How to Dehydrate Blueberries for Blueberry Powder (OR how to save a dehydrating project fail)
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Watch a complete dehydrating blueberry project fail ... and how I made use of what I might have just thrown in the trash!
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I have been winging this dehydrating stuff for a while and like your videos, this is the first one I've seen that you used a salad spinner. I am so grateful God showed me to use that also! How cool that is that no one's ever said that and you do it! God is good
Holy cow, I JUST commented on your spinach & kale vid and the next one that played was this video and I needed this info too! I'm actually dehydrating blueberries right now to make pemican. Also, making pemmican is a good way to save any berry fails since you have to over-dry berries and meat ANYWAY to make pemmican.
I did blue berries last year I winged it just guessing how to do it. I dried the powder in my oven and that work out good. After watching you I did it right. Thank you Jesus for the leading and guidance.
Great video!! I just got a dehydrator and am watching videos before getting started. I LOVE the idea of putting this into yogurt. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for providing all this info. I have been taking juice plus for years but am pretty sure you are teaching me how to make it. We have access to so many wild berries where I live so will make some powder. The green powders are easy with the garden even in the winter.
Overdried berries would still work for tea, too.
Thank you for taking all of that time to post! Very informative.
I have that same Excalibur model, scored it off FB market place for 20$
I have just brought a huge bagel of frozen blueberries intending to dehydrate today, I didn’t even think about making it into powder Thankyou
Good luck with it! Make sure to protect those trays, though! It will be messy.
Love love love your channel❤️
My new dehydrator will be delivered today! I am looking forward to making powders especially. Ive been binge watching lots of your videos. Thank you!🙏
so excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice video thank you. I use dried blueberries in oatmeal every night. I plan on also trying using a vacuum chamber to split the skins and see if that might work. When I over dry I take a paper towel and wet it with distilled water, wring it out well and then place the fruit in a plastic container with wax paper on top then the towel and close it for a day or two to rehydrate it. Works well every time I've had to do it. Thanks again I like your easy style.
10:26 Yep, that's me right there, looool. 😂😂😂That's why I keep my counters always clean, so I get to pick up anything and not leave any tasty thing behind! 😂😂😂Great video. Veeeeery informative. Keep it up!
My granddaughter bought a smaller size of the Ninja at Target, my intention was to grind citrus peels for using in cakes and meats, so I had dried orange and lemon peels, was ready to ground them, well not only I overloaded the machine I ended burning the motor, sooo disappointing and embarrassing, I had to confess to my granddaughter that after just two uses I had ruined it! Well I found ur channel and boy have I learned tons....one very important lesson....pulse!!!!! when ur using these appliances! I also love to try dehydrating fruits and veggies and I been watching every video u have made as long as I can find them. I was given an air fryer that has a dehydrator build in, I'm going to try it and see how's it turns out! It came with instructions as how to use. Hopefully it will work for me bcze I don't have the money to buy a "real" dehydrator for now. Got a wish list: canning jars, sealer and now dehydrator, in the meantime I'm learning all I can about gardening and preservation, thank you for your videos, I'm subscribe! 🤟🙏💗
Those air fryers are usually good for small quantities as long as they allow the temperature to go low enough not to cook. I'm sorry about your grinder ((HUGS))
@@ThePurposefulPantry It's ok, I got another for Christmas! Lol 😆 And yes the air fryer has a setting for dehydration and included a recipe book for dehydrating fruits and veggies, looking forward to experimenting! Got my spring garden going: potatoes, strawberries, onions, green onions, cherry tomatoes, plump tomatoes, bell peppers, sweet peppers, carrots, lettuce, celery and a pineapple that should be ready by the end of the year, and all done in pots!!!! Small harvest but enough for a few meals! And is sooo joyful!!! Thank you God for all my blessings! 🙏🤟😊
Omg, I found this video just in time... I am starting mine today’
Hope it helped!
