I have been on a plant based diet for almost 6.5 months and have lost 88 lbs and feel much healthier and my blood pressure is 106/66 instead of 135/93 and my cholesterol and triglicerides are great now. Keep going! I loved the plant based video! Also I am impressed that your doctor gave you advice to actually help versus just drugs which have negative side effects.
🤣🤣🤣 ... I lost 150+ on a meat, fat and dairy heavy diet and my blood pressure went from 181/110 to 111/72. And yes, my blood work is perfect. Your weight loss hss nothing to do with meats, fats or animal products. It is simply a reduction in your sugar intake.
@@gdbynoe Highly recommend you research a bit more.... for example ‘forks over knives’, blue zone and china study meta-analysis results. But, hey, congrats on what worked for you. No need to throw shade at what works for others. Good luck on your continued health journey.
@@Sunshine-nr6qe I highly reccommend that you stop spreading misinformation based on your personal predjudices and privilege. The arrogance that comes with your privilege to dismiss and campaign against animal products because you can afford to, while others starve is sickening. Just think how much a pig could do for a family in a famine area such as parts of Africa and the Middle East. Or some chickens laying eggs and being eaten when neccessary. Cows providing milk and beef. But you would prefer to take natural products, highly process them, package them in environmentally unfriendly packaging, huge carbon footprint and then have the audacity and hypocrisy to call and advertise these products as vegan chicken, vegan bacon, etc. Talk about destroying the planet and climate change. The answer to MOST of a human's health problems is excessive intake of sugars and processed foods. It's that simple.
@@gdbynoe Wishing you great health and longevity! P.S. You read MUCH into my comment that was not there. I merely offered information on whole food plant based nutrition which very much is against the processing you mentioned. Have a great day!
It is not hard. you just need people who really know they are doing ti guide you....I have not eaten any meat for over 12 yrs and I am the healthiest I believe I have ever been! I love how I eat...gluten free, dairy free, no meat.....has made a TREMENDOUS impact on my allergies and sinuses!!! We eat very clean and feel very good! I am also a chef and my specialty is gluten free, dairy free recipes.....
We just ordered our HR. One of the first things I want to try to FD is homemade hot and sour soup. I have to make it gluten free with GF soy sauce which you can't get at a restaurant. It will be so nice to just open a packet, dump it in a bowl and add hot water yet it's my own homemade safe soup :) .
Really helpful videos! Thank you 😊 Will be 15 years vegan this November, and getting into freeze drying (for vegan, and non-vegan family). Appreciate your channel
Thank you for this video! Our 2 month old was just diagnosed with PKU and will basically be on a protein limited vegan based diet for the rest of his life. We are looking into purchasing our first freeze dryer and I ran across your channel when I was researching the pumps. I'm saving several of your videos(including the jackfruit video) to watch later so we can learn how to prep meals for him so we are not constantly cooking 2 separate meals every night(3 siblings that do not need a limited protein diet). Looking forward to more content. Thank you
I suggest replacement food instead of substitutes. There are a few commecial products like Impossible burger as long as you don't mind it smelling and looking like Alpo. Gardein Meatballs and Morning Star Grillers Prime burgers are good replacements and nuts, nuts nuts! It helps if your just an aspiring vegan so a few bites of steak once in a while works for me. The hard part is doing without oil.
It was great finding this video being that I am plant base for over 30 years. I do not have a freeze dried machine just yet but it’s been purchased. I’m waiting for my delivery date sometime at the end of January 2021 Meanwhile, I am trying to learn as much as possible which foods work and do not work when using the freeze dried method. I personally would have boiled the seitan in a plant base broth with a little vegan worestershire sauce and perhaps a little vegan smoke. Plant base meat/dishes do need lots and lots of spices and flavors. Thank you for sharing this video 👍🏻 I’ve for do a ton of vegan/vegetarian
Great video. We have really loved our freeze dryer. We aren't so scientific with the rehydration, but it was fun to watch. We typically add a little bit of water at a time. Rice dishes are definitely a staple for our freeze dryer. Great recipes!
