We try to dehydrate everything we grow on our organic farm. Even mashed potatoes, milk, eggs . We have enough for at least 3 years, and we are still dehydrating foods to store. ❤ learned it all from you , Heidi . Thanks so much ❤❤
@@fredkalt1 Only thing I put into the potato cubes that I'm going to dehydrate, is salt. The rest of various spices, butter etc. I add when I'm making the mashed potatoes from the dried powdered potatoes. The way I see it, the non spiced/buttered etc. potato powder, has less chance of spoiling due to the added ingredients. Salt is the only exception being, that salt is also a preserving agent.
Two summers ago I stumbled across a fantastic deal on bags of beautiful red, orange and green peppers at a farm stand. Got them for pennies apiece. Dehydrated them and I'm still using them. At the store recently they've been $2.99 a pound on sale! Thankful for my dehydrated stash.
Heidi's point about saving your abundance is spot on, whether you're saving sale items, gifted/traded items or items from your garden. In the 20th century we've had the luxury of being able to find almost anything in the stores, that may change. Look at the harvests globally and look at countries who've limited exports of food items. See how the people of Lebanon suffered when the grain storage facility was destroyed by an explosion in 2022. I got a Nesco Garden Master dehydrator several decades ago, still works fine. I currently run 12 trays (I have mesh and liquid inserts). Yes it costs a few cents to run, solar dehydrators are great too if 1) no mice, squirrels to chew their way in to reach your food. 2) space to set up or store. 3) time to monitor/rotate. 4) good air flow. Electric is a set it and forget it (most of the time). Jars keep out rodents, bugs and even your pets.
I am 67 years old and just now trying to preserve things. Yes, very true, it costs a lot of money, but as you stated, what happens when you don’t have access to anything, as in 2020? I think you’re amazing, and I thank you so much for your knowledge and expertise in making these videos for me. Thank you so much. I am learning tons from you. God bless you for your efforts.
I agree 💯 percent with you Heidi! I bought my first Cosori dehydrator in February 2023. Unfortunately it quite working in October. I contacted the company and they had me send information on my appliance. I had to wait for their response and replacement. I decided to purchase another one as i had all the extra trays for this style. The replacement came within two months so i have two working dehydrators. I use them regularly, i do let them rest in between usage😊 Cosori told me to keep the non working machine for parts. I will always have a dehydrator ❤and continue to preserve foods.❤ Thank you Heidi for all you do 😊
Thank you Heidi. Yesterday I was looking through all the dehydrated foods and herbs I have put up this year. Much appreciation for all I've learned from you!
OK, I lied, I have something else to say...thank you, Heidi, for the comment about anywhere there's heat & air movement...I'm going to put cooling racks on top of my refrigerator & cover them with a flour sack dishtowel...not sure yet what I'm going to try drying that way, but I'd never thought of it before, so thanks for broadening my options!
We haven’t noticed any real difference in our electric bill since we bought our dehydrator and I use it sometimes constantly for weeks when produce from the garden is coming in. My latest dehydrator projects are an Italian beef- roast cooked in a spicy tomato sauce. I canned the sauce after removing the beef to dehydrate. I used 1/2 pints for the dried beef and pints for the sauce. I can get 4 or 5 Italian subs on homemade hoagies from each jar. I also just finished beef cooked in chipotle sauce. I put these in pint jars for fajitas, chili, soups… Today I will be canning the broth from the beef. If you’re on the fence about a dehydrator, mine has paid for itself due to the amount of food that I have been able to preserve, and it’s tailored to our tastes and needs. You can also check yard sales, Goodwill & second hand stores. Leave your name and number and ask to be contacted if they get one in. Many Blessings!
we dehydrated carrots and celery for the first time this year. I am really liking this! I started dehydrating corn several years ago. I can store so much more food by dehydrating.
Heidi, months ago, you got me in the dehydrating bandwagon. I’m so grateful. I just dehydrated 10 lbs of beautifully sweet pears, and made preserves out of another 10 lbs. I now have three dehydrators, one cosori & 2 round nescos. Got the nescos at garage sales. I use them often. Yesterday, I took the trays out of the cosori & used it to proof (didn’t take long at 95 degrees) some bread dough! Thank you for teaching this old gal some new tricks!
I was lucky - several years ago, I had a friend who worked at Cabella's. In the store markdown corner was an Excalibur dehydrator on clearance. My friend used her employee discount to buy it, and I reimbursed her. It only cost me about $75. I use it a lot!
For those on a budget, keep an eye out for used dehydrators. I got one from a family who upgraded, and later, one at a yard sale where they didn’t use it (was new!) for $15-$20 each. 5-6 trays each and mesh and solid liners too! I’ve gotten so much use out them!
I also have a Cosori, which I think is awesome!! As you mentioned, though, some items are not worth dehydrating, amd obviously those items will vary from person to person. It's definitely worth it to dehydrate my excess garden produce, with the exception 9f my herbs. I dry those in a paper bag because electricity rates arw high where I live, and I have found that the paper bag method works very well for me. I'm in a FB dehydrating group, and so many members in that group love to dehydrate marshmallows. I don't judge them for tjat, but for me, unless I'm making them as part of a gift for someone, I won't dehydrate those. Also, I sometimes assemble dehydrated food in Mason jars for soup. It makes for a quick and easy meal on busy nights!
There is something to be said about growing your own food. You know where it comes from and you have let it ripen before picking. Homegrown tomatoes are far away better than any store-bought tomatoes! One never knows what could happen in your life. Maybe a big thing may be a little thing, but you might not be able to get to the store or the store might not have things. March 2020 I never thought that I would see my grocery store so depleted for food. You just never know.
I source my eggs locally, and winter in MN has SHORT days, so most of my sources stop selling in winter because their hens are only producing enough for their own needs. Dehydrating & freezing gives me eggs for 6-7 months out of the year. I do like hardboiled eggs on my salads, so I do pay more to one local provider for a few dozen unwashed eggs, which I buy before laying drops off in the fall, and they'll last through winter. My best priced eggs come from the farmers market, which means they have to be washed, so those are the ones I dry & freeze.
I am going to get a dehydrator in February. I’ve wanted to have one for a while. My oven won’t go lower than 170 which is a little too hot for drying herbs. Thank you for your videos. I am learning a lot.
After canning a few bushels of Roma tomatoes and seeing how cheap canned tomatoes are in the stores, I switched to dehydrating them in a low oven. A lot less work!
