Save Your Zucchini by Dehydrating! 5 Ways to Dry and Use Dehydrated Zucchini

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

How to you love to season your zucchini chips? What's your favorite way to preserve zucchini? Get the printable recipe card here: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/ways-to-dehydrate-zucchini/

[@Timeflygirl]

Thank you!

[@aktudors]

I can't wait to try them this year with the Tajin seasoning my hubby and the girls love it on everything.

[@tonguesoffire1241]

Please post the link for Victoria's modern homestead blog that you mentioned. Sorry if i missed it. Thank you

[@thevictorianedge5465]

Can you do the same with squash? I have some squash that grew too big. So I was wondering if I could half the squash and take out the center with seeds and then dehydrate to make powder???

[@olivespeppers4234]

@@tonguesoffire1241 - I don't see the link either.🧵

[@MarcellHobbs]

@8:20, I have the same shredder. When I use, I don’t cut off the stem end, I use it as a handle for safety.

[@sandrainontario6710]

I heard that zucchini season is the only time you have to lock your car when you're just running into the post office because if you don't it will be full of zucchini when you come back out!

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Now that would be such a blessing. 😁🤣😁🤣😁🤣

[@nicoles7126]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@lynnheffron6905]

A dream come true! 😂🤣

[@olivespeppers4234]

Lol.🧵

[@63SpaceGirl]

🤣😂 LOL 😂🤣

[@carriecreates1207]

You are a very good teacher! You explain the why, instead of just "do it this way", and I appreciate it!

[@villagesteader3552]

Wow, I’ve been missing out too long…I make a curried zucchini soup which is vegan, I’m not a vegan but this soup is delicious and the cooked zucchini gets blended in the end…now that I think of it the only ingredients are onion, zucchini, and potato, and curry powder. I could dehydrate all the components and put them in jars with instructions and put them in my Christmas Baskets! Thanks for the inspiration!!!!!!! ♥️🙏👍🇺🇸🤓

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes! You can even add cream to it when you blend it at the end to add creaminess to it (not vegan - but it can be done at that point if you like).

[@sandysmith7029]

Could you please share the recipe?

[@villagesteader3552]

@@sandysmith7029 sure, I got the recipe from Everyday Food Magazine: it is in my style of writing recipes down. I have made this soup many times and I’m always surprised at how good it is. 1TBSP Olive Oil 1 medium onion chopped Salt and pepper 2 big cloves of garlic minced 2 tsp curry powder (green) 1 1/2 lbs zucchini sliced about 3 medium 1 baking potato peeled, chopped Cook onion in oil and 1 TBSP salt til soft, add garlic and curry powder, stir for about 1minute to bloom the spice. Add zucchini, potato, a quart of water, bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer, cook until tender. Purée soup either in blender or I use a stick blender because it’s safer. I have had my share of mishaps with blenders and hot liquids!🤣 I will work out the amounts of dehydrated potato, zucchini and onion when I can, I like to put the soup ingredients together. In a jar so it’s handy!

[@madeleinec147]

Ooh this would make an awesome backpacking meal.

[@allahmohammed1819]

I find it hilarious that you have to validate yourself as "not vegan".... Because we almost thought you were one of "those"...

[@Sonshine1949]

I wish I had a neighbor who would drop off zucchini on my doorstep!!!!

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Me too ... that would be awesome. ❤😎

[@mudoh2131]

Wish you lived near me!

[@marthaanderson2346]

As do I😊

[@elainereed4842]

Wish i were your neighbor! Lol! Always have excess! Give it to my friend for her chickens 🐔

[@JaneDoe-qm2gt]

I love my stuff zucchini n j has the best soil for zucchini also tomatoes South Carolina soil to sandy for veggies

[@daretohope986]

You can also dry long slices and substitute for lasagna pasta

[@christinabradley4590]

I'll have to try this...doesnt it shrivel up?? Thks❤

[@karaerway4907]

Mind blown!🤯

[@MommaLousKitchen]

Genius

[@mimiashford5544]

@@christinabradley4590 It will if you dry it completely. But if you dry til soft & plyable it works great. I just made it this week. Perfect... It soaks up the sauce & cuts easily when baked.

