Flour from Zucchini?! DIY Zucchini Flour for Baking

You can make supplemental flour from zucchini! Use it for baking quick breads, muffins, pancakes, and more! This can be made from most any summer squash!
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[@SwirlsDancing]

This is a concise, high-powered, no fluff, no stuttering around hemming and hawing, tutorial, chock full of all pertinent info and nothing else, and as a busy person, *I appreciate that!* When I come online looking for instructions that's all I'm looking for, not hanging out listening to all sorts of extraneous small-talk. Thank you so much for your valuable input!

[@flatcat101]

Goodness yes!

[@elainevang9114]

One thing I learned by doing was, if you put the shredded zucchini in a strainer inside a bowl, and put in the fridge for a day or two, it will strain out a lot of the water, thus shorter time in the dehydrator.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

But you lose a lot more nutrients that way unless you are reusing that liquid elsewhere.

[@beautifuldreamer3991]

Thank you!

[@deborahcornett3071]

I don't have a dehydrator

[@cherylreid2964]

@@deborahcornett3071 Google it for instructions and use your oven🙌

[@kathleenmcgrady682]

L pop

[@tompetty3742]

Not only in this video, but most of your videos you make it a point to be inclusive. 40 years ago, just starting out I didn't have what most people consider basics today. My holiday gifts were homemade cookies, all mixed with a wooden spoon. Many of the trending things of today, were things done out of necessity in years past and were looked down upon. Everyone deserves to be included. Thank you for your thoughtful intentions. They don't go unnoticed.

[@amywalker7515]

I do this with my black carrots, pumpkin too. I made a pumpkin pie using pumpkin powder that turned out fabulous.

[@swanhill772]

That’s awesome. I’d love to see something about making pumpkin powder.

[@Angie29449]

I just ordered your spiral book - the basics and journal. I have been dehydrating for years, but I always learn new things from you and can’t wait to get our book!

[@spoonnwithsunshinehomestead]

Very thorough so thanks for taking the time to do this and share. Never thought about the Zucchini flour so now I know 😊

[@christenascott5280]

My cat is so interested in my cell phone, I told him it was your cat that was making the noise. He still thinks there’s a cat somewhere in the cell phone, and it’s so funny to watch him try to find that missing cat!

[@amywalker7515]

If you really want those flours to store a lot longer, store them in mason jars and vacuum seal them with a Foodsaver or other vacuum sealing device. I made cinnamon apple chips 2 years ago and stored them this way. We just opened them and they are as crisp as the day I processed them.

[@CherylLynnColwell]

Once you open the jar to use, can you start counting 1-2 years?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

As always - your mileage may vary :)

[@uriahthehittite2148]

The apple chips....... Also try carob powder on then. 😶‍🌫️

[@faithinaction100]

Game changer for gluten free and low carb diets. Love how you speed it up and show conversion amounts for wet to dry. I'm thinking freeze dried would be similar.

[@northerngirlhobbies]

We have a boat load of zucchini here, I'm going to have to make some of this flour. Thank you.

[@suzycowan5072]

Hi Darcy, I have been following your channel for a few months now and have learned so much, but have been wanting more as I am so unorganized in my prepping. The small room off of my kitchen that we turned into a pantry (our kitchen is very small) is just a mess and has become more of a catch-all room than what it is intended to be and I am desperate to fix that. I received my first dehydrator as a gift from my family about four years ago (a 4-tray Excalibur) and very soon realized that 4 trays was just not going to be enough. Because I was saving to purchase an All-American Pressure cooker at the time, I had to place the larger dehydrator on my wish list. Then I got very lucky and the All-American went on sale and I jumped at the chance and spent the next few months teaching myself how to pressure can with the help of several wonderful ladies on KZbin. I have canned some really delicious things and some very interesting things, some of which were utter failures, usually due to something I did wrong (like wrong timing) like the time I canned 4 large canners full of quart jars of green beans for 90 minutes and turned them into mush. Then last year my grandchildren and sons gifted me enough in gift cards that I was finally able to purchase a larger nine-tray Excalibur dehydrator. Now along with my little 4-tray, I have a total of 13 trays to dehydrate with. I am slowly learning all the different things I can dehydrate, like the previously mentioned green bean failure that I recently dehydrated and turned into powder. Now we are using the powder as a sprinkle topping for our dogs' food (never let food go to waste, even overcooked green beans...lol). Today I purchased both your "Beginner's Dehydrating Toolbox," & your "30-Day Pantry Challenge" EBooks, and can't wait to look through them. Thank you so much for all the knowledge you have so graciously shared and taught to so many, you are truly a Godsend to all of us. Blessings to you always

