several years ago i was at the farmers market and one farmer had the most beautiful carrots with more and fresh tops that i have ever seen. I told her i was buying them for the tops, i took them home, dehydrated them and used them all that winter like parsley in some of my veggies casseroles. Of course now I have the chickens who will probably get some of them!

Thanks for showing us how to do this, even us oldies are learning to do food storage. Never too late to learn! Showing how these carrots look after rehydrating them was very good, as many of us have never done any food drying, as a newbie I am very grateful for your excellent method of teaching. You are an excellent teacher.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for making these videos for those of us who cannot afford a freeze dryer. I would also like to appreciate the fact that you speed up the mundane parts of the preparation process instead of stretching it out. And the fact that you get straight to the point and give us valuable content right away the whole time.

I have just discovered you, and I am binge watching you like it's a drama series! 😁 Thank you so much, I'm learning such a lot from you. 😘

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

@js9502

2 жыл бұрын

I go back and rewatch, too! Watching this again as I’m currently dehydrating the chips

I use a stainless kitchen sink scrubbie as a perfect minimal carrot cleaner/peeler. It works great with very little carrot waste.

@sarahjean9873

Жыл бұрын

Genius idea!! Thanks for sharing! (:

@jaytee2642

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!

@michellerickard7771

11 ай бұрын

Perfect! I use a manicure nail brush to clean corn silks off now I have a carrot cleaner

WHAT?!!! I LOVE that chopper/mandolin! Gonna have to look into getting one for my daughter for her birthday along with a dehydrating book. She's really getting into it! Thanks for a great video!

It's just been a week, but I'm deydrating every day / night. And I keep going to your videos for everything, including refresher courses. You are very much appreciated.

Darcy, You Rock! Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge and making it easy to understand.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@lucky0n3

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePurposefulPantry what takes your videos to the next level is showing us HOW to use the finished product; in this video, I especially appreciate you showing us the rehydration process!! I can't tell you how much of a difference doing this extra step makes. (P.S. do you have a video on dehydrated mirepoix and how to rehydrate for use?)

Thank you for your videos! I dehydrate homegrown carrots, but never thought to do the tops. Your videos are awesome!

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I am a very new subscriber and so happy I found you. I just received my dehydrator yesterday. I to am binge watching and will start my first batch tomorrow. You are such a wonderful teacher I feel I have been taught well. I'll be 65 in Oct ( you can always teach a dog new tricks ,just might take me a little longer). Thank you so much !

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@tiffcat1100

Жыл бұрын

I’m also 65 in Oct & just bought a dehydrator ;)

I've come to really enjoy your Saturday afternoon dehydrating videos and look forward to them. That doesn't mean I'm demanding them, ha! Thanks, and take care

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Aww - I'm so glad!!!

So funny. I am dehydrating carrots this week. Thank you for doing the different experiments for us all. ❤

Thank you Darcy, a friend recommended your channel to me and I've learned so much! Favorites so far are tomato chips, apples, and frozen peas and carrots 😊

Thank you so much!! You are a fantastic educator, very detailed and cover everything step by step!!! Fantastic video!!!

I dehydrate carrots & greens for my rabbits for winter snacks they love them also helps keep there teeth filed down.

Thank you so much for all your tips. I am so glad I found your channel.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I’m happy to find you, been watching old videos all morning & taking notes

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Omgosh! I'm so glad I found you! New to your channel and I subscribed! I love how you thoroughly explain and present everything!

Wow! I did not expect them to bounce back like that! Looks like every time I’ve used dried veggies in the past I did not allow them to soak long enough. I’ll be dehydrating more soon after watching this. Thank you!

I love this you are so precious. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.💓

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

You answered all my questions. Thank you.

Yay! I was just hoping you would put up some information on this. Thank you! 🥕🧡

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

That mandolin/ slicer or whatever you call it is awesome!

Thank you.. This years garden is doing great for my Carrots. My other veggies and fruits as well. I will be dehydrating and canning alot this year....

Totally impressive video You provided so much information not contained in other videos. Thanks so much.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you

thank you for being so thorough. it really helped when i was cutting up carrots for snack, dehydrating and fermenting. you are a blessing!

