Dehydrating Archives - Grow a Good Life

dried cinnamon apple chips in a bowl

Cinnamon Apple Chips

gold and red beet chips in a white bowl

Oven Baked Beet Chips

Drying apples is a great way to preserve the fresh fall harvest. Here are three ways to dehydrate apples for winter food storage, including air-drying, oven drying, and using a food dehydrator.

3 Ways to Dehydrate Apples for Food Storage

No sunshine required to make these homemade sun dried tomatoes. Drying tomatoes is a great way to preserve the harvest and save storage space. 20 pounds of tomatoes will reduce down to about one pound of sun dried tomatoes.

Homemade Sun Dried Tomatoes

Got peppers? Drying is an excellent way to preserve peppers. Dehydrating removes the moisture and concentrates the flavor and heat of the peppers.

3 Ways to Dry Peppers for Food Storage

Are your onions getting soft? It is easy to dehydrate onions so they last longer for food storage. Turn your onions into dehydrated onion flakes, minced dried onions, and onion powder.

How to Dehydrate Onions for Food Storage

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How to Make Homemade Garlic Powder

jars of dried herbs on a table

How to Harvest and Dry Herbs for Storage

Monarda is a popular perennial plant used in bee and butterfly gardens. It is commonly known as Bee balm and its fragrant blossoms attract bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. Monarda also has a long history of medicinal uses by Native American tribes, American Eclectic physicians, the Shakers, and herbalist.

How to Grow, Harvest, and Preserve Bee Balm (Monarda)

Raspberry leaf tea is delicious and resembles a light, green tea without the caffeine. See how to collect and dry red raspberry leaves for tea.

How to Harvest & Preserve Red Raspberry Leaf Tea

dehydrated zucchini on a white plate

Dehydrating Zucchini for Food Storage