Category: Long-Term Food Storage

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…

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…

As much as I want to freeze-dry new foods and see what my Harvest Right can do, I have to remember that its purpose is to put nutritious food away for my family should hard times finally strike. With that in mind, my wife reminded me that I would rather hell freeze over than go…

Getting the family to eat leftovers is like pulling teeth around here. My wife will eat leftovers once at most. My in-laws almost never. My youngest child and my mother, maybe occasionally. Me? I’d eat leftovers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I have to. But at some point, even I get tired of eating…

It’s amazing how easy it is to be lazy, especially with preparedness tasks. I know we had the holiday season recently, but it’s been well over a month since I did any freeze-drying, and two months since I was doing it regularly. That’s not good! Considering how the world is going, I’d say it’s high…

With the success of my freeze-dried meatloaf, and seeing as though few fruits and vegetables are in season right now, I decided to freeze-dry some more leftovers. My wife suggested I try tilapia and the cooked vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots) which accompanied the fish. I started with six leftover fillets that were baked in…

I’ve been making my own homemade yogurt for many years. Most of the time it works out great. I’ve had a few mishaps, in that the yogurt never solidifies, for whatever reason, but most of the time it works out as I expected. I’ve use a yogurt maker a long time ago, and I’ve even…

I can already tell I’m having a hard time with feeling like I should always be freeze-drying something new to keep this interesting for the both of us. But I also realize that can’t happen forever, so I’ve decided that I’ll just freeze-dry whatever it is I want and then post when I feel like…

While we were at Costco buying groceries and Reese’s peanut butter cups, I decided some freeze-dried grapes would be nice, so I picked up two three-pound containers: As with every other fruit I’ve chosen to freeze-dry, preparation continues to be the most time consuming aspect since I had to slice every grape in half as…