Not the Afro comb lmaooo well at least I have another use for my Afro Combs now.
I LOVE Blueberry Powder!!! YUM!
Having it in my yogurt parfait this morning :)
Very well done, concise and extremely informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Your shirt matches your countertop… great video thank you❤
I have found I now put down a plastic placemat then when the powder flies all over ,then when I’m finished I fold it all back in the jar and don’t lose much .
I’m looking forward to making some!
My grandson has autism and like many autistic children, there are very few things he will eat. Very little of what he'll eat is healthy, so I just bought a dehydrator with the intention of making powders (fruit and veggie) to add to foods he will eat. I'm hoping this will help!
It's how we do a lot of nutritional supplementing in our home - green powder, especially!
God Bless You!
Brilliant! Thanks, Darcy. Great way to preserve blueberries for future use in lots of yummy ways. :-D
Thanks, Sunny! Hope you'll give it a try!
You are so smart!
What a great idea for smoothies! Add some green powdered kale and/or spinach, yogurt and some ice and you have a healthy meal or snack!
Thank you
Tithe large blueberries I was drying are now on hour 72! As soon as that is done, into the blender they go.
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Darcy, thanks for your videos. They give me a lot of ideas. Can I ask you, I just vacuum sealed some crackers and chocolate chips, etc. After vacuuming sealing the jars, do you put the rings on the lids? I see you do on the items you store from dehydrating. Thanks, Vicki
Yes you can! -- you only need to take the rings off for pressure canned/water bath canned items.
I want a dehydrator! 😭🤣
Thank you! 💙
HI can you do this with cranberries. I love the tartness of them.
Yes - just make sure they are fully dry.
Can commercially frozen blueberries go straight to dehydrator without any prep work? If not, what prep work would need to be performed before dehydrating? Which do you think, provides the better end product; dehydrating fresh or frozen blueberries (or any other types of fruit --fresh vs frozen)?
You can do frozen, but protect your trays or thaw them ahead of time because they will likely let out a lot of juice. I've only ever done fresh, so I can't compare. I only use my frozen for smoothies.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thanks a million for your help. I greatly appreciate the lessons on dehydrating.
love love love great idea! TY Marcy
You are so welcome!
What are the advantages vs disadvantages to adding arrowroot powder to the fruit powders? 💕
Stops clumping, that's the point of it
If you are dehydrating to snack on them out of hand, should they have a little give to them? How long will the berries last that way?
If you want, but know they need to be stored in the fridge if not fully dehydrated. I always dry fully, then take a snack size out to sit on the counter to reabsorb if wanting to snack on.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I always wondered what those picks were for, not sure why they sell them in the hair section though.
They used to be sold as cake cutters until the 70's when they became afro picks. When I was a kid it was stylish to wear them in the back of one's hair with the handle sticking up.
Great video . Thanks for sharing.
Hi Darcy. Would you dehydrate frozen cranberries the same?
Great video, how does it taste directly?
Like blueberry powder. It tastes like blueberries.
I just picked 8 lbs blueberrues! My first time using my cosorsori! Came straight to u for advice. I really dont want to puncture each and every one.. is it just easier to blend them..puree..and make fruit leather than break up put into blender puree into powder? Also..do u reccomend jarring with oxy absorber and moisture Absorber. I plan on using either mylar bags or 16oz ball jars
If you're going straight to powder, yes. We keep ours whole because we eat them that way - and will make powder from them as we need it. But if you're going straight to powder, then yes. Moisture absorber only.
I'm trying my hand at powders again this year but I've been somewhat apprehensive because so many of the uses I've seen are for grain and dairy based products, but I don't usually consume those things. I have blueberries in the freezer right now (originally for jam but I try to keep my sugar intake to a minimum as well) that I've thought about dehydrating and making into powder but I'm just not sure what I can do with it. I'm going to try making tomato sauce with the tomato powder and I haven't been able to find a single reference on the internet but I'm going to give sauce from apple powder a shot. That's it though. My squash powder has just set in the jar for a few years now and I'm afraid my berry powders would do the same.
