Homemade Lemon Powder 

I absolutely LOVE when you are playful. I laughed so hard when you tasted the lemon with peel on and you were playful. I like seeing your true personality coming through. Love that you're so knowledgeable and precise with your videos and if you don't know about it, you spend the time to understand it in depth. Oh, and tell your husband he does an excellent job, too.

I have wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your video's. I have learned invaluable information from you. As a nurse, I realized this last year that the world around us is very unsettling and scary. You have helped me step up my game, on being prepared. I know what you and your husband are doing takes endless hours. You both are my heroes, can not even find words to thank you both! Please pray for the health care workers, we are exhausted. Many, many THANKS!

Your scientific approach makes this the most interesting and informative channel on the internet. You are a very skilled presenter and Mr. Jim is a very skilled videographer. Ha, ha, ha, I love the faces you made from the taste test!!! Absolutely LOVE your channel. Thank you

I can't figure what I love more, the fabulous information, the delightful articulate hostess, or the devoted cameraman!

I love your videos! One suggestion for you: if you leave out one small piece when you're blending , you can place the piece next to the jar of powder for a visual reminder of what's in the jar. I hope that makes sense.

I have been trying to find a salt free lemon pepper seasoning and this is PERFECT!

So glad you like my plastic tip!

The one with more bitterness you can use to make bitterlemon, it's delicious!!! I've never dried lemons. When I use fresh lemon juice, I always cook the peels afterwards to make bitterlemon (when you ferment the drink for one day you get also the gas inside). The peels after cooking aren't bitter anymore so you can make candies and bath them in chocolate, a very delicious sweet. Maybe the cooked peels can be dried and powdered too (when you can resist not to eat them) They are delicious and they still have a lot of flavor.

So funny to watch you taste those lemons with the peel on :) Thanks for all the hard work you do and sharing your knowledge with us! I dehydrated caramelized onions the other day and they were fabulous!!!!! I could eat them like candy!

I made lemon power ... I through the entire lemon into the juice extractor... (Jack L Lane).... the pith and fiber was separated.... I put the juice into the freeze dryer.... made perfect power.... lovely.... makes the best lemon aid

Awesome! A lot of work went in to this video as always. Appreciate it.

Hi Pam.Thank you for the video! I think that for the last batch (the one without the zests), if after zesting them you raw peel and divide them like we do with grapefruits, you'll end up with raw lemon quarters that you could freeze dry. No more bitterness outcome. I know, it's a little more work, but now they sell very good serrated paring knives and it makes that kind of job very easy. I don't know how that will impact the lemony flavor but who knows? Maybe you'll end up with a good raw lemonade base. All the best.

Thanks for taking one for the team! Love your videos.

Another wonderful video! You are a treasure trove of information and ideas. Thank you for sharing your time, energy, and knowledge so that we can expand our food preservation skills.

I just adore you and your husband. I love your channel. You have covered so many prepping/canning videos that truly cover so many things that many people can learn from. One particular video you did was whether we could use the insta pot for canning. The thoroughness for which you put forth was excellent. I was amazed that you were able to use a special thermometer (which you were able to use from one of the University’s), that actually fit in the pot with the jars and was able to record how hot it got. Yes, I was amazed how far you took the research, for that I thank you. I love this lemon video. ♥️ Your lemon taste test demo was priceless🤣🤣🤣🤣 rolling on the floor.

Miss Pam, I’m delighted that you covered this topic. I’ve been thinking about doing the same thing myself, but was wondering about the nuances. Thank you for being willing to do the experimentation and to share it with us, so we’ve already got a head start on our dehydration of lemons. That plastic bag idea is sheer genius. Big thank you to whoever sent that in! Serious game changer there, when all we wanna do is get something done and packaged up properly as quickly as possible, Without having to stop and deal with food getting flipped up into the lid. By way of giving back, and especially for people who want to save on the energy, When it comes to drying lemon peels, there is an easy trick that saves a lot of energy. When you peel the lemon, if you hold your peeler and just rotate the lemon with the other hand, you can get all the peel off in one continuous strip. Then, you can just hang it over a rack in the kitchen, and when you come back a few hours later, it’s dry. Or at least that’s how it works in my kitchen, and I live in a cold and humid location just slightly above sea level. Mind you, it leaves the peels more golden than sunshiny yellow, but it doesn’t seem to affect the flavor. I use them for tea, and they taste as nice when they’re dried that way as they are when they’re fresh for that use. Mind you, your powdering idea looks divine; as soon as I’ve got a new batch of anything to do with lemons done tomorrow, it’s all going in the blender! I’ve got half a bag of Costco lemons there, and they may have to go in the dehydrator tomorrow after seeing this today. Thank you so much! :-)

Thanks for the taste comparisons. I appreciate the hard work you and Jim put into these videos. And I wasn't laughing at you. I was laughing 😅 with you 🤣.

