic recently harvested from the garden and dehydrating it in slices instead of minced. Thank you!
How long are you letting them cool before testing? Or are they still warm? How thick are they? They have a natural sugar/oil that will stay tacky when they are warm ---- or if left too long, they are absorbing moisture. If they are dry - they are fine, and a little tackiness is fine. That's why you condition to test before you store. If it's been several days and they are thin slices, they should be done.
Thank you for the reply! Letting them cool for an hour they are about 1/4” thick the stickiness/tackiness seems to be from oil, not water. I’m guessing this is because the garlic basically came out of the ground and got processed onto my dehydrator trays (before the bulbs had a chance to cure in the sun). the slices themselves snap easily, but there is a thin film of sticky oil on most of them I’m guessing my mistake and the reason that it’s taking an eternity to dry them is that the garlic is ultra fresh? And next time I would be better off to make sure I am using cured garlic instead of right out of the ground garlic?
i like shredding them with the food processor, worked great for Zucchini i just dehydrated for use later Parment paper is awesome for dehydrating and yes i reuse it several times lol
Yep - I mentioned that the food processor is great for it - I just didn't want to lug it out for that few cucumbers. It takes rearranging my kitchen lol
No, I don't, I don't grow it and don't even have access to it. But I do have a link to a good tutorial here: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/best-dehydrating-recipes/ Just scroll down to the veg.
Amazon sells a lid for Mason jars that has a pour spout. I bought the Jarware brand wide mouth Mason jar spout lid set - one with a handle, one without. The cost is about $12 for the set right now.
If you dehydrated hamburger/hotdog buns whole, could you steam them to use? I'm not looking for bread crumbs or to save space, my problem is i usually freeze leftover buns, but they're usually very freezer burned by the time i want to use them.
I recently dehydrated about a 1/4 cup of Better Than Bouillon paste. It dried really well and I powered it up. My question is, is it safe to do that? Can I store it on the shelf or should I keep it in the fridge or freezer? I rehydrated a small amount to test it and it was great. I like it because it is organic and lower in sodium. I’m just nervous to use it in case it it not safe.
It's not that it isn't safe. It's the fat. You can store it on the shelf, but it's not reliably shelf-stable. So you may get months of it not turning rancid, or you may get a few weeks. So go ahead and do it, just know that it's not as reliable as things without fat, and that the freezer/fridge is the best optimal storage.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you! I love your channel. I bought your book and love it too. I have learned most all I know about dehydrating from you.🙂 I like to go the extra mile and vacuum seal or use an oxygen absorber or both. I feel I have already invested the money into the food, electricity and time why not give it the added insurance of possibly adding more time to the shelf life? I have looked everywhere for a lower salt organic chicken bouillon. It’s not out there. I tried making my own by making bone broth and dehydrating it but man it’s a lot of work. So I tried this cheat of dehydrating the Better Than Bouillon. I just was afraid to use it. I am now feeling confident to use it after your reply. I will go ahead and make it. I will vacuum seal it in a jar and keep it in my freezer. Thanks so much!
You can, but it's a long process that provides small results, and it's so much easier just to buy it. But if you look for 2leeloucreates and vinegar, she has a video on doing it.
Could you please help....if I dehydrated frozen hashbrowns and vacuum sealed them in mason jars, how long will they last ? Also, will I put an oxygen absorber in it even though I vacuum sealed it ?
Have you ever done grape leaves for green powder? When I saw that you could do zucchini leaves (bummer, because I've been tossing them), I started looking around and saw all my grape leaves. When I went to grind up the dried leaves, I got some powder and some cottony puffs that wouldn't grind - so weird!
I have interesting gifts {4} sitting on my counter. They are Korean squash. Totally round, light green and said to be much like zucchini. Follow the same as for zucchini or do you have other ideas/suggestions. I've not cut into one until I know how to take care of without waste. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Jeanette
I've never seen one or had one. If it's said to be like zukes, then you can likely treat it as one, but you won't really know until you open it and see.
What are your favorite low temp items? Ordered a new Excalibur, my Cabelas still works but only lower temps(It's all cracked from higher heat). Plus its summer and fo more Herbs/veggies. Just curious
Back to fresh? Nothing really goes back to fresh well. But to put into soups/stews /casseroles - yep! To snack on? Yep! Powder for thickening? You bet.
