You can use lemon powder and orange powder for so many things! Freeze dried lemons and oranges an also be helpful if you get creative! Add it to your water, make lemon bars, OJ for camping, make your own lemonade packets with Mylar, the list goes on forever. If you are FD'ing these, make sure you are stocked up on parchment paper from our store! Happy FD'ing www.freezedryingsupplies.com

@KatWilton

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about, perhaps, getting some moisture absorbers to put into the mason jar when I have open products like this (or like my homemade stock powder). Do you use them, and do you think they'd be helpful?

@michaelahamanncorreia9132

2 жыл бұрын

Have a look at RoseRed Homestead. She posted about what she uses her different lemon powders for just a couple of days ago. You might get even more inspired…

@michaelahamanncorreia9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanmaco me too. Planning on doing her carrot powder to mix into kids’ food soon. They’ll never know what happened 🤣

@michaelmorris1802

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you think he got the idea for this video… stolen from Pam.

@RVingwithG

2 жыл бұрын

DO YOU THINK I COULD RUN A FD IN MY UPSTAIRS APARTMENT?

One thing you can do with just citrus peels is put them in a jar and cover with vinegar, let sit 6 weeks and you have your own citrus cleaner. Thanks for sharing.

@jobecki

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you don't have to freeze dry it either

@donnaeubank7830

7 ай бұрын

Tried that but molded quickly 😢

why not FD lemon alone and mix in sugar after dry?

Something I have learned from living in Amish country is that the Amish can make a gallon of lemonade from 4 lemons. They lightly boil the lemons first. This increases the amount of juice they get from each lemon. It would be interesting to try that before adding to your Vitamix and freeze drying to see if it increases the amount you get in return.

@ME-rv1pw

2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t, he already put the whole lemon in the blender so there’s no place for any juice to be left behind

@alireid5874

2 жыл бұрын

Boiling also destroys the vitamin c

@thenextlevel2888

11 ай бұрын

How do you get the lemons to not turn dark purple in Mylar storage? I have processed several batches and they all turn.

Stevia is usually processed with maltodextrin to extend and make it uniform in consistency. Also if you weigh the orange juice before you pour it onto the trays. Then you will know exactly how much water to bring the powder back to original reconstituted state. You can develop a formula for exactly how many tablespoons of powder to the right amount of water.

I save all citrus fruit zest. So many things to do with it. Making limonchello being one of them.

Just a cutting tip ... put a sheet of paper towel on the area you use to place your cutting board on then put no more than 1/8th cup of water on the paper towels then place your cutting board over the towels. Press firmly on your board to test to see if the board STICKS to the paper towels.

Blending a whole lemon skin, seeds and all with two cups of water does wonders for a fatty liver. I freeze dry and powder them and with a bit of sweetener it makes a passable lemon smoothie with benefits.

@Universalhealing-bo3ir

Жыл бұрын

We all watch dr. Berg lol

@Lewisusa11

11 күн бұрын

I have been doing the liquefied lemon per Dr. Berg, but now I am going to freeze dry lemons, limes and oranges and then powder all together and add 2 tbs to my flask everyday!

That last comment was such an important one. You’ve got to get organized, before you start packaging all of your freeze dried foods. Thank you for this video I really appreciate it.

Great idea. Maybe make some spice blends like lemon pepper, orange clove.

Love your video You are an inspiration to us all in the freeze dry world God bless you and your family 🙏🙏🙏

Your method may actually increase bioavailability of nutrients by utilizing the peel and white pith. The pith, a bioflavonoid has a somewhat bitter taste. If you could not taste the pith or peel in your reconstituted juice then this is brilliant! Hence, fortified fruit juice! I will be carrying my lemonaid packet with me to dine out. I always drink water to avoid sugar and caffeine. This is perfect! Thank you!

The zest of the lemons and oranges can be put into vodka to make extracts, the same way you make vanilla extract

I have a Blue Alpine -SOO fab FD. my lemons are wonderful!!

I find that you can avoid the bitter stevia taste if you steep fresh, dried, or freeze-dried stevia leaves in hot water. So when you have that option (as opposed to using stevia powder packets), you may want to steep stevia in boiling water, let it cool, and then use that water for your OJ or lemonade when blending in your blender. (Using stevia this way when making tea or french press coffee is top notch!)

@janicegebauer2842

Жыл бұрын

Wondering how it worked out to use the steeped stevia to replace some of the water? I tried steeped stevia with store-bought lemon juice concentrate and found it very sticky …I probably needed to extend the dry time!

@religionisapoison2413

Жыл бұрын

With that logic you could just make stevia concentrate right?

@yvettejones3977

7 ай бұрын

Is there a way to make lemon drop candy?

