I want a Harvest food dehydrator so bad. My husband says that we really don’t need it. I think it is a great way to keep leftovers, prep for our hurricanes, and also to store my garden harvest. You and a few others make this look like a fantastic investment.
I’m with you. I would so love to have one. But, with a fixed income looming in the near future, the cost is prohibitive. I was really hoping that, as more people buy, the price might come down. Haha. No prices are coming down! Oh well. Trying not to covet my “neighbor’s” goods. All of that said, I’m so grateful that Caroline took the care to show us a freezer version. Thanks Caroline!
I want one so bad too. I love love freeze dried berries. They only keep for a short time. And you can’t buy good stuff locally where we live. I could grow many and freeze dry them. My husband says we don’t need one. Buy when I buy freeze dried berries for snacks cuz you can’t find fresh especially out of season they are so pricey. I love peaches too and would love to do my garden stuff
Hi Caroline and Josh, It would be great to see a cost breakdown (including cost of machine) of freeze dried food to frozen or canned food, including cost of equipment, power, food storage, etc. ie: help me justify the cost, lol. Love you guys. You are such amazing teachers. I had 11 kids, but was never nearly as organized as you are. Wish I’d had your videos back in the day.
@@KarenLarsen22070 it would still be helpful to see a price comparison. I can dehydrate food, can food, and freeze food. I’d like to see if it’s more cost effective to freeze dry.
There are people on youtube who have done that break down. I can only tell you the cost of electricity is minimal (If I recall just a little over $1 and the bags and oxygen absorbers will be less than another $1. Compare to buying commercial FD. I just did Chicken Breast and my #10 can of ORGANIC chicken cost $32.00. Commercial #10 can of NON organic chicken costs over $100. You can't buy organic FD foods and you can make your own recipes that you know you and your family like. BTW, I got 2 #10 can's from 4 trays (medium size machine)
What I learned here: Freeze dried meals = truly grab and go Freezer meals = start grab-bing an entire day before you're go-ing to be in a rush so it can defrost in your refrigerator and then be heated up in the oven all over again 🤣 Guess I need to save up for a freeze dryer because that result is truly amazing and will prevent the fast food trips when I'm in a rush! Love your channel!
This is not freezer mails, it's FREEZE DRIED meals. BIT difference as this will not take any space in your freezer and will keep for likely over a year. Foods that don't contain dairy and fats will keep up to 25 years.
Just ordered my Harvest Right 5 tray - cannot wait - with the solar panels 'waking up' I'll be running it 4/7 - great to have another recipe - THANK YOU 🙏🙏
@@Jenniferscrazylife Hi there - Im not much help .Im in Ireland and Ive the roofs covered using German made powerbanks - I guess in USA its the same as a Tesla set up - years ago everyone laughed at me - but I knew the UK energy Prices were to caught up in the coming hyperinflation and I was getting ahead of the curve - Also I got the house fitted out with woodstove (with oven) After the initial outlay - Its paying for itself - freeze dryer next month
@@fullofhope2222 Thank you for the reply, my hubby was born in Ireland but moved to the states when he was 4 months old lol His mother’s family was O’kelley and either from Donegal or near Donegal, I don’t remember the story exact lol But anyways, stay safe over there and thank you again!
@@pennylaur7687 In Ireland I can only buy HARVEST RIGHT from a Pharmaceutical company - Its costing well over $5000 but in the lower 48 its a lot cheaper - half that price - solar back then was about $10K fitted - but much more expensive now
I brined the chopped chicken with salt, rosemary and bay leaves about 12 hours. I also didn’t have time to chop veggies so I used some freezed dried veggies. The brine gave a good flavor, I didn’t add anymore salt. So yummy. I keep making this and freeze drying it and we are eating it from pint jars before I can get enough for long term storage. Love my freeze dryer.
I have that food processer with the dicing attachment. It gets lots of use in canning season. I love it. The time it saves is worth every dime I had to save to get it into my kitchen.
You can also FD your ends and tips and just keep adding them to a jar, pulverize them and have an all purpose vegetable dry blend. I've been saving my celery leaves, odds and ends veggies and even the powdered bits left over off my trays. I've been very frugal with my veggies. My compost pile is suffering.
