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Make Amazing Dry Rubs With Your Freeze Dryer

Make Amazing Dry Rubs With Your Freeze Dryer

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...

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Real Owner Story: One Texas Kitchen's Freeze Dryer Haul

Real Owner Story: One Texas Kitchen's Freeze Dryer Haul

Sharon W., a Harvest Right owner in Texas, bought a medium freeze dryer and put it to work almost immediately — running it, in her words, "practically non-stop" for seven straight months. What she ended up with is one of...

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Real Story: A Family's Freeze-Dried Hiking Staple

Real Story: A Family's Freeze-Dried Hiking Staple

The Westbrook family — Don, Jessica, and their extended household — have owned a Harvest Right freeze dryer for nearly two years, and it's become part of daily life as much as it has their outdoor adventures. An Everyday Kitchen...

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Winner of a Medium Freeze Dryer

Winner of a Medium Freeze Dryer

Congratulations to Tara! She is the winner of a medium freeze dryer. Enter our new giveaway here.

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What to Pack in a 72-Hour Bug Out Bag

What to Pack in a 72-Hour Bug Out Bag

A bug out bag (BOB) is a pre-packed kit built around one goal: covering your household's basic survival needs for about 72 hours if you have to leave home on short notice. That window comes from a widely-used preparedness guideline...

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What Is Mylar, and Why Use It for Food Storage?

What Is Mylar, and Why Use It for Food Storage?

Mylar bags are the standard for storing freeze-dried food long term, and there's a real reason why: the material blocks the three things that break food down fastest — oxygen, moisture, and light. What Mylar Actually Is Mylar's official name...

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6 Tips for a Bigger Tomato Harvest

6 Tips for a Bigger Tomato Harvest

Tomatoes are technically a fruit, though most gardeners treat them as a vegetable — and either way, they're one of the easiest, most rewarding plants in a home garden. A single plant typically produces somewhere between 8 and 20 pounds...

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The Health Benefits of Smoothies (+ Recipe)

The Health Benefits of Smoothies (+ Recipe)

A smoothie made from real, nutrient-dense ingredients is a genuinely good meal or snack option — not just a sweet drink. Made with fruit, vegetables, and dairy, a smoothie can rival a full breakfast for nutrition, and it takes about...

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What Avocados Actually Do for Your Health

What Avocados Actually Do for Your Health

Avocados are one of the more genuinely nutrient-dense fruits available, packing healthy fats, fiber, and a wide range of vitamins and minerals into every serving. Here's what actually holds up, without the overhyped claims avocados sometimes get saddled with. Bone-Supporting...

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