Freeze dried baked beans - because why waste things, right? We had quite a few cans of baked beans about to go bad... So it's time to put them in the Ice Queen! For this batch, I actually did three trays of these baked beans, one and a half trays [...]
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Green olives (which are a fruit) are in the Ice Queen! Someone on the internet said freeze dried green olives are good.. so I'm trying it lol No better reason than that to give something a try, right? hahaha. We actually had a jar in the pantry that was getting [...]
Excited to try freeze dried pickled shredded carrots! Why freeze dry the pickled shredded carrots? I really like them, straight out of the jar. So I wanted to see if they'd come out of the freeze dryer super crunchy and ready to be an awesome salad topper! For the shredded [...]
Pickles, really? Lol. Yeah. Why freeze dry pickles? I really just wanted to see how they would turn out and give them a try. Pickle chips sounds really good to me, so I wanted to see if freeze dried pickles would be sort of like chips. I used my own [...]
Freeze dried apple powder from scraps is going to be awesome! Why turn the apple scraps into powder? For me, this is twofold.. when combined with some sugar and added to water, it can make a great homemade apple juice - think Kool-Aid powder, lol. I also very much like [...]
This is a family favorite, so having freeze dried bbq pulled pork and slaw is going to be awesome! For this, I did 3 trays of the pork to 2 trays of the slaw.. When I made bbq pulled pork for dinner, I tripled the amount of the pork and [...]
Freeze dried mixed vegetables had to be done, I just use them so much! Two quart jars of freeze dried mixed vegetables, coming right up! Once again, I used bags of frozen mixed vegetables for this (like I did with the corn and the peas). I laid them out on [...]
I freeze dried grapes because I was curious, lol I love grapes, and so do our chickens, so I decided to try freeze drying some:) This time, I just wanted to keep emptying out my freezer. I had sliced apples, some random bags of blueberries, and some grapes I had [...]
Totally amazed how well the freeze dried raw eggs came out! Freeze drying raw eggs is awesome for so so many reasons... So here we are, at our 16th freeze dryer batch, and we're doing raw eggs! This is so cool.. super space saver - a few small jars takes [...]
Freeze dried peas.. I use peas in lots of different things, so this rocks! So much easier to store freeze dried peas and of course, frees up space in my freezer!! Just like with the freeze dried corn, I used bags of frozen peas for this. They took just as [...]