Just found you and subscribed! Your videos are very informative and I love that you don’t use extra music and have those “intros” at the beginning like so many do. You get right to the point. Thanks!
Hi I was just telling my husband I like repurposed large wine bottles and and large canning jars for all my crumbled kale,brussell sprout leaves , carrot tops and crumbled swisschard so I can see them like you say out of site out of mind , I've learned so much from you and I just want to thank you
I so appreciate that you compare the methods. Hesitate to invest in a freeze-dryer just yet; dehydrators are much better than they used to be, and very affordable. Vacuum-Sealing usually skipped over, but I think it's great. Can see demonstrated which method makes the most sense for what. Thx.
Darcy, you are amazing, I am so glad I asked how to freeze coriander, thank you. I love your work and I think you should adopt me, I’m 74, house trained, fit, so I can help around the yard. Giggles. I have only dreamt of living like you do. I admire you so much and wish only good things for you and your lucky family, Sherie Rodrigues from Australia. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great video! I have a FD and a dehydrator and can and freeze things. With cilantro, kale and other greens, if Infreeze them I like them up and roll tightly into a “cigar”. Then I wrap in waxed paper and throw into a freezer bag. When I need it, I open the waxed paper and just cut off of the cigar. Tastes like fresh, with the frozen consistency. Just an easy way to store it in a hurry but it totally works.
I know how to preserve it already, throw it in the garbage. Lol. I’m one of those people that it taste like soap. I made a recipe several years ago and ended tossing the whole thing. Bless y’all that love it.
I will add that freshly grown cilantro turns out better dehydrated than store bought. Like any herbs! Picked early in the morning and straight to the dehydrator. I’m in the high desert of Texas. It’s HOT! I need to get my fall cilantro planted.
Yep - I know there are a lot of nay-sayers, but it's because they want fresh, and it's never going to be fresh, and people tend to dry it too hot. We're not even going to bother with a fall crop now. It's been so hot we're concentrating only on a few heartier herbs for the season. This heat has really done a number on the garden this year!
@@ThePurposefulPantry - I put a shade cloth over my entire garden and it was thriving! Then the mouse and rats came and chewed up just about everything. 🤬🤬🤬 my first year ever to have this happen.
I just dehydrated cilantro by using a mesh bag dryer and was disappointed that it had no cilantro taste. I'm going to try freezing. Thankfully, I have cilantro growing and thriving indoors in a hydroponic system. Love having access to fresh cilantro year round!
The best thing about freeze dried cilantro is the stems break down really well after fd! I use the whole product and everyone is very happy with the results!🎉😂❤
I buy a case of cilantro and dehydrate it, it takes me three days to process my cilantro. I do not wash my cilantro until i hand sort the leaves from the stems and when it is ready to dehydrate, i wash my cilantro and run in the salad spinner and fill my trays to dehydrate. I love cilantro in my soup, meals etc.
@@ThePurposefulPantry I am hoping to have a better fall garden. It's was so hot here on the Florida panhandle that it literally cooked my tomato and pepper plants. Good ol parsly seems to handle anything hot or cold. I restarted peppers and tomatoes to try again.
I love cilantro. I love all herbs though honestly. I like my food to taste good 😅😂. I preserved so many herbs last year. This year im focusing more on peppers, tomatoes, and squashes.
Besides pepper, cilantro is my favorite herb. I despise anything bottled as coriander or cilantro. Surprised to see you freeze drying after all the years, Darcy!
@@ThePurposefulPantry I have not because you don't show up in my feed sadly. Thx TH-cam. I have also been trying all Summer to recover from a very serious pitbull attack on me and my dog.
My pantry has jars of 'low-temp' dehydrated Cilantro, and as you said - use more in recipes for bigger flavor. This video is really an eye-opener. Thanks much!
Darcy, you inspire me so much. You have no idea 🥰. I saw this video pop up and it reminded me to trim my herbs from the garden and get them ready to dehydrate. ❤
Thanks for this, I was hesitant about trying dehydrating coriander (from UK so we refer to leaves and seeds the same) as we can’t get freeze dryers here in the UK yet domestically 😢 but I need to save freezer space for other produce so I will definitely give this a go now as a back up and for hiking trip meals 😊
Thank you!!! I actually dislike cilantro ( don’t care for the smell, the taste is ok in certain foods, but prefer parsley). I imagine this applies to Italian parsley too! Thank you!
