Making and Using Vegetable Powders 

I’m part of a sharing community. We each buy a piece of expensive equipment and time share it. I have the freeze drier and offer up tray space to people while they save up. Others have log splitters, industrial sewing machines, meat slicers, smokers, fishing boats … that way you get to try out equipment and can save up if it’s something you really want to own. Also saves on storage space for items you use infrequently.

RoseRed there are INSTRUCTORS and then there are TEACHERS. You most certainly are a TEACHER!! I wish you were my neighbor you would be such fun to hang out with.

When I make my spaghetti sauce, I've always added some shredded carrots to knock down the sharpness. Well guess what carrot powder does... not only sweetens but thickens, eliminating any runniness. Thanks for your inspiring videos

I use a NutriBullet to powder my dehydrated foods. Works great. Last year, I got frustrated trying to find a vegetable bouillon that wasn't loaded with ridiculous amounts of sodium and other unnatural ingredients, so I tried making a REAL all-purpose vegetable bouillon from a mixture of numerous powdered vegetables -- onions, garlic, carrots, celery, spinach, kale, mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes, beets... you can use any combination of vegetables you like -- with some nutritional yeast (to give it a little umami) and a little kosher salt. I use a couple of Tbsp of the mix with each cup of water, and use it in any recipe that calls for vegetable bouillon. It turned out delicious, and it sure is a lot better for you than the commercial bouillon. I don't think I'll ever buy it from the store again.

I am soooo thankful that I came across your channel today!!! At 57yrs old, I’m just learning to can and preserve foods. Growing up during the time of “plenty”, there wasn’t a lot of canning going on. I lost my Mom at age 20, so now that it seems to be very important to have these skills, I have been scrambling to find someone who has this knowledge. Looks like I’ve found just that! I’ve decided to adopt you as my 2nd Mom! 😂 In all seriousness, THANK YOU for sharing all of your tips, tricks, and wisdom with all of us that are seeking❣️ God bless you❣️

That tip about the powder being free flowing was very helpful.

I grow and dehydrate swiss chard every year. I then grind in my mortar and pestle. I put it in empty capsules and take 3 a day during the winter to boost my iron and get in a solid serving of veggies.

You are an amazing teacher with a delightful personality. I truly believe the Lord is using you for a "time such as this" bring us high value info. Thank you both for all the time and research you do for us!!!

Thank you so much for all of your videos and sharing your wealth of information. You probably have no idea how much you are helping others by posting your videos. Thank you so much!

Spinach was one of the first things I ever dehydrated, over 35 years ago. I put it in everything. I dehydrate and grind so many things into powder. Onions, garlic, ginger, all of my herbs from the garden (basils, oregano, lemon verbena, lemon balm, citronella geranium, mullein, chives, catnip, sage, dill, parsley), jalapenos, tomatoes, beets, lemons, limes, oranges, celery, bell peppers.

My sister-in-law saves all her skin ,seeds,, pulp from juicing tomatoes for me and I dehydrate those for tomato powder. Yummy. Nothing wasted.

I am new here. I just love this lady! I vote that she write a cookbook with some recipes for us! I would purchase! Love this site!

Oh goodness; my brain is going a mile a minute. Long ago, I had surgery on my jaw and it was wired shut for 6 weeks. So, all I could eat were thick liquids. I ended up mixing baby food meat with creamed soups and blending them. It would have been wonderful to have veggie powder to add to the mix. Having the powders would give people on a liquid diet something other than Ensure. Thank you so very much for all you do.

I just have to share that we have a friend that states he does NOT eat vegetables... he came to eat with us and I serve hamburger patties with kale powder in them. He ate them and bragged on them...I never said a word!!!!!! Another time same friend came, we had spaghetti. In that spaghetti sauce I had cut up peppers, onions, and tomatoes. He could see those, but he could not see the powdered eggplant, kale, and mushrooms. He bragged on my spaghetti sauce. Its funny when they don't know what they're eating!!!! Thank you so much for you GREAT videos!!!!!

I have done fruit powders. I add them to muffins, cookies, sweet breads, and smoothies. I mix greens and call it super greens. I add it to everything. But I can make a cup of soup in a minute with my super greens and more. My super greens have over 21 veggies in it

Bless you for presenting info for the budget-conscious. We all need good nutrients! And showing it CAN be done on a budget. Oooh, can’t wait for those instant soup recipes!