It's true that you need clean water to be able to use most of those dehydrated foods, but the space saving, nutrition, no energy maintenance to store, and excellent end-product is fantastic! Always put by a bit . . . you never know what could happen. 🧡
And clean water is a necessity whether you use dried, frozen or canned foods. We still need water so that is a whole other issue people need to consider. We have our rain water catchment and several ways to clean the water so we are good there
I have noticed my Cosori is about a lightbulb worth of power. I prefer to start my dehydrator(s) at night, then check in the morning. This way, I can monitor the later hours. I'm on the grid at night, and on the solar in the daytime. I'll tackle meat in February and fruit when my trees come in in May. I like Dehydrating, takes less space, also not worried about electric outages. the potential of 150 pds of beef has me planning. that much will take me 2+ years to eat.
my preference is dehydrating for food storage. I do can (pressure and water bath) but for many of my herbs and foods that can be dehydrated I think it is the best method. Even canned food can have a seal failure months after it was done and you lose a chance of losing the food but dehydrated food can be vacuum sealed and re hydrated easily. One of my methods of canning is broth or even just plain water that can be used to re hydrate and cook what has been dehydrated so they can be used together.
Thank you so much Heidi for all you share. I used to cann everything, but then I went to work to help with the bills. Then I was almost always sick & never had the energy to put up our food. Even stopped growing a garden. I ended up so sick i spent 3 months in the hospital, exactly 2 years ago. And now have lung damage. According to the doctors it's permanent, But GOD! 😉 So I am expecting a full recovery. I have been with my now limited strength redoing our garden & putting up iur produce. All your videos on dehydrating have been a godsend. Our storage is limited so this is extremely helpful. My dehydrator is over 20 years old still working but not very well. So because of you i often use my oven. GOD bless you & thank you so much! May the the continued bounty & protection of the LORD continue overflow on you & your family's lives.
Just going to point out one more thing - when it's been raining/snowing/overcast/foggy all day, every day, for a week or more...opening a jar of dried citrus slices and having that smell fill the air...oh. my. goodness!!! Toss a few slices into a mug, pour hot water over & steep...heavenly!
Oh WOW what a fantastic idea!! I wish I had heard this months ago. I was given so many big bags of citrus I didn't know what to do. Made pureed ice cubes with them. Taking up so much room in our freezer. Gosh thank you!
You can spread that puree out on silicone trays (or parchment paper) and still dehydrate it. Keep in mind that, as Heidi pointed out, dried citrus is really only good for one year. That's why I make a point of using it in hot water throughout the winter.@@georgeingridirwin6180
I've been dehydrating more in the last year or two than previous. I've been experimenting with drying more. I really like dehydrating onions, peppers and carrots. I made cranberry fruit rollups that my kids really liked, which I appreciated because they had a fraction of the sugar as store bought and were all fruit.
For those on a tight budget, if you want to buy a dehydrator and have it pay for itself, grow & dry your own herbs. They are SO expensive to buy, that the payback on them is super quick, and once you've got the dehydrator you may as well use it for other things. I looked through my elecrical usage over the past year (when I got serious about dehydrating) and it did go up, but not by very much when you consider the amount of food in my pantry. And for those with limited space, my house is 640 sq. ft., saving room means a lot. One other thing I'll mention is that a quart/pint jar of dried food may very likely weigh less than the same size jar of canned food - not in every situation, but oftentimes (for me at least) it does - as you get older, and you're bringing up 4-6 jars from the basement at a time, that matters too.
I feel that it is worth the extra cost and work for me to dehydrate, as well as can both pressure and water bath for my long term storage. Even if I live out in the country/forest, I currently don't have any cows, pigs or chicken/ducks so, those are items that when I find them on sale, I really stock up and process for my pantry. My garden veggies, I use what I can for the season as they are ripening but, I also dehydrate in-between eating, since I know that when the end of the season comes, I will have so much to take care of, I'll either not have enough time before they go bad or, I'll go crazy... 😁 Was able to find and gather a HUGE haul of wild mushrooms throughout the forests surrounding my property this past year and have dehydrated near all of them. Those will come in handy not only over the winter months but, also long term. Veggies such as string beans and such which I didn't even get one bean from my garden, I have bought frozen when I've found them on sale in the store and dehydrated them, along with other frozen veggies, that have been on sale. I didn't get much of anything apart from my zucchini this past growing season so, I've had to buy in store when I've found sales. For some obscure reason, I didn't even get any cucumbers, which are usually as prolific as my zucchini. No idea why. Same with tomatoes, didn't even get any green ones, even though there were plenty on the plants, they all turned blackish brown when I tried to get them to ripen... Found a very good deal on canned tomatoes that are a brand which I've bought for many years and trust, which when I calculated the cost of them, were much cheaper than buying the fresh tomatoes at the farmers market. 🤔 So, I bought MANY of those cans and re-canned both the diced tomatoes from the original cans and also a lot of spiced salsa and pasta sauce. Eggs are extremely expensive over here in Sweden. Roughly about $7+ per dozen (small eggs) so, I only buy when they are on sale but, do buy enough then, to be able to dehydrate, when I get them at a reasonable price. Whole fat milk I have found an organic seller from Germany/EU which I buy their 5 kilo/11lbs. buckets of full fat milk off of Amazon. I have calculated the price compared to fresh milk bought from the store and was very surprised to find that when re-hydrated, to a flavor I liked, it was actually cheaper per reconstituted volume than buying the full fat fresh milk from the store... 😳 Only time I'll buy a gallon or 2 of fresh milk is once a month, when I do my monthly shopping since I only use milk in my coffee. (a lot) due to there is a difference in taste so, that gallon or 2 is just a "luxury item for me to treat myself too". My baking is all done with powdered milk when the recipe calls for milk. I have stopped pressure canning potatoes, since I have so many of those jars taking up space and am now only dehydrating potatoes, both for mashed potatoes and scalloped potatoes. Not crazy about the taste of the dehydrated potato cubes meant for being "cooked potatoes" so, those I will eventually go back to canning. But for now, I'm using some of my canned potato cubes, and upping my dehydrated.
Personally I think it's a healthier way to do. Stores do not always have what you need when you go, since the prices are going up if you dehydrate less money later when you may need money. We have always canned food or froze it and dehydrated food takes up less space as opposed to canning and freezing
I have light in my chickens yard, due to the cold we put tarps on their yard walls to block severe wind flow, THAT made it too dark so they have a yard light,the light in the coop is for cleaning purposes, but there's a heater that makes their sleeping area less frigid and just warm enough to keep their water from freezing...