My mixed greens my gf calls it 'salad on top'. Then I add like you salt, garlic and maybe a hint of sugar, or whatever calls out to me to add. And maybe for a bit of color... Even some carrots.
Don’t do Dill Pickles. Im in that beginner “experimental” phase. Threw in some store bought hamburger Dill Pickles in one batch. Thankfully I only did about 4 slices. 😜 Talk about SALTY! Hardly any pickle flavor and ALL the salt. While I’m fessing up, Banana Peppers turned out to be about as spicy as Habaneros. LOLOL
I bought 7 bags of frozen peas. I dehydrated them. When it came time to re-hydrate, I soaked for hours, then boiled for at least an hour. However, my peas remained as hard as steel BBs. No matter what I did I couldn't get those peas to re-hydrate. What do you think happened? I'm surprised that peas in mixed vegetables don't remain hard, but from what I'm seeing other people seem to get along very well with their peas. Help!
Unfortunately - peas are one of those things that are hit and miss. Some people have great success, some don't. I think they are best if cooked first then dried when doing in bulk that way. You can at least save them by making pea powder!
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you, I was beginning to think I just wasn't holding my face right.....I'll try again with cooked. Thanks again. Love your channel.
Dear Darcy! I learn so much every time I watch one of your videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing all your knowledge & kindness. I now have much more room in my freezer & canning areas!
Wonderful!
Cucumber lime water is very refreshing. This dehydrated cucumber powder mixed with lime zest dehydrated would be wonderful
I just finished dehydrating onions and they are delicious! The home dried onions have so much more flavor than store bought dried onions. I am eating them like candy.
You can also cut the buns into cubes to dry. This makes it so you can do stuffing, bread pudding and bread crumbs
Basil and garlic Pucks. Grind both up, put in ice cube trays or scoop out with small spoon and place on cookie sheets. Freeze and once completely frozen, remove from cookie sheets and place in ziplock bags and toss back in freezer. When cooking, removed a puck and start cooking. It’s wonderful to combine different herbs and freeze as pucks. Becky from Acre Homestead does this and I love the idea. I’m getting inundated with herbs and I’m having fun combining all the different herbs for cooking
I save and combine all veggie "juices" left over from food prep and freeze for making soups, stews, veggie broth.
You are a professional when it comes to making messes. Nice tips thanks for the video.
Glad I found your channel. You have given me so many different ideas of how to use my leftover veggies and herbs after dehydrating. ❤
Darcy, you're incredible and so generous with your knowledge and experience! Thank you so much! ❤
I bet Chocolate Basil would be amazing as a tea.
Love, love, love the hot dog bun preserving!! I assume any old bread will work as well! Label, label. label! Love your herb blend too! Thanks for all your encouragement! God bless!
If you make your own stuffing/dressing from scratch during the holidays, your dehydrator will be your new favorite holiday helper and sous chef. No more laying the bread or old buns out on the table to dry it out. I don't know why that didn't occur to me until I saw Darcy putting the hot dog buns in the dehydrator 🤔 - 🤔 probably because I've only been using my dehydrator for a few months.
Yes it does!
I LOVE Roots and Refuge, just had their honey lemonade at the farmer’s market this am. Her infusions & herbal remedies are top notch!!
Love your videos Darcy! I was just wondering what else to dehydrate and here you are with more great ideas! Thank you!
Happy to help! :D
I would have never thought about water chestnuts. Great idea. What about bean sprouts?
Yep!
My husband never liked water chestnuts because they were too crunchy for his taste. He may actually tolerate or even enjoy them in dishes if they were previously dehydrated.
@@ThePurposefulPantry If you were adding dehydrated water chestnuts to a rice dish that has a fair amount of liquid in the form of water, leftover liquid from a can of mushrooms, a can of soup, and melted butter, would you recommend rehydrating them prior to adding to the recipe, or just tossing them in dry, or is it an experiment I'm going to have to do? 😉
Ok i need to know more about cucumbers jelly!
In case you missed the link. th-cam.com/video/MRgU__t-ghg/w-d-xo.html
@@ThePurposefulPantry thanks so much for the link. Looks great, I will be trying this.
