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How to Freeze Dry Pineapple at Home Freeze-dried pineapple is sweet, crisp, lightweight, and packed with concentrated pineapple flavor. It makes an easy snack straight from the bag, but it can also be used in trail mix, oatmeal, baked goods,...

Freeze-drying is one of the few preservation methods that doesn't shrink or toughen apples — it keeps the aroma, flavor, color, shape, and nutritional content close to fresh, which is more than most preservation methods can claim. Canning and dehydrating...

Stacy Lyn Harris — cookbook author, gardener, mother of seven, and a guest chef on RFDTV's Rural Heritage — grew up in the South making hearty, from-scratch macaroni and cheese for family dinners. Her version, adapted from "Served Up With...

Zucchini is easy to grow, and most gardens grow plenty of it — often more than any one household can eat fresh. Its mild flavor makes it easy to sneak into almost anything, from quick breads to stews, and it's...

Stacy Lyn Harris — cookbook author, gardener, mother of seven, and a guest chef on RFDTV's Rural Heritage — shares a soup recipe passed down from her grandmother and father. "I could live on this soup forever," she says of...

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Canned food has been the default hurricane-prep staple for a long time, but it comes with real downsides when you're actually evacuating: it's heavy, it's bulky, and the selection is usually limited to whatever's shelf-stable, which rarely includes anything genuinely...

Stacy Lyn Harris — cookbook author, gardener, mother of seven, and a guest chef on RFDTV's Rural Heritage — uses her Harvest Right freeze dryer to preserve turkey, venison, and other meats for fast weekday meals. This stuffed turkey breast,...

Grapes hit peak quality in late summer, often at bulk pricing from grocery stores or farmers markets — a good window to freeze-dry a batch for a snack that needs no rehydration at all. How to Prepare Them Cut grapes...