I have been dehydrating for years and just saw a man living in a car tell me this and I can't believe I hadn't thought of it. Vacuum seals his cheese and keeps it in his cooler, never gets hard or molds.
I've had a lot of issues with my sealer not sealing like this, I was about to throw it away. So glad I didn't. thanks for the tips, I'm going to try doing this again. thanks again!
+Jackie Ramos I'm so glad. BTW...you profile photo is just beautiful. You have the most beautiful skin, hon! Let us know if your sealer is working now! You can even turn the blue ring on the small jar sealer (reg mouth) upside down and that works for some too. But ball lid sealers work on ball and kerr lids and ball and kerr jars only. Everything else for me has not worked since it is make by ball it must be a 'thickness' of jars and lids that make them work or not. Hope this helps.
The next higher jar. This holds: a cookie PAC, two coffee pack, two tea bags, a lighter, three Stevia packs, and a verry tight pack of t- paper. With 7 tea lights and two. Candy's. Grid down altitude booster if i ever saw one and vacuum packed too
Yes yes. I have now vac sealed a package of coffee, a pair of tea bags, then 5 tea lights, 2 packs of Stevia, one sugar, and a lighter. In a 2 cup mason jam jar. This has been copied about 30 times so far for home less, and frends. As Christmas gifts. . I call it an emergency pack for power outages.
Hi, I am new to all this and learning, you have helped greatly :-) Could I just ask, do you not have to keep your jars in the dark - out of the light - when you do it this way? As I saw yours were not hidden away in the dark, and just on the shelf :-) Although the outlay for the jars is quite a bit here in the UK, I can see that it will be so worth it to save my foods from going off! Sort of getting fed up with soft biscuits lol. Thanks for sharing and inspiring :-)
Hi Janie, love your channel. Being a recently new subscriber I haven't seen all of your episodes (working on it). Question: Is hot water always needed for rehydration? Concerned about fruit getting mushy.
be sure to cut a coffee filter the sz of the lid put on top bisuick mix or any powdery things this saves your vac sealer the powder goes up in and kills the sealer lay the circle of coffee filter on the product on top of it not where lid goes
Thank you so much I am so new at this that I truly appreciate you helping me. when you say to rehydrate does that mean I put them back in the dehydrator machine and for how long?
Am so glad I found you. I have been doing several things that I learned from your video's. I would like to try dehydrating strawberries next. Are they easier to slice frozen?
no, use fresh so they don't get mushy. Just my opinion on it. Keeps them fresher and sweeter as well. Can soak them in a bit of sugar water first to make them like candy. But natural is great too!
Walmart has just came out with a new one that I looked at the other night; it was a 3 layer unit. Not bad for small batches. But I bought mine off ebay, 'gently used' and I love mine, it is a Weston VegiKILN, 10-tray unit. Excalibur is a named brand more expensive version of mine that most ppl buy when they upgrade but mine is the exact same thing. Dehydra makes one as well. Look on ebay and type in dehydrator and you'll see one you like. Be sure and buy the Excalibur non-stick mats though, for fruit leathers (roll ups), making jerky, or just keeping veggies from falling through. great for dehydrating herbs as well.
Hi Janie, thank you for all your educating videos, I'm loving learning all this invaluable info. My question is, I've dehydrated sour cream and ground it into a powder, it's not fat free, can it still be vacuum sealed in a jar. I heard you say that products with oils cannot be sealed up. thanks for all you do.
It will last a few months but check on it often; I only dehydrate low fat cheeses (cheddar cheese powder) and lowfat sour cream, lowfat cream cheese, etc... It should be fine...but will not last as long as the lower fat content supplies. Just use it up quickly and you'll be fine. It's def not a LONG term safe storage item. The lowfat powders only last about six months to eight months for me anyway. My vacuum sealed nuts (nuts have oils and can go rancid) last about six months vacuum sealed to a year.
You can reuse lids for vacuum sealing over and over again! Just be really careful when lifting off lids when opening the vacuumed jars. You will notice some of my jars are nearly empty in the video; that is because I am 'using' the product a few Tablespoons at a time and then 're-sealing' the jars. So, yes, to your question, you can re-vacuum seal over and over again. It will suck air out everytime.