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you this was great for comparison Darcy! Love the mandolin too

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks finally bought new dehydrator this season. Been a long while. Glad I watched think

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Really helpful information. Especially powdering and dehydrated shreds seem the most useful.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Very good demonstration. Thank you

Just started watching all your video's. I LOVE the slicer you used at around 4.30 time. I need to get me one of those!

Thank you, Darcy. I’m about to finish harvesting my first crop of carrots. I’m going to try dehydrate some for sure…plus the tops to add to green powder. Thank you also for the dehydrating fridge magnets that arrived here (in Australia) a few days ago. 😊

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad they arrived!

This was so thorough! Thank you

You are a Godsend! Thank you for doing all the different carrot varieties! Also, please assume that as a newbie beginner, I can take all the help I can get, including safe and efficient ways to wash vegetables. I’m getting into preparing larger batches at some points, hence small scale tools and cooking methods may need to be optimized for efficiency. I’m so grateful I found your channel!

Wow! You are amazing. So much information.

Great demonstrations!

Thank you for a great video with a LOT of great information.

I have just prepared my carrots to dehydrate...My first try! Thanks so much, you have great teaching skills...everything so well explained and demonstrated and with very good visuals to see the end Produkt.

You really do good videos, with helpful information!!! Thank you for sharing!

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

So nice of you!!

Just recently got into dehydrated foods for our family and doggies. It is only week 2 and loving my Corsiri! Not to mention it’s hurricane season and I’ve been through loosing all our frozen food😢. I can’t wait to go through your older videos and learn lots more!! Thank you❤️

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

Let me know anytime I can help!

Getting my dehydrator tomorrow. Love your channel ❤️

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Using frozen has worked best for me! I just bought a slicer like yours, and it is great

Thank you for all your info!

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I have recently subscribed to your channel and it is awesome, so much useful information. Thank you for your contribution to food preparation, processing and storage. I'm looking forward to learning more from your channel.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome

Thank you Darcy 😊 Carrots will be my first dehydrating project this week. I'm going to make a big batch of shreds. To me the intimidating part of dehydrating is conditioning...and getting it right...no mold ! Thank you for your awesome videos.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

How did they turn out??

Thank you! I'm so excited to subscribe & learn more. This week we got a dehydrator & a food grinder.

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

YAY! Let me know if you have any questions!

So informative, thank you so much. So happy to have found you.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

I have 5 lbs. of organic carrots and beets coming in Monday and I plan to dehydrate. So I was glad to see this. On a side note, yesterday I dehydrated precooked (pressure) shredded chicken and then dehydrated at 165°. The shreds seem to dehydrate pretty fast! The problem I have is that the shreds are so crispy they deflate the FoodSaver bags! 😲. I lost numerous bags. I didn't figure it out right away. I had to put the shredded chicken in little brown Duro 2 bags then into FoodSaver bags.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - it's why I don't recommend vacuum bags for dehydrated foods - chicken's not the only thing that will puncture.

Thank you. So happy I found your video. Learnt lots of stuff ... the carrot tops, did not know. RE storage, I started to change over my storage jars from ordinary glass to Miron Glass for extended storage with little or no loss of nutritional value. I mainly store herbs but thinking of venturing into veg and fruit

Love that mandolin!

Muchas gracias 🙏 por este fantástico video lleno de valiosa información, me encanta y estoy comenzando , y me emociona mucho ver las varias opciones que nos muestra, 🙏🙏🙏👍, me fascina todos sus videos

You are a very interesting and good teacher!

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

That mandolin!!!!! I love it!

Great vid like always thank you

Love this video💕

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

Excellent video! I enjoyed it. I did carrots and forgot to blanch. I used them and I didn’t have any problem with them. I now blanch them, but if you forget, I really didn’t think it was that bad. Thanks Darcy! I’m going to shred them next

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

I put powdered carrots and sweet potatoes in the meatballs I canned today. Because I could. ☺️

Thank you so much aapke video bahut helpful hai

Thanks for sharing

This was a great video, thank you. My carrots are in the DH as I write this. Exciting for me. I'm doing mainly to make powder...

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

I think Darcy is a trained teacher. I recognize the technique. Though she won't admit it!

Thanks Darcy! You are a peach!

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

It's hard to believe my dehydrator journey started with this video.

Thanks!

@ThePurposefulPantry

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Madeline..I appreciate that - but you really don't have to ♥ I'm glad you found the info helpful!