Great points. Space is a huge consideration for us. I can just take the portion of dehydrated food I want from the half gallon jar and reseal it and reshelve it. The same amount of frozen or canned goods would take more space. If we had no power, we could store and use our food for years. We dehydrate almost everything by the wood stove also. When I do use the electric dehydrator in spring or summer for fruit or eggs, our bill does go up quite a bit, but we're already in the 5th percentile for electrical use in the US and our area so "going up" means we're only getting closer to a "normal" kWh daily use by an American for those few days. I dehydrate a lot of food over winter and some bought at the store, but that means storing up almost a year's worth of food in one season without extra energy costs. Totally worth it for us and a game-changer.
I have three Excalibur 9 tray machines and in months when I am running them frequently I can see it in the electric bill. My current project is to make beef and chicken flour for use in my carnivore diet, which has turned out to be necessary for my health. You can put a lot of dried, powdered meat in a quart jar.
I am a big supporter of dehydrating. I want to preserve as much food as I can from my garden. This is just another way of doing that. And you make a good point of space saving also. I don't have enough freezer space for all that I produce. And also, if the freezer goes south, I could potentially lose a lot of my food. For me, the dehydrator was a wonderful addition for the household.
I just got a Cosori for Christmas and on day 2 using it. I got tired of buying dehydrated food from other companies and can purchase more from my local year round farmers market instead.
I don't force my hens to lay during winter, I eat what eggs they give me. Use them in season! With Construction skills, one can build his/her own dehydrator. There's temperature controllers that would work with a home made dehydrator. I keep harvest value records and calculate processing costs. Almost all products would be cheaper when you make it yourself. If you consider quality, ALL products are better made yourself if you have the skills.
I have just ordered a fancy counter top oven that roasts, air fries, rotisserie function, grilling basket and dehydrates - I am planning to have some fun with that lol
Thank you, Heidi. Absolutely worth it. I live in the city and my small garden failed. BUT there is one grocery store that has a shelf with greatly reduced produce. I dehydrate that across the seasons, and have a wonderful variety. Sometimes farmers reduce product at the end of a farmers' market. For tomatoes, I use your tomato flake technique. I bought dehydrated whole milk and eggs. I prefer to shop my pantry and not worry if something is in stock or not. Apple chips, tomato flakes, dried corn, dried strawberries for cereal, strawberry leaf & dried orange slices for tea at night, dried carrots & mushrooms & peppers & celery in soups or stews. I've upgraded to a Cosori after 5 years of an off-brand that worked with the minor addition of a timer set next to it and a meat thermometer to check the temps. Be creative, flexible, and willing to learn, and you can eat very well. Thanks again, Heidi!
Thank you for this information Heidi. I have gone to thrift stores, Garage Sales estate sales barn sales all kind of sales. At one thrift store. I found an Excalibur dehydrator nine tray for $50. Another time I went to a church thrift store and I found an excalibur dehydrator, either a five tray or a nine tray I don’t remember for $15. There are things out there. Kind like you just come across it. Divine appointment I say. I have seen a freeze dryer at Goodwill and grain grinder hand crank. for whatever reason I didn’t pick it up but someone else had the treasure. Blessings.
I have a 6 tray Cosori and it's really a nice dehydrator. I also use it as a proofing box and to heat up my sourdough starter when I don't want to wait 6-12 hours. My kitchen tends to be on the colder side and isn't consistent which makes bread baking a challenge. I also bought the big square Nesco. A word of warning, though: if you have a Nesco be sure to use all the trays even if they are empty, or you can overheat the dehydrator and blow the fuse. I bought the same model again because I already had the trays, and have now have doubled my capacity. I also use it outside in the summer to keep from heating up the house or for when I am dehydrating garlic and onions that I don't want to smell for days while they are dehydrating. I started dehydrating because it was just too expensive to can everything the first season I had a garden and I didn't have enough freezer space. I also didn't want to worry about losing my food if the power goes out. This season I learned to pressure can and I've had more time to acquire jars and lids. I think it's important to consider the equipment as an investment, but thrifting is a good idea, and ask your friends for canning jars. I got close to 100 jars for free from an elderly neighbor who was cleaning out her basement, and I got a bunch on sale and from thrift stores. I think dehydrating is the least expensive preservation method, all things considered.
I found my dehydrator at salvation army. I dehydrate all my excess garden veggies as well as frozen veggies on sale. As for electricty i dont notice much of a diference in my bill
Thanks a bunch. I have been dehydrating everything I can. Still have plenty to try to, thanks to you Heidi. You are right dehydration saves tons of room in the pantry which I appreciate because I don’t have that much space. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
Don't forget those products you make that is not available or not to you liking I DID get a Cosari deyhdrator based on your videos - and worked a treat. Processed my garden - in my case so I don't have to drive when not feeling 'perky' (most of winter heating time) But I did make something I could not find - red hot flavor watermelon rind candy (very hot). I also made 7 flavor/color tutifruit watermelon 'drops' (Great for sugar cookies). Different pepper mixes w_onions for breakfast potatoes - just add - no chopping. SO count me a fan - of dehydrating AND of your youtube site. PS still working on that black tomato paper (was still processing tomatoes in NOVEMBER !)
Our 4x8 grow tent, all vents closed, dehumidifier, shelves, temps in high 80* 0% humidity. Perfectly green herbs dried in hours depending on herb. My house was too humid for my box dehumidifier to work. Large loads in the tent. Small loads in the box. Hope this helps someone, somewhere.
It's always worth it. I even clean up the leftover particles from dehydrating vegetables to put in soups and stews. I ha e a big brown glass jug I put them in a d use in gravys ect.
I have been using my old American Harvest dehydrator for 35 years or more. Still works great. Currently I run 3 of them at a time. I am much more confident using my dehydrator, thanks in part to your help. I am dehydrating everything I grow and then some. My latest job was dehydrating up about 20 pounds of black beans I’d had in storage for a while. I powdered them up and now I have the start of black bean soup all ready for me on the shelf. It’s fun trying each different food and herb in the dehydrator. My husband’s favorite snack is dehydrated bananas dipped in coconut milk.😊
Absolutely worth it! I've saved so much by growing my own herbs and peppers for cooking and making pain oil. I do it at a lower temp. I've noticed mine have better flavor and color. I'm looking to invest into 2 ten trays and my 6 tray. My husband wants to know where his jerky is because I'm too busy dehydrating from the garden.
I have heard on one homesteading channel that their waterglassed eggs lasted 18 months. They were thinner, of course, but still good...BUT she did say that, once she started using eggs from that container, the remaining eggs went bad very quickly.
