Dehydrating & Freeze Drying Carrots 

"Baby" carrots you purchase are all the reject carrots. They are cut into uniform "lengths" and put into large drums to resemble baby carrots. They are soaked in a chlorine bath... so that's why they may have turned "white." I used to work in a Produce Dept. I hope that helps!

Aaaah, what sweetheart. Reminds me of my beloved who was as thoughtful as your Jim. On our 30th anniversary, my beloved husband took a picture of my wedding bouquet of white daisies and white roses, and had the original florist recreate my wedding bouquet. It always so very uniquely and thoughtful, a kindness I miss, but he did pass this kindness on to all our children. He passed away suddenly 5 mos after our 32nd anniversary, 7 yrs ago. It truly warms my heart to witness, a thoughtful husband cherishing his wife. Cherish every little random act❤

You are a treasure. I can see that these videos will teach people for years to come. No one that I have seen does as much research or take us through the process in such detail as you do. One day, you made 4 loaves of bread to show us the differences of the baking pans. I appreciate your sharing your experience and experiments. You have a great channel and are an exemplary teacher. Thank you.

Aww, Jim is so sweet, giving you roses for no reason, just because. That’s the best reason to get roses or any kind of flowers from ones hubby. You did good Jim! He’s a keeper, Pam!

Pam, that is a rule that everyone should apply to all their food preps 'WHAT IS THE END USE". Excellent vid.

Glad to see some dehydrating technique. As fascinated as I am with the freeze dryer, it probably is beyond many of our budgets.

Mr. Jim is precious 🌷 How lucky & blessed you both are for having each other. I love that you show us the great moments and the not-so-great moments. We fail. It's refreshing to watch a RU-vidr be "human" like us 💜 Thank you for another great video! Prayers going out to you as your school classes begin 🙏

Years ago when I was in school I was having trouble with my sewing machine. I talked with my teacher about the problem and she said, "Carolyn, check the nut at the wheel and see if that helps." I went back to my sewing machine and sure enough it was the nut, ME. I forgot to put the bobbin cover back on the machine. I dearly love your channel and everything that you share with us. Have a blessed school year.

I go the EASY route in dehydrating carrots: buy frozen slices, let them thaw, then dehydrate those babies! ALL of the work has been done before the slices hit the bag, including blanching. Prices are going up, but not quite as much for frozen veggies as for other things. A 1lb bag was $1.29 in central NC for about 1/2 of forever; it's now up to $1.69 but still a bargain with ALL of the work already done.

Five or ten years ago I watched a video from Bexarprepper where she is microwaving shredded carrots for dehydrating. She used a plastic freezer bag and a tiny bit of water. 2.5 minutes on one side, and 2 minutes on the other side. I've been using that method, for years and I'm very happy with it. I dehydrate (in batches) about 5 pounds of shredded carrots at a time. That's the amount to fill my dehydrator. I make carrot salad with the re-hydrated shreds, and they're perfect. No one knows they're not fresh carrots.

I have never seen a Road Runner. I was blessed to see it on one of your programs. I am 67 and started canning again this year. I am loving every back breaking minute of it. You are such a blessing, God Bless you and keep up the good work!

Jim, you are so sweet and thoughtful! I love the roses! He is a very supportive husband. Thank you for the video! God Bless!

I just couldn't quit thinking of carrot ginger carrot soup. I feel so inspired. Our restaurant supply store has 25 pounds of carrots for 13 dollars. So thanks so much!

Rose, I cannot thank you enough for sharing your Knowledge and Wisdom. May God bless and Protect you, beloved husband, Jim, and family.❤❤ ✝️

Just general information, carrots can be grown in early spring and a second crop planted 2 or 3 weeks before autumn and then harvested after the first frost (those are extra sweet) since you're living in high desert, you might have better luck growing carrots in large planters with good quality potting soil, worm castings and a layer of mulch to help protect the carrots from heat and cold extremes.

The more I watch, the more I want a freeze dryer. Lol

I live in the Detroit area. My grocery store (Meijer) sells 1-lb bags of crinkle-cut sliced blanched frozen carrots for $1 per bag (on sale). One bag fills one tray in my Excalibur dehydrator, so I can dehydrate 9 lbs at a time. So easy!!! Eliminates ALL the steps. Thank you for all your fabulous information. I am learning to be creative!!❤️❤️

You can also follow your idea of buying frozen sliced carrots and drying them. That's what i did and it was wonderful!

You have such a thoughtful husband, enjoy they don’t last nearly long enough. I can’t wait to powder some carrots.

