Home canning carrots is pretty easy. Really. I know I say that about most things, but believe me, I’d let you know if something wasn’t worth your time. Like the pickled hot peppers. Totally not worth my time, but hey, if you still want to bottle hot peppers, at least I warned you. But I […]
Dehydrate Yogurt and Make Yogurt Leather
In one of my dehydrating classes I had someone ask if I’d ever tried making fruit leather with yogurt, which I’ll admit I had heard of but never tried. So when son tried a bite of his yogurt and decided he didn’t want the rest, I figured it was as good a time as any […]
Make Your Own Dehydrated Baby Food
I know you’re thinking why not just make the baby food and either use it or freeze it, but I’m ahead of you on that one! Here’s why you would want some dehydrated baby food. For taking along when baby goes for their backpacking adventure (you know carrying the baby in the baby-backpack is heavy […]
Dehydrating Celery
Dehydrating celery is pretty simple and almost doesn’t deserve its own post except that the results are pretty darn amazing, so I’m posting it anyway. Unfortunately, when I dried this last batch I was in a bit of a hurry and didn’t even take the time to take pictures until the end, so really all […]
Dehydrating Carrots: Steam Blanched or Not
A couple of weeks ago sweet husband did me the favor of digging all the carrots out of the garden even though I told him he could just cover them up with straw and leave them there all winter long. So now I’m having to do something with all the carrots. We had a little […]
Chioggia Beets
We grew a couple of new varieties of beets this year. I’m not a huge beet fan, but other members of the family really like them. To me, they pretty much have always tasted like dirt. That is, until last year, when I took my mom’s advice and froze them instead of bottling them. That […]
Fabulous Fruit Leather (Even if You Dry it Too Long)
Fruit leather is one of those dehydrating projects that may look a bit intimidating, but actually isn’t too hard to do. You’ll see. Even you can make fabulous fruit leather. Your kids will love it and it makes a great trail, camp, or lunchbox snack. So let’s get started, shall we? First you’ll need some […]
Dehydrating Lemons
I know, lemons? Really? What for? Well, to make lemonade with of course, silly. You can also add them to other drinks or put them in the pot when you’re baking fish. (Take them on your next fishing trip and toss them in the foil with a little water when you foil bake your fish […]
Ham and Jacob’s Cattle Bean Soup
Had some soup the other night with some of the Jacob’s Cattle Beans we grew last year. Yummy. They weren’t quite as “smooth” as the Calypso bean or the Mayflower bean, but were still really tasty and pink so they matched the ham! Can’t beat that. ;) Here’s the beans before and after. We’ve got […]
Canning or Bottling Apricots
Bottled apricots are yummy and easy. Well, unless you don’t like apricots, but that’s just unnatural. ;) Get some apricots. It’s actually a good thing if they’re not quite ripe. Super ripe apricots kind of turn to mush in the jar when they are canned. Use any extra ripe or mushy ones for apricot freezer […]