What brand of reusable freezer bags do you use. Customer reviews are all over the place for different ones. Thank you for all your informative videos. 😊
Do you mean regular freezer bags (Ziplock freezer (not the zipper)), silicone reusable? Ones I have in my Amazon store here: amzn.to/45vJ3Tc Vacuum seal? Whatever great deal I can get, but I've been leaning to Wallaby lately.
i was inquiring about your reusable silicone freezer bags. The ones you show in this video looks differently to me than the ones in your Amazon store. I just wanted to make sure I ordered the correct ones. 😊 Thank you.
I am a novice dehydrator, only just recently bought one, so your videos are so wonderful to learn from. Thank you so much, I am learning so much. I hope you don't mind me asking a question, but are you able to dehydrate jam and make into a powder? I can not eat seeds, but have found a wonderful strawberry jam that is seedless, so wondering if there is a way to make it into a powder so I can eat strawberries again?
I love your video especially comparing dehydrator and freeze-dryer. It is very interesting that you go on one item at a time, this time cilantro, last time, tomatoes. I can’t eat fresh cilantro, don’t know why, but I use a lot of coriander… if you powder DH cilantro, is this close to coriander… or is coriander powdered seeds… can’t remember. So if I like coriander, should I just buy it? Thank you in advance!
Coriander and cilantro are the same thing. HOWEVER, in the states, we label coriander as the seed/seed powder. In the UK, elsewhere, coriander usually describes all versions of the plant - green to seed.
I have a question about dehydrated bell pepper. I dehydrated bell peppers one year ago and once conditioned stored in a mason jar with a Dessicant pack and 02 absorber. The jar is still sealed. Are these peppers still safe to eat?
Why would you think they wouldn't be? You don't need both (in fact I recommend that you don't use both because an O2 absorber needs a little moisture to work properly - and you're just wasting resources.). Dehydrated foods easily last 18 mos - 2 years. You're fine.
Question: I have tried to dehydrate basil at 95° and it takes days and days. When I increase the temp to 110° the leaves will crumble in 24 hours. Is there a reason for the 95° temp? Is it for safety or to preserve the flavor? I just want to dehydrate the right way!
Preserve nutrients and flavor - You're going to be fine if you bump it a little. Some herbs just don't work well with heat, which is why that recommendation. Your experimentation about what works best for you is what you need to work from ;)
Yes - if I'm going to have them in storage for any length of time. I can quicky vacuum seal a jar after I get into it with my handheld vacuum sealer, so it's no big deal. Any moisture will affect freeze dried foods a little differently than dehydrated.
hi there, I have been searching for your ways of doing potatoes. I end up buying frozen chips and avoid buying potatoes for many months of the year due to bad quality. i would like to be able to dry them for mash or cooking in stews and potato bakes with cream and garlic - is this possible? could you do a video on all things potatoes? i cannot seem to find the video on your page
Don’t cut off so much stem only the damaged ends there is a ton of flavor in those stems. Folks thinks it’s bad but they are edible and if you chop off small it’s not fibrous. To each his own but if they are in good shape we eat them.
I agree! When I cook soups, stews, curries, etc…I use mostly stems and then garnish with leaves. I need some Thai chicken coconut soup with cilantro today. 😂❤
@@ThePurposefulPantry I was too click happy to wait till that part yes I did hear what you did with them. Sorry I know we all do things differently. Sometimes I compost mine if they are beyond help to use them.
I like the taste, but when I chop it, and it only recently started, it smells like stink bugs! When it 1st happened, I thought I might have chopped up a stink bug that was in the bundle of Cilantro... Then I realized it was the Cilantro!
interesting story... I hated cilantro... it tasted just like soap... then i had bariatric weightloss surgery and ever since then I love it... a known side effect of that surgery is tastebuds rewire themselves.
The reason I like your channel is because you get right into the topic and you know exactly what needs to be said. You are the best!
I love cilantro stems chopped and added to salads and wraps. They are crunchy and packed pull of flavor and nutrients, don't throw them away.
We LOVE cilantro. I am going to freeze mine in lime juice because that is how it will be used most often. It's also a two-for-one preservation.