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

I feel your pain with the organization. We have no pantry other than a converted coat closet, so have things under the beds, behind the couch, tucked into the bottom of closets, etc. ((HUGS)) You'll get there!!

[@maureenmeyerhoff285]

B vitamins are water-soluble! Yes, use the liquid too!

[@sukeywatson1281]

I will be drying on trays in the barn attic then using a mortar and pestle to grind it coarsely. That way I am well practiced for grid down.

[@melodioushaste]

What a great tip, to use a paintbrush to get all of the flour.

[@Musicjammer2736]

Holy moly. Terrific! Frugal and nutritious.

[@grandmaDecker]

Thank you!! I found a nine tray dehydrator at an estate sale yesterday, and have some zucchini here, going to try it!

[@kathykapsner3897]

Lucky!

[@racheleallison5237]

You are brilliant. I am sooooo happy I stumbled onto your page!! Tysm for posting...Looking forward to looking at many more of your posts. All the best to you.

[@alemapretsof]

Hahahahaha..."These zucchini gave their lives for this"!

[@bestnews4you]

On the vitamix, put a coffee filter under the lid; it will stop the veggie dust from pouring out, and you can open the lid immediately. Learned this from another site, that learned it from another.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

If you want - as I said, I think it's a waste ;) give it 40 seconds and it doesn't matter.

[@darlenej9393]

I like this idea. As an herbalist I am always grinding powdery stuff and usually throw a damp rag over the top to catch what escapes through. I didn't love the plastic idea, but hmmm, a coffee filter. I will try this. THX😁

[@joylouise5417]

Such an excellent tip about putting the amount you need for a recipe on one tray to be able to measure after dehydrated. Thank you.

[@ellielynn8219]

We are in a heat wave in California. Sacramento (45 min from me) just broke the record of 116°, so it’s HOT. 🥵 I bought an outside hanger that has 7 zip-open slots and it’s screen material for hang-drying outside. I’m going to give this a try tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.

[@joylouise5417]

My daughter gave me one of those for Christmas. Sounds silly but it’s true-herbs dry faster here in Texas in that mesh dryer than in my electric dehydrator. It is so wonderful! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do mine.

[@kerribarrientos8902]

@@joylouise5417 Can you give further info on this mesh drying used outdoors that daughter bought somewhere for your Christmas. LIKE makers brand name..some thing to Google. Trying to visualize. Appreciate and thankyou for input taking zucchini flour subject matter to another level for me.

[@Julzsavedandsetapart]

An older man made a video about taking old screens and sun drying his vegetables. So im certain that back in the day when there wasn't electricity, they smoked them dry or sun dried them

[@bettypearson5570]

If you are wanting flour that is less green you can peel it first and then grate. The peels can be given to chickens or pigs if you have them; go into your compost pile or be fed to soldier flies or if in an apartment can even be given to your guinea pig. This can make it more palatable if using for flour replacement.

[@sclindah]

I've done the same thing using our freezer dryer. I used a half cup in my bread recipe with great results. Thanks for the video.

[@welschicaWA]

Great idea about the plastic on top of the blender, thanks!

[@tiffanybriley6871]

Wish I had known about this back in my teens when I was a celiac to wheat & grain related to wheat mon grew LOTS of zucchini! Wheat free ground flours are expendsive

[@tinam5330]

I never know what to do with Zucchini & I do not use white flour. Thank you for the Great information. 😊

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

This doesn't replace flour. It is a supplement for it, not fully replacement

[@caseym3073]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I'm dehydrating zucchini for the first time this year and wanted more ideas on how to use it. I do wish I'd seen this before I bought my dehydrator, I might have gotten the consori. But I'm so glad to see this. Now to go watch some more of your videos.