That does not surprise me. I personally have no interest in water glass eggs. I can always ferment hard boiled eggs and have them last quite awhile in the fridge and I can use my dehydrated eggs for most everything else
Thank you so much for continuing to share your wisdom! I’ve been dehydrating for 15+ years and love it, but you have really expanded my options for storing food with vacuum sealing. Thank you! I am wondering if you have ever tried vacuum sealing roasted coffee beans? I’d like to put up a bunch, but of course don’t want to risk them going bad due to their cost. Thanks again!
I have never found it necessary to vacuum seal coffee beans roasted or green. I always have at least two years worth of coffee beans on hand in their original packaging and I rotate through them. Have yet to ever come across any that have gone rancid
@@RainCountryHomestead That's wonderful to hear as I have been considering buying them in bulk. I bet you have a video on roasting coffee beans as well. I guess I will hunt for it.
New moms (or New Grandmas!) milk and eggs especially are 2 things that go in times of crisis that can feed your family easily (unless there is an egg allergy). If things trend the way 2019 went (late fall illnesses that by March the following year the country was imprisoned via house arrest) we could be looking at this same thing in just a few months! Or it may be fine, but did we expect 2020 to be the way it was at the end of 2019? Anything can happen at any time. Thanks Heidi for the good info!
Having whole goat milk powder on hand was a blessing when our middle grandchild was born and his mom was not producing enough milk for him, the goat milk, and having it on hand was a game changer.
Depending on the temps you dry at, you can preserve most to all of them. Even those you might lose are what would commonly be lost once you cook it anyway and that applies to freeze dried foods as well.
It depends on how you dehydrate, the lower the temperature, the more nutrients you preserve and can even save them all. Plus, there will always be nutrients that will never get cooked out as they are not damaged by heat.
I dehydrate a lot, but have issues with rehydrating, could you do some videos on that. You do a lot of stir fries and soups, but I would prefer, the carrot slice to still be roasted like before I dehydrated it. Any suggestions?
I already have several videos on how to use dehydrated foods, a couple of them covering most foods in general and in each video on the specific items and how I dry them, I also talk about how to use them, such as the eggs. Here is the last video where I talked in general about using dehydrated foods: ruclips.net/video/qniaroOiM9w/видео.html As will be seen in my dehydrating carrots video, I dehydrate them raw but of course, you can roast them first then dry them if you choose
It would depend on the sizes of the two. The Nesco trays do hold more than the smaller Cosori like the ones I have (the original size). You can stack Nesco trays pretty high but the things on the bottom (if you heat and fan are at the top) can take a pretty long time to dry. What I do is put more delicate things t hat dry quickly on the bottom trays and heavier things on the tops so they dry a bit more evenly as far as time goes
Today I am second guessing ..I am dehydrating lemons from a friends lemon tree..I am on my 3rd day for 1 batch.of course I had to turn off while I had to run to town..but mostly running 24/3 so far..I am doing on 115- 120 they are looking beautiful not turning brown ish..Any one have any ideas,Heidi? .I am using excalibur ???.
I am not certain what your question is. Do you mean the time it is taking them to dry? You can try fruits at a higher temperature. I often go up to 125° when doing fruits and vegetables, depending on what they are
Im dehydrating eggs right now and I am using 1/4 cookie sheet pans. Have you done this before. It Takes the spill factor out of dehydrating liquids. What do you think of this idea. Thanks
I have not tried that no since I have had some kind of sheet for my dehydrators for doing liquids since I have had dehydrators though the silicone sheets work far better than the plastic ones that come with the dehydrators
i cooked ham, let it stay uncovered overnight in the fridge to dry out a bit, and the dehydrated it in small chunks, but it is still quite greasy. should i store this in the freezer instead of in a jar?
Just a note, you should have frozen the cooked meat before dehydrating it for it to have a better reuse consistency. Freezing the meat after it is cooked then thawing and dehydrating makes it turn out crisp instead of chewy. However you can still jar it up and store it in your pantry, yes, even with the fat, as long as you vacuum seal it as that is what prevents rancidity. However, if you do not vacuum seal, you will need to store it in the freezer
If you go to the dehydrating raw eggs video in the dehydrating playlist I linked to in the description box, I go over all of that for using in breads, scrambled eggs, and more
@@RainCountryHomestead I misspelled it. Johnes disease. Danny and Wanda made me aware. Duckduckgo doesn't have anything good to say about it. I'm trying to get away from store food all together in general but this made me start searching for a resource of raw milk asap. Not in the budget for goat or cow yet.
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We try to dehydrate everything we grow on our organic farm. Even mashed potatoes, milk, eggs . We have enough for at least 3 years, and we are still dehydrating foods to store. ❤ learned it all from you , Heidi . Thanks so much ❤❤
Wow that's just so amazing, good job! And Heidi is definitely a blessing to all of us for sure.😊 God bless you
I need to try dehydrating the mashed potatoes . . .
When you dehydrate mashed potatoes do you season them as you would when making them fresh, or do you add vegan butter and things after?
Hello Heidi. Do you blanch your fruit and vegetables? In your Cosori, how long do you leave produce and dairy in there?
@@fredkalt1 Only thing I put into the potato cubes that I'm going to dehydrate, is salt. The rest of various spices, butter etc. I add when I'm making the mashed potatoes from the dried powdered potatoes. The way I see it, the non spiced/buttered etc. potato powder, has less chance of spoiling due to the added ingredients. Salt is the only exception being, that salt is also a preserving agent.
Two summers ago I stumbled across a fantastic deal on bags of beautiful red, orange and green peppers at a farm stand. Got them for pennies apiece. Dehydrated them and I'm still using them. At the store recently they've been $2.99 a pound on sale! Thankful for my dehydrated stash.
Heidi's point about saving your abundance is spot on, whether you're saving sale items, gifted/traded items or items from your garden. In the 20th century we've had the luxury of being able to find almost anything in the stores, that may change. Look at the harvests globally and look at countries who've limited exports of food items. See how the people of Lebanon suffered when the grain storage facility was destroyed by an explosion in 2022.
I got a Nesco Garden Master dehydrator several decades ago, still works fine. I currently run 12 trays (I have mesh and liquid inserts). Yes it costs a few cents to run, solar dehydrators are great too if 1) no mice, squirrels to chew their way in to reach your food. 2) space to set up or store. 3) time to monitor/rotate. 4) good air flow. Electric is a set it and forget it (most of the time). Jars keep out rodents, bugs and even your pets.
I am 67 years old and just now trying to preserve things. Yes, very true, it costs a lot of money, but as you stated, what happens when you don’t have access to anything, as in 2020? I think you’re amazing, and I thank you so much for your knowledge and expertise in making these videos for me. Thank you so much. I am learning tons from you. God bless you for your efforts.