I made kind of a cilantro pesto…..I blended cilantro, avocado, lime juice, salt (and whatever else you want) and froze it….oh my it is delicious !
Sounds amazing. Did you freeze it in ice cube trays?
When I was younger I couldn't stand cilantro but years later I love it!
Just found you and subscribed! Your videos are very informative and I love that you don’t use extra music and have those “intros” at the beginning like so many do. You get right to the point. Thanks!
Hi I was just telling my husband I like repurposed large wine bottles and and large canning jars for all my crumbled kale,brussell sprout leaves , carrot tops and crumbled swisschard so I can see them like you say out of site out of mind , I've learned so much from you and I just want to thank you
I so appreciate that you compare the methods. Hesitate to invest in a freeze-dryer just yet; dehydrators are much better than they used to be, and very affordable. Vacuum-Sealing usually skipped over, but I think it's great. Can see demonstrated which method makes the most sense for what. Thx.
Darcy, you are amazing, I am so glad I asked how to freeze coriander, thank you. I love your work and I think you should adopt me, I’m 74, house trained, fit, so I can help around the yard. Giggles. I have only dreamt of living like you do. I admire you so much and wish only good things for you and your lucky family, Sherie Rodrigues from Australia. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
LOL - thanks for the laugh, Sherie ♥
Great video! I have a FD and a dehydrator and can and freeze things. With cilantro, kale and other greens, if Infreeze them I like them up and roll tightly into a “cigar”. Then I wrap in waxed paper and throw into a freezer bag. When I need it, I open the waxed paper and just cut off of the cigar. Tastes like fresh, with the frozen consistency. Just an easy way to store it in a hurry but it totally works.
I love cilantro.
I know how to preserve it already, throw it in the garbage. Lol. I’m one of those people that it taste like soap. I made a recipe several years ago and ended tossing the whole thing. Bless y’all that love it.
Oddly love the seeds but greens are gross to me.
😂 so funny! It totally does not taste like soap to me. I don’t get it-but I’ve heard it from other people too.😂
@@julietesterman Not soap to me, but bad and I'm not picky with comes to taste(ok, texture I am).
I adore That Chimichurri sauce and you can't make it without cilantro.
I will add that freshly grown cilantro turns out better dehydrated than store bought. Like any herbs! Picked early in the morning and straight to the dehydrator. I’m in the high desert of Texas. It’s HOT! I need to get my fall cilantro planted.
Yep - I know there are a lot of nay-sayers, but it's because they want fresh, and it's never going to be fresh, and people tend to dry it too hot. We're not even going to bother with a fall crop now. It's been so hot we're concentrating only on a few heartier herbs for the season. This heat has really done a number on the garden this year!
@@ThePurposefulPantry - I put a shade cloth over my entire garden and it was thriving! Then the mouse and rats came and chewed up just about everything. 🤬🤬🤬 my first year ever to have this happen.
I just dehydrated cilantro by using a mesh bag dryer and was disappointed that it had no cilantro taste. I'm going to try freezing. Thankfully, I have cilantro growing and thriving indoors in a hydroponic system. Love having access to fresh cilantro year round!
The best thing about freeze dried cilantro is the stems break down really well after fd! I use the whole product and everyone is very happy with the results!🎉😂❤
I buy a case of cilantro and dehydrate it, it takes me three days to process my cilantro. I do not wash my cilantro until i hand sort the leaves from the stems and when it is ready to dehydrate, i wash my cilantro and run in the salad spinner and fill my trays to dehydrate. I love cilantro in my soup, meals etc.
Was waaay too hot to grow cilantro this year. Love it!
Yes! We aren't even bothering for a fall crop this year.
@@ThePurposefulPantry I am hoping to have a better fall garden. It's was so hot here on the Florida panhandle that it literally cooked my tomato and pepper plants. Good ol parsly seems to handle anything hot or cold. I restarted peppers and tomatoes to try again.
I love cilantro. I love all herbs though honestly. I like my food to taste good 😅😂. I preserved so many herbs last year. This year im focusing more on peppers, tomatoes, and squashes.
Besides pepper, cilantro is my favorite herb. I despise anything bottled as coriander or cilantro. Surprised to see you freeze drying after all the years, Darcy!
Says this teasingly.....you haven't been watching lately, have you? Lol.