I enjoy your videos so much and have tried many of them. Before watching this video, I had never heard of seitan but have since prepared it several times. Have you found out the best way to reconstitute it after it is FD'd? You mentioned boiling it (probably a low salt vegetable broth), how about vacuum sealing it with a marinade? Thanks again for all the awesome videos.
Thank you for the video and I'm glad that your dietary changes are working. Have you tried the Beyond Meat burger yet? I'd be curious to know how it grilled up and how it freeze dries.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity It's a plant-based meat substitute that is sold in most grocery stores and is starting to be sold as a finished plant burger at some fast food places like Carl Jr's and some Burger Kings. It is sold in the grocery stores as either burger patties ready to cook, sausages, or beef crumbles. They have a website at www.beyondmeat.com/
don't know how it freeze dries but we have been eating Beyond Meat for years and love it!! we don't do any tofu because of the extreme elevation of estrogen in the beans.....
At 5 min. 1 sec., you are putting your filled trays into the freezer. They are being put on something that is holding them completely level. I have looked everywhere and googled it and I can't find anything like those. Do you know where they are available? They look perfect for keeping the trays level. Thank you for all you information!
Awesome as always! It’s so much fun to watch and learn, then go try after your videos. Off to the store for almonds, cashews and the ingredients for seitan
Much respect on the dietary change! It's not often that omnivores are willing to change the way they eat and you seem to be incorporating vegan dishes in a super healthy and knowledgeable way. I look forward to more recipes!😊
I came here wondering if you could make your own soy chunks with a freeze dryer. Another meat alternative, that is super light, sold in Indian grocery stores and camping gear stores. It looks and tastes a little like dog kibble dry, but when you hydrate and flavour it, it tastes just like meat. The sriram you did looks the most like soy chunks I think, but soy is a little misleading since seitan is vital wheat gluten
Please help...I started my freeze dryer to run for 15 minutes ... ...freeze dryer went to freeze dryer delay...4 minutes cycling down. Waiting for condenser pressure to equalize. After 4 minutes it goes back to start again. I push start then a circle appears like buffering and says starting up...nothing happens. Please help... I have eggs to freeze
I do sometimes if i have them, however, if you leave the jars in the vac chamber for several minutes it pulls 100% of the oxygen out. You can use them as a safety net though.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity thank you so much! Just watched the video and will try. My only problem is that I'm wanting to take things out of the jar quite frequently...hmmm
How about a pressure cooker with a steamer basket? I haven't tried it yet, but I'm guessing that it would work really well for a lot of your food rehydrating (and wouldn't over-hydrate the food).
I have had mine about a year and a half now. I had a couple of hiccups in the beginning. One was the crappy JB pump which i still have and the other was a cosmetic issue with the door. Other than that, all good.
I'm debating if I should get one or not I'm by myself but a lot of my garden stuff goes to waste I have a lot of blueberries raspberries zucchini squash I would like your opinion please
If you use it, it is well worth the investment. If it sits and collects dust, it's expensive. I search out deals at the store and stock up, save leftovers and save garden stuff that there is too much of.
If it is 2 years old, it would not have the newer software. I would still prefreeze everything overnight and play around with taking time off of the freeze cycle. On average, i would say mine subtracts 3-4 hours off of the first cycle. With the new software it takes into consideration the temperature and if the food is prefrozen.
Really enjoy your videos. I will have my freeze dryer delivered Wednesday, and I am SO excited. But one question I am sure you can answer, when it is packed in mylar bags, it is with an oxygen absorber, but why not just vacuum seal it? Is it not possible/better?
I tend to put 75% of freeze dried food into jars. I then seal them in the freeze dryer. You may already know this, but you can use the machine to seal the jars also. It makes an amazing seal. Far better than a sealing machine. Here is the video if you have not already watched. Congrats on the FDer! th-cam.com/video/fJXYPaYvKL0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, no I did not know that, will have a look at ALL your videos. They are good, to the point, and I save myself a lot of experimenting watching them. :-) But I am going to use it primary for backpacking and kayaking, in particular meat, hence the need for vaccum sealing. Jars would not work well for those trips.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity That would be awesome! We are really interested in freeze drying and stumbled on your channel today. I have dehydrated mushrooms before but before I got to trying to reconstitute them to use my kids ate them as a snack.
Thank you for the great informative videos! We just purchased a freeze dryer and starting on the journey. If you need some tasty vegan recipes try chef AJ. My husband and I are both vegan and get lots of videos and helpful info from her videos.
I have been on a plant based diet for almost 6.5 months and have lost 88 lbs and feel much healthier and my blood pressure is 106/66 instead of 135/93 and my cholesterol and triglicerides are great now. Keep going! I loved the plant based video! Also I am impressed that your doctor gave you advice to actually help versus just drugs which have negative side effects.
I eat mostly plant based and have had great results myself, but your results awesome! congrats!
🤣🤣🤣 ... I lost 150+ on a meat, fat and dairy heavy diet and my blood pressure went from 181/110 to 111/72. And yes, my blood work is perfect. Your weight loss hss nothing to do with meats, fats or animal products. It is simply a reduction in your sugar intake.
@@gdbynoe Highly recommend you research a bit more.... for example ‘forks over knives’, blue zone and china study meta-analysis results. But, hey, congrats on what worked for you. No need to throw shade at what works for others. Good luck on your continued health journey.
@@Sunshine-nr6qe I highly reccommend that you stop spreading misinformation based on your personal predjudices and privilege. The arrogance that comes with your privilege to dismiss and campaign against animal products because you can afford to, while others starve is sickening. Just think how much a pig could do for a family in a famine area such as parts of Africa and the Middle East. Or some chickens laying eggs and being eaten when neccessary. Cows providing milk and beef. But you would prefer to take natural products, highly process them, package them in environmentally unfriendly packaging, huge carbon footprint and then have the audacity and hypocrisy to call and advertise these products as vegan chicken, vegan bacon, etc. Talk about destroying the planet and climate change. The answer to MOST of a human's health problems is excessive intake of sugars and processed foods. It's that simple.
@@gdbynoe Wishing you great health and longevity! P.S. You read MUCH into my comment that was not there. I merely offered information on whole food plant based nutrition which very much is against the processing you mentioned. Have a great day!
It is not hard. you just need people who really know they are doing ti guide you....I have not eaten any meat for over 12 yrs and I am the healthiest I believe I have ever been! I love how I eat...gluten free, dairy free, no meat.....has made a TREMENDOUS impact on my allergies and sinuses!!! We eat very clean and feel very good! I am also a chef and my specialty is gluten free, dairy free recipes.....
thank you so much for this!! plan on trying tempeh in the freeze dryer tonight!
You really are the best!! Thank you for doing this.
No problem 😊
Fantastic video thanks so much for sharing , I love how you worked out how much liquid needed
We just ordered our HR. One of the first things I want to try to FD is homemade hot and sour soup. I have to make it gluten free with GF soy sauce which you can't get at a restaurant. It will be so nice to just open a packet, dump it in a bowl and add hot water yet it's my own homemade safe soup :) .
Yes I agree with you ! Eat more red meat along with a large variety of processed foods and you will be on the road to great health !
sounds like a great plan🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑
Really helpful videos! Thank you 😊
Will be 15 years vegan this November, and getting into freeze drying (for vegan, and non-vegan family). Appreciate your channel
Thank you for this video! Our 2 month old was just diagnosed with PKU and will basically be on a protein limited vegan based diet for the rest of his life. We are looking into purchasing our first freeze dryer and I ran across your channel when I was researching the pumps. I'm saving several of your videos(including the jackfruit video) to watch later so we can learn how to prep meals for him so we are not constantly cooking 2 separate meals every night(3 siblings that do not need a limited protein diet). Looking forward to more content. Thank you
Sorry to hear of the diagnosis. The good news is, vegan food freeze dries very well and a lot of my recipes are vegan friendly or have vegan options
I suggest replacement food instead of substitutes. There are a few commecial products like Impossible burger as long as you don't mind it smelling and looking like Alpo. Gardein Meatballs and Morning Star Grillers Prime burgers are good replacements and nuts, nuts nuts! It helps if your just an aspiring vegan so a few bites of steak once in a while works for me. The hard part is doing without oil.
Why do you have to do without oil?
Thank you!
It was great finding this video being that I am plant base for over 30 years.
I do not have a freeze dried machine just yet but it’s been purchased. I’m waiting for my delivery date sometime at the end of January 2021
Meanwhile, I am trying to learn as much as possible which foods work and do not work when using the freeze dried method.
I personally would have boiled the seitan in a plant base broth with a little vegan worestershire sauce and perhaps a little vegan smoke.
Plant base meat/dishes do need lots and lots of spices and flavors.
Thank you for sharing this video 👍🏻
I’ve for do a ton of vegan/vegetarian
Awesome. My FD is being delievered today! I'm hoping to make freeze-dried tofu for miso soup to take with us backpacking
and camping.
just freeze dry the entire miso and then you can just boil some water. I just finished up some hot and sour soup with tofu!
Great video. We have really loved our freeze dryer. We aren't so scientific with the rehydration, but it was fun to watch. We typically add a little bit of water at a time. Rice dishes are definitely a staple for our freeze dryer. Great recipes!
Can't believe it took me this long to try rice
Awesome, just a question how long do you reckon is the shelf life of the tofu?
Hi. Love your videos. Have you tried freeze drying bread dough after the first rise?
Like the video, do you have any more vegan freeze dryer recipes?
Yes there are quite a few. Many if the recipes we do also have meat and or dairy alternatives
I enjoy your videos so much and have tried many of them. Before watching this video, I had never heard of seitan but have since prepared it several times. Have you found out the best way to reconstitute it after it is FD'd? You mentioned boiling it (probably a low salt vegetable broth), how about vacuum sealing it with a marinade? Thanks again for all the awesome videos.
Wondering if you ever tried freeze drying tempeh? Less water content compared to tofu.
Thank you for the video and I'm glad that your dietary changes are working. Have you tried the Beyond Meat burger yet? I'd be curious to know how it grilled up and how it freeze dries.
I have not. Is it a recipe or prepackaged?
@@thefreezedryingcommunity It's a plant-based meat substitute that is sold in most grocery stores and is starting to be sold as a finished plant burger at some fast food places like Carl Jr's and some Burger Kings. It is sold in the grocery stores as either burger patties ready to cook, sausages, or beef crumbles. They have a website at www.beyondmeat.com/
I'll have to look into it!
don't know how it freeze dries but we have been eating Beyond Meat for years and love it!! we don't do any tofu because of the extreme elevation of estrogen in the beans.....
At 5 min. 1 sec., you are putting your filled trays into the freezer. They are being put on something that is holding them completely level. I have looked everywhere and googled it and I can't find anything like those. Do you know where they are available? They look perfect for keeping the trays level. Thank you for all you information!
How well does a FD do in the caribbean???
Could you use these in a complete meal and then FD? I am thinking for camping FD meals….
Yes. I make primarily meals when freeze drying
Did you freeze dry cooked rice or dry rice?
Awesome as always!
It’s so much fun to watch and learn, then go try after your videos. Off to the store for almonds, cashews and the ingredients for seitan
Awesome.👌
Much respect on the dietary change! It's not often that omnivores are willing to change the way they eat and you seem to be incorporating vegan dishes in a super healthy and knowledgeable way. I look forward to more recipes!😊
Thanks Britne🙏
Yes! It is so good to learn successful eays to manage a vegetarian/vegan diet.
Go to Dr Berry to learn about choker. But plant based is great
I came here wondering if you could make your own soy chunks with a freeze dryer. Another meat alternative, that is super light, sold in Indian grocery stores and camping gear stores. It looks and tastes a little like dog kibble dry, but when you hydrate and flavour it, it tastes just like meat. The sriram you did looks the most like soy chunks I think, but soy is a little misleading since seitan is vital wheat gluten
Hey, just FYI, your link for the Butter Cauliflower recipe goes to "vanilla almond milk" instead. ;)
Please help...I started my freeze dryer to run for 15 minutes ...
...freeze dryer went to freeze dryer delay...4 minutes cycling down. Waiting for condenser pressure to equalize. After 4 minutes it goes back to start again. I push start then a circle appears like buffering and says starting up...nothing happens. Please help... I have eggs to freeze
You need to stay on every day cheek it every dat mine I was taking my meds still had a small stroke.
where did you get those awesome blue trays for your deep freeze?
They are silicone baking sheets cut to fit
More videos like this
Can you use store bought almond milk?
Yes
New here! Any other vids here for freeze dried vegan foods?
Yes, quite a few.
one more question. Do you need to use the small dryer packets that take out the oxygen for your glass containers?
I do sometimes if i have them, however, if you leave the jars in the vac chamber for several minutes it pulls 100% of the oxygen out. You can use them as a safety net though.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity thank you so much! Just watched the video and will try. My only problem is that I'm wanting to take things out of the jar quite frequently...hmmm
How about a pressure cooker with a steamer basket?
I haven't tried it yet, but I'm guessing that it would work really well for a lot of your food rehydrating (and wouldn't over-hydrate the food).
Proud Vegan !!!
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How long have you had your freeze dry machine. I have had mine a couple months. Has yours been fairly maintenance free
I have had mine about a year and a half now. I had a couple of hiccups in the beginning. One was the crappy JB pump which i still have and the other was a cosmetic issue with the door. Other than that, all good.
I'm debating if I should get one or not I'm by myself but a lot of my garden stuff goes to waste I have a lot of blueberries raspberries zucchini squash I would like your opinion please
If you use it, it is well worth the investment. If it sits and collects dust, it's expensive. I search out deals at the store and stock up, save leftovers and save garden stuff that there is too much of.
How long do you refreeze the fd. And when it is done do you have to manually change it to dry
prefreeze overnight and the dry cycle does not have to be done manually. Are you using the newer software?
@@thefreezedryingcommunity mummy not sure. I bought our fd 2 years ago
Sorry I meant umm not mummy
If it is 2 years old, it would not have the newer software. I would still prefreeze everything overnight and play around with taking time off of the freeze cycle. On average, i would say mine subtracts 3-4 hours off of the first cycle. With the new software it takes into consideration the temperature and if the food is prefrozen.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity thanks so much for the advice. We love your channel
top 2 videos for the milk and cauliflower are the same
FYI: the link for the butter cauliflower is the same as the almond milk... Here it is: th-cam.com/video/-UhvI72_X78/w-d-xo.html
I wish he had the recipe printed where we can get it. I hope I got it all. It sounds yummy!
Really enjoy your videos. I will have my freeze dryer delivered Wednesday, and I am SO excited. But one question I am sure you can answer, when it is packed in mylar bags, it is with an oxygen absorber, but why not just vacuum seal it? Is it not possible/better?
I tend to put 75% of freeze dried food into jars. I then seal them in the freeze dryer. You may already know this, but you can use the machine to seal the jars also. It makes an amazing seal. Far better than a sealing machine. Here is the video if you have not already watched. Congrats on the FDer! th-cam.com/video/fJXYPaYvKL0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, no I did not know that, will have a look at ALL your videos. They are good, to the point, and I save myself a lot of experimenting watching them. :-) But I am going to use it primary for backpacking and kayaking, in particular meat, hence the need for vaccum sealing. Jars would not work well for those trips.
I cant find the recipe for fd the tofu
I was hoping to see mushrooms in one of your videos. Have you tried mushrooms before?
Only as an ingredient mixed in a dish. They seem to do well, but I will have to try them alone sometime.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity That would be awesome! We are really interested in freeze drying and stumbled on your channel today. I have dehydrated mushrooms before but before I got to trying to reconstitute them to use my kids ate them as a snack.
No math is needed if you're reconstituted on the tray anyway... just put it on the scale and add water until you're back at the original weight.
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Love this!!! Quite an investment for a freeze drier. And where to put it if you don't have a basement or an extra room. Thank you!!!
If you use it for what is intended for, it's well worth the $$. IT does take up about as much room as a wine fridge though.
Thank you for the great informative videos! We just purchased a freeze dryer and starting on the journey. If you need some tasty vegan recipes try chef AJ. My husband and I are both vegan and get lots of videos and helpful info from her videos.
Thanks for the tips!
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Man how'd u retire at 40! Wtf? Tell
Please don't shave your face! Your bearded face is so pretty!
HAHA! noted
I will not eat tofu! Done watching this video. Too much soy is GMO and soy is a full of phytoestrogen.