Thank you for this video! I got my freeze dryer last month, LOVE IT!!! I love the convenience meals and have been freeze drying left overs. I also love chicken pot pie! I will making this as soon as I have trays available to freeze dry the next batch! Love this! Thank you!!!!
Are you happy with your freeze dryer? Would you share how you found it. My daughter wants one. I have no idea which one is best not where to find it. Thank you in advance.
Take a look at the site, there are different sized machines and different vacuum pumps, you'll have to sort out which is right for you. I got the medium because the large requires a different outlet, my breaker box could not accommodate. I would have rather gotten the large. I got the premier pump because the documents on the website indicate this was the lowest decibel. Do a search on TH-cam, lots of videos about the freeze dryer. It helped me to watch these videos to know what I wanted it for, which would be the right machine for me. Retired at 40 Live Life Simple is a great channel for information regarding the machine, pump options, and how to select the one for you. He also has lots of videos of freeze drying foods and reconstituting them. Great resource.
Carolyn thank you for the suggested Breville food processor! I do a lot of cooking for our HarvestRight freeze dryer. We opted for the large version about 18 months ago and absolutely love it. Being able to process vegetables cleanly and efficiently is always helpful. I did order through your linked account so hopefully you will receive the benefit of the order. Thnx again for the video
MORE MEALS LIKE THIS PLEASE! I just got a freeze dryer and am looking for other recipes. Thought about writing a freeze dryer book in your spare time?😂
Do you know of a way to sharpen the dicer portion of the blades? I have enjoyed mine and find the price of a new one a bit much. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated :)
If you want it to store for up to 20 years, you won't be able to use cream. Best to use 2% milk. The less fat, the longer it will store. Also should use coconut oil rather than butter. Again, because of the fat content in butter, Even with that I wouldn't count on it storing for 20 years. No one has had a home freeze drying more than 10 years and people didn't really start FDing meat until the last 2 years.
Boy, do I wish I had one of those Freeze Driers!!! I've looked into them but just can't afford something like that right now... Loved your recipe though and will try making it for the freezer! Thank you Carolyn! ❤️
OH MY GOSH! What a delicious recipe! I'm considering buying a freeze dryer but couldn't wait to try out your recipe. I love it, so delicious and satisfying. I'm going to make it again and freeze it in the pint jars. I love your channel and how your family represents what is good and decent in this world. God bless you and your family and keep on doing what you do!
Can the recipe use dairy free options like coconut milk and still be able to freeze dry safely? What types of garden vegetables can be freeze dried best? I would like to know to prep future garden. Can you share how to store freeze dried food in Mylar bags? Thanks!
Speaking of freeze drying, I’ve been wondering if fresh nixtamilized masa can be freeze dried and ground to make shelf stable masa harina. I haven’t been able to find much info, except one person who dehydrated it. I bet it would work! I’d like to be able to find someone local who’ll rent me time on their freeze dryer, so I can try some things before I decide the price is really worth it.
This recipe is wonderful. I have freeze dried it using chicken per the recipe. I am now prefreezing the recipe with adaptations with beef. Next up, I will be making a vegan version using tofu for the protein. I do have turkey in the freezer...😊
This is amazing!! I loved to see both versions. My only problem is when I have freeze dried food and vacuum sealed, sometimes the seal would break without me knowing and then I had to throw the food out. I wonder the positives and negatives to adding the ring on afterwards, I've tried to look up this information but without luck. I am so excited and hopeful to figure all of this out eventually! Thanks again!
Just made this and it’s awesome! Enough for supper tonight and freeze dry for later! ❤️Would love more recipes like this, I want to freeze dry grab and go meals for our son to take back to college with him.
sorry, I meant to say that I got a harvest right freeze dryer and I have freeze dried mangos and lots of other fruits, I also have done taco soup. thank you for the new recipe.
Not sure if the question has already been asked.... when storing the freeze dried meal can they be stored in the vacuum sealed bags instead of in jars? The bags take up much less room than canning jars, which is much nicer if you have limited space.
Not sure if all Mason jars can be used for freezing. It may be adjusted head space. I got thrift store jars in the box that said freezer on the box. The jars had an extra thick ring of glass at the neck. So I don't know🤔
This is a great video. I am starting to learn to can and canned my homemade chicken soup a couple of weeks ago. We also have a Harvest Right. I love how you made the pot pie filling and put it into a pint jar. That's what I'm going to be doing. So easy for a good meal for my husband at work or any meal. Thank you!