Hi Janie! Love your videos very much. Did you ever make the video to dehydrated sour cream? Also can you show how to dehydrate hominy (sorry I know you don't like it but I would love to do it for posole). Thank you for taking the time to do these videos for us. You are awesome!!
I had a video on canning hominy and when I lost my laptop (the one before the last one went down), I lost a few edited videos I had yet to post. That was one of them. I just spread drained hominy on trays with liners and set machine for veggie setting and let it go overnight and into the next afternoon(corn takes longer than other things as it should be rock hard). I let cool off dehydrator on lined cookie sheets and then vacuum seal in jars about 1/2 hour later. I use my foodsaver vacuum jar (ball brand) sealer attachment. You can use mylar and drop in an 02 absorber instead. Either method works! You can add this to dehydrated meals in a jar/bag and take camping for instant soups or stews! You are right, I am not a fan of hominy but it dehydrates and last at least 3-5 years in oxygen-free environment.
I will do a video on this soon. This week is meals in a jar, but I'm breaking out the dehydrator the week following this one. So, stay tuned in, I'll be posting that real soon!
I followed you exactly on your rice and beans dry canning video. Will the cooking process take a lot longer this way and how long will they last in storage
+Diana Alcocer They will last for up to 15 years...some say 30...but I've not been dry canning 30 years to give my opinion on that fact. But to date, mine are in a dark cool place and I recently opened up a jar of rice and it smelled like rice and tasted like the day I bought the bag! So, that was 2 years ago. My other stock is 3-7 years old and so far so good. Just remember not to dry can anything with oils in it; like nuts or shortenings...read your ingredients well. If you get moisture, it will most likely re-absorb within a few hours of cooling (overnight). Some moisture in dry canning is okay.
I wish the "Go/Click here" worked... Could you link to the extracts? I've seem vanilla on other channels, but I would love to see the fun flavours you have.
I must have been adding the links when you clicked on it...took me an hour to add them all. Here are two links...to my orange and vanilla extracts videos. Enjoy! czcams.com/video/3H6O9VQudlY/video.html czcams.com/video/fJRp4_gGdx8/video.html
I can not keep my A/P Flour sealed, even with the F.Sav. canisters. I cover it up with a coffee filter and wipe the jar/lid well. It seals for a while, but eventually 'tings'... Is it just me?
I use a foodsaver with the hose and ball canning jar lid attachments in both large and reg moth jar sealers. I've not had any issues. Be sure and use ball or kerr jars (same company) and lids. Other lids just don't seal up the right way. No issues at all!
I've watched many of your videos and have subscribed to your channel. I love it and enjoy all of the helpful tips and tricks. I was just wondering if you have to put everything in jars? I have a very small house and literally no kitchen or cupboard space. For me I think it may be more space saving if I vacuumed the veggies and fruits and put them in bags and keep the powder things in jars. Can this be done and still have the same shelf life? Thanks.
+Diana Alcocer I make a very light sugar and water syrup and soak them just before I dehydrate them...very sweet and crunchy this way...or eat them plain...both ways they are delish. When rehydrated with the sugar syrup though...oh heaven on a sponge cake!
Your cookies you vacuum seal have oils or shortenings in them don't they? You said not to vacuum seal nuts, I just vacuum sealed a bunch of fruit and 'nut' mix in jars, what would be the difference if I might ask?
Roasted and salted nuts last longest; oven can same as for beans (see my oven dry canning video) as raw nuts can go rancid quicker due to nut oils, try to keep them in the shell, that can help if you want raw nuts. Oven can them or freeze them to rid of the eggs and larva off raw nuts and vacuum seal them...I do know that roastws and even salted nuts last even longer in food storage. Nuts are great for protein. But never oven dry can anything with nuts or nut oils in them as nut oils go rancid faster than your longer-term storage dry goods and can cause your food storage to go rancid too (i.e. nut muffin mix); Dry can the mix with no butters or shortenings or oils; including nut (oils). Helpful link: www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/the-9-best-nuts-and-seeds-for-long-term-food-storage/
Thanks for your quick reply. One last question, when you open a jar of something that has a oxygen absorber in it, of you are going to re-vacuum seal it, do you need to replace the oxygen absorber?