You can also make lemonade with apples instead of sugar or stevia. I think I remember 4 apples to 1/4 lemon from a juicing machine recipe.

Ooooh! Some mint in that lemonade would be delish!

Ohhhh Just what I need I have a Meyers Lemon Tree and have to Juice and Freeze a Ton Using up lots of Freezer space..... 2 weeks and my HRFD will be here just before lemon season

I'm going to FD some limes. My husband uses so many limes when he's brining, smoking and BBQing meats. Adds such a great flavor. Thanks for the inspiration!

Hi. I just got medium size freeze dryer. I completely new to this experience. Glad I found your channel. What you can reccomend for someone like me with no experience in it to make meal prep? Thank you.

I love it ! Thanks for sharing !

Awesome! Thank so much 😊

Very good I love it thank you so much

Wow what a nice fast stir in lemonade.

Very interesting.

Thank you

This is such a great thing to do. Nothing like fresh lemonade while hunting in the back country. Thanks

Thank you for this experiment and time taken to share this informative video much appreciated…stay blessed

It looks like having some pith (the white part) with your zest makes the flavor pop. Perhaps instead of using a micro-grater to zest your fruit, use a veggie peeler and allow some of the white to be peeled off, too. Then you can just buzz that in the food processor to get the powder. Also, for the juice - the orange juice, anyway - I'd "zest" the peels first, and THEN use the fruit in the Vitamix. That way, there's less waste. You might also pop a TB of the zest in with the OJ powder to help "pop" the flavor.

Very interesting. Thanks. My AF has a dehydrator function, so going to try that with some lemons from my tree. Thanks a bunch. Naturally I’m a subbie

I freeze dried fresh stevia leaves. Does great. I have a jar full of powder. Seems to be more intense in flavor so go easy.

Lemon zest is awesome. I actually use a small hole cheese grater and get bigger chunks of lemon. We keep a jar in our cupboard and use it in lots of things.

Just took some out today .The Steva is just any other green leaf fast and easy.Did a garden clean off

GREAT VIDEO !!! .. been looking to try this with lemons and oranges once my trees produce !!!! lol

Sugar beets and sugar cane are plants that grow in the ground also...

Oe this thankyou

Nice

I am going to freeze dry lemons and limes and oranges. I love my freeze dryer. Wendy🙏🏻🇺🇸

Another good video. Love the way you keep trying out new ideas with the FD. I don't have a FD yet ... but hope to have one before the fall harvest in 2022. Currently living in a 5th wheel while we're getting permits to cross a creek on our property and build out new house. Once we get the house built I'll have space for the FD ... building a space into the plans.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

After making some fire cider I had a lot of orange, grapefruit and lemon rinds left. Instead of throwing it, I dehydrated it (prior to freeze dryer) and then powdered it. I was surprised at the amount of flavor. And it mixes nicely with water, a little sweetener and that a good drink.

Thanks for the video. Yes, work quick, or make sure the room you're working in has NO humidity in it (I might move the dehumidifier into the kitchen next time).

Have you ever tried Meyer lemons for your lemonade? They are a little sweeter of a lemon and have a wonderful flavor. Also could you use food grade silica gel packs with your powders so that they will absorb any moisture?

Cool video

Thank you for another excellent video. Has anyone tried apple juice?

Love your videos. Try this. Take your lemons or oranges and juice them. Pick out the seeds and pour in an ice tray Once frozen put on your trays and freeze try right away. Have a blessed day !

@live.life.simple.

11 ай бұрын

Will do thanks for the info

Have you ever tried agave nectar with the lemons for the lemonade? I just wondered if that would work instead of stevia ?

What do you think about using date sugar for the lemonade? I have to get one of these freeze dry systems

The white stuff contains some really good nutrients!

You can use your freeze-dried peels/rinds in your garbage disposal to fresh it up. You just need it frozen, not necessarily freeze-dried.

How do you think the lemonade would do with xylitol? I haven’t tried anything with xylitol yet but I prefer it over stevia.

What would be best temperature for heating and freezing the liquids?

I did lemons and limes as juice they did absorb moisture from the air way to fast. It caked up in my jar with an oxygen absorber. Thanks for the video ...this gives me a lot of ideas :)

@ceepark114

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe after freeze drying the liquid you could put in dehydrator for a few hours to take any residual moisture out.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

Once something is powdered, it does alot better. I put the ones in this video back in and then powdered. We have been using them with success so far

A lot of the compounds in zest that gives it the “zing” are water-soluble, so end up in the ether during the freeze-drying process.

I would love to know if freeze drying stevia takes away the grassy taste. I've got two stevia plants growing.

I would like to get with you on some ideas I have for freeze derided products

For those of us considering a freeze dryer, it would be nice to see how you store these items.

@live.life.simple.

