Try not to eat a whole pan of these... I DARE YOU! These would work perfect with the #traydividers from www.freezedryingsupplies.com

@thebow2626

2 жыл бұрын

Might have to take you up on that...can't wait for the cookbook..!

I mix my milk, protein powder, peanut butter powder, yogurt, flax together in a bowl then stir in the cereal and pour it into the pan. I just ordered and received the dividers and used them, they are amazing, thank you.

@TacticalPoppins

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering why he didn't use the dividers also. I think it will be way easier with them! I LOVE Mine!

I made my breakfast bars with granola, yogurt & berries. Next time I'm going to toss in cocoa nibs & maybe some nuts. Great video & thanks for sharing.

@sharonmetzner1798

3 жыл бұрын

Yummy!! We’re you able to cut into bars?

@ghermansizer

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharonmetzner1798 I suppose I could have but I just broke it into manageable sized chunks and ate it just like that as a snack

Thank you for this. My wife's diet is extremely limited due to allergies and sensitivities. She is about limited to eggs, corn, berries, almond milk and not a lot else. Using Corn Chex and strawberries with almond milk will fit the bill for her to have a fun treat. I'm always looking for new ways to remake the same old treats and this will hit the mark. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

Have you tried freeze drying whole dry roasted peanuts then grinding them after freeze drying to make your own peanut powder?

See you at MeWe!!! Thank you for everything you do and share with us! 🥰

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

👌see ya there

My great grandchildren will love these.

John in bibs froze cereal in granola molds, then put the frozen bars into the freeze dryer. That seemed to work great for keeping the bars together.

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

I use our dividers, that way there is no wasted space on the tray.

PB2 is actually just peanut butter mixed with Tapioca maltodextrin, which is a starch that traps fats and is dissolves in water. It could actually help out a lot when freezedrying fats and its fairly inexpensive.

@ms.anonymousinformer242

2 жыл бұрын

If you don't care about your health.

I’ve experimented quite a bit with the FD, but this is completely new and exciting to me! I can’t wait to give some combinations a try! Thank you.

Take the peanut butter and in saucepan cook it for about 10 minutes take it out and drain it 97% of the oil . put it through a cheese cloth

I made some with homemade cinnamon apple sauce with hostess powdered donut cereal. The kids loved it

Thanks! I was just trying to figure out how to do this in my head last night. Just ordered my fd a couple days ago! Making a list of what I want to try first. 👍🙂

2 possible ideas for freeze dried peanut butter: 1) freeze dry the peanuts themselves or 2) when I buy pure kraft peanut butter, there is a layer of oil at the top --- what if you took this oil out and freeze dried just the peanut butter underneath? I wonder if there is a way to separate the oil even further?

Awesome! I ordered my freeze dryer a few weeks ago and I can’t wait to try this. I will try some froot loops as well. Thank you for all the great freeze drying videos. I have learned a lot of tips and tricks and great recipes so when I begin my freeze drying journey I’ll be prepared and ready for anything.

Tapioca maltodextrin is blended with peanutbutter to make a powder, also used to make powder alcohol. Somthing to think about adding to oily FD recipes.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

👌interesting thanks

When I was in the army we got what we called lurps. They were Vietnam long range reconnaissance meals. They were bare bones MREs. So one big entre like chilli etc, multiple coffee packs and a cereal bar. They were like frosted flakes you ran through a car compacter with some extra flavor (mostly fruit flavors if I remember correctly). The cereal bars were awesome!.id guess a bowl of cereal in the size of a granola bar.

I tried them before with just cereal and applesauce (delicious) but it looks like it’s time to try it with milk next 💜

Thank you, great idea.

These combination are awesome. They look so nice.

Thanks for adding the MeWe group now if I can figure it out. I am seriously computer illiterate.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

HEHE! It's pretty simple once you get going.

This is an awesome idea. Time to make another trip to the grocery store

Brian try taking Cheerios mixed with yogurt …make wet inoperable to spread you can’t add to much. They hold together nice and delish

For what it's worth, multigrain Cheerios and whole strawberry milk... oh my gosh. Am noticing that whole milk does much better at holding the cereal together than 1%.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, that's why the choco did better i think.

Thanks for the video Brian - looks like a fun experiment.

Ever tried cereals without Trisodium Phosphate?

Out of curiosity, have you ever tried using molds (like silicone soap molds) for freezing the bars and then pop them out and place on the sheet for Freeze Drying? It would eliminate the breaking up when you try cutting them, but would it Freeze Dry as well?

@thebow2626

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure, I just ran my first bars and the dry time was really wrong maybe the blue berries. I did not cut them, but also I feel I should have pulled some of the trays earlier. They did definitely stick more than I liked especially the lower fat milk. Chocolate milk did do the best but was also wondering about the silicone mats, Have you tried them yet?

Great ideas! Thank you!