Same here
I agree 💯 percent with you Heidi! I bought my first Cosori dehydrator in February 2023. Unfortunately it quite working in October. I contacted the company and they had me send information on my appliance. I had to wait for their response and replacement.
I decided to purchase another one as i had all the extra trays for this style.
The replacement came within two months so i have two working dehydrators. I use them regularly, i do let them rest in between usage😊
Cosori told me to keep the non working machine for parts.
I will always have a dehydrator ❤and continue to preserve foods.❤
Thank you Heidi for all you do 😊
It worked for our ancestors. Its good enough for me!
Heidi, spreading light again today! ✨️
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Thank you Heidi. Yesterday I was looking through all the dehydrated foods and herbs I have put up this year. Much appreciation for all I've learned from you!
OK, I lied, I have something else to say...thank you, Heidi, for the comment about anywhere there's heat & air movement...I'm going to put cooling racks on top of my refrigerator & cover them with a flour sack dishtowel...not sure yet what I'm going to try drying that way, but I'd never thought of it before, so thanks for broadening my options!
We haven’t noticed any real difference in our electric bill since we bought our dehydrator and I use it sometimes constantly for weeks when produce from the garden is coming in. My latest dehydrator projects are an Italian beef- roast cooked in a spicy tomato sauce. I canned the sauce after removing the beef to dehydrate. I used 1/2 pints for the dried beef and pints for the sauce. I can get 4 or 5 Italian subs on homemade hoagies from each jar. I also just finished beef cooked in chipotle sauce. I put these in pint jars for fajitas, chili, soups… Today I will be canning the broth from the beef. If you’re on the fence about a dehydrator, mine has paid for itself due to the amount of food that I have been able to preserve, and it’s tailored to our tastes and needs. You can also check yard sales, Goodwill & second hand stores. Leave your name and number and ask to be contacted if they get one in. Many Blessings!
we dehydrated carrots and celery for the first time this year. I am really liking this! I started dehydrating corn several years ago. I can store so much more food by dehydrating.
Our Ninja air fryer has a dehydrator feature. It’s small but we can practice a bit before we decide on a bigger option down the road.
Heidi, months ago, you got me in the dehydrating bandwagon. I’m so grateful. I just dehydrated 10 lbs of beautifully sweet pears, and made preserves out of another 10 lbs.
I now have three dehydrators, one cosori & 2 round nescos. Got the nescos at garage sales. I use them often. Yesterday, I took the trays out of the cosori & used it to proof (didn’t take long at 95 degrees) some bread dough!
Thank you for teaching this old gal some new tricks!
I bought the Cosori to proof bread too! I also put my sourdough starter in there after feeding to speed up the activity.
Good idea!
I was lucky - several years ago, I had a friend who worked at Cabella's. In the store markdown corner was an Excalibur dehydrator on clearance. My friend used her employee discount to buy it, and I reimbursed her. It only cost me about $75. I use it a lot!
For those on a budget, keep an eye out for used dehydrators. I got one from a family who upgraded, and later, one at a yard sale where they didn’t use it (was new!) for $15-$20 each. 5-6 trays each and mesh and solid liners too! I’ve gotten so much use out them!
Hi Heidi, God is good all the time. Hallelujah.❤❤❤
👍 Thanks...because of limited space, this is the way I choose to go! Shalom!
I also have a Cosori, which I think is awesome!! As you mentioned, though, some items are not worth dehydrating, amd obviously those items will vary from person to person. It's definitely worth it to dehydrate my excess garden produce, with the exception 9f my herbs. I dry those in a paper bag because electricity rates arw high where I live, and I have found that the paper bag method works very well for me. I'm in a FB dehydrating group, and so many members in that group love to dehydrate marshmallows. I don't judge them for tjat, but for me, unless I'm making them as part of a gift for someone, I won't dehydrate those. Also, I sometimes assemble dehydrated food in Mason jars for soup. It makes for a quick and easy meal on busy nights!
There is something to be said about growing your own food. You know where it comes from and you have let it ripen before picking. Homegrown tomatoes are far away better than any store-bought tomatoes! One never knows what could happen in your life. Maybe a big thing may be a little thing, but you might not be able to get to the store or the store might not have things. March 2020 I never thought that I would see my grocery store so depleted for food. You just never know.
If you have an old fashioned propane over with a pilot light, it makes the perfect gental dehydrator. This is one method I use.
I source my eggs locally, and winter in MN has SHORT days, so most of my sources stop selling in winter because their hens are only producing enough for their own needs. Dehydrating & freezing gives me eggs for 6-7 months out of the year. I do like hardboiled eggs on my salads, so I do pay more to one local provider for a few dozen unwashed eggs, which I buy before laying drops off in the fall, and they'll last through winter. My best priced eggs come from the farmers market, which means they have to be washed, so those are the ones I dry & freeze.
I am going to get a dehydrator in February. I’ve wanted to have one for a while. My oven won’t go lower than 170 which is a little too hot for drying herbs. Thank you for your videos. I am learning a lot.
After canning a few bushels of Roma tomatoes and seeing how cheap canned tomatoes are in the stores, I switched to dehydrating them in a low oven. A lot less work!
Thanks Heidi!
I'll be drying more wild lettuce next year. I don't just use it for pain relief. I use it in my sleepy tea - and I'm out.
Blessings! 💜
I bought seeds to grow this lettuce but haven't tried growing it yet. Glad to know someone else is interested in this.
@@ChristineSpringerElaine I'm not sure I'm understanding ... wild lettuce is a weed. Why seeds?
It's true that you need clean water to be able to use most of those dehydrated foods, but the space saving, nutrition, no energy maintenance to store, and excellent end-product is fantastic! Always put by a bit . . . you never know what could happen. 🧡
And clean water is a necessity whether you use dried, frozen or canned foods. We still need water so that is a whole other issue people need to consider. We have our rain water catchment and several ways to clean the water so we are good there
I have noticed my Cosori is about a lightbulb worth of power. I prefer to start my dehydrator(s) at night, then check in the morning. This way, I can monitor the later hours. I'm on the grid at night, and on the solar in the daytime. I'll tackle meat in February and fruit when my trees come in in May. I like Dehydrating, takes less space, also not worried about electric outages. the potential of 150 pds of beef has me planning. that much will take me 2+ years to eat.
my preference is dehydrating for food storage. I do can (pressure and water bath) but for many of my herbs and foods that can be dehydrated I think it is the best method. Even canned food can have a seal failure months after it was done and you lose a chance of losing the food but dehydrated food can be vacuum sealed and re hydrated easily. One of my methods of canning is broth or even just plain water that can be used to re hydrate and cook what has been dehydrated so they can be used together.