[@janetdw]

I have done this fresh after salting it and letting it sit for a few minutes to pull out some of that extra water. It worked great. Thanks for the memory because I was recently diagnosed as a type two diabetic and have to cut pasta out pretty much. I see lasagna in my future!

[@sharonjennings1282]

You can also chop them into tidbits and mix them with pineapple juice. There's an actual recipe for this but it makes a pineapple zucchini. You can use it in recipes in place of pineapple and you also can use it to make pineapple zucchini bread yum

[@jacquelynfales4661]

Would also go in a stir fry!!!!!

[@peggywinslow408]

It is so good!! I use it just like pineapple!!

[@kathycomstock5442]

​@@peggywinslow408 Do you soak it before hydrating or when you rehydrate?????? Great tip! Thank you!!!!!!

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Sounds Great!

[@msims3926]

This reminds me of a recipe I have for Pineapple Zucchini Topping for ice cream.

[@valmiron4360]

I recently ran into your channel. I love your style & yes I get messy & thats just part of having fun! I just ordered your book "Dehydrating Basics & Journal For Beginners." I'm not a beginner but you have SO many great tips. I've learned many practical & sensible ways from your videos. Keep up the great work. You're a wonderful teacher! I can't wait to get your book! 😊👍💛

[@ericaperry1413]

Where would I go to order the book ?

[@kimmye8]

Thank you! I really needed this. We are drowning in zucchini from our garden right now even though we've given a lot away. I'll be trying my hand at dehydrating zucchini this weekend for the first time. This video was very helpful.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

I'm glad it was helpful for you!

[@gardencookeat22]

I dont know where this realm exists but in my world, im lucky if i get a dozen zukes out 2-4 plants!

[@michelefitzgibbon7571]

@@gardencookeat22 me too. I had 7 plants. Only 1 zucchini ! 5 plants were killed by the vine borers! 2 are limping along.

[@michelle04161966]

I had no idea that I could use parchment paper in my dehydrator👍🏻

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Me neither. 😎

[@flowerdalejewel]

I've used it since I started dehydrating. I'll admit it was because I was too cheap to buy special dehydrating sheets 😊😊

[@MaLiArtworks186]

They are reusable for subsequent batches. Keeps your trays clean.

[@carolynsinyard1306]

What a ton of great information for a first time dehydrator. Thank you so very much for showing us how easy it is to dehydrate to save our food.

[@joellynbross2033]

I actually use the big ones, peel, slice thin(I use the potato peeler)boil in what ever juice & dehydrate for fruit leather... sooo good!

[@TheMzTR]

I wish I had a neighbor that would share their garden harvest...lol. Tks for sharing this tutorial with us

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Me, too!

[@judithlund4346]

Hi Darcy, I have just found you 😁 and I’m so glad I have. I bought a 9 tray Excalibur dehydrator about 6 or so years ago and must admit the book that came with it didn’t have a lot of information. I have binge watched your channel over the past week or so and have loved every minute ………. I have learnt more about dehydrating in this time than I have in 6 years. I used to “sprout” a lot of different nuts for my husband I and chicken tenders as treats for our dog………because they always turned out pretty well 😁. Berries, fruit and veggies not so much as they usually went yucky after a while. The last week or so I have dehydrated spinach, celery, mushrooms, capsicum and onion and followed your example of drying them brittle and conditioning them …… never knew about conditioning ?? Makes such a difference. After all that …….. I just wanted to say THANK YOU for sharing all the wonderful advice you give 💖💗💓 I live in Melbourne, Australia, and as we are in our sixth or seventh (?) week of lockdown due to the spread of COVID 19 this has given me something to help fill my days and stop me from going crazy 😜. At least I can get to our local market…..they are within the travel limits that have been set…..yay!! Thanks again. Kind Regards Jude

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

If your fruits and veg went yucky - that's either from not blanching if necessary or not being dry enough before storing. So give them another try!!!

[@darianroscoe1017]

I have 3 Ronco dehydrators with 8 shelves each. I cut mine in almost ½" slices when they are quite large, about 3" across the middle (seeds are still small and tender), and dry them...when dry they are about ⅛'' thick and about 1½" across. I store them in 1 gallon glass jars. My favorite way to use them is rehydrate them in a bit of broth and add them when I'm about to mash the potatoes for mashed potatoes. Looks so pretty and amount of vitamins is incredible! This Summer I got 4 gallon jars dehydrated, often running all 3 dehydrators at the same time just from two Zucchini plants, two yellow squash plants and two UFO squash plants. They are all basically the same thing and I store them together for reuse.