I lost my video on this when my laptop and exterior drive was hit by lightening last year...I need to make a new video how to on this...when I get back from vacation next week, I will do this. Meanwhile, use low fat (low oil) cheese, any kind, dehydrate on low and grind in mill till powdery. Let cool spreading out on cookie sheets and vacuum seal in jars or mylar bags with oxygen absorbers if you don't have a vacuum sealer. Hope this helps! LOW OIL cheeses. Just remember that rule. I have a few other tricks that I will save for the video ;) Blessings! I'll be home in a few days...I'll break out my dehydrator then!
Buahahaa!! That is best comment of the decade! I actually have a frozen CREAM-FILLED CHOCOLATE-GLAZED donut from the day before their shoppe burned down. I don't know why but stuck it in freezer, and one of these days, going to do a video on that luscious jewel, just for kicks! Thanks, now I'm craving a Persian!
LOL...I read that in the Lebanon Reporter. I can't believe how much West Field has grown in the last 15 years ... and Whitestown! I've got 5 new houses going up near me. Time to find some country ground farther out! :)
Janie Pendleton Indeed. If our business wasn't also our home and our source of income, we'd be outta here. The construction gets closer and closer and my anxiety goes higher and higher.
+Diana Alcocer You can par boil and then dehydrate it and put in vacuum sealed jars or mylar bags...yes. OR, you can put in freezer for 3 days to kill the larva and bring back to room temps and vacuum seal that way too.You can oven dry can it as well.
Thank you so much I am so new at this that I truly appreciate you helping me. when you say to rehydrate does that mean I put them back in the dehydrator machine and for how long?
Hi no re-hydrate means to put on water and sit for a few minutes till back in its original form. Strawberries are best for this process to practice on.
I have been dehydrating for years and just saw a man living in a car tell me this and I can't believe I hadn't thought of it. Vacuum seals his cheese and keeps it in his cooler, never gets hard or molds.
Dehydrating is one of my favorite parts of prepping. Make lots of healthy snacks for the kids as well.
Loved seeing how things are stored. It brings life to the canning process.
You are a wealth of information! Love your videos and demos.
Amazing I love your knowledge and I'll continue following you on CZcams. Thank you
Wow! You have a lot of things there!! Also, I LOVE your kitchen!! I’m going to be dehydrating very soon. I can’t wait!!
Wow you have a wonderful stash for sure. Lovely lovely. Thanks for sharing
great job Jamie !!
... just getting started ... thanks for all the great information
Great video! Gives us some good ideas on what all we can vacuum seal.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to learn.
I've never thought about sour cream. I need to do some for my daughter. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great ideas!
ENJOY!
Great ideas! Going to try some of these.
Very impressive my dear.
I am inspired now. My sister gave me her older food dehydrator and I’m ready to do it! Thank you
Wow!!! I love this, thank you so much....
I always learn so much from you. I never thought about dehydrating honey.
I've had a lot of issues with my sealer not sealing like this, I was about to throw it away. So glad I didn't. thanks for the tips, I'm going to try doing this again.
thanks again!
+Jackie Ramos I'm so glad. BTW...you profile photo is just beautiful. You have the most beautiful skin, hon! Let us know if your sealer is working now! You can even turn the blue ring on the small jar sealer (reg mouth) upside down and that works for some too. But ball lid sealers work on ball and kerr lids and ball and kerr jars only. Everything else for me has not worked since it is make by ball it must be a 'thickness' of jars and lids that make them work or not. Hope this helps.
Your kitchen is beautiful.
Thanks for your information. Especially the nuts going rancid.
I love your videos.. so much information you share.. amazing and inspiring! thank you..
You are welcome, hon!
Very organized! I like that!
Thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to share your food prep techniques!
