This was a fun one to do! It has been a long time since I had Velveeta in my mac n cheese. The #traydividers did it again. You can pick some up at the store! www.freezedryingsupplies.com

@RVingwithG

3 жыл бұрын

I still have to get one ..

@Balaams_Donkey

3 жыл бұрын

Did you delete my plea for help!?

@NatureBetsLast

2 жыл бұрын

Because of tje oil and fat content in the valveta, how long do you think this would last in mylar with absorbers

Please people!! Make your own 'Velveeta'!! Look it up on YT. Cheese, dry milk powder, unflavored gelatin & hot water!

Nothing says awesome 'comfort food' like a homemade mac-n-cheese made with Velveeta.

That beats paying $8 for 2 small servings of Mountain House mac and cheese.

Freeze dried velveeta sprinkled on popcorn would be awesome!!! Now I have to go to store and buy some!!! 😆

I love comments like this cheese is toxic. LOL first ingredients are whey and milk protein. ok it has canola oil and that may not be the best thing but in a world turned upside down situation and you are starving are you holding out for organic carrots or are you going to eat the velveeta? This stuff is delicious and somehow tastes better than the blue box of kraft. it's pretty good in chili cheeseburger mac and cheese too. It's good mixed up with the rotel can too. we keep some of that powdered in the cabinet to make a quick cheese sauce to pour on stuff. or add it directly into scrambled eggs.

@pawsomelabrastead9244

3 жыл бұрын

Too many ppl still think the grocery stores will have food when SHTF...

@angieblackburn9660

3 жыл бұрын

We use it for our potato soup too. Guess I'm a food rebel.

@BrendaBodwin

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, I'm not going to eat the velveeta. I will eat the crappy, even worse for you, powdered cheese in Kraft mac & cheese. I love that mystery powder. 😁🤪🙃

@rachael11

2 жыл бұрын

Velveeta cheese is of the devil, but I would totally eat it. I eat it now. But damn it's gross looking. And how dare you say it's better than Kraft!?

love your videos... quick camera tip. open your Fstops to like 6-9 and see how your focus improves

I made this last night, using your recipe. Most is in the freeze dryer right now, but the small bowl I had last night was the bomb! Not the healthiest, but definitely true comfort food for when the SHTF!

I am picking my medium up tomorrow. So excited. Just retired at 64. Yahoo. I think this will be the first meal to try. Great for camping.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

So many good recipes for camping! Happy retirement, congrats!

Hello from Iowa!! This is awesome! I've been watching your channel for a couple weeks now and planning on ordering my machine this week! Thanks!!

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Amy. We are in Iowa as well.

Just did 8 lbs of Velveeta last week. Wasn't even thinking about macaroni and cheese. Guess ill have to do a noodle run 😆

Ditilini pasta works great for mac & cheese

The FD Velveeta great sprinkled on popcorn I also like adding to soups to change it up .

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!

Those are good looking dividers. I don't like my metal ones, I think I'd enjoy those much better!

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Right on

Keep the FD foods coming, love your channel.

Would be real cool if you could list ingredients, quantities, and instructions in the description, in the video, etc. Thanks.

@DesertMoonBathNBody

2 жыл бұрын

He did during the video. 😀

This is actually exciting to see and learn! Excellent job, thank you for making and sharing this. A lot of good information! 👍 ~Sharon

I watched another youtuber do freezedryed pasta she put a cover on hers when she reconstituted it! She said it made all the differance to the taste and texture!

Awesome....I will make this soon. I note that your meter measures electrical conduction via water....the oil in the cheese may not count. May not good good for 25 years. The Kraft dinner types of pre pack stuff is OK for a fee years....I think my longest has been 5 years.

@sv3931

3 жыл бұрын

Why would your Kraft Mac last _only_ 5 yrs?

@theoldguy9329

3 жыл бұрын

@@sv3931 The cheese packet was clearly not smelling good. I assume it was rancid oil. Oils and fat are the enemies of long term storage.

I picked up some tray stackers from your store today. thanks for the great content!

Thank you so much for all of your videos 👍🏼

Small shell noodles would work great!

Great info. I'm fairly new to this and love the learning

I'm gonna have to give this a try! Looks like a good idea. I did some buffalo chicken pasta and it worked out pretty well, but I was surprised the pasta had a strong chicken taste... and I used penne pasta and also decided it should be a smaller type of pasta.

Great video. Thank you!

Thanks so much for your videos, you have helped me so much, I can’t tell you how much.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Another amazing video thank you for sharing your results and Velveeta it will be showing up in my future and so will mac & cheese now thank you.

GAH!! 1lb 6oz = 22oz not 24. Use grams please. :D Sorry, my OCD went full rage there for a second. Love you brotha.... You're a yuge asset to the freeze drying community. Cheers!

Before freeze drying, why not melt the Velveeta in the milk, and then pour it out and freeze?

Great work…!