I realized while you were doing the blanch/nonblanch comparison why I don't: most of my family aren't fans of cooked carrots. I have been just drying plain to powder for in mirepoix powder and other veggie powder mixes. It just never "hit" me why I do it that way. Thanks for the shreds idea. I have been wanting to make carrot cake muffin in a mug but prepping carrots in the morning is a pain! Now I know better!

@RattledEditor

2 жыл бұрын

mirepoix includes onions so I was curious how you handle them, please?

@cactushermit4274

2 жыл бұрын

@@RattledEditor Darcy has a whole video and blog post on how to make it. Just Google or go to her blog.

@RattledEditor

2 жыл бұрын

@@cactushermit4274 thx!

My first bed gave me 3 dehydrators grated carrots and 19 pints! This bed was carrots that didn’t germinate last September so emagine my suprise when February came and I was going out to clean my beds and saw little carrot greens 😁 but my big mistake was not letting my grated carrots to dry on a paper towel 2 it was raining and the moisture in the air didn’t do my dehydrated carrots worth a flip so 3 dehydrators full I had to just dump them as they just didn’t look right. Will try again with this next bed once it’s ready next month and if still rainy with a lot of humidity in air I am just going to slice them and try again.

Great video. The unblanched floated for a bit because they are just taking longer to rehydrate initially.

Thank you for your videos. I bought a dehydrator a few years ago but haven’t used it much. I’m glad I found your channel. I don’t understand buying food at the grocery store like shredded carrots and already shredded cabbage to dehydrate. I have a large garden and orchard and I have a need to dehydrate for food storage. But just buying it at the grocery store to dehydrate I don’t get.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Not all of have the ability to have large gardens (apartment dwellers, people in rentals, people with disabilities who can't physically do it). So if we want shelf-stable foods to have in our pantry for lean times, for times of crisis (think 2020 or job loss), or any other reasons, purchasing from the store IS one of our only options - specially if farmer's markets are not available. Sometimes, using frozen foods to store is easier because all the prep work is done (all cutting and blanching). I buy preshredded carrots and cabbage on clearance to stock up because the prep work is done and it's much cheaper.

That cutting machine you use is fantastic, wow you won’t have to use the electric kitchen machine anymore.

That is a nifty mandolin.

The intro!!! 🤣🙏🏾❤️

Do you know whether dehydrated carrots can be powdered and then used to make flour for pasta? As in spinach pasta. Seems it would be a great way to do this pasta. Never mind!!! You answered my question already. Yay!!

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can! Doesn't replace the flour, but can be used to color and enhance.

Thank you...

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

How do you NOT pop a few bits in your mouth as you cut/sort? I LOVE carrots!

Ty

@mollyamelia9

Жыл бұрын

Am wanting to use up my carrots and make them shredded for storage. Do I blanch before shredding?

Thank you, Darcy. I love to follow your channel. I am learning to do long-term food storage with my Cosori dehydrator. For me, blaching is the way to go. Just now, for the first time doing raw carrots. Could you please reiterate how long you set the timer for 6 full trays on the carrots? Temperature is at 125*. For how many hours? Thank you again. :)

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

I don't set it for done. I set it so that it doesn't go off ;) Don't go by time, go by whether produce is dry. If you want to set it for six hours to remind yourself to check it, or you want to set it for 18 - it doesn't matter. Veg can take anywhere from 4 hours (depending on how you prepped it) to 12-18 hours.

I love you vidoes

I never knew there was a machine to chop carrots!!!!!!!!!

I like to wash, peel, and save the peels in the freezer for making stock. The tops go in the compost.

Hope you have an awesome weekend! Here are the links to the items mentioned: MAGNET: shop.thepurposefulpantry.com/products/dehydrator-temperature-guide-refrigerator-magnet Blanching Guide: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/how-to-blanch-vegetables-for-dehydrating/ DASH MANDOLINE: amzn.to/3Lf2NRw

I want a mandolin like yours. Ih my gosh

Hi, thanks the informative video. New to dehydrating vegetables. Do you have to rehydrate vegetables before cooking and for how how long? Can it be used without rehydrating?