I really want one of these freeze drying machines. It’s definitely not in my budget but the more I learn about the things you can do with it I feel like it’s a Saturday. I originally wanted it for fruit because where we live it’s hard to get very good or fresh fruit especially in a long winters and I love freeze dried fruit but I don’t really love just regular dried fruit. Anyways your videos are showing me all the different things you can do with it which I think is amazing. We farm and so we have a really busy wife during spring and harvest and I hate grab and go things from the store and I like to cook homemade like this and so I try to meal prep tons of meals in the freezer and then we take them to the fuel then we have a little cooker in the tractor that plugs into a charging thing and we can heat up Hot dishes and meals and pasta and chicken pot pie and all those things in the little cooker but I don’t have the freezer space are usually only do it for harvest. So having things like this that I could prep in the winter when we’re not as busy would be amazing because in the summer I’m trying to keep my garden growing and all the sudden it’s time to Medicaid and then we have to get in the field to harvest the crops and it’s really hard to find the time to make the freezer meals and so something like this would help me prep during the time of year where I have the time available and I’ve been racking my brain how I could ever budget it and I had a great idea and I wanted to share it here I have family that lives close by and if we all collectively went together and purchased one together we could get one. And then just share it. Get together at the time of year we need to preserve garden foods and work together to process it. I’ve even heard ideas like as an example I’m really good at growing certain things and my brother just has a knack for growing onions far better than me and my mom and so he could concentrate on growing the things he’s good at and then we could get together and freeze dry things together. Just sharing my thoughts.
Love ur videos ❣️ would ❤️ to know where I can get my hands on the giant size cast iron, my mom had one, but since her passing a few yrs back, nobody knows where it went 😢 I always wanted moms giant cast iron pan. 🤗🙏🤗
Every fall I make a number of chicken pot pies for the freezer to have over the winter (I cheat with the sauce though and use cream of chicken soup and I use those mini metal pie plates😁). I had always used pie crust however this year I ended up using puff pastry and found it to be a much nicer and lighter top crust (we only do one crust as I found having a bottom crust soaked up a lot of the juice - I also use lard in my pie crusts for a flakier crust). I do these along with lasagnas and our family loves to be able to take them out throughout the winter for quick and soul warming meals. Quick question - which version of Foodsaver are you using. I'm looking to buy one and I want to make sure it has the ability for the jar sealing as well.
What kind of wheat berries would you mill to make the flour for this meal? For the broth/gravy in the pot pie??? For the crust?? Would there be a difference if you were going to freeze dry it? I plan on making this... saving some for the freeze dryer and eating some as a meal so two different skillets. Also, did you know that you could use your freeze dryer to vacuum seal those jars? They can even be recycled jars with lids as long as the lids have the seal in them. I have a medium sized freeze dryer and can do larger size jars like gallons and half-gallons as well. It's a lot quicker to seal the jars as you can do multiples at one time. Thank you for the info!
😫 Love the vids..., just went to see what the cost was here in Western Australia...., the cheapest for the 6 tray (smallest model) is $9,399 + freight. 😵💫
I want a Harvest food dehydrator so bad. My husband says that we really don’t need it. I think it is a great way to keep leftovers, prep for our hurricanes, and also to store my garden harvest. You and a few others make this look like a fantastic investment.
I’m with you. I would so love to have one. But, with a fixed income looming in the near future, the cost is prohibitive. I was really hoping that, as more people buy, the price might come down. Haha. No prices are coming down! Oh well. Trying not to covet my “neighbor’s” goods.
All of that said, I’m so grateful that Caroline took the care to show us a freezer version. Thanks Caroline!
How much are they?
@@pennylaur7687 I have the medium size. It's about $3000. Love it.
Going to make pot pie this weekend.
Girl don’t claim the hurricanes 😂
I want one so bad too. I love love freeze dried berries. They only keep for a short time. And you can’t buy good stuff locally where we live. I could grow many and freeze dry them. My husband says we don’t need one. Buy when I buy freeze dried berries for snacks cuz you can’t find fresh especially out of season they are so pricey. I love peaches too and would love to do my garden stuff
Hi Caroline and Josh, It would be great to see a cost breakdown (including cost of machine) of freeze dried food to frozen or canned food, including cost of equipment, power, food storage, etc.
ie: help me justify the cost, lol.
