Dehydrated Tomato Chips are a nutritious snack that is so easy to make in your dehydrator. Use the best of the season tomatoes, a little seasoning, and have chips that will make your mouth water! Whether you are using garden-fresh or from the grocery store, dehydrating tomato chips is an effective way to make tomatoes…
Dehydrate cherries and preserve the fresh taste of cherries to use all year in trail mix, yogurt, snacks, and so many other great treats! The only thing I knew of cherries growing up was the ones that came out of a can that my grandmother would smother a cheesecake with. I loathed them. And there…
Need some ideas for using up all that extra zucchini you have? Use one of these eight ways to dehydrate zucchini in eight ways, and stop throwing away your extra zucchini every year! From chips to cubes to flour to shreds, make your abundance of zucchini useful in so many easy ways! And you can…
These 25+ amazing uses for watermelon will elevate your traditional summertime treat! Preserving watermelon is so easy with freezing, dehydrating, canning, pickling, and more! Did you grow up having watermelon as a traditional summertime snack at picnics and baseball games? But there’s so much more to the experience of a ripe watermelon than just eating…
Dehydrate sweet peppers in a multitude of ways to save for the whole year! Do whole, diced, rings, julienne, and more – including oven directions! Sweet peppers are so fanastic, aren’t they? And unlike bell peppers, you can actually dehydrate many sweet peppers whole! They look fantastic in a jar for Christmas gifts, or to…
Three ways to rehydrate dehydrated food to use for dinner tonight or in hiking meals on the go! These easy steps will have you confident in your dehydrating for food storage skills! Instead of just sitting and staring at your dehydrated foods, you need to learn to use dried foods in cooking for your family….
Dehydrating Food Made Easy. Herbs fruit vegetables recipes Dehydrating for Spring See All > Herbs, strawberries, cool season greens, scallions, and yes, even Peeps are perfect for dehydrating from your spring stash to preserve in your pantry all year long! Make Dehydrating Easier! Struggle with learning to dehydrate? I have 5 tips that will make…
Dehydrate vegetable stock (or broth) to create a shelf-stable soup base for meals in a jar recipe, hiking and camping meals, and having long-term food storage from homemade stock. It’s a great way to use leftovers and avoid food waste, too! How to Dehydrate Vegetable Stock Start with the veggie broth of your choice. If…
Welcome to The Purposeful Pantry – the new home of Dehydrating Made Easy! I’m so glad to have you here. We focus on stocking our pantries in all sorts of ways with home-preserved foods and methods of pantry organization. I hope you’ll find even more info handy – and you can check into our Dehydrating…
Learn to dehydrate cauliflower to add it to your food storage as well as make it more accessible for low-carb and Keto friendly meals. Cauliflower has made an incredible comeback from that vegetable that languished on veggie trays at social gatherings to an integral part of low carb and Keto Diet lifestyles. But it goes…
Dehydrating food is such a great way to increase shelf-stable pantry storage for your family’s needs. I’m answering the most often-asked questions about dehydrating to help you get started! Learning to dehydrate can feel daunting, especially if you don’t have a trusted friend or resource to walk you through it. But I hope you and…
Learn to blanch vegetables for dehydrating or freezing with these easy step-by-step directions for three different ways to blanch vegetables. Blanching foods for dehydrating is confusing – but it doesn’t have to be. My rule of thumb is this: If you eat it raw, you probably don’t have to blanch it. If you only ever…
Have you wanted to learn how to store dehydrated foods? Here’s a basic guide on all you need (which is very little, actually!) Storing dehydrated foods is always a question people worry about. It’s a lot of work, and there are some websites out there that say dehydrated foods are only good for two weeks,…
There are so many uses for cherry pits and stems — don’t waste a single piece of the fruit when preserving for your pantry! Ways to Use Cherry Stems Drying Cherry stems is a way to preserve another portion of the fruit and have uses for it later. You can dry it in your dehydrator…
Learn ways to preserve cherries from canning, dehydrating, freezing, and more! Extend cherry season from summer all year long! 20 Ways to Preserve Cherries Cherries are such a special summer treat, and the season seems so short. But they are fruit that has so much potential for preservation that you’ll want to experiment all summer…
Dehydrate asparagus spears to bring spring to your pantry all year long, and use it to create a great green powder to add to any casserole or soup, including creamy asparagus soup. Although it may be cold outside on this late winter day, spring will soon arrive and the season for asparagus will be here….