The next higher jar. This holds: a cookie PAC, two coffee pack, two tea bags, a lighter, three Stevia packs, and a verry tight pack of t- paper. With 7 tea lights and two. Candy's. Grid down altitude booster if i ever saw one and vacuum packed too
Yes yes. I have now vac sealed a package of coffee, a pair of tea bags, then 5 tea lights, 2 packs of Stevia, one sugar, and a lighter. In a 2 cup mason jam jar. This has been copied about 30 times so far for home less, and frends. As Christmas gifts. . I call it an emergency pack for power outages.
new subscriber here :)
Your awesome, I finally have my Excalibur on it's way Yeeaaa. I would like to know what is the best machine to use the vacuum sealer with.
Hi, I am new to all this and learning, you have helped greatly :-)
Could I just ask, do you not have to keep your jars in the dark - out of the light - when you do it this way? As I saw yours were not hidden away in the dark, and just on the shelf :-)
Although the outlay for the jars is quite a bit here in the UK, I can see that it will be so worth it to save my foods from going off! Sort of getting fed up with soft biscuits lol.
Thanks for sharing and inspiring :-)
Hi Janie, love your channel. Being a recently new subscriber I haven't seen all of your episodes (working on it). Question: Is hot water always needed for rehydration? Concerned about fruit getting mushy.
be sure to cut a coffee filter the sz of the lid put on top bisuick mix or any powdery things
this saves your vac sealer the powder goes up in and kills the sealer lay the circle of coffee filter on the product on top of it not where lid goes
Thank you so much I am so new at this that I truly appreciate you helping me. when you say to rehydrate does that mean I put them back in the dehydrator machine and for how long?
How do you seal the lids ?? Pressure canner?
Am so glad I found you. I have been doing several things that I learned from your video's. I would like to try dehydrating strawberries next. Are they easier to slice frozen?
no, use fresh so they don't get mushy. Just my opinion on it. Keeps them fresher and sweeter as well. Can soak them in a bit of sugar water first to make them like candy. But natural is great too!
I have seen some people use their egg slicer to slice strawberries.
So I’m wondering about powdered things getting sucked into the sealer. Any don’t dos or things to watch out for, only fill to this line maybe? Thanks!
I don't have a coffee grinder (don't drink coffee :) - so will it work just as well to grind these things using a blender or a Magic Bullet??
What dehydrator would you recommend? Thank you, I really enjoyed this video and it has given me some great ideas.
Walmart has just came out with a new one that I looked at the other night; it was a 3 layer unit. Not bad for small batches. But I bought mine off ebay, 'gently used' and I love mine, it is a Weston VegiKILN, 10-tray unit.
Excalibur is a named brand more expensive version of mine that most ppl buy when they upgrade but mine is the exact same thing. Dehydra makes one as well. Look on ebay and type in dehydrator and you'll see one you like. Be sure and buy the Excalibur non-stick mats though, for fruit leathers (roll ups), making jerky, or just keeping veggies from falling through. great for dehydrating herbs as well.
Have you ever tried the oxygen absorbers or they Mylar bags. Or you prefer to vacuum seal and pack your dehydrated Goods in jars.
Hi Janie, thank you for all your educating videos, I'm loving learning all this invaluable info. My question is, I've dehydrated sour cream and ground it into a powder, it's not fat free, can it still be vacuum sealed in a jar. I heard you say that products with oils cannot be sealed up. thanks for all you do.
It will last a few months but check on it often; I only dehydrate low fat cheeses (cheddar cheese powder) and lowfat sour cream, lowfat cream cheese, etc... It should be fine...but will not last as long as the lower fat content supplies. Just use it up quickly and you'll be fine. It's def not a LONG term safe storage item. The lowfat powders only last about six months to eight months for me anyway. My vacuum sealed nuts (nuts have oils and can go rancid) last about six months vacuum sealed to a year.
O my I love banana chips I can not keep enough of those in the house love them but know those are better than potato chips
Hi Janie, thank you very much for all your education videos. My question is, can you reseal the jars over & over as you use the product. Thank You Jo
You can reuse lids for vacuum sealing over and over again! Just be really careful when lifting off lids when opening the vacuumed jars. You will notice some of my jars are nearly empty in the video; that is because I am 'using' the product a few Tablespoons at a time and then 're-sealing' the jars. So, yes, to your question, you can re-vacuum seal over and over again. It will suck air out everytime.
how did you sanitize your jars and lids for this .