[@mollysmith6055]

And here I thought I'd exhausted the possibilities with dehydrating zucchini...now I have to try the jerky! Thank you, Darcy.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Hope you enjoy

[@highlandscommunityclub1160]

I dehydrated LOTS of zucchini chips last year and they stored perfectly in sealed jars with silica packets. After a year, I had only used them once. Was so much work....but the chickens liked them! This year I’m only dehydrating tomatoes again, along with more herbs. The dehydrated tomatoes reconstituted beautifully and after a few seconds in the vitamix made wonderful sauces, no pealing needed!

[@amyschmelzer6445]

Sometimes we learn lessons about ourselves the hard way and that’s okay. I don’t think my family would use dried zucchini either. They like their zucchini sweet and never savory. I will stick to shredding and freezing for breads.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

If those chips aren't overly seasoned in a way that makes them too much of a flavor, throw them into zucchini bread or powder it for veg powder! (I know you gave it to your chickens and that's not a waste, for sure), but there are other ways to use stuff even if you don't eat them alone!

[@jules-marcdavis6843]

@@ThePurposefulPantry I love the powder idea because in a bad time you could pull out powders and mix them up with a bit of water, and anything stored for soup.. is there other uses

[@flowerdalejewel]

I love the idea of drying them and making powder. I've made lots of different veggie and fruit powders but haven't tried zucchini. I stick the powders in everything it's a great way of lifting the flavour of dishes and the fusspot kids don't now the veggies are in their food

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

That is exactly what we do with all of ours!

[@GrowingwithAnastasia]

Fusspot ☠️

[@libbyholt3863]

Question: Could Z powder be seasoned, rehydrated, and then spread out like fruit leather to make a savory leather?? Total newbie here. Just asking.

[@loricatful]

Love the word "Fusspot" 👍

[@bobbidell3591]

Zucchini salsa! And I use that salsa as an ingredient in my chili...yummm!

[@mariegatzmer829]

I just bought a dehydrator, but have never used one. I just hit upon this site and was delighted. Now you have given me confidence to try out some veggies, later fruits, then meat. Thanks, I will be looking you up for more ideas.

[@teevee3673]

I truly love ALL your videos and the commentary. Im new to dehyrating and your the first and ONLY person I watch. I love your personality and wished we lived closer ! Much love from NJ!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Thank you so much!

[@jaylynnthompson6836]

My daughter and my grandchildren put Tajin on cucumbers, mangos, bananas, oranges, all their fruit watermelon. They love that stuff. Making dehydrated zucchini with this is a great idea. Instead of chips. Thank you. I will definitely be getting a dehydrator now.

[@jessicasturm5099]

Thank you for all the information. Unfortunately the weather has been really bad this summer here in Austria (Europe) and I only got 1 zucchini so far. Last year the summer was really good and I had so many zucchinis. I still hope that some will grow so that I can make powder. I think the powder will be great for hiding the zucchini in pasta and meat dishes. My daughter is a picky eater, therefore the powder would be great. Greetings from rainy Austria

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Sorry to hear that!! But hopefully there are folks who have been able to do well and you can get a great deal at a local market!

[@Mary-uz2tz]

Two seasons in a row here in Alaska for bad zucchini harvesting.

[@allahmohammed1819]

Amend your soil

[@wildfire365]

Dehydrate cattail roots and powder for flower. The whole cattail can be eaten.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

😎 Also compared to a field of potatos, you can get 4 X the yield of food on the same amount of land. Of course cattails need more water. But they pretty much just grow. No franken pesticides needed.❤

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

You can also eat dollar weed to. The leaves dehydrate so quickly! stems not so much. But i bet be good in a stir fry with other veggies. Smelled a bit like celery

[@marilynmcclintock2974]

I shreded my zucchini, measured it in a 3 cup amounts and dried that amount on each of my round trays. The perfect amount for my zucchini cake recipe, bagged them up separately all ready for baking. Grandma Sue in central Indiana and Izzi Too

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Great tip!