You were so funny tasting the powdered product. Your videos show the real you and that’s why I’m drawn to your channel.

Loving all of the powdered food videos. Thank you!

Your face expression was priceless 🤣🍋 Love what you teach us 🍋

Lol thank you for all your blunt honesty. You are too cute tasting. Gave this momma a good giggle thank you.

Reminder: the bitter pithy part is where the bioflavonoids are located! Use in your Heath drinks sparingly. 😊

I absolutely loved your facial expression when tasting the lemon powder. PRICELESS! What a great idea to dry lemons and powdering them for later use.

This is awesome!! I never have lemons when I need them. Thank you!!

I zested my lemons and limes, then removed the white part of the zest prior to fruit, THEN sliced them, got no bitterness at all...tomorrow I powder more of them...the zests I mixed, as did I the fruit, it has a wonderful fresh taste...thanks for ur ideas, I have done other powders, and find that after powdering if I put the powders in the oven on parchment paper fir about 30 min the powders are perfectly dried, some were so I only did that for 10-20 minutes but want to be sure, and taste wasn't affected by doing it that way...great video Pam!

I love you Ms. Rosered. I love Lemons. HAPPY Saturday to you.

I completely love your scientific approach. And your funny facial expressions - when your eye closed after tasting that sour lemon powder. I FELT how sour that was! So hilarious!!!

I laughed so hard when you tasted the strong ones 😂😂 your expressions...oranges ,grapefruit and limes would be good too

OMG!! Pam your facial expressions told us everything!! I could not control myself. LOVED IT!! I so remembered when I first started making powder. I had the exact same expressions. I live making lemonade with mine.

This video was just what I needed!! I’ve started my own food stock pile and was wondering today, how I could use dehydrated lemons. Hoping to make this lemon powder as an emergency back up for lemonade. That’s my go to homemade drink when my kiddos get sick!

You had me 😂🤣 during the tasting. Thank you for sharing your impressions

Loving your videos. The first taste test was classic. Perfect lemon flavor face. I laughed so hard. I am looking forward to purchasing a dehydrator. You are an excellent teacher and very detailed. I’ve been binge watching for about a week now. Looking forward to making some dehydrated onions and celery first as I use both all the time. Great time saver!

I LOVE all the information you give!!!

Sorry Pam, but you had me laughing pretty hard when you were doing the taste test. Such an honest reaction to the lemon.

So excited you did this. I have a bag of lemons I keep looking at thinking I should do something with them, now I know what I'll do. Thanks so much Pam.

If you are going to powder foods. Would it be easier if you blended it first then poured it on the trays to dehydrate or freeze dry?

Your reaction when that pure lemon flavor hit ya . . . priceless and just tooo cute! We've all been there 😂🤣

I never watched or had a recipe. Just sliced them up and put them in the dehydrator. They took a while. Powdered them and had to put the powder back in the dehydrator for a while. I got a Yoassi tea infuser off Amazon. 3/4 teaspoons and pour your hot water makes a lovely refreshing drink. I know you can buy it cheap but hey you made it yourself nom nom

So thankful to have come across your channel. Wonderful information!

Thank you so much for showing different ways and parts of drying lemons.

Thank you very much for providing your followers with this education .I enjoy the knowledge

Every time I dehydrate lemons or oranges, within a short time they turn brown. Oddly, citrus juice is used to keep other things from turning brown - lol .... Store-bought is brightly colored and makes me think they may be freeze dried.

You look fabulous in that red blouse!

Taking a bullet for the team, bravo!

I have used both dehydrator and my freeze dryer for citrus, Lemons, orange's.. I like the way freezer dying leaves them BUT so much oil is removed in the process, you can actually see a layer of oil on the freeze dryer water bucket.. So, now i only dehydrate them...not as yellow, but you retain the oil, i also grind the seeds, they have tons of good benefits too..