Wow, you've been really busy with those Carrots, & have the Orange Hands to proove it, at least your Hands can see in the Dark now. Lol. 🥕👐 TFS RRH, & take care too everyone. ❤️🙂🐶

What a cool lady.

I've got about a gallon of freeze dried carrots un-blanched and unsealed just to work through and so far six months later they are still very good. I'll try blanching my next batch to see the difference.

Maybe it was a speed issue with the fancy machine? Gotta say I really enjoy your tutorials and I have learned a ton☺️and have told a lot of folks about your channel👍👍👍

The most attractive trait of a man is how he treats the women in his life. I'm so glad Jim treats you so well.

Thank Pam & Jim. I'm still working on my tomatoes, but next dehydrating project will be carrots, celery, onions and garlic. My cooking is mostly savory so these ingredients are my go to for just about everything. Thanks again.

Perfect timing!! I am about to harvest my carrots and came to do a search of your channel because you always have the best info, and you had just uploaded this! Thanks for all of your hard work!

I have learned so much about canning from you, thank you so much.

I am watching the playlist. Glad you didn't remove the attemp with you new machine, "real life with Pam and Jim!"

Beautiful color!

Jim, you’re one of a kind! So nice to see such thoughtfulness! Great video! 🌹

I got the food saver set years ago and it came with a manual pump rather than relying on an electric vacuum. I like to stay away from electric devices since they won’t do any good during a blackout or a power outage. I also don’t want to have a big vacuum machine on my counter all of the time. BTW, Pam, I am a high school chemistry teacher in CA. Thank you for the support that you give to the science teachers in your state. My professor for the MA in Science education was Norm Herr, if you know him…He’s growing close to retirement too, I believe, and I don’t know what we will all do without him!

Thank you for the tip about sealing regular-mouth jars. I bought a set of these vacuum attachments and have had no problems with them, but it's nice to have an option if needed.

The Ankasrum Vegetable cutter has a grey coloured attachment that holds the slicing drums in place - then it works beautifully. Check the front of the box and see the picture. I see now that you figured it out! Happy slicing and grating.

Pam thanks for the hack of turning a flat upside down. I have been using 2 flats but not one upside down. Then I have to pry the top one off. FYI Harvest Right is having a scratch and dent sale. It makes the freeze dryers several hundred dollars cheaper.

Thank you SO much for supporting St Jude! They are amazing & do such good with every dollar they receive! ❤️

Since watching your chanel I have been caning everything I can get my hands.on. A loo lso I have dehydrated mushrooms and herbs. Today I will be dehydrating garlic and onions.

🎉🎉Jim - very sweet to think of roses for Pam❤ I appreciate all your prep Intel 🤗

Thank you for choosing carrots as my family of 4 love carrots.

I just love your food preservation and freeze drying videos. The results are really fun to see and I learn a lot.

Since I started dehydrating in 2020, I keep dehydrated carrots on hand for soups & rice pilaf. I just ordered 25 lbs of carrots from Azure Standard that will be diced, blanched & put in the freezer.

This comment is about an old video "how to make gluten bread" 6 months ago. I can't make any kind of bread but for the first time in my life (I'm 75) this bread came out perfect. It looks, taste and feels like real bread. Thank you so very much. I am new to your channel. I will try more recipes.

Azure Standard has #2 carrots at a good price. Just purchased my first order last week. I have been wanting a freeze dryer for years. Hoping To get one soon. Thank you for all your teachings. 😍

I was so happy to see that you use 2 lids on the powders. I haven't been able to get any of my powders to seal. I'm delighted to find there may be a solution.

This is from left field, but the best Augasons prices I’ve ever seen was during a case sale at Fresh Market in Park City, Utah off of Jeremy Ranch. That was 2 years ago and I haven’t been able to match it again!

Thank you for the video. I fed the Wednesday night kids at out church for years, so I researched all the foods I gave them. As 13soap13 said, I found that they are bleached at some point in their processing. God Bless and stay safe.

I downloaded and printed your book. I have a binder that I use to put prepping recipes in (using plastic sleeves). I was blown away by the recipes and the calculations for ingredients. I love that you put in substitutions as well. I can't believe that you and Cindy put this together so quickly and to think that you work full time as well as doing a RU-vid channel! I found some fantastic ideas, recipes and it helped identify some gaps that i have. I loved it and want to thank you for putting it together for us all. 💕

Just pulled carrots from the garden so a very timely video. Thank you.