@@ThePurposefulPantry I have not because you don't show up in my feed sadly. Thx TH-cam. I have also been trying all Summer to recover from a very serious pitbull attack on me and my dog.
@@pinschrunner So sorry to hear this. How scary! Hope you and your dog recover fully 🙏
@@judychancey5781 thank you for your warm wishes and prayers
My pantry has jars of 'low-temp' dehydrated Cilantro, and as you said - use more in recipes for bigger flavor. This video is really an eye-opener. Thanks much!
Cilantro tastes & smells absolutely wonderful 🌿
Darcy, you inspire me so much. You have no idea 🥰. I saw this video pop up and it reminded me to trim my herbs from the garden and get them ready to dehydrate. ❤
Love that!
Love it. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for this, I was hesitant about trying dehydrating coriander (from UK so we refer to leaves and seeds the same) as we can’t get freeze dryers here in the UK yet domestically 😢 but I need to save freezer space for other produce so I will definitely give this a go now as a back up and for hiking trip meals 😊
Either air dry or as low as you can!
I have been on the fence about getting a freeze dryer but now I really want one! Also, love your haircut, it looks so good!
Thank you!!
Loved the demos!
Darcy, thank you so much! What terrific information! And we really enjoy cilantro! You are a wonderful, detailed teacher!❤
Enjoying your channel as a new subscriber. I used to think "soap", but my tastes have evolved and now Cilantro is a definite "love".
I eat the stems 😮😊
😊👍 Thanks Alot⚘️
Thank you!!! I actually dislike cilantro ( don’t care for the smell, the taste is ok in certain foods, but prefer parsley). I imagine this applies to Italian parsley too! Thank you!
Yep - except parsley doesn't lose so much flavor in the dehydrating process. But the process would be the same.
@@ThePurposefulPantry awesome! Glad to know! Your channel and all your work is truly impactful and useful! I appreciate you/ it!
Thanks for all the information.
You bet!
Yeah mine bolted too. I have coriander dried. I am trying a second round of them.
I like the idea of an extra layer of mesh!!
Great tip, thank you!!
You're welcome!
Thanks for sharing
What brand of reusable freezer bags do you use. Customer reviews are all over the place for different ones. Thank you for all your informative videos. 😊
Sorry about the missing question mark.🙄 Tried to edit but wasn’t allowed.
Do you mean regular freezer bags (Ziplock freezer (not the zipper)), silicone reusable? Ones I have in my Amazon store here: amzn.to/45vJ3Tc Vacuum seal? Whatever great deal I can get, but I've been leaning to Wallaby lately.
i was inquiring about your reusable silicone freezer bags. The ones you show in this video looks differently to me than the ones in your Amazon store. I just wanted to make sure I ordered the correct ones. 😊 Thank you.
Hello, could you please tell me where to buy the bags to store food, the silicone ones? Thank you for all your work, blessings
I always leave links in the description box of my videos. But here you go: amzn.to/3smqD9c
(amazon affiliate link)
Great video. Thank you
I am a novice dehydrator, only just recently bought one, so your videos are so wonderful to learn from. Thank you so much, I am learning so much. I hope you don't mind me asking a question, but are you able to dehydrate jam and make into a powder? I can not eat seeds, but have found a wonderful strawberry jam that is seedless, so wondering if there is a way to make it into a powder so I can eat strawberries again?
Too much sugar to do well.
Thank You!!!
I love your video especially comparing dehydrator and freeze-dryer. It is very interesting that you go on one item at a time, this time cilantro, last time, tomatoes.
I can’t eat fresh cilantro, don’t know why, but I use a lot of coriander… if you powder DH cilantro, is this close to coriander… or is coriander powdered seeds… can’t remember. So if I like coriander, should I just buy it? Thank you in advance!
Coriander and cilantro are the same thing. HOWEVER, in the states, we label coriander as the seed/seed powder. In the UK, elsewhere, coriander usually describes all versions of the plant - green to seed.
Question. How do you keep peppers and jalapeno peppers from turning black in the dehydrator
Lower temperatures - if you're doing a single temp machine, it's usually too hot.
Great video!
Thanks!
I have a question about dehydrated bell pepper. I dehydrated bell peppers one year ago and once conditioned stored in a mason jar with a Dessicant pack and 02 absorber. The jar is still sealed. Are these peppers still safe to eat?