As you peeled the lemons i remembered what they said about my Grandmother's peeling talent: when she permed potatoes, the peel was brown on BOTH sides! She raised 18 so she wasn't letting anything go to waste! Lol

You are so brave to try those all-great job! Thanks for the info

My mouth is puckerin'! You are such a gracious, intelligent lady with lots of great ideas!

Dear Pam - I’m loving the lemons!!🍋…such a great idea with so many uses…I’m so EXCITED to make some😁…I must admit that I felt bad for you as you bravely suffered thru all the taste testing…I could feel my own face scrunching up as I watched your sour lemon expressions😱 Thank you for yet another AWESOME video👍❤️🤗

You are brave lady! Lucy Recardo😀 funny lemon face.. Thanks for lesson & inspiration 👍

I woulda just made lemonade with those peeled lemons. I want to dry some lemons now. Peaches in the dehydrator now.

Thank you for the great video and so precise information. I think I will try to make the first powder and I will keep the dry sliced lemons as they are. I don't have freeze dryer so I can't make 2 other powders. I must say, You are the most elegant homesteader I have seen so far and your hair is so well done. Please keep up the wonderful work you are doing.

I really enjoyed your video. I had watched the purposeful pantry on citrus and was curious about freeze drying. In her video she suggested a lower temp for citrus to stop the browning. Also taking the pith off.

Simply Beautiful! Outstanding video! Please continue.🤗Clapping from Norfolk, VA.

You are wonderful. Thank you for all you do. Many blessings on you.

You're a trooper I love the way you try different ways and then tasted each one woo thank you for sharing very good information❤

i use a lot of lemons, at least one a day. So I dehydrate the entire halves, once they're juiced. I cut them up with scissors into small squares, and end up with some of every part of the lemon. I love it. I am convinced the "whole food" is the best, for us. And since I can always get organic, i feel the cost is worth it. A freeze dryer woud be fun, but it' beyond my means.

Your facial expression on the taste test was priceless.great video

I've used my coffee grinder to powder dried lemon or orange peels. Doesn't powder finely but no problem. Thank you for your wonderful teaching! And that perfection doesn't have to be a goal; there are experimental errors but so what? Good fun!

Hey, Pam! Love your videos! I bought a dehydrator because of you and have been using it all week.

I really love this it was awesome. I don’t have a dehydrator yet I’m gonna have to use the oven but I’m sure it will work. And it’s probably going to make the best lemonade ever I can’t wait to make fresh lemonade with the powder instead of the packaged processed stuff just so full of chemicals.

I’m glad you did this video. You could make lemonade with the dehydrated lemon just had sugar . I had a thought, After taking off the lemon peel and drying it,you could trim off the pith of the whole lemon and slice it and dry it or freeze dry. It will be a juicy mess but would work.

I love your "experiments"! The rind on concerned me, I'll definitely remove and create a separate lemon zest product - glad you tested!

I recently discovered your channel and would like to thank you for your well-researched and tested methodology. It warms my scientific heart! I'm tempted to get a dehydrator or freeze dryer, but then I wonder if it is worth it for our two-person household. It certainly is tempting though! Thanks a million from a new fan :)

You are such a wonderful woman to share your knowledge with the world. I always enjoy watching your channel.

I loved your reaction to the whole lemon powders.🤣

the is the most wholesome channel ive ever seen. keep on going girl do yo thing

Yes…I’ve dehydrated lemons as well as oranges before….in slices as well as just the peel…time to move forward and Powder as well! Thanks!

I've been watching for a couple of weeks now. Love your videos! Because of watching I decided to dehydrate some of my Jalapeno and Habanero harvest. (I have soooo many and most of them I have frozen) It took 60 hrs to get them fully dry, but I put them in the dehydrater whole. I don't have any way to suck the air out of the jar, hope they keep ok

I love lemons, I eat them by either juicing or I cut out each segment. It's nice to have with water or I make lemon sorbet. I will now have a use for the peels apart from zesting or putting them in the bin after juicing. If you like the taste of lemon you may like sumac which is a spice (I think it's a spice that originates from the Mediterranean area). I sprinkle some on vegetables and cook them in the oven.