I’m from Brazil and came across your channel about a month ago… I have always wanted to learn how to safely can and preserve food… after watching a lot of your videos I gathered enough braveness to try to do some canning. So, I bought a big pressure canner and some glass jars, and I’m very happy to announce I’m doing today my very first canning batch!!! ❤❤❤❤ fingers crossed and let’s hope everything will turn out perfect!!! Thanks for all the information and inspiration. Lots of love from Brazil!!!❤❤❤❤

Brilliant! Watching you make the tomato powder to paste, to sauce, to juice... I thought, "With all those veggie powders, she could have had a V-8!" 😄 So much info packed in this video. Thank you.

When I started out powdering my dehydrated veggies, I would take a sheet of wax paper and put the dehydrated vegetables on it and put another piece on top and use my rolling pin to break it down. I have also used a tenderizing hammer. While it doesn't get it into a fine powder like a blender does it's better than nothing when your blender quits, or no power

In your 70’s…you look so good. Wow!!💕

You and Jim work so hard on these videos. I just want to thank you both. I love your videos, they are great treasures to have. Thank you for sharing you knowledge. God bless both you both.

Just Genius!!!! When you pulled out the bottle of Cream of Asparagus soup, I said "OMG! This would be the hottest selling item for edible gifts this year!" You are amazing! You have taught me so much over the last 12 months. I should be paying you tuition. (Smile) Thank you for your wonderful and giving spirit.

You my dear are a national treasure!❤❤❤❤ I know it would take a lot of work, but boy, I wish all of your knowledge and recipies were in a book for quick reference. I truly believe it would be a best seller!!! Thank you ever so much for the time you have spent teaching us everything you have learned about canning, dehydrating and freeze drying. And thank you to your hubby for filming these videos. ❤ ❤❤❤ Blessings to both of you!😇

Powdered food is also so very useful for camping! Campers frequently use powders because it reduces the weight of what they have to carry on their backs and helps to preserve the food for their entire trip!

I use a veggie bullet. works great. Thank you Pam for teaching us all this information.

This is by far my favorite homesteading channel. This video is packed with useful tips. Can hardly wait for the next one.

I use an electric coffee grinder that came with an interior lid so I don’t lose any of the powder.

One thing I love to powder is dried beans. You can make decried beans super easy, or my favorite is to use bean powder in place of all purpose flour when making corn bread. ❤️

I use a coffee grinder. Just got my dehydrator for Christmas! I was fortunate enough to lean canning from my grandmothers early on & I am teaching my sisters & daughters, I'm 58 this year & it's important to teach others to help themselves. THANK YOU for your guidance & useful information on all the different ways to preserve foods. ❤

Life is a sharathon marathon. 🌻 (I wonder if that exact sequence of words has ever been brought into existence before - in all of human history, or even since before that. All of time. In the entire universe, until now. Isn't that special. And you witnessed it right here.)

That would be very useful for an elderly person for quick nutrition. We all need that these days. Thanks Pam and Jim.

I did all the homemade from scratch with my big family, canning, dehydrating -- fresh, frozen and canned. But I've never made vegetable powder. Thank you so much. I'm ready to go start dehydrating. Just me now, no garden, so I'll use the frozen vegetables and fruits. Looking forward to your next lesson.

I have powered dehydrated mixed veggies…..and added it to meatloaf…..I think I need to do more powered veggies 😊

My brother snd sister-in-law have been married 61 years. They bought a Vita-Mix over 40 years ago as an INVESTMENT. They still use that same Vita-Mix at least 4 times a week and it has never been repaired because it has never failed. The Vita-Mix was an EXCELLENT INVESTMENT!

I've been using powdered veggies for years. I like to powder wild greens which are nutrient powerhouses and sneak a little bit into anything that won't be overpowered by it. You are really punching up the nutritional value of your food that way. I also use powdered beets to dye baked goods naturally.

YOU ROCK!!! I ALWAYS learn something from watching your videos. I'm soo grateful that you take the time and make the effort to share these videos with us. :-)

I have so many tomatoes this year. Getting my dehydrator out now. Great idea. Tomato juice with a little celery powder and you have the start of V8.