I’ve been wanting to do this project but I’ve had so many other things line up for the freeze dryer. Now that I know it will work it is coming to the top of my list.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

so many options for this

I’m gonna try it but put it in a blender to get a more uniform, professional looking bar. Thanks

Seems like this would be a good use of the tray dividers.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

Nice ideas thx.

That there cereal must have that nutritive cereal varnish Clark Griswold invented! Lol that was the first thing I thought of when you said the reconstituted cereal was still crunchy.

Having been watching your videos closely and as I prepare to retire from the Fire Service as a Fire Chief I am looking at this as a hobby and a way to give back to my people. I want to make snacks that they can carry on their trucks for long duration runs for some rehab. My question though is after freeze drying can the product be placed into a blender and powdered then stored for future smoothies?

Can you freeze dry raw cookie dough in scoop balls on trays?

Thanks Brian. Flaxseed not flackseed..... Sorry I had to do it LOL

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand

@cprtrucking7725

3 жыл бұрын

@@live.life.simple. watch your video when you were spelling out things 5:00

Can you freeze dry just the cereal alone and would you use a mylar bag and o2? How long will these last in storage with and without milk. Thank you.

Do we not prefreeze the cereal bars or trays of them?

11:35 as crumbs drop on food

How about freeze drying peanuts and then blending into powder ?

@aep7113

3 жыл бұрын

My exact thought!

One thing I noticed about the PB2 is even though it's power it still doesn't keep on the shelf to well. But I also live in Florida where is extremely humid. So that could be the reason.

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

Humidity makes all the difference in powders

Have you tried to utilize Cocoa powder in any of your attempts? I know the chocolate has been a problem, so not sure if Cocoa powder could be used to solve it.

I see that you’ve added strawberries and the other blueberries. How could they be done in 20 hours? I thought they take at least 30+ hours. Looks great.

Would like to know if eating freeze dried food a lot without constituting good for you?

Are you pre freezing these first or just adding to the freeze drier?

@mb-sz3lo

2 жыл бұрын

I just came to ask this. From the video it looks like you go straight into the freeze dryer ?

How would you store these for long term. Great video and idea! I’m new and would like to try this to send to college in August with my kids.

@live.life.simple.

29 күн бұрын

If fully dry, put them in a mylar bag or Mason jar with oxygen absorber

@JenniferClements-vw6yf

29 күн бұрын

@@live.life.simple. I made some, but I’m sure I did something wrong as they stuck to the pan and just crumbled when I took it out. It did taste good, but would love to have had actual bars. Any suggestions?

Try mixing the the powdered peanut butter with the milk before you pour it.

Question now is.. What is the shelf life if it were sealed in a mylar bag?

Could you just mix that peanut butter with the milk and then pour it in all in at once I would think you would get a better dispersement

HAVE YOU TRIED TO PUT EVERYTHING IN A BOWL THEN PUT ON THE TRAY?

Could you maybe use your egg separator dividers for the cinnamon toast crunch bars?

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

Curious how long you have had your freeze driers and if you have had to replace the pumps yet. I want to get one but trying to decide which one! Great channel and great content!

I hope you move to Parler

Is it a good idea to mix it in a bowl 1st? How about yogurt in them?

What settings do you use ? Do you put a freeze on them? If so how long thank you

@live.life.simple.

8 ай бұрын

pre freezing would be helpful, as usual. No settings adjustments

Did you use any certain temperature to make this

Could you rehydrate with milk?

Have you tried freeze drying nuts then turn into powder?

Could your pre-freeze these?

Ok I tried the Cheerios, Chocolate Milk and Strawberries this was so dry I couldn't hardly swallow it. What did you do to help with that?? I may try yogurt and see if that is better. It had good taste just was super dry and without something to drink you could not swallow it.

What temperature did you run those on?

I noticed you have a monitor connected to your wall plug to measure electrical use and time spent per each batch. What is brand and where did you obtain. Thanks.

I just had a thought, what if you dry peanuts then blend them and add sugar or stevia? = PB2?

How did the raisins do. Did they dry all the way?

i know since you got your freeze dryer, you have forgotten what people use to do. Its called dehydrated..with low heat, and then ground. that is what they did to make your powdered peanut butter.

Have you seen the chocolate PB2?

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

No but it sounds good!

Why not mix the PB powder with the milk before incorporating? I'm going to try these for snacks to take camping, and to take to the woods while hunting.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

energy bars, breakfast bars, Maybe yogurt bars hmmm.... damn them look much gooder

The PB2 could be crumbled, bagged and made into granola. This would have been a perfect place to use the plastic dividers. Was this made before you had them?

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we had put them into production at this recording. Dividers would work perfect!

Could you reconstitute with more milk?

