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How to Preserve Carrots from Your Garden

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How to Preserve Carrots from Your Garden Harvest

Preserve carrots from your garden harvest and you’ll enjoy them for months past their season. There are several ways you can store and preserve carrots and I have a few to share with you today.

There is nothing like a home grown carrot! They have a flavor that in incomparable to their store bought counterparts. Sweet, fresh and fairly easy to grow – I seem to grow more carrots every year! My first thought is always to eat fresh carrots before preserving them for something more long term. They are one of my favorite snacks, right out of the fridge. But sometimes the harvest is bigger and the fridge space gets limited…so we preserve carrots to keep them around for future enjoyment.

First off we should talk about how to keep your fresh carrots, well fresh.

In The Ground – Firstly, you can keep them in the ground, just make sure the carrot portion is covered and only the greens are above ground. I don’t do this because space is limited in my backyard garden and I am always looking to plant something somewhere….

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How to Make Celery Powder at Home

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How to Make Celery Powder at Home - a great way to preserve and stretch your garden harvest.

Celery powder is one of those spice cabinet staples in my house. I love the flavor it adds to soup, stew, chili and even dusting beef, pork, chicken and fish. Not to mention it is great in homemade salad dressings! Making my own herb and spice powders makes me feel better about what I am serving to family and friends when I cook too. I mean, have you seen some of the ingredients in store-bought varieties? Things like MSG and fillers that aren’t needed (or wanted on my part).

I find that making these herb and veggie powders are a great, and space saving, way to save the abundance that comes from our vegetable garden or goodies I pick up from the farmer’s market. I make tomato powder, mushroom powders and garlic powder.

Celery powder is not the same thing as the substance in celery salt. Celery salt is actually made from grinding celery seeds into a powder and mixing with salt. Just thought you might want to do know the difference before you take on the endeavor of making celery powder. BUT you can make a quick celery salt with your celery powder by taking 1 tablespoon of celery powder and mixing it with a quarter cup of sea salt. …

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How to Make and Use Mushroom Powder

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How to Make and Use Mushroom Powder - a Wonderful Addition to Your Pantry

Mushroom Powder – How to Make and Use It

Mushroom powder may quickly become one of your favorite pantry items. It is simple to make and can be used in a variety of ways in your kitchen. The powders, on their own, add an earthy and meaty-like flavor to all sorts of dishes. Blend them with other spices for a fantastic kick of flavor! The best part is the mushroom powder can be made from any culinary mushroom (note the variety of colors you can achieve with different mushrooms) and it is super easy to do it!

Mushroom Powder – Ingredients

You’re going to need:

  • A pound or more of your favorite culinary mushroom – I really like to do this with shiitakes or even portobellos; but try several varieties and see what you like. You may even want to try your hand at growing mushrooms. Amazon carries some awesome kits that are fairly easy to use.
  • A food dehydrator – I use this one
  • A food processor or blender
  • Jar with air tight lid for storage

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All Natural Homemade Garlic Powder

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How to make simple all natural homemade garlic powder. No nasty additives! | by ImperfectlyHappy.com

All Natural Homemade Garlic Powder

You can make an all natural homemade garlic powder; and it is easier than you think. I just planted my Fall garlic cloves and I am already looking forward to the harvest.  Not only do we love fresh garlic in our meals, I use a ton of my homemade garlic powder all year long. It is funny that we use store-bought garlic powder when the homemade is a 1000 times better with no nasty additives. Do you know they can add binders like soy and never put that on the label? I want one thing in my garlic powder…garlic….

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Making Tomato Powder

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I’ve been making tomato powder this week from my garden tomatoes.  We’ve had a great season of tomatoes from just two plants!  I had hopes of canning some up but, frankly, I’m running out of pantry space.  So I decided to use my surplus to make some tomato powder.

Never heard of tomato powder?  Tomato powder is made from dehydrated tomatoes ground into a fine powder.  It can be used to make all kinds of things by simply adding warm water.

Making tomato powder. An easy and space saving preservation tool for your tomato abundance. Use it to make soups, sauces, pastes and more! | by ImperfectlyHappy.com

Making Tomato Powder

If you love growing tomatoes then you know how quickly you can have TOO MANY tomatoes!  I love canning whole tomatoes, salsa and sauce but it is a lot of work and takes up a lot of space.  Making tomato powder is another fabulous way to preserve all that tomato goodness in a lot less space!

And it isn’t just great for home.  Your tomato powder will travel well too – think spaghetti on your camping trip!…

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