My Secret for Stocking My Dry Pantry for the Winter!

I have some plastic jar lids for regular and wide mouth jars. Can I use them for dehydrated foods? I also have a vacuum sealer too.

I watched your review of several USB charged sealers and you recommended the one model VP-06+ - but on your link did not show that model number on Amazon page but there was a Selpow way down page that had that model # - so is either one ok?

Can you do a video on rehydrating the vegetables. Really enjoyed this video

Genius!!!!

I dehydrated almost 10lbs of leeks from our garden the other day and boy-o-boy! The smell was sooo strong!

After watching one of your other video's on oven dehydration I went to the Costco Business Center and they had huge bags of cilantro, green onions, coleslaw, carrots and spinach that I picked up. So far I did the cilantro and green onions in the oven...so fast with the convection. Tomorrow I will blanch the carrots and coleslaw for the dehydrator and oven. Can't wait to do those 5lb bags of frozen veggie they have. I love soup and want to make individual cup of soup packets for camping and work. Thankyou for everything.

What is a good resource for recipes using dehydrated foods?

Can I use parchment paper on top of my SS mesh in my Cosori instead of the silicone mesh? In particular, looking to try dehydrating bananas, peas, then broccoli for starters

Question: do you have a video on rehydrating veggies?

Frozen veggies in the back of your fridge is because it is off balance. Use a level to check to see if you have to adjust it and once it is even you will not have anymore frozen items. It will make your refrigerator last longer.

Lima beans are gross!

Hello, this isn't a dehydrating question! But, is it safe to vacuum seal chocolate + caramel biscuits that are foil wrapped? They are mini Twix over here in the UK....Thanks

Darcy.. thank you for a great informative session.. you have motivated me to go to the freezer and get this stuff dehydrated!

So.. any veg. That I've frozen..squash..zucchini .etc. so i have to blanch before i dehydrate?

We are ready for the winter and will avoid the panic buying since the port strike. I didn't think that would start for several weeks.

You're my go to for dehydrating. Years ago, I had an old Oster with an on off switch. Then a few years ago, I stumbled onto your channel... light came on. A total revelation. TY TY

Are we supposed to put the rings on the jars? I’m new at this ~ I thought if you had the rings on it would loosen the lids after vacuum sealing?

Remember some veggies - not frozen from store - home frozen ones - need to be blanched first!! These would be ones you have grown or fresh from the store. Frozen from store-these have already been processed so are safe to dry from packages. Be safe everyone.

Have you ever done zuccini slices? Do they cook good as thrown into soups?

Darcy, I just wanted to let you know that I really learn from and enjoy your videos, thanks!! Just curious as to how much dry soup mix you would use for 2-3 quarts of finished soup. Thank you for your time.

You make that look so easy

Beautiful product, Darcy!

I grew lots of onions this year. Some of them bolted which means they don’t keep well. So I peeled those onions, diced them and threw them in the freezer to use in soups in the freezer. I did not blanch them. Can I take those frozen onions and dehydrate them like the frozen onions you bought and dehydrated? Do I have to blanch them first. Will they be smelly if I don’t blanch them?

I’m starting to do my veggies for soup. I love being able to mix them together in winter. I have lots of frozen veggies bought for dehydrating. Will also be doing cabbage.

Has anyone ever dehydrated a Taylor brand salad bag? How did you use it after dehydrating? I managed to purchase at reduced rates and then bought too many. Now trying to think of ways to use since everyone is tired of the S.W blend and Asian blend.

Sorry to hear about your recent difficulties.

You made me chuckle about lima beans--I happen to love them! Everyone is different! Absolutely love your videos!

Thanks Darcy. I like more videos on using dried food.

Im wanting to start canning and dehydrating. What i wanted to ask is can you use some of the jars from previous food items that you have to pop the top to open and one of those vacuum seal lid machines or do i need to put in mason jars only? And next question while im saving up for a dehydrator when i use my oven do i need to crack my door to hydrate onions and garlic i want to try those two items first since i use at lot of both and buy bulk from Sam's club and use dry when i run out of fresh. Thank you

I don’t have the sheets to put my food on to dehydrate. Can I use something else????Ty so much for your video. Also one more question….. Can I use plastic containers if I clean them well????

If we griend them you will eat them.😜

I just bought my first dehydrator & pressure canner. I've gotta admit, I'm new to all this & I'm a little nervous about getting started. I haven't even taken them out of the boxes yet. I'm watching YT videos, learning as much as I can before I get started. Thank you so much for the excellent information! Any suggestions appreciated. 😊

Awesome. Great info.😊

I know you have faced challenges lately, and I want you to know that I really do appreciate this advice. We did too, and our garden didn’t do as well as I wanted, and this gives me a wonderful fall back (Fall-forward?) plan. Thank you.

Do you prefer to dehydrate or freeze dry your food? Or is there such a difference in the end product that you do both? Thank you!

Would love to hear how you use the potatoes o Brien.

My husband and I pre-chop our onions from the garden and then I flash freeze them and then bag them up. Can I still dehydrate them?

Your little thumbnail...'Are You Ready For Winter?"
Early morning eyes, I thought it said...'Can you really do water?' 😅 I thought--she found a way to dehydrate water!! Im on my phone so it was really tiny 😅

Great demo!

I need to do this with frozen vegetables. I have some, but like you it's time. Thank you for the reminder! 🙏🙌❤️

I dried Peach skins yesterday. They turned out great will make powder for my tea. I never saw anyone do this. but because i have done lemons and line thought why not? Have you done this. i worked up about 12 large peaches for 3 peach coblers which is why i had a lot of skins

I have thrown away things that froze in the back of my frig thinking they were ruined. So glad I watched this today! Thanks Darcy 🙂

We had birdseye frozen on sale and I get an employee discount so I filled 2 half gallon jars with dehydrated brown rice with veggies, cubed potatoes, onions, and now working on hash browns while at work and we have 3 lb bags of carrots on sale for 50% off that I plan on chopping, steaming and processing into puree to make into carrot leather and then into carrot powder since my stomach can't handle whole carrots very good.

We can hear how crispy dry your veggies turned out.

Thanks for all the great ideas!

How exciting! We are downsizing and moving across country to the hurricane zone, leaving our big freezer behind. I'm a pretty good at dehydrating ingredients anyway, but I'm thinking I should go full-on shelf stable. Looking forward to meals in a jar!

You are the only other person I have heard who hates lima beans as much as I do. I also can't stand hominy, but strangely enough I love corn nuts. You are looking well and I am so happy to see that. Please take care. May God bless you and yours. Bye for now.

My garden didn’t do well this summer, either. I’m totally on board with dehydrating frozen foods, and have been doing it since I first started watching your channel several years ago. I love making meals in a jar, too. It’s so handy for my small household to make them in pints, so I don’t end up with large amounts of leftovers. ❤️

This is SO wonderful Darcy! Thank you for sharing this great tip! I had 5 cherry tomatoes and a pepper for my garden this year 😝

Darcy, if I were to dice and freeze fresh onions in one layer, could I then dehydrate them (from frozen) without the smell? Asking because I thought I needed 10 cups of onions for a canning recipe, but it was 10 cloves of garlic, not onions! I have a lot of onions to deal with…