@@starfire8221 I just dehydrated grated pumpkin. I didn’t blanch it. Rehydrated a small amount and it looks just the same as when it was fresh. No reason you can use carrots in carrot cake.
@@thehadster7043 Very generous, thank you. But my view is that we are all in this together and help each other! I have learned much for people who comment on our videos and I am grateful for that!
Thank you for teaching me how to negotiate old age without being a burden to my children. I have a freeze dryer because I saw the potential but didn't know how to make it work for my situation. Thank you for teaching me
So Im just seeing this and wow I started crying when I saw you cry. That was too much. I know how hard you work for the food security. This next season is going to be better. Bless you beautiful lady.
Here's a tip. When vacuum sealing powders, place a coffee filter inside the top of the jar. It prevents the risk of the powder going in your vacuum sealer and ruining it.
When rehydrating carrots, putting them in a zip lock bag of water and pushing the air out then sealing the bag seems to work best. They are surrounded in water rather than floating in a bowl. Give them 15 mins or so.
I’ve just finished my 2nd batch of carrots in the FD. I powdered them and are they delicious! I added a 1/2 cup to my chicken & dumpling broth last night, along with spinach powder. So very good!. So glad you tried them and found them to be orange. I bought big 5 lb bags of whole carrots. I peeled and hubs sliced them on the mandolin- much brighter than yours but still….the nutrients! 🌺
I love making veggy powders, learned the hard way not to dehydrate onions and garlic before leaving for the office though...the odor hit me like a brick wall when I got home. Never thought to make carrot powder though. Ty for sharing.
I dry onions first then follow with potatoes and the starch absorbs the onion smell without making my dehydrated potatoes taste or smell like onions. Bonus: I save my fall harvest of these to do in the winter in my unfinished basement (no heat) and it keeps the basement warmer. (But I’m running 2 big Cabala brand dehydrators)
Creative problem solving as you said is so important and it is essential to be self reliant. I prefer the freeze dryer for my carrots, but if shredding, dehydrator okay. Waiting for my F.D. to be finished in a few hours. I sneak veggies into everything. Because of these weather times, I started with a tunnel and 2 raised beds. With nothing but clay and rocks, root crops are difficult to say the least. Last year is the first year with the raised beds and my beets and carrots were a great success.
@@RoseRedHomestead Yes, I was ecstatic last year and trying to get the temps to agree and go ahead and get started again with the beds. Gardening is definitely a learning experience when trying something new.
Thank you for this video! I'm expecting my freeze dryer to arrive sometime in June. I have been dehydrating for a few years now and am excited to begin freeze drying! On a side-note...Vitamix sells a separate "Dry Grains" container. The blades are made specifically for grinding/powdering. I use it for grinding my own flours, coffee beans, powdering my dehydrated foods, etc. to keep my regular Vitamix containers from getting etched up. It's pricey, but a good investment if you use it often for these kinds of things.
I just ordered a freeze dryer, it will be here in a couple of days, can't wait!! You have inspired me to start freeze drying and canning again. Thank you so much for all the info you give. I trust your canning because so many videos go against the recommended process. Love seeing you and Jim, you have become my go to for all preserving. Oh, I used to can and dehydrate years ago, at 67 I'm starting again, thank you for the videos.
You do such a wonderful job with your experiments. This is one that I really wanted to see as I have both a freeze dryer and dehydrator. You have answered my questions beautifully! Thank you so much!
Excellent adventure in carrot preservation!!! So interesting!!! Good to know that blanching carrots will help keep their color when dehydrating carrots!!!!!! I would think the same should be true of freeze drying carrots too. Thanks for great experiments today!!!!!
I just watched this video in full to get this one question answered. Should I blanch carrots before freeze drying? Seems the answer might be- yes but only for better color retention. Thanks.
You are so good at expressing yourself.....practical advice as well as day-to-day, we-all-have-them emotions. I so love your channel. Thank you.....for all you two do. (You may enjoy the new stainless steel Vitamix carafe. I looove mine!!)
Thanks for the interesting comparison. I wouldn’t have thrown out the canned and then dehydrated carrots. Cooked carrots actually have more food value than fresh because the vitamins are assimilated more easily by the body. They probably have less than they would have if just cooked from fresh, but I think they would be good in a soup. Wow! Those freeze dried carrots powdered up easily! I’m impressed with that.
We dehydrated carrots and, for the blanching part, I used your newer advice for blanching celery. We blanched the carrots with a few tablespoons of baking soda in the blanching water, cooled and rinsed thoroughly in ice bath. then dehydrated them. Just to be sure, we did up enough for a meal this first time and then re-hydrated and cooked for dinner that night. BINGO, full color retention :)
Thank you both for all you do to give us good info. ....... I used to never blanch veggies before hydrating, but I kept hearing that to dehydrate, as with freezing, we need to blanch vegetables to stop the enzymes that even freezing won't stop. I'm to understand that the taste and structure of the vegetable is compromised if we don't blanch. Also, I've now seen and experienced first hand that blanched vegetables RE-hydrate closest to original shape and texture - a much better end product for me.
I was fortunate to buy a big sack of the LDS cannery carrots before local laws forbid bulk buys as 'unsanitary'. Baloney! I love those for soups & stews. For our side dishes, I buy 'horse/deer' carrots' cheaply from local Mennonite produce farms, peel and pressure can them. True, some nutrition is lost, but you don't care in mid-winter as you enjoy them and they don't cost the earth in winter prices. I also partially cook then dry them in my 'Vegeta' mix. They're truly universal.
