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Sunday, December 17, 2017

More From My Gift Trunk!


I'm popping in to share these little gifts I made up this afternoon ... 




These little containers were in my gift trunk. I purchased them at the after Valentine's day sale in February. The ribbon was purchased on clearance after last Christmas. 

 What's inside and who are they for? 

 There are 6 pieces of red or gold wrapped candy inside each container and they're for the kids in our kidsing class at church! 

(Psst!  I purchased the candy at the after Halloween sales the first of November and it's been waiting patiently to be used, vacuumed sealed in quart jars, ever since!)

Yes, I'm still on Christmas break, I just wanted to share another benefit of keeping a gift trunk!


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!


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She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27

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Thursday, December 7, 2017

How To Dehydrate Carrots

I had carrots left over from some Thanksgiving baking I did (as in left over from baking a carrot cake).  We used some in a meal and this is what we had left.  It was not enough to do a canning and I didn't want to freeze them so I dehydrated them.


Carrots before peeling and chopping.


Chopped using a chopper like this one.


Steaming for 3 minutes ... I had a lid on it but took it off to get the picture.
After the 3 minutes were up I ran cold water over them to stop the cooking.  I cooled the carrots down by running water over them in the kitchen sink while they were still in the colander.

Please note:  This carrots are steamed, not put in boiling water.  I never let the carrots touch the boiling water in the pot, they sit suspended just above it in the colander with a lid on them.  The steam from the boiling water gets to the carrots through the holes in the colander.  I steam the carrots instead of dropping them in the boiling water for 3 minutes because I don't want to lose any of the nutrients that would leach out into the water if the carrots were actually in the boiling water.

I used the same metal colander throughout the whole process.  It fit nicely over/in a pot I have while keeping the carrots out of the water in the pot.  The pot lid covered the carrots perfectly while they were steaming.   


Spread out on the dehydrator sheets.


Vacuum sealed in a jar and ready for my pantry!

Update:  A reader shared how she dehydrates carrots that I had not heard or thought of and I asked her if I could share it.  She agreed so here you are ...  (Thanks Penny!)

Cubed, sliced and shredded for cakes and muffins. Shred carrots in food processor. Place in large zip lock bag with some water . Microwave one minute each side, drain and dehydrate.

That's certainly a lot less messy isn't it and quicker too? I'm going to try Penny's method the next time I have carrots to dehydrate!

patsi

She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27

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