10 Essential Dehydrated Foods You Need in Your Pantry!

What are your essential dehydrated foods? Are you well stocked up on them all the time? Here are ten dehydrated foods that every pantry needs.

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[annmc]

We take zucchini that has grown too big, cut it into 1 inch chunks, cook it in pineapple juice and dehydrate it. Makes it taste like dried pineapple. It can take on any flavor… use apple juice, cool-aid, lemonade, etc.

[MammaLlama]

My son and sister in law found a 7 tier dehydrator/beef jerky maker in the garbage about a week ago. We think it was used maybe one time, then sat on the shelf for decades. We already do some gardening, homesteading-y but it's hard because we live in the city. Her boyfriend drives a semi truck and is always bringing home huge boxes of fresh food on the verge of going bad and she does her best to make sure most all of it gets some use to someone. Gonna find out if that person's trash becomes our treasure with a ginormous box of organic lemons and limes, wish us luck! 😅

[alicecilva]

Mushroom powder is my “secret ingredient” in my fried rice!😊

[janisholloway]

Don't think I have ever thanked you. But, you are why I got a dehydrator. You have taught me how to do this properly, and I can't thank you enough. Did buy your book. Thank you, and God bless.

[melodylamour]

Good Lord!! This is the best video I've seen in my 3 years of learning to grow and store food. My garden heart is full. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[victoriablanc]

we just did 100 lbs of onions. we love the smell of onions. lucky us. we found a deal of 50 lb bags for 16 bucks. we peeled em and sliced them and dehydrated them. we are happy to have them bagged in mylar. we also have 10 packs of caramelized onions in our freezer. And I just did a 2 quart jar of mushrooms yesterday. totally agree with these. must haves!

[limitedaxcess]

My son recently stopped by and happened to look into my dry pantry and said, That's cool Mom, it's really pretty. I replied it's super handy especially when you run out of the fresh veggies 🤣

[cynrest]

We like to powder dehydrated beans for instant Bean Soup. I lived on this in college a decade ago but bought the bean powder — didn’t know I could do it myself. Love your channel! ❤

[lindacenter]

I’ve been dehydrating instead of canning or freezing this year. We always grow a big garden with lots of vegetables, berries and get fruit off our trees. All the berries we grew was dehydrated for turning to powder as we need more for our smoothies, yogurt or hot cereals. We’re planning on traveling for 4 months soon in our motor home and I’m taking as much dehydrated fruits and veggies to save on weight. I already have some packaged as complete meals with onions, celery, carrots and mushrooms being staples.

I harvested over 600# of tomatoes and many got dehydrated. Depending upon how I will use them determined how they were dried. Halved, sliced or leather for powdering.

Sliced apples are another great staple that gets used a lot.

I found good deals on 50# bags of potatoes and depending upon the variety determined how they were cut and dried for the dishes they’ll be used in. Yes, I dislike doing them but couldn’t pass the deal. Ended up with three varieties.

The bulk of the greens are mixed but some spinach and kale were kept separate for other uses. The powdered mixed greens are mostly for our smoothies.

Zucchini got grated for soups, muffins, cookies or bread. Others got turned into chips for snacking with a little seasoning.

Citrus gets used almost daily in drinks and my husband likes to eat them all as chip’s. Actually he likes to eat everything dried as snacks lol

Home grown herbs are wonderful to dry. When dry they look and smell better than store bought. Green onions are used a lot too.

My goal is to buy very little food while we’re away and eat a healthy variety of foods and save our freezer space for meats.

While at home we use it all but I’m curious what we use when traveling.

It’s been fun experimenting drying different things this year. Things I had never given a thought about like strawberries!

Thanks for all your informative videos and giving me new ideas.

[planetaustraliachannel]

Hi from Australia I dehydrate my onions but before I do I Blanche them and then I find once I put them in the dehydrated there is no smell at all your YouTube very informative very relaxing love it.😊

[jinnidog]

Onion, mushroom, vegetable, herb, strawberry, zucchini, pepper, tomato, garlic, greens

[pamelaj]

About a year and a half ago, I learned that you can dehydrate tomato skins and make tomato powder. I think about all the years I canned tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, etc and threw out the skins. 😮 I told my daughter about this last season and she dried her tomato skins and powdered them when she was canning. I wish I would have known about this sooner.

[sheilafoster]

I have a small apartment and I am a senior citizen. I think this is the way I should go. Thank you so much I was debating about getting a dehydrator, but I do have a love affair with glass jars 😊 especially because I have no balcony to grow anything in the past. I was a sensational gardener but sometimes when you get older you have to change I’d like the idea of the freezer department.

[melodylamour]

I love greens that I grow. My bf doesn't like many vegetables. I could so openly hide so many things for him. Thanks

[womensarmycorpsveteran]

My 30 year old dehydrator gave up the ghost about 2 months ago & I got a new one that’s fantastic. The only thing I don’t have in my pantry is zucchini. Funny cuz hubby came home from work today with an arm load of zucchini so that’s what’s in next. It’s summertime here in New Zealand . I also keep “gravel” in my pantry (dried hamburger). I’m an avid camper and go to some pretty remote and primitive areas & it’s lovely to have good foods that don’t need refrigeration, don’t take up a lot of space and aren’t too heavy.
My pantry is fuller than it’s ever been before cuz last year I fell off a cliff while hiking and fractured my spine. Still in recovery. Am able to walk again, but dehydrating @ preserving have helped me to not loose my mind while I’m recovering. Tomorrow that zucchini has a date with the dehydrator. I’ve already surpassed my limit for today for standing & moving about the house. I can’t wait to try some baking with the flour. I had no idea it could be used like that. Thank you.

[eddiefoy]

For the garlic, take a bunch of heads and cut the tops off. Place them in muffin tins and roast them. Let the cool down a lot then just squeeze the garlic 'butter' out and dehydrate that and blend it into roasted garlic powder. Yum. And love doing strawberries, house smells SO good. :)

[shellywilliams]

Im usually a canner and my dehydrating was limited to jerky but I have recently started doing vegetables that have overstayed their welcome in the fridge. Ive started with apple rings, mushrooms, celery and greens for powder. I think I have a new hobby!

[terryrobinson]

My go to’s for dehydrated food are Spinach, Onions and carrots. I use them in almost everything.😅😁

[ritahorton]

I just went through my dehydrated, frozen, canned goods and made some more vegetable powder. I threw in everything, but the kitchen sink, including some dehydrated apples.
I made eggplant flour out my dehydrated eggplant. I did add some also to my vegetable powder.
I made some delicious eggplant tortillas and enjoyed them with cream cheese for breakfast.
Thanks for sharing so much of your dehydrating knowledge with us. I’ll be saving and dehydrating my strawberry tops from now on.😊👍

[carmenmendez]

My favorites to dehydrate are: citric, lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits! Love them and their concentrated flavors and soooo easy to do! I used them in meats, drinks, snacks, cereals, marinates, so versatile! And I use every part of the fruit in many ways... I zest the peels first, then squeeze the juices or thin slice whole defore dehydrating. And they last years in the pantry. When I zest the peels I sometime grind them, they're delicious in oatmeal and cream of wheat! Yes citric fruits are my favorite! ❤️😊