I have a cheaper model of dehydrator. I have tried dehydrating, but it is very humid here. Last time I dehydrated bananas after 2 days, they were still sticky and chewy. One day I may accomplish that better because, like you, I want to really want to make powder products. Thanks for sharing and Have a Blessed Day.
We enjoy ours. The down side is that we both work, so timing the batches is sometimes problematic. But I do like the texture of these veggies for making powders.
I love watching your videos and so wish I could afford a freeze dryer!! I’m in the U.K. and our weather is crazy too. Climate weirding is everywhere now and we all need to change our use of fossil fuels for the future of our kids snd grandkids whilst we prepare for the worst. It will get worse sadly. When I met my husband 40 years ago he told me we would be here in 50-100 years snd we all thought he was crazy! But he was so right. I wish he had been crazy instead. 😢
Thank you for sharing your content. I really appreciate your scientific approach to testing your methods. I am a recent subscriber and have also recently purchased a harvest right freeze dryer. I am not finding much information regarding freeze drying liquids, (especially broth and milk) either on TH-cam or the Internet.I would love to be able to freeze dry my bone broth and powder it. I would really appreciate you doing a video and giving your scientific opinion of properly freeze drying liquids. Thank you so much!
Loved this. I also love the idea about the vegi powder. Great idea. Last year when canning tomatoes i saved all the tomato skins and dried and powdered them. They are great and will do it again this year. Thank you Pam and Jim. I love your channel
@@lynsmith2698 I have heard that as well, or at least that you can use tomato powder to make tomato paste. I am looking forward to trying a few new things with tomatoes if we get a good harvest this year.
Rules on blanching: potatoes, essential! and after a few tries with carrots, I would say to do it for the color and taste when finished with F.D. or D. Hydrating.
You might try a sunken garden area out of the wind on a south aspect for fall winter spring crops like the "Indian" protected planting... I spent 29 years in the CA. Desert growing gardens fighting the wind with a deep straw mulch (6) inches of wet straw, but just discovered wood chips here in Oregon that work well when it's dry.
I wish I could buy an all metal vitamix like my Mom and Dad had. Even the container was metal. Although I do love my newer vitamix (it's 20+ years old) I wish for one of the old all metal types. It is better to grind harder things like dehydrated foods and grains. I would like to try making Ezekiel bread. My vitamix came with both the wet and the dry containers.
I have recently read some useful information about canning jars in "Preservation - the Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation and Dehydration" by Christina Ward. Christina is a Master Food Preserver and works out of the Wisconsin University Extension. Beginning on page 52, Christina begins talking about the various different types of jars out there. To my horror, I learned that Golden Orchard, Penly, and the Walmart house brand jar Mainstay, are manufactured in China. Recently, LEAD has been found in glass canning jars made in China. American brands: Ball, Kerr, Bernadin, and Golden Harvest are made in the U.S. and do not contain lead. I learned of a new brand, Pur canning jars. I did a quick search, the company is located in the U.S. but they MANAGE THE PRODUCTION of the jars in other countries. (according to their website, which I was only able to access through LinkedIn. The page that comes up on the general web is only a single page with a picture of the jars). I could not find where the jars were manufactured. This company also manages the manufacturing of face masks and other PPE. While I am happy that a new company has been able to get up and running - and hiring people in the United States - I would like to know where the jars are made. I have also read reviews that the lids have problems with sealing properly. My choice is to stick with the jars made here in the U.S. I thought this information might be useful to others.
Thanks for sharing this information. Lots of glass contains lead--it is almost impossible to remove, so it is no surprise that is the case with those jars. If the amount of lead is negligible, it is not likely to transfer to food. However, I have having a difficult time finding reliable scientific information on the subject of lead in canning jars. There is a lot of hype going around just now and I want to get to the bottom of it!
@@RoseRedHomestead I was unaware of the hype. My concern that the heat and liquid inside the canning jars could be the ideal conditions for lead to leach into the food. I don't care if there is lead in my window glass. I do know that it is recommended not to store liquids in lead crystal. Granted, the levels of lead in lead crystal probably higher than the level of lead in canning jars made in China. But, China has a bad reputation - melamine in baby formula etc.
@@thehadster7043 The liquids not recommended to store in lead crystal are generally alcohol--different problem than with canning. I have resources that say no led leaches into food from canning jars that contain lead and others that say lead does leach. Still on the hunt for reliable info!
Just working on my first batch of carrots this morning... thank you so much for your perfect instructions... you are absolutely amazing!🥰 I just thought to tell you what I saw on a different video; someone used a cupcake liner to prevent the powder from going into her FoodSaver hose. Thought that might be helpful for you since you don't have to cut it.
It looks like you’re using the “wet” Vitamix container. You need the “dry” container to powder dehydrated vegetables, herbs, seeds, grains, coffee beans, etc. the blades are different in the “dry” container.
@@RoseRedHomestead if you go to the Vitamix website, I bet you can find the dry mix container. My vitamix is about 10 years old and I actually found one for mine.
@@RoseRedHomestead I bought the new Vitamix after years of telling myself I didn't need one. I use it daily! Anyway, the newer models come with the clear jar, but you can buy a stainless steel jar for dry ingredients. I messed up the jar that came with my mixer grinding rice. Dumb. I have a grain mill but wanted to give my Vitamix a try.... Anyway, you have a Vitamix and technically don't need a new one, BUT....