I use my ninja blender to powder my veggies, I put veggie powder in smoothies for my grandson who refuses to eat vegetables he thinks he’s allergic because unfortunately he’s mom is allergic to most fruits and vegetables so I hide it any thing I can!

You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I learn so much from you. I picked up a Canning book and learned how to can. I bought a dehydrator and into that. Now, I am privileged to be introduced to powdering veggies. I broke 2 coffee grinders ( $10. each) . Waiting patiently for delivery of a better one. Now, I am waiting on your videos for powdered soups. This would be so great for people who are sick. (Retired Nurse ). This my dear is your calling. God Bless you and your family. TX.

WOW ROSE! What a bomb shell FULL of information !!! I am so excited and you have totally inspired me to do these powdered veggies and you have been such an inspiration to me for so many many ways to preserve foods! THANK YOU So Much!

I have just very recently discovered your videos while researching, contemplating and excessively ruminating about purchasing an electric pressure canner. I just love all of your videos! I decided to make the purchase for the Presto canner after watching your detailed and thorough analysis on the appliance. We are in our mid 40s and our next appliance purchase will also be a freeze dyer. I digress in my main reason for commenting. My mom is 76 and disabled due to a CVA when she was just 43 years old. Since January, she has suffered a blood clot surgery, then a fractured pelvis and a reduction of independent mobility. For some reason, unbeknownst to either my father or myself, the woman who ALWAYS prepared meals with a nice healthy dose of veggies, has suddenly become as petulant as a toddler with most vegetables! This powder video has given me the idea to sprinkle a variety of powers into spaghetti sauce, quiche, pot pies etc to make certain she is getting a good diet of vegetables! I am very thankful for this video. It got the little hamster running on the wheel which operates my brain these days! Blessings to you and your husband 😍

I’m all the way in little old New Zealand! We don’t have anyone here (that I know of) that powders vegetables. In the last week my eyes have really been opened to powdering fruits and vegetables and harvesting my own produce. I found this video one of the most intriguing videos I’ve come across ❤️ thank you so much for the time and effort you put in to sharing your knowledge

Oh, I wish we were neighbors! As I’m watching your videos, I am packaging dried potato flakes. You are just precious! Hugs

I am nowhere near your level but do so much enjoy your videos. I am learning so much from you. Thank you.

I mix all my greens and powder them together. Then when i process Tomatoes (for making sauce) i dehydrate the skin & seeds. Process with a spice grinder. Have 1 qt vegie powder and 1 qt tomato powder. Do the same with egg shells since they take so long to break down in the garden, I powder them too.

Miss Pam, what a funtastic video!!!! SO many different ways to use vegetable powders!!! I would Never have thought to make so may things with vegetable powders!!! Love the idea of making instant powdered soup mixes!!!! Fantastic idea!! Love your channel!!!

Thank you for sharing this. We have just started making tomato and okra powders this year. We read that the okra pods that have gotten tough and the seeds can be made into powder. It is a good substitute thickener. The freshener seeds can be used like couscous. Other than using powder in soups is to substitute 1/4 c for flour in bread. Love the idea of carrot pancakes!

I made a big batch of mirepoix powder some time back that I recorded (Making mirepoix powder part 2). In that video I used a cheap single serving "Farberware" single serving blender from Walmart. They've changed the design some and the cost has gone up some (I think it's like $30 now) but I really like it because with the individual cups I can measure and blend multiple powders all at the same time without having to wash and wait to dry in between and for making mirepoix I could get the ratio right just by looking at how much of each I had. For the price I highly recommend them because mine has stood up to use for years but when the motor finally goes I can get a new one cheap.

I make my own dog food & had one little "princess" who would pick out the vegetables & leave them on the floor. So now I dehydrate peas, carrots, green beans & beets & then powder them. Not only is it a painless way to get veggies in the dogs it also takes up a lot less shelf space.

i’m so happy i find your channel ❤ God bless you

I can't believe you are in your 70s! You look amazing! I really appreciate the fact you show both methods and you are so easy to understand and thorough! Great tip on the saran wrap. I saw someone use a soft brush to get the powder out of container.