[@olavvanderspree7833]

Show us Zoë! We need to see who those little meeews are coming from! Seriously though, thanks so much for providing so much information on dry preserving zucchine! Subbed!

[@deborahhaggerty9237]

Hi I just ordered 2 of your basic dehydrating books ,I enjoy watching your videos there very down to earth iv only ever dehydrated apples and oranges and kale now I'm doing alot more ,I need to thank you it's rather enjoyable when you get to the end results, I even invests in a grain slash dehydrated food mill I love it and a manual pump canning jar sealure,

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I am going to do this next weekend. Thanks for the instructional video.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad it was helpful!

[@countryroads190]

There are Keto recipes that utilize shredded zucchini, eggs, and mozzarella cheese to make tortillas. I bet with a bit of tinkering, there is a way to make that powder function as flour for Keto tortillas...come on Summer! Bring in the zucchini!!!

[@wynetetyree4678]

I'm using the electricity while I have it...til they shut the grid down. Then it woulf be the time when sit by candlelight & use a cheesegrater Without power we arecan dry them in the sun. Thank you for great video!

[@Ke-qv3md]

I have was a ninja shredder. It is a manual one that vacuum seals to counter and you have 3 cylinder blades to put in. Coarse, fine, and slicer blade. It would take jyst a few seconds to get thru. It also has a pusher so no scraped fingers

[@sonyareeder7855]

Thank you for using a regular grater...

[@sandym.6389]

Wow! Very culinary creative. Just wonder if anyone has used this dehydrated zuc-flour along with almond flour in any recipes and if so, how that worked. Thanks for your very helpful video.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

I don't use it with almond flour, but it works well - the video at the end shows you one way I use it.

[@eversolooney]

Love the cat contributions ❤️. They want what they want when the want it, don't they lol. Thanks for the helpful video. Never thought to try zucchini flour in noodles. Gonna have to try that one day. Thanks!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes they do

[@debbieriebsomer8611]

God love them! ❤

[@juliamarple3785]

Very informative. Wow, saves so much space!

[@tmcaleer50]

Great idea! Thanks so much for sharing your testing and work. Now I need to get busy dehydrating, making flour and trying recipes. I am excited to see exactly how you use this!

[@harvestenthusiast4519]

This has been enlightening. I had 0 idea to make zucchini flour! 😊 personally I never wring out my zucchini + i add more miosture like greek yougurt or applesauce to use as my liquid.

[@krickette5569]

Great ! Very helpful video. I have Zucchini coming out my ears right now.

[@plasmativa6089]

I love your channel, very useful!!

[@chrdie35]

I have a food processer and I think it is more work to clean it than to just do it by hand. I don't like having multiple things to clean up. LOL!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yep - it has to be a pretty big job for me to pull it all out. And since I was doing days and days of this, it wasn't worth it.

[@shimkonise357]

This video was great. Thank you. Cute kitty 😺 💖

[@brendagates9368]

Thank you for all you share with us😊

[@paintingtracey]

Another great video, thanks!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Thanks again!

[@tracycouture3955]

Blessings

[@mountainviewsoapcompany5712]

Great job!!!!

[@astrochakrasynergysystem1480]

Great ideas. Thanks.

[@ralsharp6013]

Well there you go. Thank you

[@CapitanFantasma1776]

Happy New Year! & Thanks!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Happy new year!

[@mystarling2123]

Great idea, thank you! Subscribed!

[@truthbetold2611]

Awesome idea!

[@tammym110]

Very good video. I have to do stealth veggie cooking around my house. This flour would fit the bill. PS my poor cat is still looking around trying to find your cat that she heard in your video. Haha

[@marygallagher3428]

The muffins look yummy :-) Thanks for all the great tips about Zucchini "flour". :-)

[@LLTization]

Thanks, caught a 99cent a pound sale so this will help so much. I don't like it so much as a straight vegetable. I, am looking forward to making some lower calorie fudge brownies with some of this produce.

