how to dehydrate carrots Excalibur food dehydrator FoodSaver vacuum sealer jar attachment hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper it's the end of the growing season there's a lot of work to
do to get your garden harvested I thought I would show you how I dehydrate a few of the foods that
I have from my garden or that I've been able to accumulate from other sources that I got at
say reasonable prices we have an outdoor kitchen and it's a great place to use the Excalibur food
dehydrator because it makes some noise it has a fan in it but then you also can have the aromas
of strong foods that aren't filling up your house plus it's just nice to have it outside you don't
have to worry about it running as long as it's in a safe place it can keep running you set the timer
and it shuts off automatically so you don't have to stand over it all at the time I bought an extra
bag of shredded carrots and I'm going to put those in the dehydrator today the carrots are already
shredded up so they're so convenient I like to dry small food items on the paraflex non-stick drying
sheets they're like a teflon thing I don't know exactly what they are food nothing sticks to them
and so they're great for using with small food items they don't fall through the little grates
you want to spread your food out evenly and you want to try to leave a little bit of space between
each one and try not to overlap them so that that so that won't interfere with the drying time
then if you look on the top of the Excalibur food dehydrator you can see
it gives you a guide to the temperature for the foods you're dehydrating vegetables are at
125 degrees and then I like to set the timer for about 12 hours you can do more or less depending
on the size of the food what types of foods you're dehydrating and the humidity where you are
I just find what my conditions beginning with 12 hours works great when you check your produce
make sure that it's dry if it's not dry enough turn it back on and let it go a few hours more
until you get the consistency that you want then it's so simple you just scoop them right off
the flexible sheet and i like to pour them into a ziploc bag it's easy to get them into a ziploc bag
and then I pour them into a clean dry canning jar and I like to set the food aside for a few days
with the lid off just to make sure everything is completely dry it conditions the food you can
shake it around stir it a few times and make sure that everything is dried thoroughly and if for any
reason you think it's not completely dry go ahead and put it back in the dehydrator for a few hours
after a few days i like to seal my dehydrated foods with the foodsaver jar lid attachment
you place a clean lid on top of your jar and then you have a foodsaver lid you put the lid
attachment onto the jar and then there's a hose one end goes onto the food saver one end goes
onto the jar then you twist down the handle on the side that turns it on you press the start
and you let it suck all the oxygen out of it you can hear it you can hear it sucking it out and
then when it stops you'll hear two little clicks and that means that it has completed its cycle
you remove the hose then you remove the lid and you check to make sure that your lid is sealed
your food is ready to be stored away in your prepper pantry in a cool dark dry place dehydrated
foods are great to use in all kinds of soup stews and recipes and it's not that hard to do
so go ahead and try it add to your prepper pantry by preserving some of your own foods
and see if it doesn't help you build your food stockpile with freshly preserved foods of your
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