Food Storage: How to Preserve Celery for Long Term Storage

[@SlowAndHomesteady]

I'm thankful that you showed how to dehydrate rather than just freeze dry- as most of us can't afford the machine.

[@marygallagher3428]

Great demonstration! If you ever dehydrate celery again, you might want to try adding 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to each cup of the boiling blanching water. Pam Cantrell of RoseRed Homestead demonstrated that on a video she posted about 12 days ago. It helps the celery retain an even brighter, deeper green color :-)

[@antoniaschiffer4958]

We always add baking soda when blanching wild greens.

[@treasurespastnpresen]

It was quite common to do do this in the 70's when dehydrating.

[@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767]

I love Mamma Rose, and must have missed this fantastic advice. Thank you so much for sharing and for giving credit ♥️🌹

[@trvlbuggy]

Thank you for that tip.

[@marygallagher3428]

@@trvlbuggy You're welcome!

[@vlunceford]

Those fresh celery leaves are great in salads or in casseroles and soups. When I shop for celery, I always look for stalks with plenty of leaves.

[@cm9743]

I grow my own celery every year, and 2022's harvest was excellent. I had so much of it that I decided to dehydrated a little better than half of the crop and I could not believe how small the celery shrunk! Saying that it turned out beautiful. The rest of it I pressured canned.

[@bethdepot-jackson7054]

I have been dehydrating my celery for a few year now and use it in many ways. I absolutely love the leaves because the flavor seems better in my soups and rice dishes. I will chop them up separately for that purpose and they turn out great. Not to mention by growing my own, I know there's no chemical or gmo. Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@terrym5786]

You can take the root ends and regrow celery inside in a jar, like you would start an avocado plant. You can also pressure can celery.

[@pamelaremme38]

Oh my gosh really? So if you grow or root it in a jar can you then replant it in the garden in spring? Have you tried that?

[@bmiles4131]

@@pamelaremme38 yes

[@jenniferbriski567]

Thanks for sharing this. The pasta pot is a brilliant idea for blanching- I never would have thought of that.

[@adelinemarechal5454]

I absolutely hate celery flavor, so I would not stock it in my pantry. However, for those who don't know, you can totally dehydrate the mashed celery into the dehydrator and turn it into a powder. It works very and it would make a delicious celery salt too. Thank Jonathan and Kaylin, we love your videos. I wish we could find mason jars in Europe. we struggle much more for finding them and oxygen absorber too.

[@marlenehahn5678]

How long does it take to freeze dry celery.

[@tammymurphy2707]

I love celery with peanut butter and have often had only that for a lunch or a snack!

[@Oxnate]

"We ended up with about 4 bowls." LOL

[@jeanmcmonagle7476]

I ALWAYS enjoy & learn something from your videos! I'm in process of gathering all your recommendations for a no heat, no electricity situation for winter. Much thanks & keep up the good work. 🙂

[@NonieK2267]

So funny I was eating celery and peanut butter and raisins. Great video

[@BigMikeyTheGreek]

Thank you all for your wonderful channel. My wife really wants your recipes for the two soups in this video.

[@h.a.barker412]

Thanks for the info as I only have a dehydrator- I did not know to blanch it first 👍Love your channel ❤ great info, followed your whole starting prepping series!

[@sharonmorton6734]

Great to have options without chemicals and preservatives. Thanks!

[@Jen-CelticWarrior]

The celery powder would be great in my stuffing-flavored braided herb bread that I make during the holidays! The recipe calls for celery seeds, but I think the powdered celery would be great, too.

[@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767]

Please share your delicious sounding recipe!!! 😋 @Jen

[@Jen-CelticWarrior]

@@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767 , sure thing! This smells fantastic while it’s being baked, or when the bread is toasted. Also makes great turkey or grilled cheese sandwiches. Make like you would for most breads: 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 cup water, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons oil, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons yeast, 6.5-7.5 cups flour, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon celery seed, 2 teaspoons thyme, 2 teaspoons onion powder. Dissolve yeast with a bit of the sugar in 1/2 cup of the water warmed up. Put the liquid and eggs into a large bowl and add yeast water. Mix spices with 1-2 cups of the flour, then add to liquid and stir. Add flour, mix, then dump and knead on counter about 10 mins. Place in oiled bowl for first rise, covered, until doubled. Punch down, shape into 2 loaves, braids, or even hamburger buns/rolls. Cover with oiled plastic wrap and damp towel and rise until doubled. May use egg wash before baking if desired, but doesn’t really need it. Bake in greased pans or cookie sheet at 375F for about 30 minutes for braided loaves, probably 15-20 mins for buns. Makes 2 loaves.

[@Jen-CelticWarrior]

@@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767 , Using the bread machine is even easier! I made enough bread by hand that I now treat myself and mix most of my bread in the bread machine, lol! Anyway, for the bread machine version, cut everything in the recipe in half, using about three cups of flour. Mix according to your bread machine’s instructions, which usually means putting the liquid ingredients in (stir up the egg a bit), then the flour and dry ingredients (I usually mix the flour, sugar, and spices together before adding to the machine), and placing the yeast in a little well made in the top of the dry ingredients. I use the dough cycle to mix and knead the bread, and let it do its first rise. I’ll check the bread while it’s mixing and kneading, and I may add a little more liquid or flour if needed. It should make a nice, soft ball, but not sticky or gooey, if that makes sense! After rising, I’ll punch it down and shape it into my braid, cover it with oiled plastic and a damp towel, and let it do its second rise until almost doubled, then bake as above. I’ve also done the entire thing in the bread machine very successfully as well, but the braid makes for a great presentation! 😋

[@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767]

@@Jen-CelticWarrior I appreciate you!!!! Thank you for going through all the bother to write this out. I don’t have a bread machine, but can not wait to make your incredible sounding bread!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@andyrose8642]

Stuffing flavored braided herb bread, that sounds wonderful.... how do I get the recipe?

[@BackyardEngineer334]

Dipping Celery in Peanut Butter is 👌👌👌

[@Mrsmarie1064]

I’m freeze drying celery in chip size pieces to dip homemade hummus! Loved the video! Thanks for sharing.

[@roki5337]

Thank you for the comparison. I like to dehydrate my celery. I also will make my own mirepoix mix for quick addition to meals. I will powder it as well and have my own Veggie seasoning mix.

[@ASingleVoice84]

Love the powdered celery idea because I hate store bought celery powder I found it very salty so I’m loving it for my day to day no waste celery power thankyou. Love from 🇨🇦

[@jadestar1580]

I like my celery with peanut butter or ranch dressing. Thank you for the video. 🙏

[@jchai1343]

Thanks for this great video,I wish you would give us the recipes for those lovely looking soups! I don’t have a freeze dryer ,but I dehydrate a lot !

[@nanewby0855]

I prefer freeze drying for many of the reasons you shared but it also maintains almost all of the nutrients. 👍🏼big plus!

[@Pamela-B]

I love cream cheese on my ribs of fresh celery. It’s a great keto snack.

[@nomorebsforme]

Yea but I cant find any cream cheese in the stores...

[@susanm9078]

Just radomly watching some older videos. I l don't have a freeze dryer, but do have a small dehydratir. I live in hot and humid FL, so i only dehydrate in the less humid fall and winter. I do freeze celery a lot. I love to eat it fresh with peanut butter and chocolate chips or with cream cheese and olives!! I am going to watch for a sale, should be one around Thanksgiving. I will definately try to dehydrate more this year. I been watching ypur channel fir about 6 minths and just learned about oxygen absobers. I will definately add to my jars this year. Been saving all my jars to reuse for dried goods too. Thanks for all you do! Truly a blessing.

[@kattackett9087]

Love this informative educational video. Keep up the good work. Just stored lots of dehydrated red & green bell peppers here. Need to get some celery, onions, carrot's now for making soups, stews, casseroles...etc.

[@Jean2235177]

Carrots, onion, and celery are staples in my house/pantry.

[@andyrose8642]

Thanks folks, great information, love the idea of celery powder, had not thought of that in the past.

[@thefirstnoob5577]

I dehydrate celery and I grind it in a coffee grinder. I have had it about 6 years and it is still wonderful.

[@BellofattoBrews]

Thanks for the video and I appreciate the time you take to share your knowledge with the rest of us. I really believe you all have the best freeze drying channel on YT. I use to dehydrate but that pretty much came to a screeching halt when I hit my FD. Just no comparison but I get that you were helping to show the difference. Also do you share any of your recipes on any soups? I love soups especially time of year but all year long also. Again thanks for the video.

[@druelleb9620]

Thankyou! Celery is great so now I'll e watching for sales!

[@litaknowes7294]

I just bot celery 4 dehydrating .I love celery & new i would need it in the future Thankyou for Blanch tip

[@anitaroyal2085]

the comparisons were the best part of this video. Thank you. Freeze dried is pretty, though. Thank you.

[@trvlbuggy]

I started dehydrating in the past two years. the most effective way i have found to rehydrate veggies is in my pressure cooker. if i put the product under pressure for even a few minutes, the size, texture and taste is great... just a thought for you to try.

[@trvlbuggy]

I tested the veggies separately starting with 3 minutes. peas, corn, hominy, mushrooms, carrots, celery, potatoes , beans, onions...maybe more..bad memory. o charted each result. it's been a game changer for me for using the foods. hope that helps.

[@trvlbuggy]

@@TheProvidentPrepper Just that most were good with the three minutes. Some need just a couple more. that is why i noted in my book time for each for best results. after trying this method, using corn and peas etc in side dishes were must more palatable. removed the odd tough texture that they could have.

[@MM-oc3sb]

So helpful to know, thank you!

[@ragnarmjolnir9654]

Jonathan : had to listen to the kids whine. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@margaretwalker5907]

Going to dehydrate some celery now that you showed how easy it is to do thanks.

[@ohsofluffy1]

Thanks for the information! This really helps me decide what I want to do.

[@pinschrunner]

I dehydrated 12 stalks of celery in November when it was on sale for 89 cents! It was not organic. I dehydrated it overnight in Florida outside. Odor is strong. I am growing 33 stalks of celery now that are organic. Will be ready in a.month. i gave the leaves and cuttings to my friend with chickens and ducks in exchange for eggs

[@charlesdevier8203]

Thanks for this great video. We have been freeze drying for 3 years, but we also dehydrate some things. I just made some great deer jerky with the dehydrator. I find it really hard to grow nice celery; the plants are very small even when started under lights.

[@Bee-Kind-Baker]

I would love to know just a little more about how u made your potato soup. It looks wonderful! ❤

[@jgood005]

Very cool video! I've been wondering how celery can be preserved long term. I often make a chicken and rice soup. I always have rice, chicken bullion cubes, frozen chicken, frozen carrots, canned mushrooms, salt, and bay leaves on hand. But every time I make it, I need to run to the store to pick up fresh celery! Celery is the one item that HAD to be fresh. It's so cool to know that it can be dehydrated! I don't know if I'm ready to jump in and order a food dehydrator, but I'll definitely pick up a jar of dehydrated celery and see how it goes.

[@LostHopeoftheAges79]

I have storage now!! Yeah!!!

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

Love cheese in my celery! I am powered totally by solar so this time of the year there isn't enough sun to run my freeze dryer long enough to do a load so I have to wait till the days are longer and more sunny. I haven't tried my dehydrator to see how it works with the solar. But I do need to do celery! This is a good video. I love all your information!!

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

@@TheProvidentPrepper I do have propane for my range and water heater and dryer, oh and my heater. I do use mostly wood to heat though. Otherwise totally on solar with a back up generator. I love it although that isn't free of problems either.

[@jenboyles5381]

I also recently got a deal on celery and dehydrated it. Wish I had bought more though since it was 3/$1 nand organic.

[@kathrynyateman7419]

Use the powder for homemade ranch!! Yum I'm doing a bunch of fd celery!! Our 99cent store gets great celery!

[@Fi0434]

When you use your veggies in recipes do you typically rehydrate before adding it to a recipe?

[@Fi0434]

@@TheProvidentPrepper thanks so much!

[@craftsbeautyandlife5163]

I would love to have a freeze dryer. I use the heck out of my dehydrater

[@brightstarr57]

I like my celery fresh but I do have some dehydrated celery that I bought. Great video! 👍👍👍👍

[@carolclarkson4859]

Thanks for this video. That freeze dried celery looks like it turned out really well. I liked your cost comparison. It would be interesting to see that with freeze dried meats because I know that can be really expensive.

[@IMOO1896]

Dehydrated celery a couple of months ago, and was shocked (shouldn’t have been) what a small amount the volume reduced to.

[@janinepitout822]

That would be emediate savings. So 10 or 20 years from now, how much would a stalk of celery cost? So then how much % saving is that and can any bank give you that type of return rate, if you invested the money in a bank instead of celery?

[@MM-oc3sb]

... important thought for times when food is not available to buy, a big savings account won't feed your family.

[@AmyOgdenMichigan]

Thanks so much for the info! Great video!

[@DesertDweller74]

Super video! I have dehydrated celery, and purchased some. What I'd like to know is if it's freeze dried, will I get any "crunch", say for use in a summer mac salad? I haven't used it FD yet.

[@janamiles597]

I usually blanch prior to dehydrating

[@dianamorris5327]

Celery, onion, carrot, is the holy trinity of cooking.

[@steve8189]

speaking of cost savings, do you think the celery bases would re-gro for a new plant?

[@MaggieBerry004]

Great video! When you vitamixed the leaves, did you also add liquid to them to make it into a spread for the freeze drier? I feel like I missed something in the video.

[@lindsayjones1359]

How much did the electric meter go around . . . .

[@JonathanBJones]

Hey Lindsay...the cost for freeze-drying a batch of food is typically about $1.50 to $2.00...depending on the type of food. Some things have been a bit less and some a bit more, but generally that is the range. The cost of dehydrating a batch is a bit less...generally about $0.50 to $1.00 for energy costs. Hope that helps! Thanks for being part of the solution!

[@bcase2056]

Great video

[@cindygrothe7474]

I dehydrated a bunch of celery but I didn't blanch it first just cleaned it cut it up and dehydrated it.it looks still fine and used some in some soup and was good.I dehydrated sliced frozen carrots today and didn't blanch them just put them on trays in dehydrator from frozen to a little thawed out from just on counter.Are they going to be ok?? And forgot on the celery I dehydrated without blanching I did put oxygen absorber in glass jar also. and plastic jug container.will that celery be ok if I didn't blanch it before dehydrating it??

[@The-Grateful-Hippie]

Check out Retired at 40's channel he does a lot of freeze drying. He also has a store with accessories for the freeze dryer like lids for the trays and corners so you can stack trays in the freezer to pre-freeze. We ordered a large freeze dryer and hopefully it will be here by Valentine's day.

[@burly636]

I am not crazy about celery in cooked foods. Still going to dehydrate some for celery salt. With cream cheese and season salt.

[@amishatheart47]

I've been dehydrating celery off and on for years and didn't know I needed to blanch it first. That explains why my celery doesn't look or taste that great.

[@OffgridVictory]

Fixed costs are sunk. Children whining... highly variable 😂. So the true cost is indeterminate 😝. Thanks guys.

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

Onions, garlic, celery, and jalepeno peppers are my 'everything base', yep. All dehydated. Having a flip of a time finding jars...anyone else?

[@tswag4942]

My Walmart had jars and lids in stock last week.