Just found this do you have a book 28th all this in it!
Hi Janie! Love your videos very much. Did you ever make the video to dehydrated sour cream? Also can you show how to dehydrate hominy (sorry I know you don't like it but I would love to do it for posole). Thank you for taking the time to do these videos for us. You are awesome!!
I had a video on canning hominy and when I lost my laptop (the one before the last one went down), I lost a few edited videos I had yet to post. That was one of them. I just spread drained hominy on trays with liners and set machine for veggie setting and let it go overnight and into the next afternoon(corn takes longer than other things as it should be rock hard). I let cool off dehydrator on lined cookie sheets and then vacuum seal in jars about 1/2 hour later. I use my foodsaver vacuum jar (ball brand) sealer attachment. You can use mylar and drop in an 02 absorber instead. Either method works! You can add this to dehydrated meals in a jar/bag and take camping for instant soups or stews! You are right, I am not a fan of hominy but it dehydrates and last at least 3-5 years in oxygen-free environment.
Thank you so very much for the information on hominy! Might you be able to tell me how you dehydrate sour cream?
Thanks..I'm so curious on how you dehydrated your cheddar cheese,granulated honey & sour cream?
I will do a video on this soon. This week is meals in a jar, but I'm breaking out the dehydrator the week following this one. So, stay tuned in, I'll be posting that real soon!
Thanks Janie.
Because the oxygen absorbers are pretty expensive or does the vacuum seal does the work
I followed you exactly on your rice and beans dry canning video. Will the cooking process take a lot longer this way and how long will they last in storage
+Diana Alcocer They will last for up to 15 years...some say 30...but I've not been dry canning 30 years to give my opinion on that fact. But to date, mine are in a dark cool place and I recently opened up a jar of rice and it smelled like rice and tasted like the day I bought the bag! So, that was 2 years ago. My other stock is 3-7 years old and so far so good. Just remember not to dry can anything with oils in it; like nuts or shortenings...read your ingredients well. If you get moisture, it will most likely re-absorb within a few hours of cooling (overnight). Some moisture in dry canning is okay.
I wish the "Go/Click here" worked...
Could you link to the extracts?
I've seem vanilla on other channels, but I would love to see the fun flavours you have.
I must have been adding the links when you clicked on it...took me an hour to add them all. Here are two links...to my orange and vanilla extracts videos. Enjoy!
czcams.com/video/3H6O9VQudlY/video.html
czcams.com/video/fJRp4_gGdx8/video.html
How would you dehydrate sour cream?
Do you put oxygen absorbers in your jars?
I can not keep my A/P Flour sealed, even with the F.Sav. canisters. I cover it up with a coffee filter and wipe the jar/lid well. It seals for a while, but eventually 'tings'... Is it just me?
use two lids to vacumn seal it ,,see if that works better,, you can usually take the second lid off after you vacumn seal
What vacuum sealer do you use? Have you had any issues with your sealer after using it so much/so often? Thank you.
I use a foodsaver with the hose and ball canning jar lid attachments in both large and reg moth jar sealers.
I've not had any issues. Be sure and use ball or kerr jars (same company) and lids. Other lids just don't seal up the right way.
No issues at all!
I've watched many of your videos and have subscribed to your channel. I love it and enjoy all of the helpful tips and tricks. I was just wondering if you have to put everything in jars? I have a very small house and literally no kitchen or cupboard space. For me I think it may be more space saving if I vacuumed the veggies and fruits and put them in bags and keep the powder things in jars. Can this be done and still have the same shelf life? Thanks.
Yes, but I suggest mylar bags. Toss in some oxygen absorbers... to get the air completely out before sealing with a vacuum sealer.
In guards to the strawberries what do you mean when you say soak them in light syrup
+Diana Alcocer I make a very light sugar and water syrup and soak them just before I dehydrate them...very sweet and crunchy this way...or eat them plain...both ways they are delish. When rehydrated with the sugar syrup though...oh heaven on a sponge cake!