So grateful for this video, it was timely. I have a box of cukes I harvested wondering what in the world am I gonna do with all of these. Definitely shredding & dehydrating. Think I’ll try making cucumber jelly 😉👍🏼
Thank you for all your tips! I'm always learning something from you! I gathered all the leftover hotdog buns from Independence Day/weekend, and cut them into cubes and dehydrated then for croutons, or I could crush them for crumbs if I want. I felt very accomplished! Also, I made myself a cup of hot basil tea for the first time yesterday. I liked it very much, but I'll give iced a try some time, too!
Thanks Darcy! I appreciate you sharing your wisdom with us!
You are so welcome!
Wow! Thank you Darcy Great video, so practical! I was rhinking about rhis basil tea… but with your comments describing it, it sure encourage me trying it. Love everything you do! I make my bread… my last hotdog buns were made with all-purpose spelt and khorasan, and some all-purpose flour in the end… the best… I will try it in bread crumbs. ❤️
We had a 50/50 split in the house about the tea. Should have waited to finish the video at that point until EVERYONE tried it.
This bread one is new to me but now that I see it... Why not! I bet I toss a lot of money into the garbage not using up the last two or three every time I buy dog or burger buns. This is such a great tip. Thanks!
So true!
Oh I just got done dehydrating some basil never thought of making tea with it
Try adding that on diced tomatoes add dehydrate them. It's so good!
Excellent video! Such useful information and tips! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
That trick of wrinkling up your dehydrator tray is gold! Mine are the ones from Cosori that came with my dehydrator. Where can I buy the pliable trays, please? Thanks!
I have them listed in my Amazon store: amzn.to/46XfkUQ
Thank you!
Great demos!
I saw the Cosori dehydrator in your tagged products. The $159 price point is a good one! I just saw the Cosori on Amazon the other day for $279. I bought mine last summer from Amazon when they had a deal, and it was between $129 and $159 about a year ago. I feel like it was less than the $159 then, but it's a good price at $159 especially if Amazon keeps it at over $200!
Hey Darcy! I'm trying to dehydrate tempeh (a fermented soybean product) which is high in protein/fiber but low in fat/cholesterol. I find that cooking the tempeh in a pan or in air fryer is delicious however after my first few attempts at dehydrating (doing around 6 hours at 125F), I find that there is an unpleasant, hard to describe flavor. I've tried a couple of different marinades before dehydration (soy sauce, Italian herb), but still seem to get an odd tail-end of flavor. I've also come to realize that I really should add any oil in the marinade which may further complicate the process of making a well preserved, delicious snack
As a snack, it won't matter. It'll be fine if it tastes better to you - it just won't be reliably shelf-stable. I've never done it, so I don't have personal experience with it.
Great video , thank you
I do a cold infusion by adding a few sprigs of basil to my water bottle and sit in the refrigerator over night.
if you have hard brown sugar try putting a small slice of apple in your sugar container it will keep it soft and that slice of apple will last for years!
Thanks Darcy!
Any time!
Is it possible to dehydrate store bought can veggies, would love to know your opinion on this question, thank you for all your videos 🙏❤
;) th-cam.com/video/GTK0qhulLMs/w-d-xo.html
Question about the cucumbers... what would you use them for other than taziki or jelly?? I love gazpacho, Chef John's recipe especially.... would you dehydrate those ingredients separately or make it then dehydrate and probably powder it??
You can often replace zucchini with cucumber in some recipes (you'd want to test if the flavor doesn't turn you off). You can dry it as a soup if you leave the oil out (makes it less reliably shelf-stable - you can saute without it), or you can do individual ingredients if you want.
Love making bread crumbs and croutons!
Hi Darcy, just found your channel today and I love it so much! I wonder if you've ever tried dehydrating tofu before? If so, do you need to cook it first before dehydrating?
I don't eat it, so no, I haven't dried it. I'll send you to this for more pro tips than I can give you: www.backpackingchef.com/dehydrating-tofu.html
@@ThePurposefulPantry thanks so much ❤
I simply slice my cucumbers and dehydrate them. I enjoy eating the dehydrated slices even though the flavor is weird. I will try shredding my cucumbers, thanks!
Lol. I thought I was weird for dehydrating bread... Awesome.
what do you like about the Excalibur and cosori dehydrators?