Sorry that you didn't see this when you were searching for sauce with tomato powder: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/ways-to-use-tomato-powder/
Ideas on how to use fruit powders: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/ways-to-use-fruit-powders
If you're trying to cut sugars, fruit powders aren't the way to go since they still contain all the same amount of sugars, just in a concentrated form.
@@ThePurposefulPantry I did not see this, but it's great, thanks.
Would the sugar in tomatoes cause it to clump up like the blueberries?
most of the time, yes. Sometimes it is just because it wasn't dry enough to powder in the first place. But compaction clumping when it is dry, yet still clumps up, is sugar.
Hi Darcy, I have fresh blueberries in my freezer. I did not blanch them before I froze them. Can I still dehydrate them as is? Love all your videos! ❤
They don't need to be blanched. Blanching is just one of the methods used to break the skin. Freezing is another. I would thaw them first, as they can release a lot of liquid.
I would 100% eat this like fun dip with my finger LOL
It is really good!
if your intention is to powder it anyway, is it possible to "over dry" ? I am trying to make lime powder for the first time and It is taking a long time for the slices to dry to breakable, but I don't mind because it has to be crisp to blend up to a powder better, right?
I've got bags of frozen blueberries and it would be so much less space to dehydrate them into powder especially since some of the recipes require them to be blended into other ingredients anyway! If I "overdry" them, I could store the dry berries whole in a sealed jar and just powder them when I need some, right?
No - you can't over dry.
so which method works the best despite the "over dehydrating" ? Last year I froze 20# of blueberries this year I'm hoping to dehydrate them instead
Depends on what you want them for ;) Instant access for smoothies or ice cream or pies - frozen. Shelf-stable so you don't have to worry about the freezer dying - but you'll need to rehydrate first - dehydrated.
Can you teach making dried banana to be powder?
Use nonripe bananas for powder. IF they are really ripe, the sugars are too developed and it will clump a lot.
Do you have a link for food safe desiccant packs?
Interesting
I did not puncture my frozen blueberries. Should I throw them out?
You don't need to throw them out - it just takes so much longer to dry, and you run the risk of case hardening. But if they are dry - you're good.
Why wouldn't you just toss them directly into the dehydrator right after washing? And if blanching is necessary, wouldn't blanching clean them?
You can't just toss them directly in because you need to break the skin somehow. So either by poking, by freezing or by blanching. If you choose to blanch, then yes, that will clean them as well.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you! Why does the skin need to be broken? For making powder could I do a quick pulse in the food processor before dehydrating?
Amazing >w
I use a food dehydrator. If you grind them up into powder, how long will it keep in the fridge?
A long time - I can't give you a specific. IF they aren't fully dried, you are looking at a couple of months at the most - super soft, a few weeks at the most.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Ok, thanks.
Could you not blend up the blueberries to a puree before dehydrating so that you don’t have to prick them all?
Yes - if that's what you want to do.
But because my goal is not just powder, we eat the blueberries and bake with them, I don't want to use up my options by pureeing everything.
Can I vacuum seal it in a bag?
sure
Hi Darcy,
Would you use the same poking method for blackberries or raspberries?
No, there's no need...they have individual little pockets and you'd be there a million years :) Here's how I do them: czcams.com/video/6Mo7C-F82Gs/video.html
@@ThePurposefulPantry thank you! Your videos are so helpful.
Good morning. What is the name of the pad that you using to absorb the moisture in the jar?
Desiccant packs or moisture absorbers. I rarely use them - but here's info on them so you can learn:
www.thepurposefulpantry.com/how-to-store-dehydrated-foods/
@@ThePurposefulPantry What brand do you use or recommend?
I love you, however I am shocked that you don't make your own yogurt! What's up with that?
Why be shocked? I do what I can, but don't have time to do it all, and yogurt isn't where I want to spend my time.