Dehydrating and Freeze Drying Broccoli 

Your channel is becoming more and more interesting. You are talented and we are greatly appreciative for your time.

Really appreciate that you share research-based info! I have a 30 year old dehydrator & last year got another used. Last Christmas we went in with adult kids & got a freeze dryer so we could all afford it better. Love it! I still use both methods. These vids are a lot of work & we sure appreciate them!

Your tutorial on freeze drying and flash freezing broccoli was great. One way to use the pulverized broccoli is an excellent way to add nutrition to a green soup or other green food. Picky eaters will not even notice they have been nourished. Moms have to be sneaky sometimes.

I don’t dehydrate or freeze dry….….but I wanted to click the like button and leave a “thank you” comment for the time you share with others. God bless you guys! 🥰

I recently dehydrated frozen broccoli for the first time and was thrilled with the result. I've used them several ways, including in an excellent pantry broccoli cheese soup. Both stems and flowers had that fantastic crisp-tender texture, and rehydrated quickly. Now I'm binging on dehydrating broccoli! Should probably note that I separated the florets into similar sizes before dehydrating.

The dual examples of freeze dry vs dehydrated is part of what makes you the best!

I have done both way’s. I do the freeze dryer for powders because it completely powders veggies so well. But I usually only use my freeze dryer for meats and eggs. I use my dehydrators for veggies and fruits. Although I have to say fruits work great in the freeze dryer as well. The only thing I do different is I don’t thaw my veggies. I dehydrate them frozen. Super easy and works great. Buy them, put them on my trays and hit start. I’ve been doing it this way for more years than I can count and still using the same dehydrator. However I bought a new Corsori last year. I love it.

Thank you so much for sharing this important information. Many people don’t know how to do this and I believe it is a very strategic part of food security.

Love that you showed both methods of drying plus all the useful information that you research love it! All of your videos are so interesting thanks for taking the time to make them you are awesome💜

Just finished making powder from my tomato peels. What a great idea! I had an old coffee bean grinder that had never been used. It worked great-in small batches. My kitchen aid mixer bowl was full. I blended and poured into the wet trays of the dehydrator. Those tomato "crispy fruit roll ups" ground well. I was getting ready to vaccum seal the jar when I watched this. I'll be using a coffee filter. By the way. It made just about 1 cup of powder. And smells just like a fresh tomato. I'm making meatloaf tomorrow. I think I'll add a little for seasoning.

Love the "making veggie powders" series. I love your videos.

Thanks Pam for the filter tip. So far in the "powders" series we have spinach, celery, and broccoli. I'm keeping up, but I only have a dehydrator. Looking forward to the next one.

Kelvin! Such an apt name. Hilarious.

Love all the knowledge you share. Thank you from Ohio

Love this tour of your freeze dryer area. That broccoli looked really great. These comparison videos are really fun and interesting!

I really, really appreciate you showing both ways. I’m not going to invest in a freezer dryer, but I do have a dehydrator. Thanks for including all of us!

Thank you so much Pam (and camera man Jim) 😁 I hadn’t thought of making broccoli powder until your video…I’m going to make zucchini powder and dehydrate my frozen tomatoes from last years garden to make powder and use both in soups and add to the flour in yeast bread doughs…and now I can do the same thing with the broccoli powder😃 Your videos and channel are just Top Notch and I am personally so thankful that you share all of your expertise with us…I’m still taking notes from your older videos and looking forward to each New one!!!🤗 God Bless🥰

You are a lovely lady that explains each step very clearly. I thank you for that. God Bless you.

Thank you so much for all your videos! You have been my go-to person for learning to pressure can. It's been very rewarding filling my shelves with home canned foods! Before heading to Sam's Club for fresh broccoli to dehydrate (my first time dehydrating food) I decided to first see if you happened to have a video on it. 😊 Using frozen broccoli will save me a lot of time! Thank you and God bless you for taking the time to share your knowledge with so many people!

Both do excellent work but if i could afford and have room for i would go with Freeze dryer

I love it the Kelvin lab. That’s one thing I do not miss is the earthquakes. I grew up in Cali the earth never stops moving there. I love your videos. I need to bite the bullet and by a freeze dryer. I have a dehydrator and I got the instantpot max. I’m intrigued by the powdering process and how you use the powders.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.. I am just thrilled to have found you and all your helpful information. I thank you and your family for the time you take to test and explain things we all need to know to help us in day to day living and emergencies. You have given so much so freely I hate to ask for more but now that I have dehydrated my broccoli successfully I would greatly appreciate a recipe using my finished product to make broccoli and cheddar soup. You are so very appreciated 💛

You sharing your knowledge is so appreciated

Thanks for sharing this with us. It's great to see things before I try it!

Oh I never vacuumed those tops at all I just put them on and left them!

I was just looking at the frozen broccoli this afternoon at the grocery store! I got a big bag of mixed veggies instead. Tfs. You make me feel confident about food storage. Please stay safe and sending hugs to you both 💜🙏😎

Love love your channel

This was fun to watch. I just love your videos. You are so good at explaining things.