You had me rolling 🤣 the way you were flustered over the stoppage. I was looking in a mirror I affirm!! Of course you reasoned it out and like the scientist you are found the solution. I would still be biting the air. 🤭 Perhaps not so much, after realizing that it was operator error. I wouldn't be speaking to myself for a whole day!!! I love to talk to myself so that would be quite the punishment!! 😉. The sticky kitchen floor, I just know you would rid your fluster by slathering up all the sticky and ousting it from the kitchen!! Thank you for the mirror it was great! The carrots 🥕 look fantastic and so a job well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 😀.

Pam... you have made me a food science junkie! 😉 Thanks for always giving great info. I originally found your channel when I was researching dry canning.... and your video on why not to do that was very helpful. I've been a fan ever since! 😊

Good video. I always use my food processor to shred juicy or wet vegetables. It contains everything. Beautiful roses Jim. Have a great week.

You mentioned in your video that vegetables don't need to be conditioned. You may want to look into this. The books I've purchased say all dehydrated foods need to be conditioned. I do as a routine, but I'm just getting started.

I love my kitchen aid attachments. I have a grinder that makes quick ham salad or bologna salad (sandwich spread) depending on where you live!

Hope everyone has a great school year, Be safe everyone.

I dehydrated 25 pounds of carrots a few weeks ago. I use a mandolin that you push through a shoot. It only took about 30 minutes to cut all 25 pounds. I am so happy to have them in my food storage. I do not have a freeze dryer, maybe one day.

Because I love carrots and can never find any in the frozen foods section, this year I purchased a bunch from the farmer's market to freeze. After blanching and flash freezing, I put into freezer bags which are now sitting in my freezer. I don't have all your fancy gadgets, and would probably never use them, so my best course of action is freezing. Great Video! Thanks Pam!!!!

Love the roses! Jim, I hope you told the cashier that you know how to treat a lady!

Carrots are so veritable. Bread, soup, snacks, cake, muffins. Nutritious and great tasting. Thank you.

Pam, for shreds, slices and so much more, we have a Braville Sous Chef food processor. It is expensive but TOP NOTCH for ALL food prep from making nut butters to cutting French fries! It does everything with speed and precision. I can’t recommend this machine enough! Well worth the cost! That along with our VitaMix gets used DAILY in our home. ❤️

I would caution you that Auguson Farms cheese powder is not very cheesy. To me, it just tastes salty more than anything. I have been pleased with everything I have bought from them thus far, with the exception of the cheese powder. Their broccoli cheese soup is a little iffy, too, just because there are bits of dried broccoli that do not soften up and are "stalky" no matter how long you cook it. We really like their creamy potato soup!

Thank you Pam And Jim you are a sweet heart. I know I can count on your knowledge . I would only be able to dehydrate. Something to think about.❤️

You might be successful growing carrots in the fall. Plant the seeds now, water and cover them with cardboard or a regular board until they germinate, then take the cover off. Thin after they are up a while. You can try them in one of your raised beds or a pot. I think you will be able to grow them this way.

I have a "brake bleeder" from Amazon that I keep as backup to my FoodSaver. No electricity required. The regular food saver accessories work just fine... Both wide mouth and regular.

Thank you so much we have had a problem with how to use the small vacuum sealer. Your an angel 😇

Great team, good job Jim on the Rose's.

Busy, busy, busy you. Moss certainly doesn’t have a chance of growing under your feet. You inspire me to do more. I need that nudge. If you can’t do, what excuse can I make that is reasonable, well, none actually. Happy new school year. Glad you are carrying on the education in the land of Dixie.

Thanks for the heads up on Augason Farms sale on Amazon, picked up a few items! Picked my carrots the other night and was wondering what I should do with them, timely video!

FYI: baby carrots in the store are cut from large carrots and then they're wash with a bleach solution. Maybe that is why the carrot powder turned white.

Just bought the Cuisinart pot on Amazon and it was on sale for $69.99 ❤

It is a pleasure watching your content! It brings me smiles.

Great demonstration! Beautiful roses Jim :-)

Thank you Pam and Jim... I love my Ankor [as we've named it] we were just checking to see if we knew anyone who had this attachment soooo yea!!! We ot the grinder and it works fabulouslyin... so I'm excited 😊 aboutthis... thanks for sharing Blessings 🌞

I have looked all over, including Amazon for the Paderno Upright Carrot Peeler - looks like they are not made anymore ... I LOVE mine, can do any carrot or parsnip in a second ! I should will mine to you when I croak ! lol

great video, carrots are not my favorite. but i do like them roasted and in stews. great job JIM

Thank you Pam and Jim for alerting us to the sale on Auguson farms #10 cans. I purchased and received them today. I also ordered the Weston and attachments, just waiting on their delivery.

thank you

Thank you for sharing.

