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A productive garden can go from a few ripe vegetables to more food than your household can eat in a surprisingly short time. Tomatoes ripen together. Green beans seem to double overnight. Zucchini grows faster than you can give it...

If your freeze-dried food feels softer than expected, you may wonder whether the batch is finished. While texture varies from one food to another, confirming that food is completely dry before packaging is one of the most important steps in...

Powdered onion and garlic are old news in most kitchens. High-end chefs have been going further, using freeze-dried food powders to intensify flavor in ways a spice rack alone can't — and a home freeze dryer gives you access to...

A great steak often only needs salt and pepper. Plainer cuts of meat need more help — and that's exactly where a homemade dry rub, built from your own freeze-dried herbs and vegetables, earns its keep. The Three S's of...

Bone broth is a stock made by simmering chicken, turkey, lamb, or beef bones with vegetables like celery, onions, tomatoes, garlic, and herbs for several hours — a traditional preparation that's seen a resurgence in popularity. Some people who drink...

Stacy Lyn Harris — cookbook author, gardener, mother of seven, and a guest chef on RFDTV's Rural Heritage — relies on her Harvest Right freeze dryer to keep her family prepared for emergencies and her pantry stocked with healthy, ready-to-use...

Most recipes call for a tablespoon of an herb, but the grocery store only sells it by the bunch or the whole plant — which means the rest sits in the crisper drawer going brown and mushy before you ever...

Freeze-drying a good herb harvest in the fall means still having real basil, lemon verbena, or whatever else grew well, well into winter — enough to build a dinner party menu around three different pesto varieties instead of rationing one...

A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share is a good option if you want genuinely fresh, local produce but don't have the time, space, or interest to grow it yourself. You pay a local farm for a share, and in exchange...