[@cherylanon5791]

argh....wish I woulda seen this video before I've given away all my excess zucchini...for weeks...argh.....

[@Spangletiger]

Just think of how many meals were possible because of your generosity. 👍🏻

[@judydyck4707]

Thank you , a replacement for wheat flour !! ❤

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

This doesn't replace the flour - this is a supplemental replacement - not a 1:1

[@flatlandhomestead2575]

Supers goals super goals!

[@christinesellers188]

you could mix it with flour to make pasta

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes - and I did mention that and how the equation doesn't work exactly the same.

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

This is a perfect job for a salad shooter.

[@sewnew1944]

Darcy, since I found you on dehydrating, I am usually watching your videos, or chopping veggies to dehydrate. Not getting much of anything else done. Thank you for motivating me to do something. Love your videos. Question: when you use your VitaMix for making powder are you using the dry blade or the wet blade? I just got a VitaMix a few months ago but didn't get the dry blade for grains. Is it needed? Keep those videos coming.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Mine only is the wet blade. I never invested in more.

[@denisefaust6408]

Does anyone know if yellow zucchini can be grated to use to make breads like the green zucchini?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

As I mentioned - any summer squash ;) So yes.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Good idea & great tip on measuring.

[@pamsury3969]

Why don’t you use a food processor it would be so much faster and easier?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

I explained it in the video. And this was over the course of 2 weeks, I wasn't going to drag it out every time for a handful of zucchini. And not everyone has a food processor, so I like to show all ways to do all things.

[@poodlepup1]

HI can any vegetable be used to make a vegetable powder for cooking? if so could you do a video on this please... as plant based eater most vegetable powders here in Australia are full of additives and crap.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Not to be used to be an supplemental flour replacement like zucchini (but all summer squash will work), but as a general vegetable powder that can be used in anything, yes, any veg will work

[@pearlg6411]

has anyone tried this process using a freeze dryer instead of a dehydrator?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

It will work just fine.

[@barbara798]

great

[@florroll8665]

Can I dry the zucchini in the oven, if I don't have an dehydrator?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

If you can control getting the temperature down enough not to cook them. I have a video of tips for oven dehydrating on my channel

[@cindylemaitre9488]

I'm a beginner on dehydrating veggies. Is there any special treatment or technique you use to storing the dried material in the glass ball jars to avoid mold? What is the shelf life? Thanks so much for your video!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqCymoKgj8aMpsU

[@ivahihopeful]

2:16 lol!

[@dq6169]

Love the little Magnet with dehydrate time/temp on it. You don’t have it listed in your store. Do you know where I can get one?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

It's in my store .. shop.thepurposefulpantry.com/products/dehydrator-temperature-guide-refrigerator-magnet

[@cathywhite1470]

Do you have recipes using zucchini powder?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

This one - flour = powder.

[@patricelopatin]

Using weight rather than cup measurement is way more accurate.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You do you ;)

[@damedesmontagnes]

How would you know, though? Most recipes don't use weight measurement.

[@patricelopatin]

@@damedesmontagnes that is true in the USA but not in most parts of the world.

[@lesleyhoban6559]

Good info ..sadly my sus aren't producing this year

[@knothead35]

I weighed my veggies before and after in grams. Mainly to get nutritional value. I didn't think about measuring it:/

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

We all know Popeye has muscles because of spinach, so now you can get the same from courgettes!😅

[@redeemedvintageseamstress4728]

Thanks for the info! I'm wondering if the zucchini powder will turn to a solid brick like tomato 🍅 powder does...? And if so, what's the best way to prevent that?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

No, it doesn't have the sugar that tomatoes do, and if you treat powders properly, they usually don't clump badly - www.thepurposefulpantry.com/keep-dehydrated-powders-dry/

[@chrystallangille1667]

i also am wondering if your tomato powder is dry enough. i have some stored in a mason jar that is a year old, and still free flowing powder.

