This is my Excalibur Food Dehydrator…and I love it! It is a work-horse and has helped me to put up a ton of food in the last 12 years or so that I’ve owned it. Let me share with you a few of the ways I use the Excalibur Food Dehyrdator! First, I need to…
Preserving Food
How to Can Apples for Baking
I LOVE fall, it’s absolutely my favorite season! One of the things I look forward to is the gorgeous harvest of apples in all varieties! We’ve simply got to stash some of that flavor away for winter, so let’s learn “How to Can Apples for Baking”! First, you’re going to need some fresh apples, whether…
How to Make Pumpkin Puree
I know that fall is right around the corner when I start to see those sweet little sugar pumpkins at the store and the farmer’s market! Once I’m finished using them as fall decor, I like to bake them and make pumpkin puree, to use in pumpkin recipes! Here’s “How to Make Pumpkin Puree”! Baking…
How to Dehydrate Tomatoes
The only thing more wonderful that picking gorgeous red tomatoes from your garden, is putting them up for winter! But when you’ve canned and frozen all the tomatoes you need, why not learn how to dehydrate tomatoes? This year wasn’t my best tomato crop. Everyone has years like that. Fortunately for me, I still have…
How to Freeze Cantaloupe
I’ve got to be honest with you. Prior to this post, I’ve never frozen cantaloupe. Cantaloupe doesn’t last long enough around this house to make it to the freezer, or anywhere else for that matter. However, there’s a bit of a “zero-waste” story here to tell that left me with no other option but to…