Dehydrating to Save Money & Freezer Space
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.
Thanks so much for this post. As I type, I have 8 pounds of frozen peas & carrots going in my Excalibur. I would have never thought to do frozen veggies…..don’t know why…..guess I just didn’t think of it. So far I have done 5 pounds of corn, 3 1/2 pounds of broccoli as well as blueberries, spinach and mushrooms. Food Lion has a good deal on their name brand frozen veggies this week. One pound packages of “My Essentials” frozen veggies are 1.00. You have to purchase a minimum of four to participate in this offer and no more than 40 Food Lion items in one transaction. For each Food Lion or My Essentials item you purchase, you will get .25 back for each item purchased. I bought 30 items and got 7.50 back that I will use toward my next purchase. There’s not many vegetables that you can actually purchase for 1.00/lb anymore and certainly there is the already prepped component that is worth a lot to me. I appreciate all your hard work on this blog.
Thank you so much Denise, I am so glad you are enjoying the website and the posts!! That is such a great deal, I wish we had a Food Lion near us!!
Christy
First I want to say, I’d love to be a close neighbor. I always smile when I read your site.
I’m getting to order the Excelsior that you have plus Pack of 9 Premium 14″ x 14″ Non-Stick Dehydrator Sheets.
Is there anything else that you use?
I want to order everything I need “Just like you” lol
Only problem is I’m 75, so as to energy, I”m falling WAY behind (litterly) lol
I would love to have you as a neighbor too MaryAnne!!! We would have so much fun sitting on the porch in the mornings with a big cup of coffee talking about all we were going to accomplish that day! AS far as the dehydrator…sounds like you have everything you need! What do you plan on dehydrating first??
Hi enjoyed your inspiring video! Time to bust out my Excalibur & get to work! One question: do you thaw your frozen veg/fruit first? Or just throw in frozen as is??
I just pop em in there frozen. Easy is always the way to go when possible. Thanks for being here!
Thanks for the fantastic money saving ideas. I want to get a food dryer now! The instructional video was so very helpful! Thanks Christy for your great recipes and thrifty ideas!
I am glad you are enjoying them Leigh, hope they come in handy for you!!
does this work for all frozen veggie?, like broccoli, okra, spinach??
Sure does! Although keep in mind Spinach will crumble easily. I’m about do broccoli myself.
I just got a dehydrator a few months ago so am truly loving your videos on dehydrating. Would love to see more too! Do you have any great jerky recipes or tips?
Thanks, I can just see Sarah and I being busy this spring and summer as Tiana makes a trip to Isom’s when she visits her mother!! This will be so much fun for us!!