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!
Timers Lie (And dehdyrating cherries), DIY Sun Dried Tomatoes & More!
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Hi, Reader! A first question I get from almost every beginner is, "I put my food in the dehydrator for 6 hours, like the manual said, and everything is not dry. What did I do wrong?" My anwer almost always is - trusting that timer. Learn more about why timers are good for nothing more than watching time past when it comes to dehydrating:
TLDR: In this video, I show how to dehydrate cherries, and the danger of relying on that timer instead of whether a food is actually dry or not. Are you overloaded with tomatoes or cherry tomatoes right now?! It can be overwhelming to see stacks and stacks and not know what to do with them - especially if you aren't a canner and don't want to slave over a hot pot for hours to create sauce. Tomato Powder - you can puree them and then follow these directions. Or use the skins of tomatoes you've already removed. Sun Dried Tomatoes - either do them plain for adding to meals later, or season them for yummy bites of summer in the dead of winter! What are you overloaded with right now that you need help knowing how to dry to put away for the year?! Until next time... Nevertheless, she preserved! Darcy! P.S. While timers aren't necessary for dehydrating, understanding temperatures is. Here's more info: https://www.thepurposefulpantry.com/temperature-to-dehydrate/
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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...