We spent the summer and early summer working on freeze-drying food for the winter, especially eggs when they were plentiful in the long days. It works well for us, do the work when it happens and eat later. A Little Red Hen tale always. Don't be lazy when it is on. Often we freeze-dry a… Continue reading Freeze-drying A Naturally Sweet Healthy Snack
Category: Freeze Drying
Preserving The Spring and Summer Bounty: Freeze-Drying Eggs
As we approach the Summer Solstice next week, homesteaders have been harvesting a lot of eggs if they have chickens, ducks, turkeys, and even quail. I know that for us, with only 17 hens currently, I can take in a baker's dozen per day, most days. For us, we are nearly at 16 hours of… Continue reading Preserving The Spring and Summer Bounty: Freeze-Drying Eggs
Freeze-drying Frozen Vegetables
One of the simplest things we can preserve in our Harvest Right Freeze-dryer is frozen vegetables. A couple of times a year, we run batches to preserve and tuck away. Where we live power outages are a real issue in winter months, and I don't like keeping a lot in the freezer. I have lost… Continue reading Freeze-drying Frozen Vegetables
Meals In A Jar: Instant Egg Sausage Scramble
Having meals in a jar ready to use means you have stocked long-term meal storage planning. If you take the time to plan out easy-to-make meals, you will have comfort food prepared to make when needed. The instant egg sausage scramble recipe pulls together quickly and packs into a pint-size mason jar. This recipe will… Continue reading Meals In A Jar: Instant Egg Sausage Scramble
Freeze-Drying Eggs
During the pandemic years, freeze-dried and dehydrated eggs were hard to source. People were stocking up, especially at the tail end, when Avian Flu forced many commercial growers to kill their hens. This led to very high prices. At one point, Augason Farms was over $100 a can on Amazon. The price for Augason Farms… Continue reading Freeze-Drying Eggs