[@amyrivers4093]

I'm so excited, after two years of saving I finally bought my first dehydrator. I got the sunbeam DT6000 which is the best one in my country. I've watched a lot of your videos and no doubt I'll watch them again and again so thank you so much for all your hard work idea formation, research, filming, editing etc you do for each video. Xx

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

So excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@amyrivers4093]

Oh thank you, you are so kind. Xx

[@ritzileclaire5990]

Thank you. I wasn’t crazy about freezing zucchini dices for minestrone - they were too mushy. I bought a dehydrator two weeks ago and I can’t wait to try the dehydrated dices this year. These were all great ideas.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Awesome!!!

[@leonieduplessis4467]

Zucchini can cost up to $20 Kiwi dollar per kilogram, always plant in my veggie garden. You give me alot of ideas for Zucchini. We got an Ezidri dehydrator in NZ mine about 12 years old still work Fantastic 5 trays

[@dianadavis2020]

Wow, this is awesome information! My freezer is stuffed full of bags of shredded zucchini, and I could save so much freezer space doing this instead! Thank you!

[@Growmap]

Two more ways to use zucchini: 1) Turn it into a pasta noodle substitute by using a potato peeler. I use the large ones that escape detection. Peel the outer, firm part and leave the seed core in the middle. Then saute in a little oil or cook in boiling water until tender. I leave the peels on as they're not sprayed. But you can leave the peels out if you prefer. Then serve with pasta sauce over the top or stir some in before serving. Slice the core like a cucumber and eat the slices on the side plain or with oil & vinegar dressing. 2) Add zucchini to potato salad. Poke holes in zucchini and bake like a potato. Let cool. Cut into cubes the same size as the potato cubes in your potato salad. Add up to half zucchini. The flavor is mild and the texture is similar so I doubt anyone would notice (unless you leave the peelings on like I usually do).

[@libbyholt3863]

What genius!

[@stillwatersfarm8499]

I’ve done chips before and no body really liked them. I just did diced, and I think that size is really snackable. I’m thinking I’ll just shake a little salt in the jar, and they’ll be good by the handful.

[@jchai1343]

Darcy I just tried your zuc.teriyaki like you said without the water and it was awesome,then at the same time I made zuc.chips with everything bagel seasoning which I made myself and had dehydrated diced onion,and it was awesome I would do it all again they are so yummy cant get enough zuc. Before one did not know what to do with it all now I find I can’t get enough cause thanks to you I’ve also dehydrated it cubed for later and also grated I can’t thank you enough you are my dehydrator guru!!! When ever I need to know about anything dehydrated I look up your site ,I wish you would put outa book in Canada!! Your the best and I thank you!!!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

I have a book - but it's about the theory of dehydrating, no dehydrating specific things. It's a Q&A type book. Just wait until next spring, though if you want a full book ;) It's coming!

[@judyanderson8439]

What is the white sheet under the zucchini on your tray? Is it parchment paper

[@Cherbear609]

I absolutely love your videos! You jam sooooooo much useful information into them that I always want to watch them more than once. Much love from a grateful subscriber.💕 💐💐💐💐

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad you like them!

[@ljm9092]

White Vinegar is great for Cleaning waxy vegetables and fruits. I use it all the time. Thanks for the Video and your time.

[@olgabelan]

Such a good video! Thank you so much for investing your time to create this important educational tutorial about zucchini!🙏💗🌞

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

My pleasure 😊

[@gailkerr3652]

Great information. I am going to shred it and add it to my frozen veg mix that I dehydrated from the grocery store. Love all of your videos.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Great idea!

[@naturalgramma7907]

Yes! Tajine pronounced t-uh-he-n. Awesome on Watermelon, mango, Cucumbers...makes my mouth water! Thanks for the great ideas!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You are so welcome!

[@chrisharrison5126]

Awesome and just in time for my zucchini to be harvested. Had found a recipe for dehydrating salt and vinegar zucchini chips and now I have more incentive to go ahead and try. Thanks!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Hope you enjoy

[@Stampcrafter1]

I watched this video yesterday and you inspired me! I did one batch in the dehydrator and tomorrow I'll slice up another one and try doing chips. Thank you!

