With a predicted windstorm looming, I cleaned out our freezers and consolidated them so we wouldn't lose anything if the power went out, which was a good thing, as we lost power early Monday morning for quite some time. We had bags of frozen berries that we had grown and picked on our homestead. They… Continue reading Out Of The Dehydrator: Handcrafted Fruit Leather
Tag: Dehydrated
Commercial Meal Review: Two Vegan Paella Meals
There is a growing (though still not big) market for vegan and plant-based backpacking meals. The two companies in this review both make vegan/plant-based meals. Nomad is also gluten-free, while Firepot offers meals with gluten (pasta). The difference between the two companies is how the meals are dried for long-term storage. Firepot is one of… Continue reading Commercial Meal Review: Two Vegan Paella Meals
Commercial Meal Review: Farm To Summit Meals
There is an odd take in the world of hiking/camping/outdoor meals these days. You are either a freeze-dried or a dehydrated company. This is just an oddity I have noticed. It used to be that companies often interchanged ingredients - and most companies still do. Dehydration is having a bit of a renaissance in what… Continue reading Commercial Meal Review: Farm To Summit Meals
Air Fryer Dehydrating: Fruit Leather
A friend of mine on our island, Wendy, has had an ample crop of huge raspberries, so she was looking for ways to preserve them. She decided to try fruit leather and use the dehydrating cycle on her Instant Pot Vortex Plus Air Fryer. She had a couple of extra trays, so she could do… Continue reading Air Fryer Dehydrating: Fruit Leather
Food Find: Ramen Bae
I had a "fun" weekend two weekends back. I stepped into a hole our chickens had dug on our homestead and fell hard, landing on my left arm. After a 7-hour ER adventure, I was released in a splint and a sling. And on a lot of painkillers. I am at Day 12 now, and… Continue reading Food Find: Ramen Bae