So looking forward to the next book! As much as I would like to I can't justify a freeze dryer, so I can only dehydate. Can't wait to have soups/meals in jars.

Lol I had to go get me some carrots today.tuenws this on and there you are.muxubf carrots and pineapple with apple juice.making a relish

I am totally thrilled with the way freeze dried foods come out. I am seriously thinking of getting a freeze drier.

Just got a dehydrator for Christmas. So more dehydrating videos would be great. I've already got great info and ideas from you and would like more.

Great video! I love my kitchen aid grater for my cheese as I can’t have pre-grated cheese as the dusting they put in there doesn’t agree with me. Sugar is why I can’t have carrots anymore😟. Jim and Pam, thanks for another great video. Beautiful roses 🌹

Great and fun video. Love the roses, Jim is so sweet to brighten your days. I am so impressed with how you search for an answer to a problem and share even when it's user error. We all do things like that, and it is encouraging to me to see the calm (at least on the outside, Lol) way you handle it. Also, thanks for the Augason Farms heads up. I like Thrive Life products, but they have not had carrots or celery in stock for a while, so I grabbed some from your Amazon link. I appreciate all you do and from the comments, I think baby carrots are off my grocery list and going to only long carrots. Take care!

This isn't on subject but I must say I LOVE your intro music, don't ever change it.

I only dehydrate, and although I do generally raw/blanched vegetables, I actually cook carrots nearly completely before I dehydrate them, as I find that they take forever to dehydrate and they become hardened in an unusual way.

Pam, I have a tall Foodsaver canister and have found that if a jar fits I can vaccum it in the canister. This allows me to recycle other jars like those pasta sauce comes in for my dehydrated foods! Also, I had the same problem with baby carrots and I have since learned that they are often treated with a bleach solution. That would explain the turning white and funky taste. Thank you for these videos and looking forward to your new cookbook for making meals form dried foods.

Hi Rose. I have been looking for the video you did on pressure canning whereby you tested out an electric pressure cooker that you found did get to pressure and was deemed safe for canning. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the machine. I woul like to start canning and am wanting do do various spaghetti sauces. Love listening to your videos. You are so clear and concise and have inspired me to start storing and canning. Regards Jenny

Great job. Really learned a lot❤❤❤

Hi Pam /Jim Love the roses es.. Good for you Jim... A thought on Blancing!! I have a commercial size electric steamer ..Uses 400mls of water and can run for 60mns.. The baskets are much the same as the internal basket of your pan..just not as deep.. and they stack on top of each other// Dishwasher proof also, but quite adequate for doing the project you have just completed.. The device/ pan has five stacking stainless steel baskets with holes for drainage.. different veg groups can be stacked and ' Blanced at the same time.. Less mess as you can grate/ chop the product into the steamer baskets.. The timer is a god send also.. See what you think!! I think Costco dose a version of this!! Kindness your way Neil Lochness Scottish Highlands

Jim,you can’t be in the doghouse!You need to run the camera.Glad you figured out the attachment problem.That’s a beautiful machine.

I have something like that it's called (Salad Shooter) I get them from thrifty stores.

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Hi Pam and Jim! I cannot tell you how much I love your videos and how much I have learned from you! I am very grateful for the time and effort you put into helping us with food security! I have forgotten which video it was in (I have watched them all) but you had a butane burner on your counter that was the right size and able to take the weight of your big canner. I would love to know the make and model of that burner since I have scoured all the single burners on Amazon and have not been able to find one that meets both requirements. Thank you for all you do!

You are an excellent teacher❣️

When you thin your carrots in the garden those are baby carrots too!

Thanks Pam. I can't grow carrots either. Go8ng to check out Auguson Farms. Can't wait for your cook book!

As always, great video. Regarding the bleaching out problems with carrots…yes horrible. I’ll be very interested in the large carrot verses small carrot bleaching out. I now only store them in Mylar.

I promise I’ll finish my last two classes this week!

Oh my gosh you are in academics. Nailed it ☺️

I've got a hand grater similar to yours but it's manual. I haven't used it yet. I dehydrated some frozen sliced carrots turned out really dark, still had some orange to it but still... I'll shred some and blanch them next time! Tfs. Please stay safe and sending hugs to you both 💜🙏😎

You can't beat a KitchenAid