[@starduster6687]

I love the terriaki chip recipie you provided, and after reading many comments here, I will try using dill pickle juice, banana pepper juice, and pineapple juice for batches with my cucumbers and squash. Thanks for opening up possibilities.

[@donnaclements6085]

I SO agree with you about the zucchini and how prolific a producer even just one plant is! And what the grocery stores charge for it is almost heinous! Zukes are every bit as easy to grow as sunflowers! UNLESS! You are trying to grow them in a humid clime. Then they are a little trickier to grow. At least that was the case for me. SO glad to have happened upon this video!

[@cyann410]

I just bought a zucchini today at the store. I sliced them on my mandolin, about 1/16th-1/8th” thin. I put them on 95, will check them in a few hours, and see how they are doing. I have never made them before, so I didn’t know how thin to slice them. I bought your book, and can’t wait to get it ! Very excited.

[@JabberJawz.]

I've been using Tajin for year's. I put it on watermelon, chicken, roasted corn(Elotes, aka Mexican street corn), tacos, fajitas, fish, pork, fruit

[@LindasPantry]

I love dehydrating zucchini and I love the chips I'm definitely gonna try the everything but the bagel

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Hope you love it!

[@Angie_978]

Yes! This sounds awesome. I love that stuff!

[@jozeedz9549]

So thankful for this video!! I had so much ch zucchini last year that I didn’t know what to do with it. Definitely making the chips & powder. Maybe, jerky. Thanks so much for your time in teaching us. ❤️❤️

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You are so welcome!

[@deeziemann5478]

Zucchini chips are my husbands new favorite way to use up the zucchini. Making zucchini chips, we have 10 plants, and are using them up as fast as our garden can grow them. Thanks for the awesome idea.

[@Timeflygirl]

This was so helpful thank you! I have oodles of both zucchini & cucumber and wanted to make chips for both...salt n vinegar cucumber chips mmmm! I think the biggest tip I learned in this video was to use the parchment paper...I'm always breaking stuff up trying to get off the metal sheets. Let me know if there are other ideas to help with sticky foods. Thanks!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Fruit leather sheets work even better than parchment, especially for foods that are wet. But yes, for those kinds of foods, use the barrier.

[@Timeflygirl]

Thanks so much!

[@DSSweet33]

I have so much of it !! It grows like a weed! I like to make chips , quiche , you name it , so versatile! Defiantly going to do the powder and jerky!

[@christopherhollinshead2341]

Super informative. Thanks!

[@rosilatrailera]

In Mexico that tahini pw is used on pinapple, watermelon, melons, cucumbers, potatoes, oranges , limes and lemon ...sooo yummy!

[@debras3806]

You got it almost right! I have a Mexican friend who taught me to buy that seasoning and she says it ta-hin.

[@Dutch_Gonneke]

Such an informative video. Thank you so much for sharing! Happy dehydrating from Amsterdam The Netherlands 🌷

[@PAGIrl777]

Absolutely loved your whole zucchini recipes. As a huge gardener Excellent ideas . Thank you

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad you like them!

[@cherylinchrist4826]

Thank you, good tip on 14x14 sheets with no hole🥰

[@tammykellogg6858]

So glad I found this information. You have so many great ideas and I appreciate the links to other good information as well.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You are so welcome!

[@karenshady8129]

We are in Australia, at the end of summer.. we have Ben taken over by zucchini’s… I’m so thank ful to have found this video. I know what I’m doing tomorrow. Thanks so much

[@conniewach7872]

Great job and explaining the process! Thx!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad it was helpful!

[@100BlaQRaok.el_1]

I love the spirit of doing something.

[@nhutchins100]

Really good video. I have been dehydrating for over a decade and learned a lot in this video. I didn't know zucchinni powder could be a replacement for flour and I would have never thought a jerkey could be made. Two thumbs up! Thank you.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad it was helpful! It's definitely not a 1:1 replacement - and can be combined with other gluten-free options for those that need it, but it's a more nutritional way of replacing some flours!