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Greetings and Gratitude
Japanese beetles have been decimating my basil. Fortunately, we had it planted in two places, and then I've had volunteers popping up in unexpected places. 😊
Recommend you check out Next Level Gardening and Next Level Homestead. This channel tells how to plant gardens inter mixing other plants which deture unwanted bugs/preditors. Yes it's the nasturtium or marigold idea but offers many more and which plant for which preditor. This man has a lot of knowledge about gardens and landscaping. Hope you enjoy his videos and get help with that invading army in your garden.
I am learning so much from you. Thank you for all that you do!
I have a burning question about dehydrating garlic.
I have a load of the garlic slices in my dehydrator (for several days and nights now) and although they snap when I go to see if they are dry, they are sticky/tacky to the touch when cool.
So I keep putting them back in the dehydrator and keep running it.
Am I doing this right? Is this normal? Will the stickiness eventually go away?
I am using fresh garlic recently harvested from the garden and dehydrating it in slices instead of minced.
Thank you!
How long are you letting them cool before testing? Or are they still warm? How thick are they? They have a natural sugar/oil that will stay tacky when they are warm ---- or if left too long, they are absorbing moisture. If they are dry - they are fine, and a little tackiness is fine. That's why you condition to test before you store. If it's been several days and they are thin slices, they should be done.
Thank you for the reply!
Letting them cool for an hour
they are about 1/4” thick
the stickiness/tackiness seems to be from oil, not water. I’m guessing this is because the garlic basically came out of the ground and got processed onto my dehydrator trays (before the bulbs had a chance to cure in the sun).
the slices themselves snap easily, but there is a thin film of sticky oil on most of them
I’m guessing my mistake and the reason that it’s taking an eternity to dry them is that the garlic is ultra fresh? And next time I would be better off to make sure I am using cured garlic instead of right out of the ground garlic?
i like shredding them with the food processor, worked great for Zucchini i just dehydrated for use later Parment paper is awesome for dehydrating and yes i reuse it several times lol
Yep - I mentioned that the food processor is great for it - I just didn't want to lug it out for that few cucumbers. It takes rearranging my kitchen lol
@@ThePurposefulPantry I can understand that too!
Can you cook dry beans then drain and dehydrate them?
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Do you know if Rhubarb can be dehydrated? If so what would be the best way?
Yes www.healthycanning.com/drying-rhubarb
Do you dehydrated rutabager? Recipe for it.
No, I don't, I don't grow it and don't even have access to it. But I do have a link to a good tutorial here: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/best-dehydrating-recipes/
Just scroll down to the veg.
Amazon sells a lid for Mason jars that has a pour spout. I bought the Jarware brand wide mouth Mason jar spout lid set - one with a handle, one without. The cost is about $12 for the set right now.
Walmart and Kroger also sell them.
If you dehydrated hamburger/hotdog buns whole, could you steam them to use? I'm not looking for bread crumbs or to save space, my problem is i usually freeze leftover buns, but they're usually very freezer burned by the time i want to use them.
No, they can't be used as fresh
What temperature do I dehydrate onion PURÉE to make onion powder. I accidentally over blended the onions.
The same as you would do any other vegetable. 125F/52C. The state of it doesn't change the temp. you can lower it as much as you'd like.
I recently dehydrated about a 1/4 cup of Better Than Bouillon paste. It dried really well and I powered it up. My question is, is it safe to do that? Can I store it on the shelf or should I keep it in the fridge or freezer? I rehydrated a small amount to test it and it was great. I like it because it is organic and lower in sodium. I’m just nervous to use it in case it it not safe.
It's not that it isn't safe. It's the fat. You can store it on the shelf, but it's not reliably shelf-stable. So you may get months of it not turning rancid, or you may get a few weeks. So go ahead and do it, just know that it's not as reliable as things without fat, and that the freezer/fridge is the best optimal storage.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you! I love your channel. I bought your book and love it too. I have learned most all I know about dehydrating from you.🙂 I like to go the extra mile and vacuum seal or use an oxygen absorber or both. I feel I have already invested the money into the food, electricity and time why not give it the added insurance of possibly adding more time to the shelf life?
I have looked everywhere for a lower salt organic chicken bouillon. It’s not out there. I tried making my own by making bone broth and dehydrating it but man it’s a lot of work. So I tried this cheat of dehydrating the Better Than Bouillon. I just was afraid to use it. I am now feeling confident to use it after your reply. I will go ahead and make it. I will vacuum seal it in a jar and keep it in my freezer. Thanks so much!