@@thehadster7043 We were just checking on ours today and figure it is about 15 years old. I am looking at the dry container, but a stainless one does sound great. Our model is the 5200 so I would need to ensure that it would fit!
I’m a recently new subscriber and this is off topic but I am so curious I have to know. At the 1:58 mark in your video during your opening montage you have some quart jars with I believe are lemon slices and vegetables. What is that and is there a video featuring it?
Welcome and we are very happy to have you join us. That is our chicken soup, and yes, we do have a video on it. I sometimes put a dehydrated lemon into the lemon soup before processing, and this batch turned out so pretty that I took that shot.
Sorry about the loss of your plants :( If i were local I would give you some of my everglades tomato plants and florida pink tomatoes. I'm swimming in them :(
Also, to keep carrots orange you can blanch them and add 1tsp of apple cider vinegar per gallon of blanching water, let them cool just a bit, and then shred them or slice them before you dehydrate them. They stay orange that way.
I canned carrots and saved the tops. Dehydrated them and then powdered them. There is so much vitamin C in the tops that they should not go to waste, however they are rather bitter. I put it in fruit smoothies and you can’t even taste it!
I would be reluctant to try that. I would not want to gum it up. I just bought the Vitamix dry container made especially for projects like dehydrated carrots. When it arrives, that is what I plan to try first!
I am enjoying the humor you are displaying in some of the last few videos. Nice carrot comparison. You really feel it is safe to eat home canned food after that long a period of time, a few you tuber's go 3 or 4 years, but 10 and why do you say it is safe? I am just curious. Also hoping you get some rain, thankfully we did, about 2 inches now hope it lasts the rest of the summer.
Thank you. Sometimes I kid around--LOL. Three - four years is much more reasonable than 10, of course. I opened a jar of canned ground beef that was nine years old some time ago and it smelled just fine and the seal was still good. I heated it up and we ate it for supper and lived to tell about it! My usual limit is about 5 years.
Just bought a dehydrator last month, July, 2022. I am using a tip Pam, gave us, that is using frozen slices carrots as I presume they are pre blanched. Following the correct temp 55 degrees Celsius for 9 hours approx. Turning out like tiny bricks/pebbles, color not vibrant either. Is this normal? Any advice would be greatly aporeciated. Vaccum packed in a glass jar. Going to keep and use but would would like to know if I can improve my method or are tiny carrot bricks normal.
What is the brand name of the vacuum sealer are you using ? Mine has stopped working. Also have you recommended a battery operated vacuum sealer ? Thanks !!
I have been delighted with the results of dehydrating in my Sun Oven! Moved on to kale today. But my question is whether I can extend shelf life by vacuum sealing: parboiled long grain brown rice, long grain brown rice, whole wheat pasta, 100 percent whole grain wheat pasta, 100 percent whole grain oats, whole grain quick oats, raisens?
Thank you! I will be making a video soon to show some of the ways, but it is so easy to slip into anything to increase the nutrition--pancakes, cakes, cookies, smoothies, etc.
will be curious to see what you do with the powder carrots. Also I noticed you vacuum sealed the carrots after FD instead of sealing them in Mylar. Is there a reason for that? I love your videos.
We live on the edge of the wilderness, so rodents are a problem and they can open up a mylar in record time. Glass keeps our food safe from them. Great question...thanks!
Excellent! Tfs and experimenting! So the best product to powder eggs and veggies is the Vitamix? I've been using my Hamilton Beach blender, and it may be okay for smoothies but not for powdering eggs! Please stay safe y'all 😊
I love dehydrating. I slice/blanch my carrots. They look like your canned ones did, and they come back a little wobbly looking, but fine for soups and stews. Did you say how long it took to dehydrate the little carrot tubes?
I have a question concerning freeze dried carrots. I've done them raw, blanched and in soups. After some months have past, the carrots have a perfumed smell and tasted. Any idea why? I've kind of gave up on fding them, because of this. Also, puree your spinach with water when fding, you can get a whole lot more on a tray. Works great with things you are planning on powdering them anyway.
I have not used my FD for spinach yet, but that is a great idea. I have no idea why carrots do that after freeze drying. I will check on mine in a few weeks to see if they do that and see if I can figure it out.
@@RoseRedHomestead Thank you. I had sent some ham & large lima bean soup to my brother and he could eat it because of the carrots smelled and tasted like perfume. Was so sad about that. I'm not the only one that has had it happen. It's weird. I notice that Auguson Farms only sells carrots dehydrated. I wonder if that is why?
Have you ever tried to freeze dry regular carrots or organic carrots to see if they dry as white as baby carrots. Baby carrots sit in chlorine to clean them so I wonder if once the water is driven out by freeze drying if the white residue is the result of the chlorine residue, thus the reason they they dry so white.
Not yet, but I intend to. I just went to the dark cupboard where I stash my veggie powders and the carrot powder has turned completely white! It may be those baby carrots.
@@RoseRedHomestead I don't know if all carrots are cleaned in chlorine or just the baby carrots, so it could be something you might like to experiment with. If you do I'm curious to learn the results. I know there's controversy with the chlorine and yet it's still done that way. But I'm most curious to learn if the carrots from say a farmers market that aren't treated with chlorine dry orange instead of white and then retain their orange color once powdered. Then that would suggest the white powder you have is a concentration of chlorine which seems to me to be a Hazzard. So I'd love to learn what you find if you do some experiments on them.