[@sheilapaytes9516]

Jan, 2022. Just ordered set of 12 pints for about $10. and set of 12, size 32 oz for $11. from Walmart

[@creativeflow952]

I bought some celery salt from big lots it was amazing. So I dehydrated some celery and yeah it almost disappeared. So I made my own celery salt..

[@creativeflow952]

@@TheProvidentPrepper I winged it sorry I only bought two celery just to try it first, because I've dehydrated other items. I was surprised at how small n light it was so I just did it to taste a little salt at a time until I felt it was right. One thing I can say tho. It does not lose any aroma or tastes it is very flavorful. I use in my dressing n my potatoes salad. So when I do it again I know I'll have to buy just as much as you did to dehydrate I use pink salt it turned out lovely.

[@AndiB111]

Great video & info .. you're both so likable:) (..'& there was a cost to listen to the kids'..lol..) Also great seller info. (Maybe the woman from Europe below can get mason jars fm Amazon..) Did you have to grate the frozen mash to a powder?..is it anything like buying 'celery salt'? (..i ended up buying 'celery seed' powder, & am 'chicken' to use..lol..) Last yr. I made a light cream soup starting w. celery, carrot, onion to tender ..... & it had such a beautiful, perfect notice of celery! I have Not had the same result from any celery bunch after that... true......maaybe i'll try again soon:)..

[@theresahouck3516]

It's a Beautiful Thing.I would definitely prefer the freeze dried. How do you prepare the bottles and lids? Dishwasher?

[@michaelstlouis2472]

Could I vacuum seal bags of celery? And how long do you think it would be good for? Thank you

[@DesertDweller74]

To be honest, they're probably best sealed in Mylar with 02 absorbers simply because the sharp edges of celery will poke holes in the plastic and they'll lose the vacuum. I hope this helps?

[@kimberlystark3944]

Do you have to freeze the celery before freeze drying it?

[@denisewalsh9873]

I could never get my dehydrated celery to get totally soft. My family kept picking out piece of celery from everything I made. I blended it and used the powder instead

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

WRT storage, in humid climates, an air tight container is needed. Better yet, vacuum sealed. I wonder if a frost free freezer could be used as a freeze dryer. 😕

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

@@TheProvidentPrepper Check with "Rain Country" She has a thing that you place on top of the bottle that sucks the air out. She also had a video about making a vacuum chamber that you put the bottle in and suck the air out of the chamber. The resulting vacuum sucks air out of the bottle. when air is let back in the chamber, the seal on the lid prevents air from getting back into the bottle. I don't know where to get the piece you put over the bottle but I think I can build the vacuum chamber. I will be trying it soon.

[@537537]

Where did you buy this celery? I live nearby and want to see if the deal is still happening. My wife and I were just talking about freeze drying celery last night.

[@RVluck]

If you are going to blanch put a teaspoon of baking soda per gallon of water and it will help keep the color

[@susantaylor8507]

How long to boil celery for you said before dying it

[@johndoe-uf9pu]

why not blanche for the freeze drier?

[@navarrosarah1]

Can the celery powder be done in the dehydrator also? I don't have a freeze dryer. Thank you for this great video.

[@caseyarmstrong7064]

The dehydrator you have in your home seems significantly larger than the one in the link you provided

[@melissan.2201]

I love your channel you two are adorable together. Have you thought about getting a microphone? It will help with the echo and save on your voice so you don't have to yell to the camera to be heard.

[@melissan.2201]

@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you for not taking offense, I look forward to the next video. You have been a blessing to our family. I know these videos take so much time and you're knowledge and presentation is worth the watch even as they are now.

[@bigsky2144]

So I don't have either one of those freeze dryers or whatever you're talking about there I was just going to freeze mine in the freezer so could you tell me the steps on how to freeze it in the freezer and it is only for the next 4 to 6 months I'd be using it up thank you.

[@davidhusak4003]

I have done celery both ways I prefer freeze-drying,

[@grandmalorna9884]

Do you have to use an oxygen absorber if you will use the FD celery within 6 months? How well would the FD celery do in a salad? Thank you for your videos. I am new to the freeze drier.