Love you guys. You are such amazing teachers. I had 11 kids, but was never nearly as organized as you are. Wish I’d had your videos back in the day.
@@KarenLarsen22070 it would still be helpful to see a price comparison. I can dehydrate food, can food, and freeze food. I’d like to see if it’s more cost effective to freeze dry.
@@KarenLarsen22070 There was a very good sale, the large was about 3500 with the premium pump and a free set of extra trays.
Can you get a freeze dryer in Canada?
There are people on youtube who have done that break down. I can only tell you the cost of electricity is minimal (If I recall just a little over $1 and the bags and oxygen absorbers will be less than another $1. Compare to buying commercial FD. I just did Chicken Breast and my #10 can of ORGANIC chicken cost $32.00. Commercial #10 can of NON organic chicken costs over $100. You can't buy organic FD foods and you can make your own recipes that you know you and your family like. BTW, I got 2 #10 can's from 4 trays (medium size machine)
What I learned here:
Freeze dried meals = truly grab and go
Freezer meals = start grab-bing an entire day before you're go-ing to be in a rush so it can defrost in your refrigerator and then be heated up in the oven all over again 🤣
Guess I need to save up for a freeze dryer because that result is truly amazing and will prevent the fast food trips when I'm in a rush! Love your channel!
after you add the cream and it's quit liquidy, it reminded me so much of Grammies 'summer stew'.... MMMMM so yummy...
Loved this video, please do more recipes like this! I love having freezer meals for busy summer days
This is not freezer mails, it's FREEZE DRIED meals. BIT difference as this will not take any space in your freezer and will keep for likely over a year. Foods that don't contain dairy and fats will keep up to 25 years.
This is the best pot pie recipe I've ever made and it freeze dries and reconstituted so well!
I bought the food processor and the extra attachments. Liked it so much I bought one for my daughter.
I bought the processor and the attachment! I am a processing maniac. Thank you, Carolyn, for the confidence!❤
Wonderful!
You are the REAL PIONEER WOMAN!!!!!!!!!! You have a very beautiful family.
Get one. Me and hubby both drive semi and it’s so great to have home made meals on the road and so easy to prepare in our trucks
Just ordered my Harvest Right 5 tray - cannot wait - with the solar panels 'waking up' I'll be running it 4/7 - great to have another recipe - THANK YOU 🙏🙏
Cost?
@fullofHope where are you getting the solar panels for it from? If you don’t mind sharing that is ..
Thanks
@@Jenniferscrazylife Hi there - Im not much help .Im in Ireland and Ive the roofs covered using German made powerbanks - I guess in USA its the same as a Tesla set up - years ago everyone laughed at me - but I knew the UK energy Prices were to caught up in the coming hyperinflation and I was getting ahead of the curve - Also I got the house fitted out with woodstove (with oven) After the initial outlay - Its paying for itself - freeze dryer next month
@@fullofhope2222 Thank you for the reply, my hubby was born in Ireland but moved to the states when he was 4 months old lol
His mother’s family was O’kelley and either from Donegal or near Donegal, I don’t remember the story exact lol
But anyways, stay safe over there and thank you again!
@@pennylaur7687 In Ireland I can only buy HARVEST RIGHT from a Pharmaceutical company - Its costing well over $5000 but in the lower 48 its a lot cheaper - half that price - solar back then was about $10K fitted - but much more expensive now
Thank you. More of these would be great. I love you and your family. You are indeed quite unique.
No freeze dryer here, so going to put some in one of my freezers. Just made a chicken pot pie two nights ago😘
Thank you so much for this video. 🙏🙌❤️
I absolutely love my Breville!
This is so interesting! I love to watch how she does everything. And I'm getting some great ideas!!!
Will look for Cuisinart dicer attachment!!
ETA: $50-so worth it! I can save up for it. I’ve been waiting 40 yrs for this in my life‼️
I brined the chopped chicken with salt, rosemary and bay leaves about 12 hours. I also didn’t have time to chop veggies so I used some freezed dried veggies. The brine gave a good flavor, I didn’t add anymore salt. So yummy. I keep making this and freeze drying it and we are eating it from pint jars before I can get enough for long term storage. Love my freeze dryer.