[@redeemedvintageseamstress4728]

@@ThePurposefulPantry thanks! I'll check out your link. I haven't actually tried powdering tomatoes cause I've heard others had such trouble... I'll have to try it now! 😀 Yay! Thanks for getting back with me. I live in a dry climate anyway, so it should do fine.

[@redeemedvintageseamstress4728]

@@chrystallangille1667 nice! See my reply to the Purposeful Pantry....thanks!

[@linbat6148]

Hey, oh why, can’t I get anyone to give me zucchini?! lol

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Same!

[@kayhenn4148]

Find a church. There’s always a box of zucchini by the back door at my church. The church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. Many of us grow food for long term storage. With the present economy we will be needing our storage. Grow food in containers if you don’t have much ground. That’s what I have to do.

[@linbat6148]

@@kayhenn4148 When I was younger and had a huge garden, I grew so much Zucchini I couldn’t give it away because the only thing they did with it then was make zucchini bread, but now that I’m old and home bound not so many people just give it away. I get a ride once a month to the nearby farmer’s market where I purchase some. People now have learned the importance of preserving their food and also people who would have turned up their noses at zucchini have discovered how delicious it is when sautéed in butter and garlic! It’s become a wonderful mainstay that’s not given away so quickly!

[@valexander8891]

Darcy I go nuts with zuchinni. I dehydrate it and it never gets dry enough? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You're not drying enough. Stop looking at the clock, and look at the dryness of the product. And remember to test when it's cooled a bit instead of just warm out of the machine.

[@wendyfetty9791]

Can you use yellow squash the same way?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes

[@almostoily7541]

You can make bread with yellow squash too. I found some recipes online and tried it a few years ago. A little different than zucchini bread but still very good.

[@damedesmontagnes]

If I don't have the silicone fine mesh sheets, can I use parchment paper?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes

[@damedesmontagnes]

@ThePurposefulPantry I would need to flip the zucchini and rotate the trays though because the air doesn't get to it as well with the parchment paper?

[@janiceburns6386]

Can you make bananas into powder?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes, but it works best from not-quite-ripe to barely ripe rather than overly ripe because of the sugars.

[@sueb5443]

Great video Darcy, thank you. When you're rehydrating, do you use cold, warm or hot water. Does it make a difference?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Whatever works for you in the time frame you have: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j36YiJiEZ85kfa8

[@patriotchic3364]

That's a quart? That's not a half gallon jar.?

[@TScott-zx8gt]

There are 4 quarts to a gallon, so a quart is 1/4 gallon.

[@patriotchic3364]

@@TScott-zx8gt I know this....I'm a canner as well. What I am seeing does not look like a quart jar as she mentioned but more a half gallon jar.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

It was - I just messed up. It's just a storage jar - it's not there for measurment.

[@patriotchic3364]

@@ThePurposefulPantry I wasn't trying to pick on you. I was watching a different video and the person did the same thing and I thought....my eyes must really be going. 🤣😂

[@ToniH.-cn8uw]

Question: would you use the fresh to powder conversion if a recipe (Zucchini bread) calls for fresh zucchini? I am thinking about this with carrot cake too, I hate the BITS of carrot...lol.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Powder isn't the bulk that fresh/dried would be, so it's a flavorant only at that point If you use zucchini flour for something, it's meant to be as a replacement for part of the flour - not to replace the bulk of the zucchini

[@nicolemazza1971]

Now if I could only get my darn squash plants to product the way they’re meant to. I have a problem with squash bugs and blight and I don’t want to use non organic stuff on my plants. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Any suggestion would be helpful. 💚

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Soap

[@beth5765]

If you don’t have a massive amount of plants just check the underside of leaves about every 4 days and remove the masses of eggs. I was able to remove thousands of eggs in my squash patch over a two month period - eventually it was difficult to check every leaf but by then most of my squash was far enough along to do OK

[@flob4332]

spray with neem oil in the evening before sun set. Neem oil is organic. Can't spray in the a.m. because sun will cook the oil.