21 күн бұрын

fully dry, blend powders before storing and go into Mylar or Mason jars with an oxygen absorber.

Blue moon. Haven’t drank that in awhile lol.

can you freeze dry just plain lemon juice? I have a lot of frozen lemon juice cubes

Wondering… I had picked up a “steam juicer”. I’m curious if the concentrated steamed juice like apple, grape, pomegranate, etc would freeze dry well? It would be a delightful game changer to add concentrated juices in a powdered form to my long term storage in Mylar rather than as a liquid in mason jars. Your thoughts? Thank you!!

Your lemons and oranges look really good. Hard to find that quality around my hometown.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

We have pretty bad fruit and vegetable selection around here as well. I get veggies from farmers markets, relatives and our garden but for fruit, I have to drive to the city.😬

@avibhatt2013

2 жыл бұрын

Whole Foods seems to have the best organic oranges grapefruit and lemons I find. I watch the sale flyer and just buy whatever fruit is on sale, like organic navel oranges CDN$2 per pound.

@grandmatuesday1184

2 жыл бұрын

@@avibhatt2013 the nearest whole foods store to me is 3 hours away. I get it while I'm in town and agree they are awesome.

I just put a tray of Stevia leaves in the FD. I'll let you know how it comes out 💚🌱

@jasonlist3253

2 жыл бұрын

The best way to save stevia and get pure sweetener is by tincture. It lasts forever as well, but excited to hear how it does freeze dried. Keep us posted. 😁

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

If you are a member of one of the groups, please post your results

Can freeze dried lemon slices be reconstituted with sugar water or stevia water?

Did you quarter the oranges with the peel for the orange juice?

Do you know how well coconut sugar does in the freeze dryer?

If you make your own cranberry sauce, add some orange zest to that and a little juice. It's really good. Have you ever tried FDing CB sauce? I was thinking of cooking them down, but not adding sugar, just some orange zest, and then rehydrate and add sugar then. I doubt you'll get good results by FDing the berry as a whole. Keep up the great work.

@ml3110

2 жыл бұрын

I've been thinking about trying that myself. Have you tried it yet?

Brian, I freeze dried lemons but after the process they were still a bit tacky like sticky from sugar they were completely warm no cold spots but just tacky is that normal?

Although I've had great success with freeze drying slices, after I package them in mylar bags, with O2 absorbers, my lemons felt soft. Upon opening, yup-soft, pliable, and darkening. 8 trays gone bad! I can't figure why. Although i worked fast, maybe too fast? Maybe there was residual ice in the slices? Maybe warm the trays longer? I'm stumped.

I subscribed so I'm a newby. Rose Red Homestead recommended your channel. I enjoyed this video. I appreciate you offering the tip about handling the freeze dried items quickly due to the moisture in the air. QUESTION - Do you also dehydrate along with freeze drying? As I don't have a freeze dryer. Stay safe 👋

@lizchattin7016

5 ай бұрын

I am a big fan of Rose Red. She's so smart. I watched her digital canner videos. Glad I found RetiredBy40 too.

For the vege chips, What about Hidden Valley Ranch powder? Or your garlic or onion powder? Lemon powder?

have you tried coconut water already? thank you

What would happen if you juiced them and froze them into cubes and then freeze dried the cubes?

I use a peeler on them and leave out to day by themselves and then blend for dried zest

Curious.. if you do just the juice, no water, no sweetener, will it rehydrate with active citric acid, so you could use it to prevent discoloration of other foods, like, bananas, peaches, or, even potatos?.?. 🤔

Great video! Can you make quinine from powdered lemon and grapefruit??

@essentialoilswithlucie93

3 ай бұрын

I am thinking of FDing my already made quinine. Have not searched yet if anyone has done this.

I use a vegetable peeler when I want the peal but no pith.

Apparently eating lemon with the skins is very healthy. Started it and it leaves a refreshing taste in your mouth. I just cut the slices into about 12 pieces. Would freeze dried lemon pieces in water work like normal lemon? The water seems to lessen the sour of the lemon

I use a fruit peeler to peel thin slices off the skin the finely cut or you can freeze dry then powder from there. I had to use the peeler when my zester went missing and I found that it’s faster and gives me much more zest than when I use the grater.

How many lemons did you put in the blender for the lemonaid?

Would pondering the freeze dried slices in the Vitamix and reconstituting it with water and Stevia accomplish the same results as the juice mix?

@Mpatient1

2 жыл бұрын

I would imagine so, but you get a lot more oranges per tray blending them up rather than slicing. So if you want a powdered end product do the blending to get more product.

have you tried pomegranate seeds? I love pomegranate.

After you freeze your juice even things you think wii bubble add pc paper on top saves on mess

Can just freeze the juice and add honey after rehydrated?