Thank you so much Heidi for all you share. I used to cann everything, but then I went to work to help with the bills.
Then I was almost always sick & never had the energy to put up our food. Even stopped growing a garden.
I ended up so sick i spent 3 months in the hospital, exactly 2 years ago. And now have lung damage.
According to the doctors it's permanent, But GOD! 😉 So I am expecting a full recovery.
I have been with my now limited strength redoing our garden & putting up iur produce.
All your videos on dehydrating have been a godsend. Our storage is limited so this is extremely helpful. My dehydrator is over 20 years old still working but not very well. So because of you i often use my oven.
GOD bless you & thank you so much!
May the the continued bounty & protection of the LORD continue overflow on you & your family's lives.
Just going to point out one more thing - when it's been raining/snowing/overcast/foggy all day, every day, for a week or more...opening a jar of dried citrus slices and having that smell fill the air...oh. my. goodness!!! Toss a few slices into a mug, pour hot water over & steep...heavenly!
Oh WOW what a fantastic idea!! I wish I had heard this months ago. I was given so many big bags of citrus I didn't know what to do. Made pureed ice cubes with them. Taking up so much room in our freezer. Gosh thank you!
You can spread that puree out on silicone trays (or parchment paper) and still dehydrate it. Keep in mind that, as Heidi pointed out, dried citrus is really only good for one year. That's why I make a point of using it in hot water throughout the winter.@@georgeingridirwin6180
I've been dehydrating more in the last year or two than previous. I've been experimenting with drying more. I really like dehydrating onions, peppers and carrots. I made cranberry fruit rollups that my kids really liked, which I appreciated because they had a fraction of the sugar as store bought and were all fruit.
For those on a tight budget, if you want to buy a dehydrator and have it pay for itself, grow & dry your own herbs. They are SO expensive to buy, that the payback on them is super quick, and once you've got the dehydrator you may as well use it for other things. I looked through my elecrical usage over the past year (when I got serious about dehydrating) and it did go up, but not by very much when you consider the amount of food in my pantry. And for those with limited space, my house is 640 sq. ft., saving room means a lot. One other thing I'll mention is that a quart/pint jar of dried food may very likely weigh less than the same size jar of canned food - not in every situation, but oftentimes (for me at least) it does - as you get older, and you're bringing up 4-6 jars from the basement at a time, that matters too.
I feel that it is worth the extra cost and work for me to dehydrate, as well as can both pressure and water bath for my long term storage. Even if I live out in the country/forest, I currently don't have any cows, pigs or chicken/ducks so, those are items that when I find them on sale, I really stock up and process for my pantry.
My garden veggies, I use what I can for the season as they are ripening but, I also dehydrate in-between eating, since I know that when the end of the season comes, I will have so much to take care of, I'll either not have enough time before they go bad or, I'll go crazy... 😁
Was able to find and gather a HUGE haul of wild mushrooms throughout the forests surrounding my property this past year and have dehydrated near all of them. Those will come in handy not only over the winter months but, also long term. Veggies such as string beans and such which I didn't even get one bean from my garden, I have bought frozen when I've found them on sale in the store and dehydrated them, along with other frozen veggies, that have been on sale.
I didn't get much of anything apart from my zucchini this past growing season so, I've had to buy in store when I've found sales. For some obscure reason, I didn't even get any cucumbers, which are usually as prolific as my zucchini. No idea why. Same with tomatoes, didn't even get any green ones, even though there were plenty on the plants, they all turned blackish brown when I tried to get them to ripen...
Found a very good deal on canned tomatoes that are a brand which I've bought for many years and trust, which when I calculated the cost of them, were much cheaper than buying the fresh tomatoes at the farmers market. 🤔 So, I bought MANY of those cans and re-canned both the diced tomatoes from the original cans and also a lot of spiced salsa and pasta sauce. Eggs are extremely expensive over here in Sweden. Roughly about $7+ per dozen (small eggs) so, I only buy when they are on sale but, do buy enough then, to be able to dehydrate, when I get them at a reasonable price.
Whole fat milk I have found an organic seller from Germany/EU which I buy their 5 kilo/11lbs. buckets of full fat milk off of Amazon. I have calculated the price compared to fresh milk bought from the store and was very surprised to find that when re-hydrated, to a flavor I liked, it was actually cheaper per reconstituted volume than buying the full fat fresh milk from the store... 😳 Only time I'll buy a gallon or 2 of fresh milk is once a month, when I do my monthly shopping since I only use milk in my coffee. (a lot) due to there is a difference in taste so, that gallon or 2 is just a "luxury item for me to treat myself too". My baking is all done with powdered milk when the recipe calls for milk.
I have stopped pressure canning potatoes, since I have so many of those jars taking up space and am now only dehydrating potatoes, both for mashed potatoes and scalloped potatoes. Not crazy about the taste of the dehydrated potato cubes meant for being "cooked potatoes" so, those I will eventually go back to canning. But for now, I'm using some of my canned potato cubes, and upping my dehydrated.
Hi, I agree God is good. I'm getting back into canning after many years of not doing it. A pretty small one but I think we need them now in our lives.
Personally I think it's a healthier way to do. Stores do not always have what you need when you go, since the prices are going up if you dehydrate less money later when you may need money. We have always canned food or froze it and dehydrated food takes up less space as opposed to canning and freezing
I'm learning several different ways to dehydrate 🥰
Hope you and your family had a Merry Christmas!
I have light in my chickens yard, due to the cold we put tarps on their yard walls to block severe wind flow, THAT made it too dark so they have a yard light,the light in the coop is for cleaning purposes, but there's a heater that makes their sleeping area less frigid and just warm enough to keep their water from freezing...
Great points. Space is a huge consideration for us. I can just take the portion of dehydrated food I want from the half gallon jar and reseal it and reshelve it. The same amount of frozen or canned goods would take more space. If we had no power, we could store and use our food for years. We dehydrate almost everything by the wood stove also. When I do use the electric dehydrator in spring or summer for fruit or eggs, our bill does go up quite a bit, but we're already in the 5th percentile for electrical use in the US and our area so "going up" means we're only getting closer to a "normal" kWh daily use by an American for those few days. I dehydrate a lot of food over winter and some bought at the store, but that means storing up almost a year's worth of food in one season without extra energy costs. Totally worth it for us and a game-changer.
I have three Excalibur 9 tray machines and in months when I am running them frequently I can see it in the electric bill. My current project is to make beef and chicken flour for use in my carnivore diet, which has turned out to be necessary for my health. You can put a lot of dried, powdered meat in a quart jar.
I cannot continue to expand my pantry with jars. Next year I am going to do more dehydrating!
I am a big supporter of dehydrating. I want to preserve as much food as I can from my garden. This is just another way of doing that. And you make a good point of space saving also. I don't have enough freezer space for all that I produce. And also, if the freezer goes south, I could potentially lose a lot of my food. For me, the dehydrator was a wonderful addition for the household.
I just got a Cosori for Christmas and on day 2 using it. I got tired of buying dehydrated food from other companies and can purchase more from my local year round farmers market instead.
I don't force my hens to lay during winter, I eat what eggs they give me. Use them in season!
With Construction skills, one can build his/her own dehydrator. There's temperature controllers that would work with a home made dehydrator.
I keep harvest value records and calculate processing costs. Almost all products would be cheaper when you make it yourself. If you consider quality, ALL products are better made yourself if you have the skills.
We love our dehydrators. I think we have 4 of them LOL. But we especially love our Freeze dryer. We're very fortunate to have both.
I have just ordered a fancy counter top oven that roasts, air fries, rotisserie function, grilling basket and dehydrates - I am planning to have some fun with that lol
Thank you, Heidi. Absolutely worth it. I live in the city and my small garden failed. BUT there is one grocery store that has a shelf with greatly reduced produce. I dehydrate that across the seasons, and have a wonderful variety. Sometimes farmers reduce product at the end of a farmers' market. For tomatoes, I use your tomato flake technique. I bought dehydrated whole milk and eggs. I prefer to shop my pantry and not worry if something is in stock or not. Apple chips, tomato flakes, dried corn, dried strawberries for cereal, strawberry leaf & dried orange slices for tea at night, dried carrots & mushrooms & peppers & celery in soups or stews. I've upgraded to a Cosori after 5 years of an off-brand that worked with the minor addition of a timer set next to it and a meat thermometer to check the temps. Be creative, flexible, and willing to learn, and you can eat very well. Thanks again, Heidi!
Yes, in all caps and triplicates 😊
Thank you for this information Heidi. I have gone to thrift stores, Garage Sales estate sales barn sales all kind of sales. At one thrift store. I found an Excalibur dehydrator nine tray for $50. Another time I went to a church thrift store and I found an excalibur dehydrator, either a five tray or a nine tray I don’t remember for $15. There are things out there. Kind like you just come across it. Divine appointment I say. I have seen a freeze dryer at Goodwill and grain grinder hand crank. for whatever reason I didn’t pick it up but someone else had the treasure. Blessings.
I have a 6 tray Cosori and it's really a nice dehydrator. I also use it as a proofing box and to heat up my sourdough starter when I don't want to wait 6-12 hours. My kitchen tends to be on the colder side and isn't consistent which makes bread baking a challenge.
I also bought the big square Nesco. A word of warning, though: if you have a Nesco be sure to use all the trays even if they are empty, or you can overheat the dehydrator and blow the fuse.
I bought the same model again because I already had the trays, and have now have doubled my capacity. I also use it outside in the summer to keep from heating up the house or for when I am dehydrating garlic and onions that I don't want to smell for days while they are dehydrating.
I started dehydrating because it was just too expensive to can everything the first season I had a garden and I didn't have enough freezer space. I also didn't want to worry about losing my food if the power goes out. This season I learned to pressure can and I've had more time to acquire jars and lids.
I think it's important to consider the equipment as an investment, but thrifting is a good idea, and ask your friends for canning jars. I got close to 100 jars for free from an elderly neighbor who was cleaning out her basement, and I got a bunch on sale and from thrift stores. I think dehydrating is the least expensive preservation method, all things considered.
I found my dehydrator at salvation army. I dehydrate all my excess garden veggies as well as frozen veggies on sale. As for electricty i dont notice much of a diference in my bill
Thanks a bunch. I have been dehydrating everything I can. Still have plenty to try to, thanks to you Heidi. You are right dehydration saves tons of room in the pantry which I appreciate because I don’t have that much space. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
Don't forget those products you make that is not available or not to you liking
I DID get a Cosari deyhdrator based on your videos - and worked a treat. Processed my garden - in my case so I don't have to drive when not feeling 'perky' (most of winter heating time)
But I did make something I could not find - red hot flavor watermelon rind candy (very hot). I also made 7 flavor/color tutifruit watermelon 'drops' (Great for sugar cookies). Different pepper mixes w_onions for breakfast potatoes - just add - no chopping.
SO count me a fan - of dehydrating AND of your youtube site.
PS still working on that black tomato paper (was still processing tomatoes in NOVEMBER !)
This was very interesting and definitely food for thought. Thanks for this Heidi
Our 4x8 grow tent, all vents closed, dehumidifier, shelves, temps in high 80* 0% humidity. Perfectly green herbs dried in hours depending on herb.
My house was too humid for my box dehumidifier to work.
Large loads in the tent.
Small loads in the box.
Hope this helps someone, somewhere.
Heidi thank you for sharing this great information on if dehydrating is good for you or not🥰 It's worth it to us🥰 God bless 🥰
I have the cosori and I love it I definitely need to use it more I have mainly done fruits and my herbs from the garden
Besides the ways you’ve mentioned, I have dehydrated in the Sun Oven.
It's always worth it. I even clean up the leftover particles from dehydrating vegetables to put in soups and stews. I ha e a big brown glass jug I put them in a d use in gravys ect.
I have been using my old American Harvest dehydrator for 35 years or more. Still works great. Currently I run 3 of them at a time. I am much more confident using my dehydrator, thanks in part to your help. I am dehydrating everything I grow and then some. My latest job was dehydrating up about 20 pounds of black beans I’d had in storage for a while. I powdered them up and now I have the start of black bean soup all ready for me on the shelf. It’s fun trying each different food and herb in the dehydrator. My husband’s favorite snack is dehydrated bananas dipped in coconut milk.😊
Ooooh! I love dehydrated bananas! I never thought to dip them in coconut milk. I’ll definitely try this!
Absolutely worth it! I've saved so much by growing my own herbs and peppers for cooking and making pain oil. I do it at a lower temp. I've noticed mine have better flavor and color. I'm looking to invest into 2 ten trays and my 6 tray. My husband wants to know where his jerky is because I'm too busy dehydrating from the garden.
I have heard on one homesteading channel that their waterglassed eggs lasted 18 months. They were thinner, of course, but still good...BUT she did say that, once she started using eggs from that container, the remaining eggs went bad very quickly.
That does not surprise me. I personally have no interest in water glass eggs. I can always ferment hard boiled eggs and have them last quite awhile in the fridge and I can use my dehydrated eggs for most everything else
I agree dehydrating is 100% worth it! I've got some potatoes that need dehydrating soon as well as 11 dozen eggs. My chickens are high producers. Lol
Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤❤
It’s worth it to me too!