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

Yes if but I'm not sure it would make that much difference

I bet yogurt would work amazing instead of milk

how do they do layered at the factory

They must of used natural peanut butter and drained off oil before freeze dryer

Can we use any vac oil? $30 per gallon is a lot considering how often it needs changed.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on which pump you have. I personally wouldn't skimp on quality. You can filter and reuse oil for a very long time. A gallon could last years in the premier pump

So, Idea and did you think of this, if you put a silicone mat down on the bottom to keep some foods from sticking, could you then, say for your weighted needs put on top and then freeze, don't know if you want to leave the mat on when you pop in the machine, but it might help to start

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Silicone mats work well. We sell them in our store and will soon be selling Teflon mats as well. Http://www.freezedryingsupplies.com

@thebow2626

2 жыл бұрын

@@live.life.simple. love the channel have watched almost all the videos even the storage ones 😁 I did buy your mats, funnel dividers...love them all thanks... As for the mats can you run them in the freeze dryer or is more for prefreezing, I wondered on my cereal bars because the fat free milk really stuck, chocolate and whole did the best. I feel like the dry time took especially long and It was my first run for the new machine which is in the house which has a/c, but wondering if it was because of the blueberries, did you half those or go whole, and curious on the mats if you can run them during the FD process? Thanks, love the channel.

Do I need the pillow for the window?

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

it is not required and HR stopped sending them with their freeze dryers around 2020

Hi there. I’m just getting into freeze drying food. Last year I bought a pharmaceutical freeze drier for making hash. I seen you made a few things that burned on the bottom. (Think it was coffee. Can’t remember lol). I just bought a home unit shelve system which comes with the home unit software. I got that shelving unit so I had more head space on each rack to do food. With the pharmaceutical settings you can set your trays to not get so hot. It’s much more gentle as when making hash it is very delicate and heat sensitive. Just had me thinking maybe you can load pharmaceutical settings on your home unit. I would talk to harvest right. Some of your fails might be successful with the proper settings

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

I can take shelf temps down to 85 on the newest software. There are very few things that would need it changed for almost everything i have done in the last 3 years, but it is handy to have the ability to do so.

Can you please tell me how long this took? I made it and mine did not turn out and they were also stuck to the pan. I did the Cheerios with almond milk. Maybe I put too much milk? Help please because this is perfect to send to college with my kids.

@live.life.simple.

29 күн бұрын

Use precut parchment paper or silicone mats.

@JenniferClements-vw6yf

29 күн бұрын

@@live.life.simple. well that just answered my other question that I posted. Thank you! I was afraid to do that with the liquid.

Would love to join your groups I can’t find them

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

Join our new MEWE freeze drying group: mewe.com/group/5faad29bc033146d6a0ec8ed or Join the Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/retiredat40livelifesimple

PB 2 has fat removed so there is no reason for it to not FD in anything.

@Ldybugsrus-Nadine

3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere I had read it's the left over stuff from making peanut oil.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

so you get the PB without the fatty stuff, nice

Would they taste better if rehydrated with milk instead of water?

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

I suppose if you wanted the extra fat? The process is removing water, so to maintain the same flavor, I rehydrated with water

@vanessabarnes2169

2 жыл бұрын

@@live.life.simple. You could rehydrate with skim milk. Just a thought.

Is there a reason you used water instead of milk for rehydration?

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

The freeze dryer took the water out of the milk. If you rehydrate with milk, you are getting a double up on milk.

@triviaqueen29

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Thank you! That should have been a ‘duh’ for me, but I will claim innocence because my FD won’t be here til Tuesday 😂

Freeze dried milk comes out powdery. Ive FD'ed hundreds of trays of whole milk, 2%, 1%: its all powder when its done being freeze dried. Aside from your fruit, I'm not sure what else your putting in your cereal trays to keep it as "bars." I replicated your cheerios/fruit/milk experiment. The results were a powdery mess, not bars. Only pieces that held together were ones that had a banana piece in it. I'm really curious what else your adding.

@newenglandteaco5913

3 жыл бұрын

I love low fat vanilla yogurt on the bottom - but it has to have a touch of cool whip in it - then layer with your favorite cereals 🎉

@emilys7010

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine that the milk breaks down the edges of the cereal pieces so that the gluten becomes more sticky thus allowing them to stick to each other. If you ever leave cereal in a bowl (no milk left) for a while then try to wash it, you'll know they're practically glued to the side of the bowl. I think that's what would happen here

Why not just mix it in a bowl first?

I literally googled freeze dried cereal last night and there was nothing...

@Clatry.Luvs.

3 жыл бұрын

Watching this video this morning got me going. I switched up the Special K for Honey Bunches of Oats and Honey nut cherrios adding strawberries bananas and blueberries just as Brian did in the video. Just in time what a great idea!!! I just put them in the freeze dryer can't wait to see the end product!

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

😄

If you sell that don't eat over your product.

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

I don't sell my food but thanks for the lesson in manners mom👍

Your vids are great, but PLEASE pull the mic off ur collar when u chew the crunchy. Ok can't watch any more right now

Hey brian! Buy bitcoin so you can STAY retired :) your welcome !!!

I’m addicted to your videos and reviews 🥲