We will be doing a video soon that answers this question. But to get you started, you can add carrot powder to many things for added nutrition--pancakes, cookies- breads, smoothies--much more!
I have been binge-watching your channel for the last week 🤣🤣 We just moved to Florida from Germany and I have to buy all new kitchen appliances. We’re planning on growing our own food as we have in Germany for the last five years (very short growing season…). With what you know now, would you say that a freeze dryer is sufficient and preserves the nutritional value best or would you recommend getting both a freeze dryer and a dehydrator? Looking forward to all future videos 🤩
That is wonderful. Florida has a much longer growing season! I love both appliances for different reasons. I have had a dehydrator for years and our freeze dryer is new but I would not want to part with either! Thanks for your comment!
I tried them in a 5 gallon bucket. I have watched several TH-cam videos on growing carrots and have learned a few things and am ready to try again in a container. Thanks for your comments.
Thank you so much for all your honest testing! I must have missed your video on not blanching carrots. So, are you saying that all veggies, even root veggies, should be blanched? (Just not fruit?)
I heard you say that “they say” that dehydrated food should be used within a year or so but that you have used them far beyond. Would it be the same for the freeze dried carrots/vegetables?
Do you have an air fryer? My daughter was wondering if you could put the freeze dried carrots in the air fryer with your cheese powder? Like a healthy alternative to Cheetos? Would they still be crispy/chrunchy?
We are looking to begin dehydrating carrots soon ... thanks for the instruction and insights! ... just curious ... how will you use the powdered carrots?
I like this angle better. It's brighter and cheerier
I shred my carrots before dehydration, without blanching, and they dry beautifully, retaining bright orange color.
I will try that next time. I bet they would powder easier as well.
I will give it a try. Thanks!
Do they turn into little tiny hard rocks?
I will give this a try. Do you think you could use them when rehydrated in carrot cakes?
@@starfire8221 I just dehydrated grated pumpkin. I didn’t blanch it. Rehydrated a small amount and it looks just the same as when it was fresh. No reason you can use carrots in carrot cake.
You're funny today. I'm definitely chuckling. Enjoy life.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simply put, you are truly an amazing woman!
Thank you! 😊
She is, isn't she! A fearless leader for us all!
@@thehadster7043 Very generous, thank you. But my view is that we are all in this together and help each other! I have learned much for people who comment on our videos and I am grateful for that!
Container gardening is great for this unusual weather.
It certainly has been crazy weather everywhere this year. I hope everyone who did gardening of any kind had some degree of success.
Thank you for teaching me how to negotiate old age without being a burden to my children. I have a freeze dryer because I saw the potential but didn't know how to make it work for my situation. Thank you for teaching me
You are so welcome! Love your comment--thank you.
Awww! Your such a treasure! Sweet sweet lady
Sorry to hear about your garden. And thank you for all your hard work to show us different ways to preserve our food.
Thank you. We are recovering and I even have 4 baby tomatoes coming along on two of our plants, so things are looking up.
Got hungry for some carrots while watching this. Love the preservation methods comparison. Thanks!
LOL! Our pleasure!
Thank you so much for sharing all of your great knowledge and enjoy your videos and you have a very awesome evening
Thank you! You too!
Look forward to every video. You're a wealth of knowledge, thks.
I appreciate that! Thank you.
So Im just seeing this and wow I started crying when I saw you cry. That was too much. I know how hard you work for the food security. This next season is going to be better. Bless you beautiful lady.
Oh, no! I'm sorry to hear about the freeze. 😫
I love the new music and your red shirt!
Thank you so much!
Awesome, hungry for carrots.
Powdered carrot goes well in fresh pasta.
Thanks! And yes, you are right about the fresh pasta!
Here's a tip. When vacuum sealing powders, place a coffee filter inside the top of the jar. It prevents the risk of the powder going in your vacuum sealer and ruining it.
Thanks. I have done that before, but this time the powder was much lower in the jar and I didn't feel it was a risk.
@@RoseRedHomestead Cupcake liners work, too, without needing to cut them.
Thanks
I've used cupcake papers I had laying around as well 😁
When rehydrating carrots, putting them in a zip lock bag of water and pushing the air out then sealing the bag seems to work best. They are surrounded in water rather than floating in a bowl. Give them 15 mins or so.
Great demonstration! Thanks for showing all of the possibilities!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I so appreciate this simultanious comparison between methods and your demonstration of the results. Thanks. 👍👍👍👍👍
You are so welcome!
Love the experimenting for us. Thank you
Our pleasure!
Another Wonderful video!! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
I got the grain grinder for my vitamix it's worth the investment. I powder all my stuff coming out of the freeze dryer
Wow I am so grateful for you!! Excited for your book.
I’ve just finished my 2nd batch of carrots in the FD. I powdered them and are they delicious! I added a 1/2 cup to my chicken & dumpling broth last night, along with spinach powder. So very good!. So glad you tried them and found them to be orange. I bought big 5 lb bags of whole carrots. I peeled and hubs sliced them on the mandolin- much brighter than yours but still….the nutrients! 🌺
Wonderful! Jim
😂 that's made my day I was in hysterics at the size of the bits of carrots. I actually did a double take
Very interesting!!! I have been trying to talk myself into dehydrating carrots and you have won me over. Thank you for sharing your results🥰
Glad it was helpful!
I love making veggy powders, learned the hard way not to dehydrate onions and garlic before leaving for the office though...the odor hit me like a brick wall when I got home. Never thought to make carrot powder though. Ty for sharing.