Does the velvets have too much oil for long term storage??? That ‘oil’ question is one that Harvest Right has never answered! We aren’t adding preservatives, so how long will this last?

@scoop2591

2 жыл бұрын

Velveeta isn't as greasy as you think. Place a piece of velveeta on a paper napkin or paper towel for a few hours. Not really any grease.

Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻😎

Hmmm I wonder how the frozen pastry sheets that you used to top pies with.. or other store bought things like pilsbury cookie dough,cinnamon rolls, or croissants.. Will freeze dry for long storage.. And how will they reconstitute for use..

G’mornin sir Awesome as always

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

👋

I'm subbed and set the bell. Never get a notification?

just a thought. I powder with a ninja blender that has the dual level blades and it makes a LOT LESS mess. I wonder if I can FD our home made mac n cheese with real cheese, evap milk, and more cheddar on top?

48 oz cooked and drain noodles 2/3 cup of milk 24 oz velveeta cheese *Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, mustard powder to taste/optional

Not sure if it's just me but the video thumbnail looked so weird until I found your pinky finger. 😄🤙🏼

ITS PASTA!

I talked with the BOSS the other day and she actually said to get the Large Freeze Dryer!

@CoolHandLukeakaSgtBilly

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I got the large S/S one.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

👍 congrats!

I wonder if a block of velveeta Blanco will freeze dry like the yellow one did?

Does the macaroni get mushy when reconstituted?

@arednecksgarage

2 жыл бұрын

I did this long before I ever seen this video but I found mine to be chewy but I also personally like it that way I don't like mushy noodles but after being reconstituted it was a little bit more rubbery than at first

Hey Brian great video as always! With the oil in the velveeta how long do you think it will store??

@live.life.simple.

11 ай бұрын

I am not able to give a solid answer on that. There are so many variables, even from user to user. Almost everything will store several years

I want to freeze dry American chop suey. What dry temp should I use?

I know the Harvest Right can freeze dry and vacuum seal, but I wonder if there is a way to use it to flash freeze fish, chicken, beef. This is so a homesteader can package and store in a way to save on packaging; like when you buy a 3 lb bag of flash-frozen chicken breast at the store.

love to see some more meat done in your smoker thingy and then freeze dried. smoked meat yum maybe fish too you haven't done smoked stuff for a long time. . I live on a boat and someday will get a freeze dryer ,so then I won't need a 240 volt fridge and 2nd freezer. but as there more costly in Australia and warranty is much less, its a some day for now, maybe we will get proper warranty like u.s.a some day. thanks for you efforts with these great videos.

You can bag with a paper towel to lessen the puncture possibility.

Hey I’m A new freeze dryer I live in Fl Hurricanes etc. If the power goes off and comes back on within a few minutes. What do I do if I have a load I. Dryer?

Brian could you tell me what moisture meter you use? I don't see one on your site for sale and the ones I am finding says they are used for wood.

Lol @ "pretty good amount of oil in it". Its primarily made from whipped oil proteins added. Now do the bad for me one I like.. the Kraft mac & cheese mystery powder. 😁🤪

I have one question.... Is the "New" oil less pump quiet enough for an apartment ? Thank you !!

@bobjaynes6821

3 жыл бұрын

In a word - yes!

@sv3931

3 жыл бұрын

I have a standard pump; and while I would not want to watch TV in the same room with it, it certainly wouldn't disturb the neighbors.

@truthhurtz2793

3 жыл бұрын

@@sv3931 I appreciate your reply, I really wanted the oil-less pump-but I might have to go with the deluxe-(I guess changing the oil won't be that difficult). Thank you for responding-and Happy Freeze Drying !!!

@truthhurtz2793

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobjaynes6821 Thank you for responding, I really appreciate that !!

@sv3931

3 жыл бұрын

@@truthhurtz2793 It's my understanding that the oil-less pump requires being sent back to the factory every 2 yrs for a factory rebuild. And truthfully, changing oil takes about 2 minutes, no biggie at all. I've had my unit 4-5 months, I wasn't looking forward to dealing with oil changes, but it turned out to be a nothing task...I spent the money I saved on _... food!_ 😉👍 You'll love your FD either way! I've got steaks, spaghetti, and eggs in mine right now.

Is there any reason I could not use cheddar cheese instead of velvetta

@furrykidz

3 жыл бұрын

Cheddar is more oily and sometimes separates. There is a way to make "Valveeta" from cheddar cheese. It works well but I have not tried FDing homemade "Valveeta".

@sv3931

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-bv1ss5nj9b With raw eggs, I add all my spices & spread shredded cheese across the top before freezing. Then FD, and powder the whole concoction to store. I have had no issues with real cheese at all.

When you’re finished freeze drying the macaroni and you want it to be individual macaroni will it break apart without crumbling? Or is that possible?

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

If you are just fd,ing the noodles, they will come apart individually and whole.

HI, Is the conversion for the 300 grams of cheese correct? You said 5 tablespoons per serving which = 70 grams x 10 servings would be 700 grams of cheese needed.