I would use my j2 juicer no orange peel or lemon peel it makes it the juice bitter the white part has lots of nutrients

Free dried Stevia leaves are not suitable for using whole. Make it very bitter. However you can make a Tincher by soaking the leaves in vodka for 30 hours drainage and then lightly heated and skim off anything that floats to the top until it refuses or I can’t remember The chemical that causes the bitter taste out of the leaves after 36 hours of soaking I’m sure that there is information on the net that I just cannot remember who posted it

Question, it’s good for taste for juice, but FD’ing kills vitamin C correct?

New to freeze drying and I have a question? Why would you add so much water to that lemonade just to freeze dry it off?

Could you use monk fruit powder instead of stevia?

What if you put your citris fruit in an apple peeler and dried it for zest?

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i wonder if u can freeze dry sugar cane juice??? that would be a fantastic solution for sugar. stevia is great also. agave is also a natural sugar liquid. would really like to see multiple attempts at different types of processed sugar. maple syrup and honey. would love to see powdered honey. but honey never degrades or spoils. pharoah tomes that have had honey in them, the honey was still good. 2000 ish years later. im a little over half way on paying my FDer layaway. this will be much better then canning 200 lemons into juice ever year. my tree gives about 250 per harvest.

how to do this without FD and dehydrator? I don't have these machines.

I was asked to freeze dry a bottle of Frenet. It worked but was a pain in the butt to get all the powder out in a timely manner and into a glass container with some silica packets. Very low yield.

I love this channel but I’m always wondering at the end of each video how is the best way to store that specific food. I’m hesitant to try the freeze dryer because I’m not sure which foods can be thrown in a mylar with an oxy pack, and which ones need a different long term storage method. Is there somewhere there is a table for this?

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

I store everything long term in mylar, with oxygen absorber, vacuum sealed.

@wannabefarmgirl9595

2 жыл бұрын

@@live.life.simple. Thank you so much!

orange peel and lemon peel you can get pectin and make marmalad..

Have you heard of the True Lemon/True Citrus brand? It’s just crystallized citrus juices that they put into packets or shakers. Guessing it’s freeze dried. We typically get lemon and lime. There’s no sugar or sweetener added. They do not last forever though. Probably close to a year (sometimes sooner) they will start absorbing moisture, even if sealed and get hard and clumped together.

@julezee6500

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I have a lot of true lemon/lime products I purchased about 8 years ago. I placed them in mason jars with O2 packets and they have stored beautifully. I even bought shakers filled with the various preparation and placed them in mason jars.

I have been wanting to FD Elderberry juice but am afraid of the problem of bubbling up and making a mess in my Freeze Dryer. Has anyone done Elderberry juice in the Freeze Dryer?

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

a lot of times, you can avoid bubbling up by ensuring that the tray is not overfilled. Of all of the cycles I have done, i have only had a handful of bubble overs. Lesson learned

freeze dried fruit zest? Just started the video and paused immediately to comment. That is BRILLIANT!!! I've tried to do food dehydrator zest and it is ok but it was just a bit off. Before I had a freeze drier and just never gave it a second thought. But the heat of the dehydrator even on low heat long dry time just does something to it that leaches the flavor out. Looking forward to watching this. OK going to un pause now and finish the video. Cheers! Edit finished the video.... Wish the orange zest worked better than it did for you. Disappointing but glad the lemon works better I use lemon zest way more than orange. Oh by the way you made lemonade with some sweetener name I am not familiar with.... I think it is what I know as sugar in the raw or am I mistaken? Have you ever tried Honey lemonade? Honey hot water stir till mixed add lemons. I'd be interested how that would freeze dry.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

stevia is the sweetener. It's a plant that is very very sweet

@DeathclawJedi

2 жыл бұрын

@@live.life.simple. Thanks !

@ok2x

2 жыл бұрын

there is also monk fruit as an option

When you said work quickly as they become spongy, I was thinking of putting citrus slices on the outside of a wedding cake. Thinking this through after you said that I became concerned is the frosting going to make it expand and would it even hold for a couple hours on the cake if it starts to rehydrate from the moisture in the frosting? Second question if I have the lemonade powder and I put it in a jar to use as I want it how long do you think the powder would last?

@captainmol0

Жыл бұрын

I think I would just dehydrate the slices for decoration rather than freeze dry them. They look prettier.

One thing I haven't seen is how long once something is opened and the air gets to it will it last? Or do I open a jar then re vacuum it?

@julezee6500

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what you do, the lids on the mason jars will also reseal, you don’t need a new one like typical canning processes.

I love your recipe, but I don’t have a dehydrator, how can I make the lemon powder. Thanks for sharing.

@live.life.simple.

2 жыл бұрын

This is not a dehydrator, its a freeze dryer. There is a large difference in finished product and food quality