Put the dehydrator in the garage...
LOL! I will be showing some uses for these veggie powders and I bet others will comment as well on how they use them.
I dry onions first then follow with potatoes and the starch absorbs the onion smell without making my dehydrated potatoes taste or smell like onions. Bonus: I save my fall harvest of these to do in the winter in my unfinished basement (no heat) and it keeps the basement warmer. (But I’m running 2 big Cabala brand dehydrators)
Creative problem solving as you said is so important and it is essential to be self reliant. I prefer the freeze dryer for my carrots, but if shredding, dehydrator okay. Waiting for my F.D. to be finished in a few hours. I sneak veggies into everything.
Because of these weather times, I started with a tunnel and 2 raised beds. With nothing but clay and rocks, root crops are difficult to say the least. Last year is the first year with the raised beds and my beets and carrots were a great success.
So glad to hear about your successes! That is fabulous! I think raised beds are the way to go.
@@RoseRedHomestead Yes, I was ecstatic last year and trying to get the temps to agree and go ahead and get started again with the beds. Gardening is definitely a learning experience when trying something new.
Thank you for this video! I'm expecting my freeze dryer to arrive sometime in June. I have been dehydrating for a few years now and am excited to begin freeze drying!
On a side-note...Vitamix sells a separate "Dry Grains" container. The blades are made specifically for grinding/powdering. I use it for grinding my own flours, coffee beans, powdering my dehydrated foods, etc. to keep my regular Vitamix containers from getting etched up.
It's pricey, but a good investment if you use it often for these kinds of things.
I didn’t see your comment & left a similar comment about the Vitamix dry container!
@@pamt3915 👍 I've done that many times, lol. We're all here to share. 😊
Thank you both! I will check it out.
I'm glad you mentioned the difference between the two blades, as I scuffed mine badly grinding citrus, so Thanx much.
@@Monkchip You're welcome 😊
I just ordered a freeze dryer, it will be here in a couple of days, can't wait!! You have inspired me to start freeze drying and canning again. Thank you so much for all the info you give. I trust your canning because so many videos go against the recommended process. Love seeing you and Jim, you have become my go to for all preserving. Oh, I used to can and dehydrate years ago, at 67 I'm starting again, thank you for the videos.
Sue: Thanks for the very kind complements. I think it is great that you have started canning and dehydrating again. Jim
Thank you for experimenting. I love your channel.
Thank you so much. We really appreciate that.
Very cool presentation. I like the idea of having veggie powders other than tomato powder. 🙏 for your gardens in this crazy year of extremes
Yes it is! thanks for your comments.
You do such a wonderful job with your experiments. This is one that I really wanted to see as I have both a freeze dryer and dehydrator. You have answered my questions beautifully! Thank you so much!
Enjoyed your video, carrots are so versatile
Yes they are! So glad you enjoyed the video.
Excellent adventure in carrot preservation!!! So interesting!!! Good to know that blanching carrots will help keep their color when dehydrating carrots!!!!!! I would think the same should be true of freeze drying carrots too. Thanks for great experiments today!!!!!
I agree and will blanch next time we freeze dry them to test that! Thanks for your comments.
I just watched this video in full to get this one question answered. Should I blanch carrots before freeze drying?
Seems the answer might be- yes but only for better color retention.
Thanks.
You are so good at expressing yourself.....practical advice as well as day-to-day, we-all-have-them emotions. I so love your channel. Thank you.....for all you two do. (You may enjoy the new stainless steel Vitamix carafe. I looove mine!!)
Thank you so much! I am certainly going to look into that stainless Vitamix accessory! It might be just what I am looking for!
I just love you, you have taught me so much!
Thanks for the interesting comparison. I wouldn’t have thrown out the canned and then dehydrated carrots. Cooked carrots actually have more food value than fresh because the vitamins are assimilated more easily by the body. They probably have less than they would have if just cooked from fresh, but I think they would be good in a soup. Wow! Those freeze dried carrots powdered up easily! I’m impressed with that.
I know...I felt guilty afterward that I tossed them. Given that they were already six year old, I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with them!
We dehydrated carrots and, for the blanching part, I used your newer advice for blanching celery. We blanched the carrots with a few tablespoons of baking soda in the blanching water, cooled and rinsed thoroughly in ice bath. then dehydrated them. Just to be sure, we did up enough for a meal this first time and then re-hydrated and cooked for dinner that night. BINGO, full color retention :)
Sending prayers and hugs
Thank you.
Thank you both for all you do to give us good info. ....... I used to never blanch veggies before hydrating, but I kept hearing that to dehydrate, as with freezing, we need to blanch vegetables to stop the enzymes that even freezing won't stop. I'm to understand that the taste and structure of the vegetable is compromised if we don't blanch. Also, I've now seen and experienced first hand that blanched vegetables RE-hydrate closest to original shape and texture - a much better end product for me.
Excellent learning experience. Thank you for sharing this information.
This is the answer I was looking for! 🙂
@@Hedgeaboutme Great!
These experiments are so fun to watch.
Thank you! We appreciate your comments.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I used the method you showed for making pumpkin powder on my carrots. Shredded, dehydrated, then very nice powder.
Wonderful! So versatile!
I was fortunate to buy a big sack of the LDS cannery carrots before local laws forbid bulk buys as 'unsanitary'. Baloney! I love those for soups & stews. For our side dishes, I buy 'horse/deer' carrots' cheaply from local Mennonite produce farms, peel and pressure can them. True, some nutrition is lost, but you don't care in mid-winter as you enjoy them and they don't cost the earth in winter prices. I also partially cook then dry them in my 'Vegeta' mix. They're truly universal.