Can I add cut-up hotdogs or is there too much fat?

I don’t like Mac n cheese lol but I’d make this.

Hey everyone is this a medium unit? Thanks

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

LARGE (medium is 4 trays, large is 5)

can you freeze dry evaported milk?thats what i use on mac n cheese

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

I have a video that goes over many types of milks including heavy cream and half and half

Can you use regular cheese? I have an aversion to velveta. It's fishing cheese. My dad used velveta just for fishing and Everytime I see velveta I can smell a smelly fishing tackle box. Yetch!!!

IDK if you'll see this @Retired at 40 but HarvestRight has dropped the ball. We purchased the medium unit through your affiliate link. It arrived quicker than expected, no problems. But we fought no vacuum pressure for two days. Finally discovered the door gasket isn't sealing. I mean, like stick your finger in between the door and gasket on half the circumference (which also explained the big puddle of water on the cabinet and floor). Called Customer Service who said "oh just pull the gasket out farther". That worked so we could do the vacuum test. On to the burn in. Oops! No vacuum pressure. Pull the gasket farther out again. I guess we're going to have to adjust the gasket out every time we freeze dry something. Very disappointing!

Isn’t 24 ounces 1 lb 8 oz?

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I'm a space brain

@bhoyt2111

3 жыл бұрын

Freeze drying not freeze drive in

Throw some ham chunks in there for additional flavor and protein

How do you determine how long to freeze dry each item? Or does the freeze dryer measure the moisture and freezes accordingly??

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Freeze dryer adjusts based on you mtorr level. Its not always 100%, so the meter and your eyes and fingers can tell if its totally done.

Is it possible to bake in the Harvest Right trays using the portion dividers? I want to make brownies right from the oven to the freeze dryer.

@PatsysHorses

2 жыл бұрын

On another video Brian says NOT to put them in the oven.

R@40 - Will you ever consider selling tray dividers and silicone liners for the Harvest Right small freeze drier? I’m single, and don’t need the larger freeze driers.

@bc24roxy4

2 жыл бұрын

i asked the same thing a few months ago. he still only has med and large in his store. John in Bibs has a video where he uses stainless steel dividers just like these but they are not cheap. He has a link or mentions it on his videos where he bought his. I haven't ordered any yet. I don't have the name right now.

I bought your green dividers. They are frozen in my food. Do I run them through the FD stuck in my food? Or do I need to heat up my food somehow to be able to get the dividers out? I tried putting on them and they are not moving loose 🤦🏻‍♀️😳

@bc24roxy4

2 жыл бұрын

i just watched the video again and he has the dividers in the food when he added to freezer dryer

How often do you use your dryer? One a week or more?

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

This time of year its running almost 24/7

I'm wondering why you just don't "make it" and then divide in trays??

@live.life.simple.

11 ай бұрын

It depends what your end plan with it is and where and how you want to rehydrate

why not just measure out the milk and cheese powder and mix that together then your portions are done just add the cheese thats already preloaded with the milk

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

That was why I included the recipe!

Where do you get the stackers for your trays? They're not shown on the Harvest Right web site!??

@rainspringing

3 жыл бұрын

He mentions his website, which is not the Harvest Right website, a few times and links it. They, and the portion dividers shown, are sold on his own website.

@live.life.simple.

3 жыл бұрын

Www.freezedryingsupplies.com

Anybody else get grossed out by the sound of the macaroni and cheese when it’s being spread into the trays? 😂

Just wondering if there's a specific moisture meter to use? I purchased one for woodworking I'm pretty sure that's not right!! HAHAH 😂

@johnburgin7478

2 жыл бұрын

I tried mine when we first got our machine. Couldn’t get a reading

@rinab4405

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnburgin7478 Perfect,if I hear anything or you we'll keep each other posted!!👍 Thanks for the insight.😊

I know you used hot water, but am wondering if also a little time in the microwave might steam the rubbery bits into submission.

@laurenandreas5950

3 жыл бұрын

This is about “There may not be electricity available to feed your family an item they are used to eating. Maybe it would be healthier to take for camping. Some of us are worried about the food supply in the future…???

don't take this personally, but that is discussing. I did not know people actually eat Velvetta, I thought is was a plastic substitute. Yes, I am a food snob.

A part of my brain cannot help but think that this guy has spent a decade's worth of surplus income to re-create the Dollar Store Macaroni and Cheese Box in his kitchen.

@live.life.simple.

Жыл бұрын

I think you should watch more videos than macaroni and cheese to see the capabilities of a freeze dryer.

So you can't do this with cheddar? Velveeta makes me sick, literally, I'm intolerant of it and a few other cheeses.

@clibtdhxjsnd8689

Жыл бұрын

Boo hoo

I bet the cheese would last 10 years or more.

When you vacuum seal your meals, do you still need an oxygen adsorber?

@live.life.simple.

12 күн бұрын

It depends who you ask. I add them to mine

Pooiy

Great work…!