I love your channel. Thank you. I wanted to share what I do to drying veggies. I was one that couldn't afford a freeze dryer years ago, so I saved up for one and finally got one 6 years ago. For me, it has paid for itself the first year. All leftovers have gone into it so it would't waste in the fridge. Pumpkin, blueberries, carrots and spinach, corn, peas, beets, parsley, sweet peppers, hot peppers, potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, peaches, pears, watermelon, cantaloup, lemons, oranges...and so much more. So, when the fruits and veggies are in season and on sale, I purchase as much as I can afford at the time. I have done both dehydrating and freeze drying. Freeze drying dries them to the point it is so easy to turn them into powders. Dehydrating works, but can take longer to really dry them. Fruits tend to dry soft and rubbery, so it can take a few days to fully dry them out to the point they can be turned into powder. I have used a nutribullet to turn it into powders and i have used coffee grinders. Both work great. The coffee grinder may take a a few times to get it to a fine powder. I also have a vita mix, and that works great too. Pumpkin powder, I have added to make pumpkin breads/muffins/cookies and pancakes. Same goes for blueberry powder and also added to shakes. Beets, made beet soup and added it to sauces and shakes. Powders last a long time in the jars. I do add a food grade silica pack in the jar to keep it dry because I live in a humid state and I don't want to get moisture in that powder. I dry onions, garlic and ginger root to make my own powders. It is a lot cheaper that way then buying the powders at the stores. I have freeze dried my own black coffees reg and decaf as well as coffee with cream for a freeze dried latte. Depending on the size of the cup you use or how strong you like your coffee, home made instand coffee tastes just like you brewed it. Same goes for teas....instand tea. You can do that with orange juice, apple juice as well. Dried juice powders take up less space on your pantry shelf and will keep for YEARS!

I do not say this lightly- If you had a cook book on this(preserving, drying, dehydrating, etc)- I'd buy it because THIS is the type of lost information we need to bring back. BTW, how do you powder chicken broth- is there video for that? No freeze dryer- dehydrator or oven only-. Man it's so refreshing to see the "old" knowledge coming back. Thank you for your videos!

I think the "jar" gifts are lovely ideas! Showing others that we are interested in their wellbeing and sharing our delicious meals and desserts with them says a lot!

Thanks for sharing this! I recently went on a new diet ro heal my intestinal wall, called the GAPS diet. It involves a lot of bone broth and fermented vegetables, but also it involves being grain free /flour free/nut free / no potatoes /etc. So one of the things I've been Experimenting with lately is flourless beet-powder pancakes. They were actually quite good! After doing that, I've seen tried using pureed leftover Roasted beets, which works well. They turn out great and you can even bake the recipe! I've since tried making flourless beet bread. Didn't even have beet powder, or fake sweetener, it was just leftover beets, salt and eggs, oil. It was actually quite delicious all things considered. Many years ago I learned that I could make rutabaga into cake, and beets into chocolate cake. So this is an extension of that. When I was a kid, my church youth group made & sold "mixes in a jar" as a fundraiser. They weren't nearly as healthy or as DIY as these, but they were good. Most recently, I bought some Cauliflower flour / powdered Cauliflower and soon I will try using that instead of regular flour, not used with it but used instead, to make grain free bread-like products. We'll see how it goes! Cauliflower is surprisingly adaptable. Anyway, thanks for your video. I enjoyed watching! It inspires me to garden & do more food prep! Sometimes I make homemade jar mixes for Christmas, maybe I'll consider something like this!

Pam this one is great. Love the teaching lesson on the how to dehydrate, but I'm thrilled to see you teach how to use them. Can we talk about using powdered sour cream?

What you said about kale and being practical made me laugh at myself! I grew kale because it’s so healthy and it’s suppose to be beautifying, but I found that I only like kale when I make it one way which was a pain and my family didn’t like it at all. Only the chickens appreciated it as a treat. So yes, it doesn’t make sense to preserve (or grow) something that will never get used. 😆

Oh, did I love that video! My husband said that he has tons of frozen tomatoes. Bingo! Tomato powder! It’s genius. Thank you so much.