Thanks for sharing your information. Very interesting.
Love your experiments. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the powder.
Thank you! Coming soon!
I love your videos. Very informative
Thank you!
I didn't know there are mixers to powder foods! I've been using a coffee grinder. Thank you for the great video!!
You are so welcome! And if it works, then yay! You don't need anything else!
I use my coffee grinder and my ninja that I use to make smoothies.
😁love it
I have a cheaper model of dehydrator. I have tried dehydrating, but it is very humid here. Last time I dehydrated bananas after 2 days, they were still sticky and chewy. One day I may accomplish that better because, like you, I want to really want to make powder products. Thanks for sharing and Have a Blessed Day.
Yes, humidity does make dehydrating difficult. You could possibly try it in your oven to see if you get better results.
It would be very exciting to have a freeze dryer.
We enjoy ours. The down side is that we both work, so timing the batches is sometimes problematic. But I do like the texture of these veggies for making powders.
I love watching your videos and so wish I could afford a freeze dryer!! I’m in the U.K. and our weather is crazy too. Climate weirding is everywhere now and we all need to change our use of fossil fuels for the future of our kids snd grandkids whilst we prepare for the worst. It will get worse sadly. When I met my husband 40 years ago he told me we would be here in 50-100 years snd we all thought he was crazy! But he was so right. I wish he had been crazy instead. 😢
Well said. And I certainly agree with you on the fossil fuel point.
I am waiting for my very first dehydrator to arrive. I plan to make a powder to put in the kids food ..
Thank you for sharing your content. I really appreciate your scientific approach to testing your methods. I am a recent subscriber and have also recently purchased a harvest right freeze dryer. I am not finding much information regarding freeze drying liquids, (especially broth and milk) either on TH-cam or the Internet.I would love to be able to freeze dry my bone broth and powder it. I would really appreciate you doing a video and giving your scientific opinion of properly freeze drying liquids. Thank you so much!
Thanks for joining us! We are happy to have you along. I am going to try bone broth very soon myself and will do a video!
Loved this. I also love the idea about the vegi powder. Great idea. Last year when canning tomatoes i saved all the tomato skins and dried and powdered them. They are great and will do it again this year. Thank you Pam and Jim. I love your channel
Thanks, Lyn! And thank you for the great idea with the tomato skins. I have thrown mine away in the past, but won't anymore!
@@RoseRedHomestead somepeople suggest the dried tomato skins can be used if you just need a little tomato paste.
@@lynsmith2698 I have heard that as well, or at least that you can use tomato powder to make tomato paste. I am looking forward to trying a few new things with tomatoes if we get a good harvest this year.
Thanks I learned quite a bit.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
You are just lovely.
Thank you!
Rules on blanching: potatoes, essential! and after a few tries with carrots, I would say to do it for the color and taste when finished with F.D. or D. Hydrating.
Thanks for sharing!!
You might try a sunken garden area out of the wind on a south aspect for fall winter spring crops like the "Indian" protected planting... I spent 29 years in the CA. Desert growing gardens fighting the wind with a deep straw mulch (6) inches of wet straw, but just discovered wood chips here in Oregon that work well when it's dry.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
I wish I could buy an all metal vitamix like my Mom and Dad had. Even the container was metal. Although I do love my newer vitamix (it's 20+ years old) I wish for one of the old all metal types. It is better to grind harder things like dehydrated foods and grains. I would like to try making Ezekiel bread.
My vitamix came with both the wet and the dry containers.
Vitamix makes an accessory cup for grains. It’s tough enough to grind chicken bones too
I have recently read some useful information about canning jars in "Preservation - the Art and Science of Canning, Fermentation and Dehydration" by Christina Ward. Christina is a Master Food Preserver and works out of the Wisconsin University Extension.
Beginning on page 52, Christina begins talking about the various different types of jars out there. To my horror, I learned that Golden Orchard, Penly, and the Walmart house brand jar Mainstay, are manufactured in China. Recently, LEAD has been found in glass canning jars made in China.
American brands: Ball, Kerr, Bernadin, and Golden Harvest are made in the U.S. and do not contain lead.
I learned of a new brand, Pur canning jars. I did a quick search, the company is located in the U.S. but they MANAGE THE PRODUCTION of the jars in other countries. (according to their website, which I was only able to access through LinkedIn. The page that comes up on the general web is only a single page with a picture of the jars). I could not find where the jars were manufactured. This company also manages the manufacturing of face masks and other PPE. While I am happy that a new company has been able to get up and running - and hiring people in the United States - I would like to know where the jars are made. I have also read reviews that the lids have problems with sealing properly.
My choice is to stick with the jars made here in the U.S.
I thought this information might be useful to others.
Thanks for sharing this information. Lots of glass contains lead--it is almost impossible to remove, so it is no surprise that is the case with those jars. If the amount of lead is negligible, it is not likely to transfer to food. However, I have having a difficult time finding reliable scientific information on the subject of lead in canning jars. There is a lot of hype going around just now and I want to get to the bottom of it!
@@RoseRedHomestead I was unaware of the hype. My concern that the heat and liquid inside the canning jars could be the ideal conditions for lead to leach into the food. I don't care if there is lead in my window glass. I do know that it is recommended not to store liquids in lead crystal. Granted, the levels of lead in lead crystal probably higher than the level of lead in canning jars made in China. But, China has a bad reputation - melamine in baby formula etc.