[@ginad3655]

I recently found your channel and subscribed. Love your videos - very informative, great advice and good tips/instructions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on dehydrating... still learning but having fun with it. Will definitely make those zucchini chips, jerky, powder and chunks. Do I need to rehydrate before adding to soup?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Only if it's a quick cooking soup. If it's going to simmer for a long time, it should be enough. But you can certainly rehydrate beforehand if you want to be sure - that's why I should you how I do it.

[@melissanielsen8215]

Thankyou very much, so glad you did this very clear and helpful

[@juneramirez8580]

Wow so many ways to use zucchini! I have 4 big ones just sitting on my counter and a dehydrator I haven't used in years. Now I know what to do with them. And it isn't dropping them at a neighbors door and running! Lol

[@Growmap]

4 more ways to use zucchini: 1) Most people make bread from the large ones. You can also make cake. 2) Use a potato peeler to make noodles as a pasta substitute. I use the large ones of this. Peel all the first part and leave the core. Then saute in oil or boil in water. Top with pasta sauce or stir the sauce into it. Then take the core, slice like a cucumber and eat that on the side plain or with some oil & vinegar dressing. 3) For small ones, quarter lengthwise. Make slices on the top and add your choice of butter or olive oil, flavored vinegar (like balsamic), broil in the toaster oven briefly. You could also use brown sugar and butter, but that works best in round squash like acorn or butternut. 4) Add to potato salad: poke holes and bake, cool and cut in chunks. Add up to 50% in potato salad. Most people will never notice. You can also use other types of squash in all these ways.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

You could do the same with cucumbers. Not kidding. They taste alright cooked among other vegetables. When hard times come our way, we will want to eat anything. Anything edible at all. Because when being hungry, like real hungry, ..... nothing else matters. Nothing.

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

Yeah I've been dehydrating c cucumbers. Really easy. Great for veggies powders to!

[@lynnheffron6905]

@@That.Lady.withtheYarn can you make a drink from the powder or is it too grainy?

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

@@lynnheffron6905 idk yet. But i bet it would be great in a smoothie

[@angelab4652]

Thank you, and hard times are coming for sure

[@jenarutberg9323]

Great info and timely....I just looked up those mesh sheets online that you talked about and will be getting shortly.Thanks! Even my husband is talking about your videos!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robynmorris7945]

Darcy….I am right there with you, my cooking seems to be everywhere!! Thank you for this great video. Again like you, my zucchini production has been a total disappointment…not one has been grown yet..it did have two male flowers on it this morning so hope is still there…thanks again.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Did you do some pruning and some ' special time with the flowers' to help pollinate them? I'm sorry they didn't do well !!

[@robynmorris7945]

Oh , there was not even any thing to prune, apparently like a sulky teenager, just setting there😍. Other plants around it are perfectly happy.

[@amyschmelzer6445]

Squash tend to be protandrous meaning “male first.” Just give it a few days and you should start seeing the females too.

[@theresamcnett9401]

So thankful I found you today

[@jackie9068]

So do l embrace my mess its your kitchen l should be grateful for all the work you are doing

[@jackie9068]

Thank you so much for the flour alternative,

[@daniellemarceaux7937]

So glad that you did this I was gifted 3 big zucchini was thinking wow I can't use them before they go bad and don't have freezer space because I got a lot of black berries that are going to be made in to jam but I remember that you put out a video on doing zucchini so I am happy that I don't have to waste my zucchini and there are so many zucchini muffins that you can eat

[@Ways_of_her_household]

Thank you! I’m dehydrating zucchini today 😊

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Hope you like it!

[@RiceaRoni354]

I just looked for a video from you for this. Thank you.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ashleechan22]

Can't wait to try the Jerky!

[@languagelynnie]

My favourite quote from this video, 26:34: "Summer in a soup all year long".

[@variyasalo2581]

Around San Antonio, people sprinkle "chili powder" on chopped fruit. Before it got so expensive, people used to buy it in plastic cups from sellers at traffic lights or by stores.

[@allencallender2205]

Dried slices hold up much better when added to soup. Fresh slices turn to mush.