Love, love, all your videos. I have learned so much! Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills! I truly enjoy your videos. Yours in Gratitude

Thank you for doing the comparisons, I really enjoy watching and learning from your videos!!!

Thank you very much. You have helped us so very much. Dianne

I am so glad I found your channel! I wanted to dehydrate more. Thanks. I can't wait to so broccoli

I love these videos, very interesting content! Great content!

brilliant really you are the brightest woman of our time

Cream of Broccoli soup sounds wonderful! Can't wait for more powder videos!

Thank you for sharing. You always have such interesting videos.

I so appreciate your channel. You are not afraid to buy products. I just can't always grow everything.

very useful .. i just started dehydrating

Thank you! We have dehydrated many frozen veggies...BUT I never thawed them first,! That was good information!!

Thank You so much...it's very important

You guys are really making me want a freeze dryer!!!! 😁

As always good information. Waiting to see what you make with those powders💚

Pam you are so talented!! I love your videos and have learned so much....please make more videos of your powdered meals. I have snagged the ones you have already posted on your other video. Thank you so much for sharing all of your ideas and recipes 😁.

Great video

Very interesting. You answered a couple of my questions. I may still dehydrate some and re hydrate it and see how it goes..

Enjoying what you’re doing young lady

I'm getting an 8 in1 airframe. I can't wait start dehydrating with it

Thank you for these wonderful videos! ❤️😉👍

Thank you, Pam & Jim!! I have started a notebook to keep your tips and tricks. Loved watching this video to see the difference between FD and dehydrated. We have a dehydrator and it does get put to good use. I use my food saver to seal jars as well. One thing I did purchase last year is a manual brake bleeder. If we have a power outage, we can still manually seal/reseal our jars to preserve food. One caveat to that, hands get a bit fatigued, but it is worth it!

Very Helpful ❤️

You can also use a piece of cloth or cupcake liner in place of the coffee filter when vacuum sealing powder. Just make sure the cloth has not been washed with fragranced detergent.

You are so scientific! As a former Science teacher. I love it!

Great video.. I got a new dehydrator a couple weeks ago.. haven't used it yet.. but it won't be long as I have frozen veggies waiting to be done.. have a great day

Muffin cups work as a barrier for vacuum sealing, too, if you don't have coffee filters. Great video! Thank you!❤

Pam, try leaving your broccoli out the night before or pop in a low oven for a bit, that way your not washing out nutrients and not adding water . Hope that helps

A salad spinner works wonders for getting the water out

I planted about 6 extra tomato plants just to make tomato powder which i use every week. Im gonna start dehydrating extra frozen veggy's now as Im looking forward to this project with veggy powders. I love looking for the frozen veggy sales in the stores and it saves me so much space in the freezer for other items.

It's great to know I can get the frozen and dehydrate if my broccoli doesn't make. I thought so but was Leary. Thank you for this video

Since I have gotten my freeze dryer I have not used my dehydrator. With the freeze dryer it turns out a much better product with more nutrients. And funny that I’m seeing this video this morning. I just put in three bags of frozen broccoli myself yesterday.

I am a new subscriber and I love your informative videos! Thank you and God Bless!

That is really wonderful! I never have seen the freeze drying before:)

I would like to say thank you for your wonderful videos. I'm so glad I found your channel! I've also found myself recommending multiple videos to friends. Keep up the fantastic work, you are a delight! Looking at the freeze dried broccoli makes me want a loaded baked potato for some reason lol. Cheesy broccoli goodness :-)

I enjoyed this video. I've watched 4 so far today. I have a dehydrator that is over 25 years old & still works. I use it mainly for herbs & teas. I dry the Mint & Lemon balm which we grow. We use it all winter as well as gift giving. I will definitely try this & see how the powder works in smoothies.

I can’t even express my appreciation for you, your time, your research and detailed explanations. You save us so much time and effort. Your science approach is invaluable. I have more confidence that I won’t kill us. Lol I’m sure that has been asked and answered somewhere, but not sure which video(s). 1. When rehydrated, what’s the texture difference between DH vs. FD? 2. Is more more nutritious vs the other? 3. Flavor difference? 4. Does one rehydrate faster than another? I’m pondering a freeze dryer purchase, but that purchase is a financial "ouch." It’s a scary plunge. Part of my DH purpose is space saving. FD seems to retain it's original size more so. :/ Another point to ponder.

Looking forward to how you’re going to use these powders.

I found that the Dry Food VItaMix attachment is better for the very hard Dehydrated items.

Ooooo….I just dehydrated Broccoli. I didn’t think of a powder? Maybe I’ll do half since I have two quart jars that I’m conditioning right now. I’ve made mushroom powder that I love! I’ll add the broccoli powder to my shelf. Thank you Pam! Connie from Michigan

I just started making up my meals in bags and this reminds me to put some of the powders in some of the meals. I found wonderful 1/5 oz jars and 4 oz jars on Amazon (big amounts of them at a good price) and it is really coming together - lots more organizing to go. This is so useful. I had not seen anyone do greens when I started a few years back and wondered how I could get my greens in (Vit K), I started making it and put it in almost everything I make. I have a f.d. and a dehydrator and have realized that I need to label which system I used - it is useful when looking for something in the pantry. I am so happy - just went out and the blackberries are finally turning black - so tomorrow, we head out on the Mule and pick berries and then next batch for f.d. is the blackberries and my grown blueberries. Nature is such a blessing. I wonder how people who never cook or grow food or look for healthier food even feel this great feeling. On Suttons Daze the other night in a canning discussion - a few people said they might be a little crazy because they love to go into the pantry and just talk to and touch and take in the beautiful colors of all the jars - I thought it was perfectly normal myself :-).