Mrs. Rose you are just as cute as a button. Thank you for the attention to detail and taking the time you take to help us understand why we need to have these skills. Again, you are just adorable.

Crazy idea, but I needed ground cloves for my pumpkin pie and only had whole cloves. So, used my coffee grinder and it worked great.

What I love about this is the reduction in sheer volume. I grew a ton of tomatoes one year in an over reaction to a bad tomato growing season the year before... and of course had tomatoes up to my eye balls. But with more than one dehydrator in the house, I could have dehydrated so many of those and stored it in 1/100th the jar space as all those canned tomatoes!!

I ordered a dehydrator after watching your videos. I really wanted a freeze dryer but I am saving for solar so it will be a future appliance. Thank you so much for educating us.

As long as its not raining my dehydrator is going non stop the whole month of august with the harvest of the garden. I use my Nutrabullet to grind everything. I use them to make soups, put them in stews, meatloaf, coat a chicken and in scrambled eggs. Ty for sharing all these ideas

This is wonderful, thank you!!! I am today days old that I heard of potato powder, what a game changer!!!!

I powder in a regular household blender. But in reserve I have a wonderful granite mortor and pestle. It came from Mexico and I have had it over 40 years.

I dehydrated 10lbs of various frozen veggies and 8-10lbs of frozen hash browns a few months back when our freezer took a break on us. That took about 3-4 days of constantly running the dehydrator to get it done, I should have put a silica pack in the jars that day but I didn't. I noticed the veggies changing color about a week later and tossed in packs. They seem fine to eat but not to pretty so I just pulled out the nutribullet to test it on powdering and it worked pretty good and they certainly look better that way. It took me about 30 minutes to do all 9 jars and I was able to combine 4 jars of potatoes into 2 jars. My powder is not all as fine as seen in this video (except the potatoes) but I did not attempt to sift and work hard to get it that way and I like the visible mico pieces in the veggies. The corn looked fine but I did it for fun and now I have corn meal LOL and it smells amazing!

I'm 58, and been canning all of my life. I started dehydrating about 25 years ago. But making powders are new to me, and this video is such an inspiration! I've been using my Ninja blender, and it works great! Thank you for sharing!!!

Another amazing video!Thank you (and Jim) for all that you do to bring us along with your efforts and experiences. I love the idea of "soup in a cup" using the powdered veggies. Just add a couple of spoonfuls of the powder and fill with hot water. I hope y'all are doing well.

I love that you are compassion for people. You be an awesome "President or Vice".

You have the gift of teaching- thx for speaking slow and clear! And also researching saftey. I know you & your husband spend untold hours on these videos.

Thank you for such a great idea! I took my mixed dried veggies and powdered them a little at a time, in a Nutribullet. Worked super well! Can’t wait to use them in cooler weather in soups, stews, etc. and even a little in a smoothie so I can get the nutrition of vegetables that I dislike. 👍👍👍💕💕💕

Ooo, this will be a great addition to dehydrated veggies!

So glad I found you!!! Loved this information. Never thought of drying veggies from the garden and making powder. Brilliant.

as a mum of Autistic kids that struggle to eat vegies, this video is amazing. I have bought a dehydrator and a high powered blender/miller and we are growing our own veg now. The kids will have no idea their nutrition will be going up in the coming months and I wont have to argue about them eating veg :D

Dr Cantrell - you won't remember me, but you taught my Stats class at BYU as part of my Teacher Ed program about 14/15 years ago. It's so fun to see you on here!

My Ninja works great to powder. I use my powders for smoothies and soups. I love the idea of having nutrient dense foods for emergencies! Thank you Pam and Jim! I so love your videos.

This video just came up in my feed and now I'm following you. I can my own tomato juice and tomato sauce and now I can do tomato powder for my paste. This is a fantastic video!

I loved this video! So inspirational and aren't the powders so beautiful in their jars? I just started with dehydrating and I love it. Today I made a quart of spinach powder from one of those huge bags of spinach that are so cheap but so hard to use up if there is just two of you.

Is it weird that I take notes during all you videos? I feel like I’m in school again and I love what I’m learning!!

Love your videos! Keep making them

I have learned so much watching your videos and i so appreciate the fact that you explain everything in an easy to follow method. THANK YOU!!!