[@LauraNielson-b3g]

Thank you for showing so much to do with zucchini.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

My pleasure 😊

[@Mike-hr6jz]

If you want to you take a zucchini slices and then pour rice over it a bed About an inch deep under and then over the top the slices this will dry up a lot of moisture and you can use the rice for something else or cook with it in the zucchini but to take the water out rice works very well especially with some salt then when you put it in the dehydrator it goes very quickly

[@joanneartz1254]

Try tajin on corn on the cob, its yummy. I also use it in soups for a southwestern flair...great with black beans

[@mindyday6279]

The Tajin is absolutely awesome on mango. Trying the zucchini today.

[@cattycee2001]

Tuh -Hene like Bean I used to live in California and we put this stuff on a lot if our fruit. It s amazing on apples and any melons 😋

[@lusnorthernhome3410]

I make zucchini relish, jam made with apricot jello, and chocolate cake, brownies and bread on top of slicing in Thin strips and brushing with olive oil and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake it till crispy. And make lasagna using thin strips in place of noodles.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Thanks for sharing your ideas!

[@toneenorman2135]

Do you coat the strips both sides with Parmesan? Dry in your oven? Sounds interesting. Thank you.

[@jaytee2642]

Oh, that all looks so good! I sure wish someone would drop off a load of zucchini at my front door in the middle of the night...not sure if it would attract javelina, though.🤔 Another Tuber ( Pinball Prepper, I think it was), said that in his town during zucchini season, people know to lock their car doors when they go to church, otherwise they will find a front seat full of zucchini!!😄😄

[@jeanettecusic9430]

Not one wasted zucchini this year. Quart and a half of flour and idea spread to a friend. Already used 1/2 cup. Easy to do.

[@carolmalko615]

Your timing couldn't have been better! I've got zucchini coming in like crazy!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You got this!

[@melissarecord7102]

Last year we shredded and froze it but it took up so much of our freezer space. I think this year will be a drying year thanks to this video.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

If you still have any of that leftover from last year, you can dehydrate it, too!

[@reyannawynters1800]

I've been craving zucchini and squash both and your video shows up 😍

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Well, then I think you need to do it!

[@edythemonroe101]

So I’m guessing that you dehydrate yellow squash in the same way. Or is there anything different I need to keep in mind? You are a great teacher, thanks for your time in putting this video together. I’m in the Adirondacks in New York and have my first real garden at 65 and it is exciting to see the produce and now the fun of preserving it. Thanks.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Exactly the same. Hard squash is a little different - but all the summer soft skin squash can work this way.

[@Tinkerbell31326]

I was told in march i am diabetic. You just gave me a snack thatnlooks yummy Thank you so much

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Hope you like them!!! Try lots of varieties!

[@Tinkerbell31326]

@@ThePurposefulPantry I surely will!

[@haydehabdolahian7691]

My zucchini plant haven’t giving even one zucchini this year 🥲🥲🥲I live in Minneapolis. And boy I love that vegetable and have 100 of recipes for it 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Oh wow!

[@terimckee1984]

Thank you! Such great ideas! Can’t wait to try it.

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You are so welcome!

[@hereiam3658]

I'm a messy cook too! Embrace it ✨️

[@tinashaver2373]

This video came at a great time for me. I needed other ways to make zucchini

[@cherryblossomprincess9985]

Thank you very much for showing the way l can store Zucchini you have a good heart ❤️ to showing it to us

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

My pleasure 😊

[@redlanternhomesteadcathym105]

that was awesome, thank you!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You're very welcome!

[@carols8090]

Love your ideas! Thank you! Would it be easier to place the zucchini rounds into a bowl and shake the seasoning on it, then toss with your hands and place on the sheet???

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Sure - whatever works for you

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Always learn so much. Great video❤❤❤❤❤

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Thanks so much

[@virginiabays6835]

Tried this last night and has worked out nicely! Thank you! Can you continue to add to the storage containers as they dwindle down or best to start again with a fresh container?

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

Yes, but I tend not to do something that's six months old or older with something new.

[@ToniH.-cn8uw]

I didnt think I liked zucchini...but the chips were so GOOD!! .... I am thinking of shredding some for zucchini bread/muffins

[@phyllisclark3896]

Thank you. Cubing zucchini for dehydrating 🙏🙏🙏

[@lorihull9173]

Loved your ideas on using zucchini! Thank you!!!

[@ThePurposefulPantry]

You are so welcome!