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5 Ways to Simplify Life With a Freeze Dryer
Meal planning and grocery budgeting eat up more time and energy than most people realize — and a freeze dryer is one of the more effective tools for cutting that workload down, while potentially saving hundreds or even thousands of...
How a Freeze Dryer Pays for Itself
A home freeze dryer earns back its cost in three main ways: cutting down on food waste, preserving a garden harvest that would otherwise go unused, and building a real emergency food supply — often faster than people expect. 1....
Starting a Business With a Freeze Dryer
A number of Harvest Right customers have turned their home freeze dryer into a small business. Freeze-dried food has real market demand, driven by a few consistent patterns: people want portable, lightweight meals and snacks for travel, hiking, and busy...
Make-Ahead Food for Your Next Summer Party
Summer means burgers on the grill, corn fresh off the cob, homemade salsa, potato salad, and lemonade. A home freeze dryer makes it easy to prep most of these ahead of time, and to save whatever you made a little...
How to Freeze-Dry Cheesecake and Its Ingredients
Cheesecake is one of the most popular things to come out of a Harvest Right test kitchen, second only to ice cream. Whether it's a homemade cheesecake or a store-bought one, cutting it into bite-size pieces and freeze-drying it turns...
What Foods Can You Freeze-Dry (and Which to Avoid)
Most foods freeze-dry well: fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy, entire meals, and even desserts. The main exception is anything with a lot of free oil, since a freeze dryer removes water, not oil. Foods That Freeze-Dry Well Fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy,...
Can You Freeze Dry a Cheeseburger? How to Freeze Dry and Rehydrate Burger Ingredients
Yes, many of the ingredients you use to make a cheeseburger can be freeze dried and used later to prepare a meal. Ground beef, cheese, peppers, onions, and even bread can be freeze dried. Rather than thinking only about freeze...
Is a Home Freeze Dryer Worth It? A Buyer’s Guide from the People Who Build Them
We manufacture home freeze dryers, so we obviously believe they can be valuable appliances. We also know they are not the right purchase for everyone. A home freeze dryer is a significant investment. It requires dedicated space, electricity, packaging supplies,...
Meet Dave Nelson: Freeze-Dried Meals for the Trail
Dave Nelson, a 36-year-old world traveler from Salt Lake City, Utah, has explored Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Costa Rica, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Cambodia, and Thailand. He loves nature, animals, and cooking — and in April 2017,...