[@tpfarm3535]

When I began keeping a garden diary, I noticed the squash bugs came at the same time each year so I planted a sacrifical zucchini plant a little ways off my garden and once the bugs attacked that plant, I plant the remainder of my squash plants on the opposite end of the garden. I've had beautiful squash since with no squash bugs on my main crop. If you lay a canvas down under your sacrifical plant towards the end of the year, pull that plant up to burn along with all the bugs that drop on the canvas. Remove some of your leaves to get better air flow to your plant, works very well for blight and mildew.

[@darlenej9393]

Plant zucchini later in the season around midJuly. The squash bugs don't love the cooler night temps and you will get a harvest beginning the end of August/early September.

[@KittyMama61]

I wanted a Vitamix for years. So my mom found one at a church sale and surprised me with it! Buuuuuut, after a few uses, it caught on fire!!! I give up, lol.

[@darlenej9393]

Osters are great high-power blenders and you can get a special blade for them them that whirls at the bottom as well as the top. I have a Vitamix but often use my Oster that I've had for over 20 years. Spending more $$ isn't always worth it.

[@KittyMama61]

@@darlenej9393 thanks, I'll look into it

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[@birdlady8041]

What if you don't have a dehydrator can you use the oven thanks

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

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[@candacewilliams6869]

Yes on the lowest heat!!

[@karenabrams8986]

I’ve used cookie sheets in back of my car parked in the sun in Aug-Sept. open the sunroof a tiny bit to vent.

[@karenabrams8986]

If you have a bbq grill outside it can double as a dehydrator too just using the sun.

[@lillianwright2641]

Cover with tea towels and set outside someplace critter proof. You'd be surprised how quick it dries!!

[@hannahsettle157]

Has anyone ever tried to use zucchini flour in a sourdough starter? I wasn't sure if it would work.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

I don't know if it will work as it isn't the same composition as flour.

[@deborahanntrengamyers4742]

What's the shelf life? Do you vacuum your jars?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

A year for flour - 2 years for shreds/cubes, etc. No, I don't bother vacuum sealing

[@marthadueck6461]

How can a person dry produce if you don’t have a dehydrated. I can’t afford one plus I have no room for one.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

An oven - which will cost more because it's expensive to run. You can get really inexpensive dehydrators at thrift stores and do it outside or in your garage.

[@chrisjenn226]

What do you put on the bottom of your dehydrator

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

The hard plastic tray meant for fruit leather for the machine. You can use anything.

[@barbaracarter8129]

Are you useing plastic mesh sheets on top of the tray that you lay the zucchin on ?

[@mehtarelingolien]

Looks like she is. It drives me nuts that the ones they give you don't even come close to covering the entire rack surface; I wonder if you could use the crafting plastic mesh that some folks do yarnwork on? Just cut them to fit?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

It's not food grade - but there are off brand mesh that are 14x14 that you can get to cut down which is what I do

[@barbaracarter8129]

@@mehtarelingolien Thats what I was thinking too.

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[@callikohl5698]

I make powder from yellow summer squash also.

[@gypsysummer4008]

I'm gluten free and use guar gum to put the consistency of gluten in my flours and it works well, usually I find half a teaspoon to a cup of flour, but you can play around until you get baking that has the stretch and doesn't crumble.

[@msimpson2779]

Thanks 👍

[@FishmanEricRussell]

As a time saver, you can cut them into disks for dehydration. Takes no time at all and you end up little zucchini chips which can be ground easily. Just a thought

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Then they aren't useful to me other ways - which is why I shred most because I can have all that storage all year for how I use zucchini. I rarely use disks for anything other than quick snacking. Flour I do as I need it because it stores best as whole as possible - and shreds are most useful to me.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

@@ThePurposefulPantry The discs do take up more room for sure. Thanks for the reply!

[@janiceburns6386]

Thank you for letting me know you can do disc. My dehydrator is old and “weird” shaped and can’t use sheets.

[@jjc2323]

perfect! thank you. never would of thought to make Zucchini flour!!!

[@montygates8767]

How about freezing shredded zucchini then thaw in strainer. The liquid seems to separate. Then dry? Haven't done. Just speculating

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Do whatever works for you