I'm Darcy, and I'm a dehydrating fiend! I love talking about food preservation through dehydrating, and all the ways that it can be used to create a stocked pantry and wonderful meals for your family!
3 unique foods to dehydrate for your pantry
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Hi, Reader! You might do this -- buy a food to have with a meal (or make one) and find that either you didn't get to it before it 'expires' or maybe you just couldn't eat it quickly enough and it's going to go bad in the fridge. But did you know that many of the things we make or buy can actually be dehydrated for longer-term storage? You might want to give one of these projects a try! Dehydrating kimchi is a fantastic way to preserve its flavor and nutrients even when you can’t finish the big jar you purchased or fermented yourself! Dried kimchi can be enjoyed as a crunchy snack, refreshed in ramen, or as a tangy seasoning! Read more... If you still have cans of cranberry sauce in the pantry and need to make room for something else, dehydrate the sauce (use Thanksgiving leftovers) to create amazingly tart and sweet gummies to enjoy this traditional treat! Read more... Dehydrating olives makes a perfect addition to trail mixes for backpacking and hiking treks and creates an exciting pantry snack. Share Your Ideas: What's the oddest thing you've ever dehydrated? Until next time... Nevertheless, she preserved! Darcy! P.S. If you'd like to see more ways to use your dehydrated foods, try these recipes!
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Darcy @ The Purposeful Pantry
I'm Darcy, and I'm a dehydrating fiend! I love talking about food preservation through dehydrating, and all the ways that it can be used to create a stocked pantry and wonderful meals for your family!
Hi, Reader! This weekend I was so excited to show you a great project to do in your dehydrator. It's great for putting up food quickly without fuss or prep, can help bring heat and humdity to your home when you need it (those of us in the winter now - especially after the ice storms), and bring security to your food pantry. But then...this happened. My dehydrator burned most of the trays of food. Some full trays, some just spots. While I have a theory of what might have happened, I can't test...
Hi, Reader! If you are going to experience the big winter weather event happening this weekend, tell me how you're going to prepare for it. Are you: Panic-buying all the bread, milk, and TP Relying on what you already have stored Somewhere in the middle? I'm in the middle Relying on what we have, but also buying snacks and goodies to keep us from getting completely bored being stuck in the house for 3 days (potentially). We're shoring up plumbing things this evening to make sure outside...
Hi, Reader! In the deepest part of winter, dehydrating food may not be on your mind. You've just survived the Holidays, the weather outside is frightful, and you just want to curl up and hibernate until Spring. However, it's important that we never remove ourselves so much from stocking our pantries that we completely miss out on a great time of year to put things away for when we really need them. Imagine one of these scenarios: Being socked in by snow or ice and can't get to a store for...