Good informational video , thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Hey Heidi happy new year 🥰🥰
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Thank you so much for continuing to share your wisdom! I’ve been dehydrating for 15+ years and love it, but you have really expanded my options for storing food with vacuum sealing. Thank you! I am wondering if you have ever tried vacuum sealing roasted coffee beans? I’d like to put up a bunch, but of course don’t want to risk them going bad due to their cost. Thanks again!
I have never found it necessary to vacuum seal coffee beans roasted or green. I always have at least two years worth of coffee beans on hand in their original packaging and I rotate through them. Have yet to ever come across any that have gone rancid
@@RainCountryHomestead That's wonderful to hear as I have been considering buying them in bulk. I bet you have a video on roasting coffee beans as well. I guess I will hunt for it.
Another great question to ask yourself is, when you purchase something at the store, do you REALLY know what you're getting?
I'm still dehydrating squash. Overabundance of them.
New moms (or New Grandmas!) milk and eggs especially are 2 things that go in times of crisis that can feed your family easily (unless there is an egg allergy). If things trend the way 2019 went (late fall illnesses that by March the following year the country was imprisoned via house arrest) we could be looking at this same thing in just a few months! Or it may be fine, but did we expect 2020 to be the way it was at the end of 2019? Anything can happen at any time. Thanks Heidi for the good info!
Having whole goat milk powder on hand was a blessing when our middle grandchild was born and his mom was not producing enough milk for him, the goat milk, and having it on hand was a game changer.
What about the nutritional value of the dehydrated foods??
Depending on the temps you dry at, you can preserve most to all of them. Even those you might lose are what would commonly be lost once you cook it anyway and that applies to freeze dried foods as well.
I’ll never buy another banana chip from the store after dehydrating my own:)
Doesn't food loose it's nutritional value when it is dehydrated?
It depends on how you dehydrate, the lower the temperature, the more nutrients you preserve and can even save them all. Plus, there will always be nutrients that will never get cooked out as they are not damaged by heat.
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you for sharing that information! 🍄🌿🌼💖
What is the plant called in the beginning intro with orange flowers and what is it for?
Yes it is nasturtium, both the leaves and the flowers and I use them in different ways: ruclips.net/video/IvdyI5asX7E/видео.html
I bought an Excalibur dehydrator 1 1/2 yrs ago...I have something going at least 10 days per month & I can't tell any difference in my electric bill!
Cann you dehydrate water glass eggs?
I would assume so
I dehydrate a lot, but have issues with rehydrating, could you do some videos on that. You do a lot of stir fries and soups, but I would prefer, the carrot slice to still be roasted like before I dehydrated it. Any suggestions?
I already have several videos on how to use dehydrated foods, a couple of them covering most foods in general and in each video on the specific items and how I dry them, I also talk about how to use them, such as the eggs. Here is the last video where I talked in general about using dehydrated foods: ruclips.net/video/qniaroOiM9w/видео.html
As will be seen in my dehydrating carrots video, I dehydrate them raw but of course, you can roast them first then dry them if you choose
Does the Corsori dehydrate more food then the Nesco? Does the Corsori dehydrater dry the food faster tne the Nesco?
It would depend on the sizes of the two. The Nesco trays do hold more than the smaller Cosori like the ones I have (the original size). You can stack Nesco trays pretty high but the things on the bottom (if you heat and fan are at the top) can take a pretty long time to dry. What I do is put more delicate things t hat dry quickly on the bottom trays and heavier things on the tops so they dry a bit more evenly as far as time goes
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you.
I have heard of people dehydrating on a cookie sheet on the dashboard of their car.
Yep, that is one of the methods I covered in the "Various Ways to Dehydrate" video I did a few years ago
Did you make a video on how to dehydrate beef/chicken? I dehydrate fruits and veggies but want to know how to make jerky.
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Today I am second guessing ..I am dehydrating lemons from a friends lemon tree..I am on my 3rd day for 1 batch.of course I had to turn off while I had to run to town..but mostly running 24/3 so far..I am doing on 115- 120 they are looking beautiful not turning brown ish..Any one have any ideas,Heidi? .I am using excalibur ???.
I am not certain what your question is. Do you mean the time it is taking them to dry? You can try fruits at a higher temperature. I often go up to 125° when doing fruits and vegetables, depending on what they are
@RainCountryHomestead lol I was going by the115° dont lose nutrition.thanks I'm cranking it up some. I still have another whole batch to do
have you ever tried dehydrating milk in an oven?
I personally have not
Heidi how long do dehydrated eggs seem to last.
Have yet to have any go bad and have some that I dehydrated two years ago. I suspect if kept vacuum sealed, they can last indefinitely
If only we could dehydrate and rehydrate water...raising and sharing protein, what's left I dehydrate EVERYTHING BUT WATER, lol
Im dehydrating eggs right now and I am using 1/4 cookie sheet pans. Have you done this before. It Takes the spill factor out of dehydrating liquids. What do you think of this idea. Thanks
I have not tried that no since I have had some kind of sheet for my dehydrators for doing liquids since I have had dehydrators though the silicone sheets work far better than the plastic ones that come with the dehydrators
i cooked ham, let it stay uncovered overnight in the fridge to dry out a bit, and the dehydrated it in small chunks, but it is still quite greasy. should i store this in the freezer instead of in a jar?
Just a note, you should have frozen the cooked meat before dehydrating it for it to have a better reuse consistency. Freezing the meat after it is cooked then thawing and dehydrating makes it turn out crisp instead of chewy. However you can still jar it up and store it in your pantry, yes, even with the fat, as long as you vacuum seal it as that is what prevents rancidity. However, if you do not vacuum seal, you will need to store it in the freezer
@@RainCountryHomestead thanks, the space saving is immeasurable even in the freezer, i have about 16 lbs of ham in a 3/4 full size gallon bag lol
How much of the dehydrated egg equals 1 egg …like in a recipe
If you go to the dehydrating raw eggs video in the dehydrating playlist I linked to in the description box, I go over all of that for using in breads, scrambled eggs, and more
I think it's worth dehydrating food just to have food sources available when things shut down.
Heidi, have you spoke on Jones disease in store milk?
Never heard of it
@@RainCountryHomestead I misspelled it.
Johnes disease. Danny and Wanda made me aware. Duckduckgo doesn't have anything good to say about it.
I'm trying to get away from store food all together in general but this made me start searching for a resource of raw milk asap. Not in the budget for goat or cow yet.