What is the difference between freeze dried food and dehydrated food, and why does it matter for homesteaders? At first blush, freeze-dried food and dehydrated food – or using a freeze dryer vs. using a dehydrator to preserve food – may seem the same. So why would I buy a home freeze dryer when I […]
3 Popular Ways of Preserving Garlic From Your Garden
Garlic is one of my all time favorite plants to grow. It’s pretty much foolproof, which is very important for black thumbed gardeners like myself! It’s easy to find. You can even plant the stuff you buy in the grocery store and it will grow! It’s easy to grow, and it’s easy to harvest. And, […]
How to Dehydrate Zoodles & Other Vegetable Noodles
In case you haven’t noticed, zoodles (a.k.a. zucchini “noodles”) and other vegetable “noodles” are all the rage right now. Vegetable noodle makers (called spiralizers) are huge sellers on Amazon and big box stores, and you can even buy pre-cut vegetable noodles in the frozen food section of grocery stores. There’s no doubt veggie noodles are […]
Prickly Pear Fruit Chips
Dehydrating Prickly Pears and Making Prickly Pear Fruit: We have a LOT of prickly pear cactus growing out on our property. Every summer when it is time to harvest, we pick a bunch of the fruit and make prickly pear jelly. It seems like that is the only way people use it and I wanted […]
Candied Pineapple Beef Jerky
A unique and delicious homemade jerky can be tough to make. It is simple but takes little time and produces a mouth watering sweet and salty beef jerky. The pineapple adds a subtle sweetness that isn’t overwhelming.We got a little creative with this recipe and created a Pineapple Teriyaki marinade. The sweet and salty flavour […]
Dehydrating Grapefruit Rind & making citrus powder
We recently obtained several Red Pomelo Grapefruits. If you have never tried Pomelo grapefruit, you are missing out. They are super sweet and simply delicious. When you dehydrate the rinds and grate them up, you get a sweet smelling Pomelo zest. I get just the rind (and not the pith) and make a lovely zest/powder […]
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