Dehydrating to Save Money & Freezer Space
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To see the Excalibur dehydrator I currently use, click here. For a complete collection of dehydrators offered by Amazon, click here.
In this video I’ll show you how to use a dehydrator to preserve frozen mixed vegetables for long period of time without taking up precious freezer space! At the end of the video, I also show you what the dehydrated vegetables look like once you reconstitute them and how easy that is to do!
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Here is a link to my dehydrator since many of you have asked.
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To see the Excalibur dehydrator I currently use, click here. For a complete collection of dehydrators offered by Amazon, click here.
Christy, what brand/model of food vacuum do you have? This looks great – am off to look for a dehydrator now!
I WASN’T USING MY DEHYDRATOR SO MY HUSBAND GAVE IT AWAY!
I was not using mine either, and I sold it at a yard sale! For $5!! =((
Thanks, Christy!
I too treated myself to an Excaliber dehydrator and it never crossed my mind to free up my freezer this way. Can’t wait to try this!
You are a genius! I’d never think of dehydrating frozen foods. I will now, you can be assured! I am curious about the fruits you’ve had success with. We’ve only done apples.
Love this video, just wondering, can you tell me what model number your dehydrator is. I would love one like it. Thanks.
Sure! I LOVE it. This is a link to the exact one I bought, and this is where I bought mine too 🙂 http://bit.ly/excaliburdehydratormodel
This is wonderful! I never thought of dehydrating frozen vegies. When dehydrating vegetables like peas or beans out of the garden, do you boil them for a few minutes first, or put them right in the dehydrator? You have inspired me to try dehydrating some instead of canning or freezing. Thanks for sharing!
You are absolutely right! Boil them for just a few minutes, then put them in ice water. This is known as “blanching”. From there, just dehydrate those suckers and you’re good to go!
I dehydrated some frozen peas and corn from BJ’s (after reading your post, thank you!). I didn’t blanch them, just tossed them in the dryer and they turned out great. I’m sure there’s a purpose to blanching. Can you tell me what it is, please? Oh, btw, i’m working on my 3rd batch of tomato chips as I type! After seeing your post, that alone inspired me to purchase an Excaliber and begin dehydrating! You’ve created a monster! LOL! Thank you!
Christy,
Thanks for this video. I have a dehydrator that I don’t use enough. I will be doing this!
I have a question. I LOVE your Easiest Ever Creamed Corn and was wondering if you have used the dehydrated corn in that or do you stick with frozen? The texture of that corn is great so I don’t know if the reconstituted works as well.
Thanks a bunch,
Merle
This works GREAT in that corn!!! Couldn’t you just live on that stuff!?
Oh Thanks! I COULD live on that! I just had some with your grilled chicken tenders, we gobble that down. My mother is 90 and every time I make that dinner (with a sweet potato) she says “this is the best chicken I ever had”. She completely forgets she had it before. This works great with books and magazines, I just keep recycling past issues;)
I am so glad to have found this wonderful site. I have all of your cookbooks and I highly recommend them to everyone.
I was looking for a good recipe to use to dehydrate my vegetables and I was so happy to find this one. I am disable and I have found so many easy recipes in your cookbooks to make my life easier. Again thank you so much for everything. Jan