[@BellofattoBrews]

I think you should. I always drop one in any thing I have freeze dried unless I know I’m using it right away. I’m interested to see what they say. Welcome to freeze drying btw.

[@charlesdevier8203]

We use an oxygen absorber in every container out of the freeze dryer. The o absorber packs are cheap insurance.

[@kellyleavitt1676]

I’m new to my harvest right. Question for you…. Why do you blanch the celery h out in dehydrated but not freeze dryer? Does the freeze dried celery keep its pretty green color if u don’t blanch? For soups I’m assuming you just throw it in soup. Do u have to rehydrate it first if using in a casserole?

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

I don't blanch celery when I freeze dry it and I just toss it into the soups or most recipes. I rehydrate it first if I'm using it in a chicken salad. Freeze drying keeps the same color and looks amazing.

[@kellyleavitt1676]

Thank you! I’m curious, is there a reason to blanch carrots? I’ve seen alot of people blanch their carrots before freeze drying.

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

@@kellyleavitt1676 I think carrots turn out better blanched. It doesn't seem to make any difference with the celery.

[@smalltownpicker]

Hey! I'm curious... would the leaves and ends you put in the vitamix work just as good in a blender? I imagine I could freeze dry it but it would have some more chunks and after it's fully dried I could just mix it in my food processor to make it more of a fine powder?

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Good Job

[@sheliawalls7859]

Could you take the dehydrated to a powder? Would it be more concentrated?

[@kimallred6464]

I love my celery in tuna! Just went back watched this video. My question is: How do you know the moisture content is low enough after freeze drying? (For safety with oxygen absorbers) I believe the freeze drier removes around 98% of the moisture content but I’m not sure about that. Do you know? I’ve tried to find reliable research for those kinds of things. But so far haven’t found much.

[@lf4061]

I like celery sticks with pimento cheese on them. 😁

[@gardennut]

Can you dry the celery in the oven?

[@nomorebsforme]

Did you replant the bottoms?

[@nomorebsforme]

Also green onions ...

[@ninilovenana]

can I get the recipe for the vegetable soup?

[@geniajacobs7519]

Question... I love the leaves of celery, but I've noticed nobody keeps the leaves. Are they alright to eat?

[@lindylou726]

Yes you can eat the leaves. As a matter of fact, that's where most of the flavor is so I would definitely make sure to add plenty of it when making something like stuffing. I believe that in this video they utilize the leaves they just did them separately and planned on making them into a powder.

[@joellenbroetzmann9053]

I like to put celery powder in the little ball spice jars so I don't have to open the big jar as often.

[@debbiebaney4044]

How long to dehydrate celery?

[@claudiapatry9454]

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[@reveccarodriguez3427]

If I had the means of a food dehydrator or freeze dryer hey I’d do it , I really like the powdered celery , I love celery in all my ( or almost ) all my foods especially soups ! Great work , keep kids whining, can’t ever satisfy them but they’ll learn & probably do the same for their families!

[@charlanpennington3989]

Rebecca Rodriguez, I did first few dehydrating tries in the oven before spending on a unit, just to see if i would do it start to finish. Try that. It works. Most vids will be for jerky.

[@karenparle5219]

add 1/2 tsp of baking soda per cup of your blanch water to lock in the chlorophyll

[@mylittlebluecottage6061]

Great video! How long did it take to freeze dry all that celery!?

[@tswag4942]

It took me right around 24 hours to do a batch recently, but it was probably ready sooner than that.

[@ninilovenana]

youre the people we read about in word problems with math

[@crystalbrown7351]

If you vacuum seal the jars of dehydrated celery with like the food saver attachment would you still need to use oxygen absorbers? And most things I have read talk about dehydrated foods only being good for 12 months but you mentioned longer is that true? Thanks so much

[@crystalbrown7351]

@@TheProvidentPrepper thanks so much for the information, I am learning so much from you guys