Preserving Flowers by Hang Drying (Without Losing Color)
Hang drying flowers by is the traditional way of preserving them to use as food, medicine, or decoration. While this method of drying flowers takes a lot longer than using an oven, it works just as...
View ArticleHow to Dry Flowers With a Dehydrator
flower heads on wooden table How to Dry Flowers With a Dehydrator can be read in full at New Life On A Homestead- Be sure to check it out!
View ArticleHow to Make Powdered Eggs Step by Step
transferring dried eggs to mixing bowl How to Make Powdered Eggs Step by Step can be read in full at New Life On A Homestead- Be sure to check it out!
View Article40 Foods You Can Make in Your Dehydrator
If you’re a homesteader, preserving food is an absolutely essential skill. If you want to live a sustainable, low-cost lifestyle, you need to be able to optimize the foods you grow, harvest, hunt,...
View Article10 Foods to Never Dehydrate and Why
Dehydrating food is a great way to preserve it for future weeks, months – perhaps years, depending on what exactly you’re preserving… I love dehydrating herbs in particular, as this makes it easy to...
View ArticleDehydrating Honey Step by Step
I’d never really considered dehydrating honey on the homestead, however, the other day I was gifted a lot of honey and I really wanted to use the five-gallon buckets that it came in for another project...
View ArticleSo, Is Dehydrated Food Good for You?
There are a lot of questions about dehydrated food. Is it safe? Is it healthy? Is it appropriate for long-term consumption? Though naturally dehydrated foods have been eaten around the world for ages,...
View ArticleCan You Dehydrate Jello / Gelatin?
“Jelly and custard again, nana?” Jello is a staple dessert of the Seebregts family, to the point that it’s become a running joke. Of course, that doesn’t stop us from chowing down; why should it? This...
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