The long awaited powder video is here, great video. Love the soup idea. One of my daughters has tried ( to no avail) to get me to drink the healthy smoothies (which taste horrid) maybe powdered vegies might be a great smoothie addition to get the health benefit of veggies I can't stand to eat. Thanks for sharing your efforts with us !

Here I am sitting in Glasgow, UK watching your videos and I love how you explain and show everything. You are very inclusive in how you think through the demonstration and provide alternatives. And I love your voice is soothing and it makes for a really relaxed and enjyable video. I recently bought some dried powders to do diy japanese curry powder which is gf so that my celiac family members can easily enjoy it. I never realised how many things can be powdered so i ll be buying more. I like your soup ideas from another video, i ll try making them using powdered rice and coconut milk etc and see where I get with it. I can see a use for this when Im ill. I ve chronic illness which affects my joints which makes cooking difficult at times and had covid in jan - where both me and my partner got so ill we could not even stand long enough to brush teeth let alone cook for several weeks. Took me 8 moths to get back to ft work and i am able to cook a bit but standing for a long time is out of the question atm... I realised I need more easy but also healthy options as we relied on ready made food from shops resulting in weight gain way above healthy bmi and these powders offer a really interesting and more importantly easy to make and use option.

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What a treasure. Such a wealth of knowledge!! I'm very glad I stumbled across your channel!

I always use my food processor to powder my freeze dried foods. I dehydrate my eggshells and powder then, too. I use them with my coffee grounds for a good boost of calcium! Much more natural than pull form. Great video! I made powdered pumpkin soup for the family at Halloween.

The time and effort you put into your videos and sharing them with us is most appreciated

I LOVE having tomato powder on hand. Tastes great and so convenient! As always, I love all of your videos and you are my number one trusted source! Thank you so much, God Bless!

You are so kind thinking of others! Greetings from an Englishman 🇬🇧 in Arabia! ☺

Thank you! I have learned so much from you! I’m am just learning what to do with my tomato powder!❤

Thank you for yet another eye-opening video! Here in France this summer I dried and powdered linden leaves and stinging nettles 🍃, air drying them in the hot breeze then crushing them in a plastic bag before pulverizing the crushed leaves in a spice grinder. The taste of linden is neutral but it’s slightly mucilagineuse and works well to thicken soups. During the war, the French used linden leaf powder to substitute up to a quarter of flour in baked goods. The nettle powder is great in soups, but also to make make small batches of fermented nettle tea as a natural fertilizer and insect repellent for plants. 😁

I've been drying eggs to turn into powder but they didn't turn into powder, it was more like crystals. I wanted powder so I did my research on blenders and found one we could afford so we got it. I powdered more eggs and they powdered right up! And the color is better too! I think I'll go ahead and repowder the crystal eggs right after I powder the lemons. I'm learning so much from you, thank you. Please stay safe and sending hugs to you both 💜🙏😎

Great video! Looking forward to seeing the 4 powdered "soups-in-a-jar" video :-)

I hardly ever comment but i so appreciate your videos!

I grind my dehydrated spinach with a mortar and pestle and put it through a mesh strainer to separate any bits of stem that didn’t grind small enough. I haven’t tried making other veggie powders yet. I make egg shell powder in my WonderMill with a hand crank. I plan on testing out the hand grain mill on some dehydrated diced onion next.

Pam, I am thrilled I found your channel! I love doing pantry projects and this will be one of them. I already make a dehydrated veggie bouillon but it is so smart to have individual powders. You are a wonderful teacher and I love watching you! Thank you💕

You could completely add some of those other veggie powders to the tomato powder glass of juice to make a homemade V-8 (Carrot, Celery, Beet, Spinach)! 🙂

Awesome video and great information! I've never powdered yet, but I dry veggies, especially the leaves of many of them. My dehydrator went out last summer in the middle of drying corn, so I laid it all out on the dashboard of the truck to finish! The dash was hot enough to fry and egg and it saved my bacon so to speak!

Another good thing to dry and powder is pumpkin or butternut squash. You can rehydrate and make pie filling. Cook it first and then dry on fruit leather sheets. Then powder. Works great!

you are doing great . thanks for this info. love and respect form India