One of my FAVORITE Forms of Food Preservation | Preserving the Harvest | Homestead Pantry

[@lindakrieger6667]

So nice to find a channel that isn’t pushing freeze drying. It’s fine, and many of them got theirs free as an affiliate company, but I don’t have a huge garden or they kind of money to invest. Thank you for the dehydration method vlog. Love it, ❤️

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you Linda! I understand. While a freeze dryer would be great to have, they are very costly and not accessible for most.

[@gloriawills7025]

"Preserving the Harvest" would be a good name for your channel.

[@martiestes8932]

Thank you for a video about dehydrating. So many YT creators have freeze driers now, there is rarely a video on dehydrating your harvest, and it's one of my favorite preservation methods. Yours all turned out great! Really enjoyed this. Thanks again and have a great weekend! It's going to be a hot one around here.

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you! Yes freeze drying has become very popular, while I’d love to have a freeze dryer they aren’t accessible for most people. I hope you enjoy your weekend as well! I appreciate your kind comments & support.

[@terrihasstedt5855]

I also use extra zucchini into cake/breads that we freeze, love how moist it makes cakes.

[@abbeyverigin]

We love zucchini bread or muffins! They work great with frozen or dehydrated shredded zucchini

[@terrihasstedt5855]

@@abbeyverigin I've never used dehydrated zucchini, do you add applesauce or something else to keep them moist?

[@abbeyverigin]

@@terrihasstedt5855 not typically. I will just rehydrate the zucchini in warm water, squeeze out the excess water and then use as I would fresh

[@terrihasstedt5855]

Zucchini Relish is a great canning recipe, we use on hot dogs, but also mixed with mayonnaise makes a great tarter sauce for fish tacos.

[@abbeyverigin]

We love zucchini relish! That’s on my to do list. Hadn’t thought to use it with mayonnaise as a tartar sauce, we will have to try that.

[@jimt6589]

Great vidio love your twist on home preservation, love its not the main stream diet of canning. You give me heaps for new ideas. Thank you keep the vidios coming.

[@abbeyverigin]

I appreciate that. Thank you for watching!

[@vickiewest1199]

I have a sort of bakers rack so I lay paper towels on the racks and lay my herbs out on them. It only takes a few days for them to be completely dry. That way I can use my dehydrator for other things. Lemon Balm tea is my absolute favorite tea

[@abbeyverigin]

That sounds like a great setup! It is one of my favorites as well :) thank you for watching!

[@deborahq7251]

Loved this! I was excited to see some dehydration ideas! Before this video even ended, I went to the garden and picked parsley, basil and sage and made the herb salt. Wow! What an aroma! So nice! I sent a pic to my daughter wishing I could also text her the smell! 😅 I am also a fan of mint tea so I also picked some mint and lemon balm to make my own. Thank you for not freeze drying anything!! ❤

[@abbeyverigin]

I love that Deborah! Thank you for sharing 🤍 No freeze dryer over here, and while it would be nice to have it’s not in the budget for us, and I know that’s the same for many people!

[@abcjerilee]

Terrific video! Thank you!

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you for watching!

[@ThickChickHomestead]

Just recently heard of some people making cucumber chips in their dehydrator. Thought of giving that a try. Love your channel.

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you! I’ve heard of this too. I’m curious about them!

[@barbfilion5646]

Thanks, love to dehydrate as I cannot afford a freeze drier. I use a salad spinner on my herbs to get out the extra water...also the celery tops.

[@abbeyverigin]

Yes they aren’t in the budget for most! I agree, a salad spinner helps so much for herbs. Ours broke and I really need to order a new one.

[@cindyengland9669]

Great video

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you Cindy!

[@christaJehnichen]

Great information

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you 🤍🤍

[@bernicevanover726]

I made fruit leather last year when I had a lot of fruit that needed to be used. I used 13 peaches, 1-5-6pound watermelon, sugar and lemon juice. Did it to taste. It turned out so good. Didn't even last a week😂

[@abbeyverigin]

That’s the problem with it, it’s so good it doesn’t last 🤣

[@nancyhaywood6486]

i was just thinking this week about making some celery salt. guess great minds do work together. lol. enjoy your videos very much.

[@abbeyverigin]

Thank you Nancy!

[@lisachambers905]

I was recently inspired by your channel to try pressure canning meals in a jar. We’ve found them so convenient that I looked for more. You might be interested in the book “Pressure Canning for Beginners and Beyond” by Angi Schneider there are some more meals in a jar recipes and another hummus recipe!

[@abbeyverigin]

Aren’t they convenient! I actually purchased that book recently. I have yet to try any of the recipes, have you?

[@lisachambers905]

@@abbeyverigin not yet, I just bought it yesterday I’m working on your hummus today but I might try the teriyaki chicken tomorrow!

[@abbeyverigin]

@@lisachambers905 enjoy! Teriyaki chicken sounds like something I need to add to my pantry

[@shannonnewman9202]

Do you ever get “cross contamination” of flavors when having multiple types of things in the dehydrator at once? I’m still pretty new to food preservation, so I haven’t been brave enough to combine things, but I also hate running it without every tray full. The exception was when I did green onions, ginger, and garlic together, but that was all going into a chili oil mix I was making anyway. I have dehydrated cucumber that I am excited to try in tzatziki mix too! I still need to do dill, shallot, and mint.

[@abbeyverigin]

I do try to avoid combining things like garlic onions and hot peppers in a dehydrator with other items. I haven’t had an issue with doing a variety of herbs etc or more mild flavored vegetables in one dehydrator. I hear you, I also don’t like to run it empty. If I’m doing fruit I’ll do only fruit :)

[@maryegerton6848]

I love my dehydrator. ❤ I don’t know why, but I find it so satisfying. And it all looks so beautiful on the shelf. I make tarragon salt. I love it on chicken. I think I will make your green salt as well this year. That would be nice on eggs and in dips and soups❤❤

[@abbeyverigin]

@@maryegerton6848 Oh a tarragon salt sounds perfect for chicken. I’ll have to add that to my list for this year! Thanks for sharing. I agree, the jars do look so pretty on the shelf.

[@helenmcclellan452]

QUESTION: Will dehydrating a variety of things at once (in one macine) affect the flavor? Will did mint or onion over-take the rest?

[@abbeyverigin]

I don’t find it does in this case. I find herbs are usually fine. The onion tops are mild enough. I do avoid dehydrating onions, hot peppers, garlic etc with other items and I always do fruit separately

[@lunchmoneyphilipphilip3034]

Hello Abbey, the herb salt is a delicious color; i have some ideas for its use. Could the zucchini be rehydrated and used in zucchini bread; it would be fantastic when the snow flys.

[@abbeyverigin]

Hello! Isn’t it a nice color. Yes the zucchini can be rehydrated and used in zucchini bread, that is another way we will use it :) Thanks for watching!

[@lunchmoneyphilipphilip3034]

Hello Abbey, could you show a good method to can hot banana peppers for the long term, my family would USA vinegar, salt, sugar, water, and a clove of garlic in the jar. I lost the recipe. Thank you for all you do.

[@abbeyverigin]

Hello! I plan to in next weeks video or the week after. The recipe I use for pickled peppers is online if you search ball hot peppers recipe. It is vinegar, water and garlic. I don’t typically add sugar but you could! I use that recipe for banana peppers and jalapeños or mixed peppers.

[@Salutaris13074]

Do you dry the lemon balm leaves prior to making a tincture? Or can you use them straight from picking and washing without drying first?

[@abbeyverigin]

For tinctures you don’t need to dry them :)