@@thehadster7043 The liquids not recommended to store in lead crystal are generally alcohol--different problem than with canning. I have resources that say no led leaches into food from canning jars that contain lead and others that say lead does leach. Still on the hunt for reliable info!
@@RoseRedHomestead Thanks! I didn't know that.
Just working on my first batch of carrots this morning... thank you so much for your perfect instructions... you are absolutely amazing!🥰 I just thought to tell you what I saw on a different video; someone used a cupcake liner to prevent the powder from going into her FoodSaver hose. Thought that might be helpful for you since you don't have to cut it.
That is a great tip! Thanks for sharing.
It looks like you’re using the “wet” Vitamix container. You need the “dry” container to powder dehydrated vegetables, herbs, seeds, grains, coffee beans, etc. the blades are different in the “dry” container.
Thank you! I had no idea! Mine is quite old--I wonder if the cry container would fit mine? I will definitely check that out!
@@RoseRedHomestead if you go to the Vitamix website, I bet you can find the dry mix container. My vitamix is about 10 years old and I actually found one for mine.
thks for that info, something I had no idea of.
@@RoseRedHomestead I bought the new Vitamix after years of telling myself I didn't need one. I use it daily! Anyway, the newer models come with the clear jar, but you can buy a stainless steel jar for dry ingredients. I messed up the jar that came with my mixer grinding rice. Dumb. I have a grain mill but wanted to give my Vitamix a try.... Anyway, you have a Vitamix and technically don't need a new one, BUT....
@@thehadster7043 We were just checking on ours today and figure it is about 15 years old. I am looking at the dry container, but a stainless one does sound great. Our model is the 5200 so I would need to ensure that it would fit!
I’m a recently new subscriber and this is off topic but I am so curious I have to know. At the 1:58 mark in your video during your opening montage you have some quart jars with I believe are lemon slices and vegetables. What is that and is there a video featuring it?
Welcome and we are very happy to have you join us. That is our chicken soup, and yes, we do have a video on it. I sometimes put a dehydrated lemon into the lemon soup before processing, and this batch turned out so pretty that I took that shot.
Sorry about the loss of your plants :( If i were local I would give you some of my everglades tomato plants and florida pink tomatoes. I'm swimming in them :(
Also, to keep carrots orange you can blanch them and add 1tsp of apple cider vinegar per gallon of blanching water, let them cool just a bit, and then shred them or slice them before you dehydrate them. They stay orange that way.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. And for the tip about keeping the color for carrots. I am going to try that!
You rotate your canned goods like me. I've only had problems with pickles going soggy and/or the acid eating through the lids
That makes me laugh. I thought I was the only one!
I canned carrots and saved the tops. Dehydrated them and then powdered them. There is so much vitamin C in the tops that they should not go to waste, however they are rather bitter. I put it in fruit smoothies and you can’t even taste it!
That is very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Good for compost
Thanks again for sharing another amazing video. We love you guys and will support you and keep you in prayer.
Thanks so much! We appreciate that.
As usual a very instructive great video. Could you use your grain mill to grind the dehydrated carrots? Thanks
I would be reluctant to try that. I would not want to gum it up. I just bought the Vitamix dry container made especially for projects like dehydrated carrots. When it arrives, that is what I plan to try first!
I can't found beets new sub just learning pl do I have to cook it before drying thanks
I am enjoying the humor you are displaying in some of the last few videos. Nice carrot comparison. You really feel it is safe to eat home canned food after that long a period of time, a few you tuber's go 3 or 4 years, but 10 and why do you say it is safe? I am just curious. Also hoping you get some rain, thankfully we did, about 2 inches now hope it lasts the rest of the summer.
Thank you. Sometimes I kid around--LOL. Three - four years is much more reasonable than 10, of course. I opened a jar of canned ground beef that was nine years old some time ago and it smelled just fine and the seal was still good. I heated it up and we ate it for supper and lived to tell about it! My usual limit is about 5 years.
Just bought a dehydrator last month, July, 2022. I am using a tip Pam, gave us, that is using frozen slices carrots as I presume they are pre blanched. Following the correct temp 55 degrees Celsius for 9 hours approx. Turning out like tiny bricks/pebbles, color not vibrant either. Is this normal? Any advice would be greatly aporeciated. Vaccum packed in a glass jar. Going to keep and use but would would like to know if I can improve my method or are tiny carrot bricks normal.
What is the brand name of the vacuum sealer are you using ? Mine has stopped working. Also have you recommended a battery operated vacuum sealer ? Thanks !!
Great video. What do you use the carrot powder in?
I'm wondering that too.
We will be making a video showing that very soon.
@@RoseRedHomestead Wonderful! Thank you.
I have been delighted with the results of dehydrating in my Sun Oven! Moved on to kale today. But my question is whether I can extend shelf life by vacuum sealing: parboiled long grain brown rice, long grain brown rice, whole wheat pasta, 100 percent whole grain wheat pasta, 100 percent whole grain oats, whole grain quick oats, raisens?
What dehydrater do you use? TY for great videos!👍🏼
It is a Magic Mill.
Interesting! What will you do with the carrot powder?
We will be making a video on this fairly soon.
Very nice video. Very comprehensive. What do you use the carrot powder in?
Thank you! I will be making a video soon to show some of the ways, but it is so easy to slip into anything to increase the nutrition--pancakes, cakes, cookies, smoothies, etc.