Your cookies you vacuum seal have oils or shortenings in them don't they? You said not to vacuum seal nuts, I just vacuum sealed a bunch of fruit and 'nut' mix in jars, what would be the difference if I might ask?
Preservatives.
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If I vacuum seal a jar with dehydrated mushrooms is it necessary for me to put in a oxygen absorber or not?
+Diana Alcocer no you do not need the O2 absorber in the jar.
Janie, what is the best way to store my pecans and walnuts for long term storage?
Roasted and salted nuts last longest; oven can same as for beans (see my oven dry canning video) as raw nuts can go rancid quicker due to nut oils, try to keep them in the shell, that can help if you want raw nuts. Oven can them or freeze them to rid of the eggs and larva off raw nuts and vacuum seal them...I do know that roastws and even salted nuts last even longer in food storage. Nuts are great for protein. But never oven dry can anything with nuts or nut oils in them as nut oils go rancid faster than your longer-term storage dry goods and can cause your food storage to go rancid too (i.e. nut muffin mix); Dry can the mix with no butters or shortenings or oils; including nut (oils). Helpful link: www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/the-9-best-nuts-and-seeds-for-long-term-food-storage/
Thanks for your quick reply. One last question, when you open a jar of something that has a oxygen absorber in it, of you are going to re-vacuum seal it, do you need to replace the oxygen absorber?
You need to replace the O2 absorber only if you vacuum seal again and you plan on putting it up for more than a few months before using it up.
I just got finished dehydrating roughly 37lbs of potatoes that I shredded and chunk ed into potato cubes..
that will be good in stews or my meals in a jar recipes I'll be posting all week! Yeah!
Do you have a video on how to make dehydrated sour cream?
Delores Buck I am making one next week.
I want to share all this information with other people that's why I need to learn how to do this properly. Sorry that I'm asked many questions
+Diana Alcocer I had a professor who once said, "If there were no questions we'd each have all the answers already and what fun is in that?" I agree!
How do you dehydrate the cheddar cheese?
I lost my video on this when my laptop and exterior drive was hit by lightening last year...I need to make a new video how to on this...when I get back from vacation next week, I will do this. Meanwhile, use low fat (low oil) cheese, any kind, dehydrate on low and grind in mill till powdery. Let cool spreading out on cookie sheets and vacuum seal in jars or mylar bags with oxygen absorbers if you don't have a vacuum sealer. Hope this helps! LOW OIL cheeses. Just remember that rule. I have a few other tricks that I will save for the video ;) Blessings! I'll be home in a few days...I'll break out my dehydrator then!
Thank you
Now tell me how I can dehydrate Titus Donuts for emergency situations!
Buahahaa!! That is best comment of the decade! I actually have a frozen CREAM-FILLED CHOCOLATE-GLAZED donut from the day before their shoppe burned down. I don't know why but stuck it in freezer, and one of these days, going to do a video on that luscious jewel, just for kicks! Thanks, now I'm craving a Persian!
Janie Pendleton
We got the best news EVER last week. Titus is expanding to Westfield!!!!!!
Lord help me!
LOL...I read that in the Lebanon Reporter. I can't believe how much West Field has grown in the last 15 years ... and Whitestown! I've got 5 new houses going up near me. Time to find some country ground farther out! :)
Janie Pendleton Indeed. If our business wasn't also our home and our source of income, we'd be outta here. The construction gets closer and closer and my anxiety goes higher and higher.
That is my same problem!! May I ask what you do? Farm or other?
Can I dehydrate rice and place it in a jar and then vacuum seal it
+Diana Alcocer You can par boil and then dehydrate it and put in vacuum sealed jars or mylar bags...yes. OR, you can put in freezer for 3 days to kill the larva and bring back to room temps and vacuum seal that way too.You can oven dry can it as well.
Thank you so much I am so new at this that I truly appreciate you helping me. when you say to rehydrate does that mean I put them back in the dehydrator machine and for how long?
Hi no re-hydrate means to put on water and sit for a few minutes till back in its original form. Strawberries are best for this process to practice on.