Omg im so happy i waited. My neighboor gave me 25 kg broccoli since my harvest was bust. I have been looking into what to do with it. can it or dehydrate. You are reading my mind! Thank you for this. Blessings from Norway

Love the video and thank you for the comparisons. I need to know if it is good to put broccoli into mylar bags and use an oxygen absorber to make it last longer. Or is it best to put in jars?

I just love your videos I really do Enjoy them this Is my 4th time seeing yall's video I really Al's video I really enjoy them I truly do and how and how you in your husband Preps food It's the freeze dryer And your other stuff thank you so much thank you so much for taking time to show us how to show us how to do this God-bless you both God-bless you both I appreciate it very much love to much love to both of you And your other stuff thank you so much thank you so much for taking time to show us how to show us how to do this God-bless you both I appreciate it very much love to both of you

On another site, I read that cruciferous vegetables tended to taste of sulfur. Have you found that in your experience? While the crowns are tenderer, I find the stems sweeter. I love the tip about buying frozen vegetables and how they've been pre-blanched--huge time-saver! While I grow a fair amount of veggies, I don't grow broccoli either! Now that I have the unit, it might make belonging to Costco worth it again. My plan is to join every other year. It's an hour's drive each way, so I'd only go maybe five or six times a year, but I know they sell cases of eggs, the rotisserie chicken...yum!

I think I’ve mentioned this before but I’ve made flour with that Vitamix milling blade. I also have an old Champion juicer with a milling blade. Nice to have options.

Another item you can use to prevent powder from traveling up the vaccum tube is a cupcake paper cup.

You could use in casseroles.

Freeze drying would be the better option for me can't afford other equipment

I would love a freeze dryer. Other priorities first though

Love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I have a question on dehydrating? I am fairly new to dehydrating and have a hard time trying to determine when things are sufficiently dehydrated. Will you please share some info and talk about the texture and how crispy things should be when done. Thank you so much.

Another wonderful video. So.... I bought an Instant Pot. Not the model that does pressure canning; I have an All American pressure canner for that. I'm looking forward to having fun with my new toy. I've also been flirting with getting a dehydrator, and seeing all love your videos don'ts help my resistance at all! I want to make my own "sun dried" tomatoes, and I love tomato powder.... Having vegetable powders to flavor sauces and soups with would be so helpful. Be well.

Great video, we will definitely try powdering som broccoli. The vacuum sealing attachment, can it be used on screw on lids? If we for example reuse a store bought glass of jam?

Excellent video!!! You have me intreged in what you will be doing with all these vegetable powders!!! 🤔

Thoughts on if the jars need a o2 absorber? I know you said it would last 2+ years plus like that at what point do you think a 02 absorber is needed?

I was hoping to see them rehydrated and reconstituted for comparison.

I so appreciate you and your channel. I would like to try making vegi powders this year. I may have to consider getting a better blender though. Anyways great video Pam. Cheers

What is the benefit of vaccum sealing after they've been dehyrdrated?

What kind of liners do you have on the freeze dryer trays?

Mrs. Cantrell, where did you purchase your black scoop like strainer. I like what it does. Thank you

I will have to search and see if you did any videos for after u dehydrated it. I would like to know how the taste and texture is? I would only be using for broccoli casserole,

No freeze dryer but 3 dehydrators. God Bless, stay safe.

I may have missed it, but what temperature did you use on the dehydrator?

Amazing. Thank You! I have a Excaliber 9 tray Dehydrator. I've dehydrated frozen vegetables before but not Broccoli. "So is frozen Broccoli the only vegetable you put in water to thaw etc before dehydrating?" Thank You for Sharing!

I dehydrate my broccoli. I use it in soup, stews and powder it for hiding in chili etc lol.

Can I use a vacuum sealer bagging system in place of jars for storing dehydrated food?

I'm curious if they taste different?

I'm new to dehydrating veggies for powdering. Do you have to vacuum seal the jars if you will use them in a few months?

What is the shelf life of the powders vs. the dehydrated foods? I vacuum seal all my stuff in jars as well as in vacuum bags.

I’ve a question; do I pressure can my homemade soup or water bath them to store for long term? The soups are already cooked so is the meat inside of the ingredients. I appreciate all your advice and your videos are wonderfully informative 👍🏼🌻

Great video…I LOVE broccoli!!! I finished my first dehydrating project a couple of days ago. I got 4 pints of cabbage out of one head. Does the broccoli snap after dehydrated, or is it more leathery? 💕🌸💕

Question - are those 32oz bags or 16 oz? 3 bags for 4 trays in freeze dryer?