I have that food processer with the dicing attachment. It gets lots of use in canning season. I love it. The time it saves is worth every dime I had to save to get it into my kitchen.
Please post more freeze dry ready meal tutorials! I will be making these! Thank you for the wonderful content.
You can also FD your ends and tips and just keep adding them to a jar, pulverize them and have an all purpose vegetable dry blend. I've been saving my celery leaves, odds and ends veggies and even the powdered bits left over off my trays. I've been very frugal with my veggies. My compost pile is suffering.
Please do more freeze dryermeals. We are experimenting with ours and I trust your recipes!
I watch a lot of cooking shows you are number one
Thank you for this video! I got my freeze dryer last month, LOVE IT!!! I love the convenience meals and have been freeze drying left overs. I also love chicken pot pie! I will making this as soon as I have trays available to freeze dry the next batch! Love this! Thank you!!!!
Price?
Are you happy with your freeze dryer? Would you share how you found it. My daughter wants one. I have no idea which one is best not where to find it.
Thank you in advance.
Take a look at the site, there are different sized machines and different vacuum pumps, you'll have to sort out which is right for you. I got the medium because the large requires a different outlet, my breaker box could not accommodate. I would have rather gotten the large. I got the premier pump because the documents on the website indicate this was the lowest decibel. Do a search on TH-cam, lots of videos about the freeze dryer. It helped me to watch these videos to know what I wanted it for, which would be the right machine for me. Retired at 40 Live Life Simple is a great channel for information regarding the machine, pump options, and how to select the one for you. He also has lots of videos of freeze drying foods and reconstituting them. Great resource.
I love freeze drying my favorite soups, but this gives me even more ideas! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Hope you enjoy
Thank you for this! I had no idea I could freeze stuff in canning jars. This is great to know!
Yep the soux chef slicer dicer is the best for big batches. For small batches I still hand dice / chop.
Is Sous Chef a brand?
I love this! I've never thought about freeze drying food to preserve it, how cool!
Looks delicious. I make a chicken stew that I can. I thicken it with butter and flour roux when opened and pour it into crust to bake.
Thank you! I'm always looking for new meal ideas for the freeze dryer. Love this idea!
Carolyn thank you for the suggested Breville food processor! I do a lot of cooking for our HarvestRight freeze dryer. We opted for the large version about 18 months ago and absolutely love it. Being able to process vegetables cleanly and efficiently is always helpful. I did order through your linked account so hopefully you will receive the benefit of the order.
Thnx again for the video
Wow! I LOVE this idea! So AWESOME! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊
What a fantastic video. This recipe looks delicious. I love how you show the freeze drying part to it.
MORE MEALS LIKE THIS PLEASE! I just got a freeze dryer and am looking for other recipes. Thought about writing a freeze dryer book in your spare time?😂
I love the food processor that fits my Kitchen Aid stand mixer including the dicer blades.
Do you know of a way to sharpen the dicer portion of the blades? I have enjoyed mine and find the price of a new one a bit much. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated :)
Your voice makes me want to listen to you all day girrrrrl keep up the good work
I can't wait to try this recipe! I would also love a freeze dryer.
I have the the kitchen aid dicer, but I haven't used it yet. It wasn't cheap either. I should probably learn how to use it.
If you want it to store for up to 20 years, you won't be able to use cream. Best to use 2% milk. The less fat, the longer it will store. Also should use coconut oil rather than butter. Again, because of the fat content in butter, Even with that I wouldn't count on it storing for 20 years. No one has had a home freeze drying more than 10 years and people didn't really start FDing meat until the last 2 years.
Boy, do I wish I had one of those Freeze Driers!!! I've looked into them but just can't afford something like that right now...
Loved your recipe though and will try making it for the freezer! Thank you Carolyn! ❤️
I think I'd freeze some in silicone bags instead of all jars. If you want a meal quick you won't have time for overnight in fridge for jars.
OH MY GOSH! What a delicious recipe! I'm considering buying a freeze dryer but couldn't wait to try out your recipe. I love it, so delicious and satisfying. I'm going to make it again and freeze it in the pint jars. I love your channel and how your family represents what is good and decent in this world. God bless you and your family and keep on doing what you do!
I saw a trick to put a damp paper towel next to your cutting area when you chop onions to absorb the odor
Just like my chicken pot pie! I will definitely be making these for the freezer, no freeze dryer but maybe one day.