@ThePurposefulPantry

8 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4FpuceHYsyXd7A.htmlsi=IkHrCljdLN5bqPT6

I enjoyed your video I haven’t watched many this is my first of yours I just wanted you to know that I enjoyed it and I appreciate you taking the time to show us these things I am very excited because I felt like the shredded carrots was such a great idea I just have a question do you have to rehydrate the shredded carrots before you use them in baking and other recipes thank you I am blind and sometimes make mistakes thank you

@ThePurposefulPantry

9 ай бұрын

For baking, yes. For soups and casseroles, no need.

I use my mixer to shed carrots and I don’t blanch before dehydrating

You are such a great teacher. I appreciate you for teaching and sharing so much knowledge. Thank you!

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

I looked but didn't find. Do you have a video on DH broccoli? I was just given a huge bag and would love to dehydrate all of it...

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

No, but I do have a blog post (I haven't recorded all of my posts, yet. www.thepurposefulpantry.com/how-to-dehydrate-broccoli/

I need that chopper! Where did you get it!!!???

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

It's in the description box - it's a Dash Mandoline. I still prefer a regular one because this one isn't perfect, but I thought I'd show using it. Here's my Amazon affiliate link for it: amzn.to/3xOaie9

What the brand of stand up chopper ate you using. I am looking for one. Reading reviews right now. TY

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

It's in the description box - Dash

I want that Mandoline!! Where did you get it??

@ThePurposefulPantry

Ай бұрын

Amazon: amzn.to/4bFbtgN (This is an amazon affiliate link)

Where did you find that nifty chopper to keep hands safe from mandalin that looks easier than mandolin

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

I don't like it as much as a mandoline for cleaning (it's a pain to clean), and some things don't work well it. The link is always in the description box. Amazon: amzn.to/3EZ0LCN

Some vacuum sealers can be used on large mouth jars. Would this be ok for long term storage?

@ThePurposefulPantry

9 ай бұрын

Yes - most can do large and regular mouth with the proper adapters.

What dehydrator would you recommend. My Nesco, round one. Took over a week to dehydrate tomatoes.

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

www.thepurposefulpantry.com/tips-for-buying-a-dehydrator

Hi Darcy , do i have to condition the carrots before i make power?? And then do i have to place it in a warm oven before storing? Thanks Mary T.

@ThePurposefulPantry

6 ай бұрын

It is suggested - specially if you are new to dehydrating. But no, you don't HAVE to. And yes, condition the powder after for best storage.

Hello 👋 I had purchased some #10 cans of carrots .. how would I go about dehydrating them? Thank You 🙏

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Watch the video - shows you how

Do you have a link for those liners you are using on your trays? If not what are they called?

@ThePurposefulPantry

4 ай бұрын

There is always a link in the description to my Amazon store where I list all the tools I use: www.amazon.com/shop/thepurposefulpantry

Could you dry the peels for powder?

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Then you wouldn't need to peel in the first place. It's up to you do it or not.

Thank you. Question ... How long are the oxygen & moisture absorbers good for when used. I reside in FLA. I have central air but as you know, Fla is quite humid. Thank you.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

Until they aren't. There's no 'time frame" If an O2 absorber is exposed to oxygen, it's used up. If a moisture absorber absorbs all it is going to, it's time to recharge it (the color changing variety helps with this a lot). You'll have to look at particular manufacturers' packaging to see what they give as 'shelf-life'.

@watchmanonthewall6962

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePurposefulPantry wow, that was quick! I have never done this before. My first dehydrator will be here this coming week. So, why I don't understand, is when you are using the carrots off and on in the jar, how often do you change out the moisture absorbers and how do you know it needs changed?

Great idea! Does it taste strongly of carrots, or do you think you could blend it into mac n cheese?

@ThePurposefulPantry

Жыл бұрын

Do you already blend cooked carrots into your mac n cheese? Then powder will taste the same :) Rehydrate it first and get it to the consistency that you want, and use it the same way you'd do cooked carrots. If you want to sprinkle powder in as a booster, then start small and work your way up until you get to the point you want it.

Do you have a dehydrating method for lettuce and if you do where can I find it?

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2lhrJSGk7iymbg.html

I don't see your meals in a jar connection above??? Would love to see it - have lots of carrots and more ideas is always a good idea.

@ThePurposefulPantry

2 жыл бұрын

www.thepurposefulpantry.com/best-meals-in-a-jar-recipes/