What You Always WISHED You Knew About Harvest Right (Freeze Dryer FAQs)

We like to use our Harvest Right Freeze Drier for making a Green Powder from our Garden Greens. Swiss Chard - Cabbage - 3 kinds of Kale - Parsley - Cilantro - Carrots - Beets and Celery and Spinach and Broccoli. We Freeze Dry these items and then grind it into a powder to take every morning and have our greens for the day don.. That has saved us a TON of money! As we don't have to purchase it anymore. Plus, ours we know is Organic - no bad stuff on it at all.

I have had my freeze dryer for over a year now and what I love the most about it is that I can freeze dry items that don't last in the refrigerator for long. Cilantro, green onion, chives, mushrooms, spinach are my favorite things to have on hand. A lot of these can be used as is because you still have the crunch and the flavor and don't notice so much that is isn't fresh. I reconstitute mushrooms in warm water then use both the mushrooms and the water in my cooking. I store all my food in mason jars that I seal with a foodsaver for short term (2 years or less) storage. I love my freeze dryer and have done candy on occasion. My favorite candy to freeze dry is peanut brittle because after its been freeze dried it no longer sticks to your teeth.

Over Christmas I freeze dried eggnog and it was such a hit! I prefroze it to keep it from “exploding” and processed the dried eggnog into a powder to reconstitute but also left some crumbled in 1/2” pieces for my grandkids to nibble on. Such a treat!

My husband and I were considering buying a freeze dryer so I joined some Facebook groups about it and it totally turned us off. Just letting you know this video was very timely so I ditched the groups and we're now very excited about diving into the freeze drying world.

We love our freeze dryer! I can a lot of things, but freeze drying has opened up the door to so many new things I can add to the shelves...and none of it is candy! I want real food. Last week we freeze dried a ton of avocados I got at Aldi for 49 cents each. They are beautiful and so easy to do! Yesterday I did 6 lbs of shredded Mozzarella cheese and it is even easier than the avocados. A couple weeks ago I made Yogurt bites and they are so delicious. None of those things could be added via canning. Now you can have more of your every day food choices made shelf stable. I love just buying a few basic items fresh each week and then buying sales for canning and freeze drying. In addition to this channel and the information given here, I love these 3 YouTube channels for freeze drying: Phil at 4800 feet, SchoolReports and John in Bibs. I have learned so much from them.

I live in a townhome and own several HRFD’s. I had 4 of them in my former condo in So Cal so you can own them in a small home. I saved for 2 years back in 2014 to get an original knob model. It is amazing how much they’ve progressed. ( I still have my knob model and my sisters have 2 of my other knob models.) I just got an XL pro last May and a small pro in July. These machines are amazing! I’m thankful everyday that Dan decided to bring these to market. 😃

I have a Harvest Right freeze dryer and have had it for over a year. You can't beat the freeze dryer when preserving herbs. Think slimy cilantro because you didnt use it fast enough and it spoiled. I freeze dry it and basil fresh straight out of the garden. Love it and i have experienced excellent customer care!❤

I really like my Harvest Right. I was building a home during the pandemic and supply chain issues. It took way longer to build than expected so I utilized the layaway plan to hold the Harvest Right when it was on sale until I could move into the new home. I really really appreciated being able to do that. I've wanted a freeze dryer since they first brought it to the market and planned space and the proper electric for the large model. I even added space for a huge upright freezer in the Harvest Right room to hold the trays. I changed the design of my kitchen island to make processing easier. All of this isn't necessary but I was so sold on the idea of a Harvest Right it became a major factor when designing my home.

I'm 68....someday before I die I plan to own one of these! Thank you for confirming my justification for the cost versus value of my desire. My husband teases me of changing my name to "I want" 😂

Wow this was great info, he said stuff I had never considered before as in running the freeze drier or dehydrator for a few hours compared to running the deep freeze for months, that was great, thanks so much for this.

Hello! I have a freeze dryer but I don’t utilize it as much as I should. I love herbs, garlic and fruit in it. And saving marinara when I forgot my acid 🤦🏻‍♀️. I’d love to see you use and cook with your freeze dried items. I see so much FD items on your shelves I’d really like to see what you do.

Not only freeze dry bananas but I also freeze dry banana peels, powder them up for my garden. Tomato peels, apple peels, lemon & orange zest, great for flavoring powder & tomato powder for thickener, paste, so many things. Love my freeze dryer, two year strong!

Carolyn can’t wait for your FD book ! 👏👍💕😊

Just made several batches of bone broth and freeze dried it. It turned out soooooo good! Also just did my first batch of ground beef! Love my freeze dryer!

The extra power used to freeze dry food would be covered by the saved food on the table

Love this!

Great information. 😊

I had to put mine on layway but got it paid off oct 2023. I am listening to you and processing onions to get going now. I love doing my onions garlic and herbs

Wow learned so much info from this chat. Thank You so much.

Thank you for doing this