Running my test batch of bread in the freeze dryer right now. This is going to be one of the first thinks I freeze dry! Can’t wait!
OMGosh...I've been on the fence for the freeze drier...but now I'm ordering one today and this will be the first meal I experiment with. Thank you !!!
We love your freeze dryer!! Can't wait to make this to out in it.. thank you
I’m constantly making homemade soups for my husbands lunches. I’m definitely going to add this to my to do list. Love the cooking videos!
Can the recipe use dairy free options like coconut milk and still be able to freeze dry safely? What types of garden vegetables can be freeze dried best? I would like to know to prep future garden. Can you share how to store freeze dried food in Mylar bags? Thanks!
Speaking of freeze drying, I’ve been wondering if fresh nixtamilized masa can be freeze dried and ground to make shelf stable masa harina. I haven’t been able to find much info, except one person who dehydrated it. I bet it would work!
I’d like to be able to find someone local who’ll rent me time on their freeze dryer, so I can try some things before I decide the price is really worth it.
God Bless you!! God is in Control and He will pull us thru this storm ! Faith 😊😊💕💕🙏🙏🇺🇸💕🇺🇸🇺🇸
This recipe is wonderful. I have freeze dried it using chicken per the recipe. I am now prefreezing the recipe with adaptations with beef. Next up, I will be making a vegan version using tofu for the protein. I do have turkey in the freezer...😊
This is amazing!! I loved to see both versions. My only problem is when I have freeze dried food and vacuum sealed, sometimes the seal would break without me knowing and then I had to throw the food out. I wonder the positives and negatives to adding the ring on afterwards, I've tried to look up this information but without luck. I am so excited and hopeful to figure all of this out eventually! Thanks again!
You are outstanding on everything you do Thank you
That freeze dryer is awesome. I didn't even know that sort of thing existed. Checking into one right now.
Amazing! And, chicken pot pie is among my all time favorites. Great idea.♥️🙏🏼♥️
Just made this and it’s awesome! Enough for supper tonight and freeze dry for later! ❤️Would love more recipes like this, I want to freeze dry grab and go meals for our son to take back to college with him.
I was told that oil from the butter isn’t good for long time storage. Even FD it.Due to it going rancid. Is that true?
sorry, I meant to say that I got a harvest right freeze dryer and I have freeze dried
mangos and lots of other fruits, I also have done taco soup. thank you for the new
recipe.
I could have used that dicer when I was cooking for our family of 9!
This looks so yummy! You made it look so easy!
Not sure if the question has already been asked.... when storing the freeze dried meal can they be stored in the vacuum sealed bags instead of in jars? The bags take up much less room than canning jars, which is much nicer if you have limited space.
Yes you can use the mylar bags as long as you use an oxygen absorber.
OMG! I had no idea that you could use mason jars for freezing. Will definitely try this method soon. Thanks for all you do.
Not sure if all Mason jars can be used for freezing. It may be adjusted head space. I got thrift store jars in the box that said freezer on the box. The jars had an extra thick ring of glass at the neck. So I don't know🤔
Absolutely brilliant!
Oh my goodness. This is incredibly delicious! I made 1/2 batch to try.
That is almost exactly like I make my chicken pie, but sometimes I add mushrooms :-)
The manufacturers of canning jars say NOT to use them in the oven. They are meant to be heated in a moist/wet environment only.
I Love my dehydrator, but I admit I'm a little jealous of your freeze dryer! Thank you for making great TH-cam content
This is a great video. I am starting to learn to can and canned my homemade chicken soup a couple of weeks ago. We also have a Harvest Right. I love how you made the pot pie filling and put it into a pint jar. That's what I'm going to be doing. So easy for a good meal for my husband at work or any meal. Thank you!