Can you dehydrate peanut butter? If so, can you powder it?
No. It's done with a process we can't do at home. www.thepurposefulpantry.com/uses-for-peanut-butter-powder/
Can you put the cilantro in oil to preserve the flavor?
Only of it goes into the freezer.
@@ThePurposefulPantry , I didn’t mean for long term.
Can you dehydrate vinager
You can, but it's a long process that provides small results, and it's so much easier just to buy it. But if you look for 2leeloucreates and vinegar, she has a video on doing it.
I cut my before hand season for croutons
Could you please help....if I dehydrated frozen hashbrowns and vacuum sealed them in mason jars, how long will they last ? Also, will I put an oxygen absorber in it even though I vacuum sealed it ?
Maybe 5 years, maybe more, maybe less. Optimal storage of dehydrated food is about 2 years - your mileage may vary and you get more.
Have you ever done grape leaves for green powder? When I saw that you could do zucchini leaves (bummer, because I've been tossing them), I started looking around and saw all my grape leaves. When I went to grind up the dried leaves, I got some powder and some cottony puffs that wouldn't grind - so weird!
No, because I don't have grape vines, but you can.
I have interesting gifts {4} sitting on my counter. They are Korean squash. Totally round, light green and said to be much like zucchini. Follow the same as for zucchini or do you have other ideas/suggestions. I've not cut into one until I know how to take care of without waste. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Jeanette
I've never seen one or had one. If it's said to be like zukes, then you can likely treat it as one, but you won't really know until you open it and see.
😂 Mrs Darcy❤
Can I dehydrate purslane? Purslane powder?
Yes
Hey Darcy. Just finished okra and onions.
What are your favorite low temp items? Ordered a new Excalibur, my Cabelas still works but only lower temps(It's all cracked from higher heat). Plus its summer and fo more Herbs/veggies. Just curious
Everything but proteins can be down low-temp ;) It just takes longer. Anything dried under 115F is considered 'raw' in keeping all of its nutrients.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Got it, good amount of what I dry is meat(spoiled dog) so not always sure on other items.
I just ordered a 10 tray Cosori on prime day and I bought the 4 year warranty because some of the reviews said it quit working after a year
@@kathithompson5951 Cosiri haven't tried, I did get warrantee on new one. The Cabela's I just an not sure was meant for high temp drying(meat).
@@jennifercline6866 I got the Cosori because it is all stainless steel and Darcy showed on that was really quiet.
And I have been avoiding dehydrating my cucumbers because I had watched other TH-camrs who kept saying not to do it!!!
Lol..they are wrong!!
Has anyone dried okra. How well do they rehydrate?
Back to fresh? Nothing really goes back to fresh well. But to put into soups/stews /casseroles - yep! To snack on? Yep! Powder for thickening? You bet.
Can liver be dehydrated?
Yes. It's stinky, fair warning.
Tip: Use a box grater sideways so all the bits fall inside and you can just 'pour' the bits into their next container.
My mixed greens my gf calls it 'salad on top'. Then I add like you salt, garlic and maybe a hint of sugar, or whatever calls out to me to add. And maybe for a bit of color... Even some carrots.
Sounds great!
Don’t do Dill Pickles. Im in that beginner “experimental” phase. Threw in some store bought hamburger Dill Pickles in one batch. Thankfully I only did about 4 slices. 😜 Talk about SALTY! Hardly any pickle flavor and ALL the salt. While I’m fessing up, Banana Peppers turned out to be about as spicy as Habaneros. LOLOL
We do dill pickles a lot! You need to soak them a bit before, and yes, they are salty - that's why I recommend powdering and using as a seasoning.
I bought 7 bags of frozen peas. I dehydrated them. When it came time to re-hydrate, I soaked for hours, then boiled for at least an hour. However, my peas remained as hard as steel BBs. No matter what I did I couldn't get those peas to re-hydrate. What do you think happened? I'm surprised that peas in mixed vegetables don't remain hard, but from what I'm seeing other people seem to get along very well with their peas. Help!
Unfortunately - peas are one of those things that are hit and miss. Some people have great success, some don't. I think they are best if cooked first then dried when doing in bulk that way. You can at least save them by making pea powder!
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you, I was beginning to think I just wasn't holding my face right.....I'll try again with cooked. Thanks again. Love your channel.
A salad spinner would work