Freeze Dry Meals at Home with the Harvest Right Freeze Dryer

Learn how to use a Harvest Right freeze dryer to easily store your homemade or store bought meals. Turn leftovers into freeze-dried food storage. Make freeze-dried snacks like fruit, ice cream, and candy.

The wonder of a Harvest Right freeze dryer is that it solves all the issues associated with heat, oxygen, and water that cause food to go bad. Without using heat, freeze drying removes the water from the food in a cool or cold environment and doesn’t kill the important enzymes. When the water is removed, it stops the growth of germs and bacteria. Because heat is not used to destroy these organisms, no nutritional value is lost. Once the food has been freeze dried, it is placed in a container with an oxygen absorber and sealed. With proper packaging, the food can remain in its fresh, healthy nutritional state for up to 25 years or more. And even better, the food will taste as fresh as it did the day it was freeze dried.

Fresh or cooked foods are placed in the freeze dryer where they are frozen to -40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.

Once the food is frozen, the freeze dryer creates a powerful vacuum around the food. Then, as the food is slightly warmed, the ice transitions into vapor and evaporates.

The freeze-dried food is then sealed in moisture and oxygen-proof packaging (Mylar bags, mason jars, or cans) along with an oxygen absorber to ensure freshness until opened.

When water is added to the freeze-dried food it regains its original fresh flavor, aroma, and appearance!

[Bearsdenadventurues]

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[MBear]

I just received my medium freeze dryer and am so stoked to get started! 😅

[brucewayne-cave]

It would be helpful to do a few videos on how to properly re-hydrate the items _(especially the lasagna)_.

[loganmadlin]

thank u guys for a great experience and products.

[TodaysBibleTruth]

She said ANY meal can be safely preserved this way. I have been wondering about that. So, just an oxygen absorber, and it's good to go?

[tracyjohnson]

My freeze dryer is coming in February. I plan on storing both in mason jars and in the mylar bags. How long will a freeze dry meal last in a glass mason jar with oxygen absorbers in the pantry?

[mv]

were do i get a dor pad for my large freeze dryer

[meghanb]

How do you reconstitute the Alfredo or lasagna? Steam them? Spritz them? I'm totally sold on freeze-drying bulk ingredients (cooked or raw!) but am having a hard time wrapping my head around the mixed-ingredient meals you would't want to end up watery or water logged, like casseroles, scrambles, stir-fry, etc. Can you post a video of something like that? Thanks in advance for any guidance! (Cross posted on an older video).

[charlotteyarbrough]

Thanks for this video. Very helpful. What kind of bags are those you are using please?

[tankritkiddo]

How do you rehydrate fried foods? Rehydrate with hot water and fry again?

[mkle-lmbu]

Do the flavors seep into the other foods? Can I do candy and Alfredo?

[DragonsShade]

Is it best to freeze the food before freeze drying? Will that make a difference?

[djzman]

how offten en do you need to change the oil in the pump, Im hearing every 7 times you use it. is this true? and how much is it to change the oil?

[debrascheer]

Do you have to store the food in a Mylar Bag? Or can you put it in a glass jar.

[lovedecors]

How many years can they be stored for please?

[chips]

can I just use my vacuum sealer machine and bags rather than the mylar bags?

[catatanmamisonyas]

Coming here from Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare channel... makes me feels weird.

[sujitsingh]

So for how many years could we store it ?

[gerardhaubert]

How do you seal the bags...where do you get the bags...can I use a vacuum sealer?

[OGfatherAbe]

Can you place a link where to purchase the freeze dryer