Why would you think they wouldn't be? You don't need both (in fact I recommend that you don't use both because an O2 absorber needs a little moisture to work properly - and you're just wasting resources.). Dehydrated foods easily last 18 mos - 2 years. You're fine.
I love your videos, I always learn something new. Keep going, you're doing great!
Question: I have tried to dehydrate basil at 95° and it takes days and days. When I increase the temp to 110° the leaves will crumble in 24 hours. Is there a reason for the 95° temp? Is it for safety or to preserve the flavor? I just want to dehydrate the right way!
Preserve nutrients and flavor - You're going to be fine if you bump it a little. Some herbs just don't work well with heat, which is why that recommendation. Your experimentation about what works best for you is what you need to work from ;)
I love fresh cilantro! It tastes amazing in avocado and in salads. Guacamole is NOT complete without fresh chopped cilantro!
Neither is salsa!
Blanch finely chopped cilantro and put it in pickle juice and keep in the fridge. It retains great taste for a long time.
Can you reseal using the same lid after it has been vacuum packed?
Yes - for dry storage as long as it wasn't damaged, but not for canning.
Do you vac seal all of your freeze dried things? Like should I do that to my freeze dried lemons, apples bananas?
Yes - if I'm going to have them in storage for any length of time. I can quicky vacuum seal a jar after I get into it with my handheld vacuum sealer, so it's no big deal. Any moisture will affect freeze dried foods a little differently than dehydrated.
hi there,
I have been searching for your ways of doing potatoes. I end up buying frozen chips and avoid buying potatoes for many months of the year due to bad quality. i would like to be able to dry them for mash or cooking in stews and potato bakes with cream and garlic - is this possible? could you do a video on all things potatoes? i cannot seem to find the video on your page
No - I haven't recorded one, yet, but I recommend this one: th-cam.com/video/SjC1AJOQ8sI/w-d-xo.html
Are those trays that you froze the cilantro in "Souper Cubes?" Those trays are grwat! I use the ones for soup and the frozen soup pops out so easily.
No - they aren't, but small ice cube trays. I do have Souper Cubes, but they are too large for this process.
Where’s a good place to purchase extra mesh for the dehydrator?
Amazon: amzn.to/4fr0yJm (my Amazon store)
Nice. I actually don't like cilantro. It tastes like soap. U funny 😂 have a wonderful day cilantro fans.😁
What kind of Freezer Dryer do you use?
Harvest Right : affiliates.harvestright.com/492.html (my affiliate)
Soap
Don’t cut off so much stem only the damaged ends there is a ton of flavor in those stems. Folks thinks it’s bad but they are edible and if you chop off small it’s not fibrous. To each his own but if they are in good shape we eat them.
I agree! When I cook soups, stews, curries, etc…I use mostly stems and then garnish with leaves. I need some Thai chicken coconut soup with cilantro today. 😂❤
Did you not see that I mentioned how else I use those stems? I don't toss them unless I'm over run with them.
Which after 50 bundles of them, I am :)
@@ThePurposefulPantry the next time you have taco line them up and chop super small and sprinkle on tacos. It will be yummy and no waste
@@ThePurposefulPantry I was too click happy to wait till that part yes I did hear what you did with them. Sorry I know we all do things differently. Sometimes I compost mine if they are beyond help to use them.
I love cilantro but my daughter says it tastes like soap!
Alas, I am in the "soap" category. Blech, For anything that calls for cilantro, I use parsley instead.
Do you take all the air out each time you use some cilantro?
Yes
I like the taste, but when I chop it, and it only recently started, it smells like stink bugs! When it 1st happened, I thought I might have chopped up a stink bug that was in the bundle of Cilantro... Then I realized it was the Cilantro!
My hubby refuses to eat it, says it smells like stink bugs. Lol.
How to get rid of bad taste?
You can't. It is genetic.
interesting story... I hated cilantro... it tasted just like soap... then i had bariatric weightloss surgery and ever since then I love it... a known side effect of that surgery is tastebuds rewire themselves.
If botulism lives in an oxygen free environment do we worry about it?
As long as you dry everything properly - there's no reason to worry about it like with canning. It's not really an issue with dehydrating.
soapy :{