Thanks I’m looking forward to that
Use powder for everything- slip into cooking eggs, hash browns, soups, stocks, anything
What brand of freeze dry equipment do you use? I was interested in purchasing one as well. And Thank you for sharing you have a new subscriber.
As far as I know the only home freeze dryer available is Harvest Right. Thank you for joining us--we are happy to have you along!
How do you use vegetable powders? Do you have a video?
We will be releasing that video soon! Thanks for asking.
Great experiment. How do you plan on using the powdered carrots? 🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕
I wondered the same thing.
We will be making a video on that shortly, but the bottom line is that you can slip carrot powder into most anything for added nutrition!
I know your name is Pam....but I love the name rose 😆
Thank you!
will be curious to see what you do with the powder carrots. Also I noticed you vacuum sealed the carrots after FD instead of sealing them in Mylar. Is there a reason for that? I love your videos.
We live on the edge of the wilderness, so rodents are a problem and they can open up a mylar in record time. Glass keeps our food safe from them. Great question...thanks!
@@RoseRedHomestead totally understand that.
Excellent! Tfs and experimenting! So the best product to powder eggs and veggies is the Vitamix? I've been using my Hamilton Beach blender, and it may be okay for smoothies but not for powdering eggs! Please stay safe y'all 😊
I love dehydrating. I slice/blanch my carrots. They look like your canned ones did, and they come back a little wobbly looking, but fine for soups and stews. Did you say how long it took to dehydrate the little carrot tubes?
I think I forgot to mention that--I believe it was about 17 hours.
I have a question concerning freeze dried carrots. I've done them raw, blanched and in soups. After some months have past, the carrots have a perfumed smell and tasted. Any idea why? I've kind of gave up on fding them, because of this. Also, puree your spinach with water when fding, you can get a whole lot more on a tray. Works great with things you are planning on powdering them anyway.
I have not used my FD for spinach yet, but that is a great idea. I have no idea why carrots do that after freeze drying. I will check on mine in a few weeks to see if they do that and see if I can figure it out.
@@RoseRedHomestead Thank you. I had sent some ham & large lima bean soup to my brother and he could eat it because of the carrots smelled and tasted like perfume. Was so sad about that. I'm not the only one that has had it happen. It's weird. I notice that Auguson Farms only sells carrots dehydrated. I wonder if that is why?
Do you have to vacuum sealed?
What temp did you dehydrate the carrots on and how long approx.?
Have you ever tried to freeze dry regular carrots or organic carrots to see if they dry as white as baby carrots. Baby carrots sit in chlorine to clean them so I wonder if once the water is driven out by freeze drying if the white residue is the result of the chlorine residue, thus the reason they they dry so white.
Not yet, but I intend to. I just went to the dark cupboard where I stash my veggie powders and the carrot powder has turned completely white! It may be those baby carrots.
@@RoseRedHomestead I don't know if all carrots are cleaned in chlorine or just the baby carrots, so it could be something you might like to experiment with. If you do I'm curious to learn the results. I know there's controversy with the chlorine and yet it's still done that way. But I'm most curious to learn if the carrots from say a farmers market that aren't treated with chlorine dry orange instead of white and then retain their orange color once powdered. Then that would suggest the white powder you have is a concentration of chlorine which seems to me to be a Hazzard. So I'd love to learn what you find if you do some experiments on them.
Now I am very curious what the plans are for the carrot powder.
We will be doing a video soon that answers this question. But to get you started, you can add carrot powder to many things for added nutrition--pancakes, cookies- breads, smoothies--much more!
@@RoseRedHomestead Ok, thanks,, I look forward to more of your videos !
I have been binge-watching your channel for the last week 🤣🤣 We just moved to Florida from Germany and I have to buy all new kitchen appliances. We’re planning on growing our own food as we have in Germany for the last five years (very short growing season…). With what you know now, would you say that a freeze dryer is sufficient and preserves the nutritional value best or would you recommend getting both a freeze dryer and a dehydrator? Looking forward to all future videos 🤩
That is wonderful. Florida has a much longer growing season! I love both appliances for different reasons. I have had a dehydrator for years and our freeze dryer is new but I would not want to part with either! Thanks for your comment!
Have you tried carrots in pots, mine usually do pretty well
I tried them in a 5 gallon bucket. I have watched several TH-cam videos on growing carrots and have learned a few things and am ready to try again in a container. Thanks for your comments.
Awww, I’m sorry Mamma Rose 🌹 about your freeze 😔.
Thank you 🤗
Thank you so much for all your honest testing! I must have missed your video on not blanching carrots.
So, are you saying that all veggies, even root veggies, should be blanched? (Just not fruit?)
Celery doesn't need to be blanched.
I heard you say that “they say” that dehydrated food should be used within a year or so but that you have used them far beyond. Would it be the same for the freeze dried carrots/vegetables?
Do you have an air fryer? My daughter was wondering if you could put the freeze dried carrots in the air fryer with your cheese powder? Like a healthy alternative to Cheetos? Would they still be crispy/chrunchy?
Mrs. Cantrell have you ever canned, dehydrated or freeze dried parsnips, turnips or rutabagas?
May I ask in what you use the carrot powder? Thank you
So did you decide to blanch before freeze drying??
We are looking to begin dehydrating carrots soon ... thanks for the instruction and insights!
... just curious ... how will you use the powdered carrots?
Sounds great! We will be making a video soon to share ideas on how to use veggie powders.