Category: Freeze Dry Fridays

  • Freeze Drying Updates: 1 Year Later

    Freeze Drying Updates: 1 Year Later

    I know I haven’t been posting much lately, and that includes freeze-dryer posts, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been using the Harvest Right. Rather, I’ve done two more batches of tomatoes since my last post: I started with at least twenty-five pounds of cut, chunky tomatoes as shown above and got it down to…

  • Freeze-Dried Beets

    Freeze-Dried Beets

    Yup. You read the title right; I freeze-dried beets this week. Look, it wasn’t my first choice…or my tenth choice, but my wife though we needed some freeze-dried beets to use over the winter for our veggie smoothies. And since I didn’t have anything better to freeze-dry (the tomatoes and most other vegetables aren’t quite…

  • Freeze-Dried Strawberries

    Freeze-Dried Strawberries

    I’ve been waiting for strawberries to come down in price, and while they’re not as cheap as I’d have preferred, I went ahead anyway because…who wouldn’t like some tasty strawberries during the apocalypse? So, I bought six two-pound containers of strawberries at Sam’s Club for $3.77 each: But, because I never really know how much…

  • Freeze-Dried Watermelon

    Freeze-Dried Watermelon

    I know this post is a day late because it should’ve been posted on Friday, but better late than never, I guess. Anyway, while I was at Sam’s Club this week, I figured it would be fun to try freeze-drying watermelon, something I hadn’t seen before. So, I picked up three watermelons for $6.98 each:…

  • Freeze-Dried Vegetable Soup, Chicken Chili

    Freeze-Dried Vegetable Soup, Chicken Chili

    I decided to freeze-dry some leftovers again this week, specifically leftover vegetable soup and what I thought was, at a glance, also leftover ham and bean soup, but which turned out to be chicken chili, and our dinner that night. Oops. Although I didn’t weigh either, I’d say each soup started off at a few…

  • Freeze-Dried Dog Treats (Pink Salmon)

    Freeze-Dried Dog Treats (Pink Salmon)

    When I was at the vet’s office last month, she mentioned how she likes to feed her dogs freeze-dried dog treats, and I thought that was a brilliant idea! So, while I was at Sam’s Club the other day, I picked up three packages of pink salmon (a total of six pounds) for $41.94: I…

  • Freeze-Dried Spinach

    Freeze-Dried Spinach

    I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted about my freeze-drying adventures, but I haven’t been totally lazy with it since I’ve freeze-dried: Today I do have something new: freeze-dried spinach. We like to put spinach in our smoothies sometimes and, although we often freeze the spinach to keep it from going bad before…

  • Did I Make a Mistake Buying a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer?

    Did I Make a Mistake Buying a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer?

    I’ve used my Harvest Right about two dozen times since I purchased it over the summer in 2022. That’s not nearly as often as I’d expected, but not the “mistake” I’m talking about today. Before I get to that, I figured today would be a good time to point out some of the general annoyances…

  • Freeze-Dried Pasta?

    Freeze-Dried Pasta?

    Last year, before I purchased my Harvest Right, I envisioned myself running it nonstop. I thought I would stockpile loads of healthy, delicious foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and maybe some meat. What I didn’t expect was that I would transition to freeze-drying meals so quickly, if at all. It just never crossed my mind…