Thanks for this video! I just got a freeze dryer this week and I am so excited to try this recipe
New to your channel and I love it…
I really want one of these freeze drying machines. It’s definitely not in my budget but the more I learn about the things you can do with it I feel like it’s a Saturday. I originally wanted it for fruit because where we live it’s hard to get very good or fresh fruit especially in a long winters and I love freeze dried fruit but I don’t really love just regular dried fruit. Anyways your videos are showing me all the different things you can do with it which I think is amazing. We farm and so we have a really busy wife during spring and harvest and I hate grab and go things from the store and I like to cook homemade like this and so I try to meal prep tons of meals in the freezer and then we take them to the fuel then we have a little cooker in the tractor that plugs into a charging thing and we can heat up Hot dishes and meals and pasta and chicken pot pie and all those things in the little cooker but I don’t have the freezer space are usually only do it for harvest. So having things like this that I could prep in the winter when we’re not as busy would be amazing because in the summer I’m trying to keep my garden growing and all the sudden it’s time to Medicaid and then we have to get in the field to harvest the crops and it’s really hard to find the time to make the freezer meals and so something like this would help me prep during the time of year where I have the time available and I’ve been racking my brain how I could ever budget it and I had a great idea and I wanted to share it here I have family that lives close by and if we all collectively went together and purchased one together we could get one. And then just share it. Get together at the time of year we need to preserve garden foods and work together to process it. I’ve even heard ideas like as an example I’m really good at growing certain things and my brother just has a knack for growing onions far better than me and my mom and so he could concentrate on growing the things he’s good at and then we could get together and freeze dry things together. Just sharing my thoughts.
On yum. I just made a trial quarter batch with my canned chicken.
Next time I will work on freezing some & trying the pint jar thing.
Perfect. ;) Thank you!
I am in love with ur videos sooo many things I wanna make and do for me and my husband.
Love ur videos ❣️ would ❤️ to know where I can get my hands on the giant size cast iron, my mom had one, but since her passing a few yrs back, nobody knows where it went 😢 I always wanted moms giant cast iron pan. 🤗🙏🤗
Can’t wait to try this as an MRE.
Sorry for all the questions! A whole new world for me! ……can the lids (not rings) be reused several times?
This is amazing! I would love to see more freezer meals like this!
de mangos and lots of other fruits and i also did taco soup. Thanks for the new recipe!!!
Every fall I make a number of chicken pot pies for the freezer to have over the winter (I cheat with the sauce though and use cream of chicken soup and I use those mini metal pie plates😁). I had always used pie crust however this year I ended up using puff pastry and found it to be a much nicer and lighter top crust (we only do one crust as I found having a bottom crust soaked up a lot of the juice - I also use lard in my pie crusts for a flakier crust). I do these along with lasagnas and our family loves to be able to take them out throughout the winter for quick and soul warming meals.
Quick question - which version of Foodsaver are you using. I'm looking to buy one and I want to make sure it has the ability for the jar sealing as well.
Amazing! I love your recipes
This was a great video ! Love the music also ! You all used great taste in making this !
Brilliant ! Something new to try with my freeze drier.
Wow! That dicer is a time saver!
This sounds like a really good one either way thank you for sharing your expertise
Wow. Goddess!! I don't know how you do it all !! Amazing. Thank you :)
I have to try this! Thanks 😊!
Your husband has made sure you have every piece of high quality kitchen processing equipment, plus your YT channel.
Fabulous video!! Thanks so much Caroline!!😋😃
Great video.
I thought you could not use an oxygen absorber AND a desiccant together. Please check and clarify.
What kind of wheat berries would you mill to make the flour for this meal? For the broth/gravy in the pot pie??? For the crust?? Would there be a difference if you were going to freeze dry it? I plan on making this... saving some for the freeze dryer and eating some as a meal so two different skillets. Also, did you know that you could use your freeze dryer to vacuum seal those jars? They can even be recycled jars with lids as long as the lids have the seal in them. I have a medium sized freeze dryer and can do larger size jars like gallons and half-gallons as well. It's a lot quicker to seal the jars as you can do multiples at one time. Thank you for the info!
Hiya Carolyn! 👋🏻 New subscriber! I'm drooling already! Omg! Better yet..can I move in? 😂😂😂 I'm packing now! 😛👍🏻
Welcome!!
That looks really delicious.
Mmmm! Looks so delicious 😋
I would try the freezer to my sun oven. I dont have a freeze dryer and my freezer runs off of solar.
Thanks
😫 Love the vids..., just went to see what the cost was here in Western Australia...., the cheapest for the 6 tray (smallest model) is $9,399 + freight. 😵💫
I wish my Breville said what it was BFP800XL/A seem to be the one and that’s all it says. So, I will definitely look into that accessory.
Love this, thanks Carolyn