Great video ! Thank you so much 🥰‼️

Thanks for sharing! I had dehydrated some lemons and limes in the rounds but wasn’t to sure how to re integrate them into my cooking!!! Thank you now I know how!!!

I have found using a chef cutting glove for any grating or peeling has saved my fingers!

I love your teaching videos.

Thanks so much for the video😁 I love your hair! I’m a redhead too👩🏻‍🦰

I absolutely adore this channel. You're so lovely and knowledgeable. Thank you for sharing all this content!

Hi from the UK…Fab video…you did make me giggle during the tasting…I have a hot lemon and ginger most days so going to try these with my new hydrator (newbie here 😁) loving the videos so much knowledge thank you 🙏😁❤️

Your kitchen must smell amazing!!

Place your trays in your refrigerator or freezer, if you have the space, to cool the items for freeze drying for a little while. It helps with the temperature already down before placing in the freeze dryer

I would totally end up snacking on those freeze dried lemon peels like chips 😂

Worst case you can use for cleaning, air freshener . Its just so great with the powders the possibilities are endless!

I absolutely enjoy watching your videos! I learn so much and I just can’t thank you enough for that.

'Much more full-bodied flavour!' Lol.Well worth the anticipation!

I live in Canada and where I am lemons are very expensive most of the year. So I rarely by them. However, about once a year they go on sale. This will be great to store them. Thank you.

Pam I laughed so hard after that first taste test.🤣 seriously never saw it coming. That face and you trying to find words to go with it was priceless...

I always dance during your intro. It makes me so happy. So Thank you very much.

Hi there...I have an organic thin skinned lemon tree in my garden. I planted a small tree and it has never has any pesticides sprayed on it. I peeled the skin off quite thick with the pith...removed pips and put the lemon through my juicer with peeled fresh garlic and fresh ginger. I then cut up the skins with a pair of scissors and processed the skins in my Food Processor.. The juice of the lemon..ginger and garlic is in a bottle from which I take a few teaspoons a day...can dilute in water with some honey or add honey to the spoon of juice.... I added the fiber/pulp from the juicer which was lemon..ginger and garlic and added it to the skin mixture in my Food Processor. From this mixture I take a few spoonful in a cup and add boiling water to it...when it has cooled off a bit I strain it and add honey which disguises the bitter taste of the pith ..Makes a good and healthy Hot Toddy... I read that the pith is healthier than the lemon juice so I incorporate it.. All that is left are the pips which can be planted. I will dry some skins on a baking sheet in the sun as I only have a Sun Oven not a Dehydrator and want to make Lemon Powder. I also read how adding sea salt or Himalayan Pink Salt to the lemon powder preserves the powder. Regards from Sunny South Africa🌞

Loving you sampling different ways of dry lemons🍋 and for lemonade which I do from my lemon and lime 🌳trees. I don't have a dehydrator thinking of buying one, whats your best one to purchase. Thank you so much for all the time you take doing these examples.🥰 also I've read and saw a video of a dr saying how these fruits are all medicinal for us seed pit and all not to toss away eat it all.

I am learning so much from you!

Great video and your facial reaction was priceless! Thank you.

After zesting or peeling the outside of the lemon; could you have peeled the pith off the rest of the lemon that you sliced, so they would not be bitter?

Recently I dehydrated lemon, lime, and grapefruit and powdered them..... Grapefruit smells heavenly/ All three slip into cooking and dressings with ease. I did the whole fruit in slices and it really isn't bitter.

Great video! Such a great idea to preserve them. I never get to use all my lemons or limes before they get hard 😝

I have lemon peel and experience the same. I put the peels I. The oven after I powder them, makes a big diffference. Have subscribed

thank you to the both of you. your video site is very infromative. God bless

My mouth watered through your whole video. Lol. I love this powering suggestion!

You can put the lemon curd and Greek yogurt in piping bags or use parchment paper to make one and fill the parfait glasses so there are not any smudges.

I love all things lemon. Definitely going to try this. We have been dehydrating so much this year and making all sorts of powders. Beet root powder was what i recently just did.

I dehydrated strawberries and bananas and powdered them. I tried to mix some of the powder in milk and it was awful 😆... Thanks for another great video! I asked my husband for a freeze dryer so I can make all the stuff you make.

Nice! I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel.