by Billie Nicholson | Nov 9, 2015 | Apples, Composting, Dehydrating, Emergency Preparations, Food Storage, Gardening, Preparedness, preserving fruit, Thanksgiving
This is the time we begin to reflect on all the events we’ve experienced during the past year – some good and some which could have been better. Have you had an opportunity to be thankful for some of your preparedness activities? Recently traveling to see...
by Paul Eident | Jul 8, 2015 | Dehydrating, Dehydrating, Herbs
One of the advantages of growing your own herbs is being able to harvest fresh plant parts when you need them. Also, when you grow your own, you can select plants that might not be readily available in the local market. Preserving some herbs will allow their use year...
by Paul Eident | Mar 5, 2015 | Dehydrating, Sun-dried veggies
Use Your Sun Oven® To Preserve Fruits, Vegetables, Dry Fish and Meats Sun drying is an economical method of food preservation. Anything you see dried on your grocer’s shelves, you can dry. If you grow it, you can be assured of maximum freshness and food value....
by Paul Eident | Nov 14, 2014 | Dehydrating, Dehydrating, Squash
When they were in abundance at our farmer’s market, I bought a bunch of summer squash. They are not one of my favorite frozen foods. In an attempt to find an alternative way to preserve them, I dehydrated them in our Sun Oven®. They were sliced in a uniform...
by Paul Eident | Aug 8, 2014 | Dehydrating, Dehydrating, Family preparedness, Fruit, Preparedness, Sun Oven
Today I was listening to a video by Healthy Prepper in which she shared the concept of dehydrating fruit and vegetables at their prime ripeness. She had just purchased many bags of price-reduced items. The groceries were beautiful, just really, really ripe. Studies...