My Favorite Treat that is Better than CANDY! 

Ohhh yes I love this!

Anytime I've had to go to the hospital or I was sick, I had low potassium. Now I make sure I eat at least one banana a day

The sugar in there isn’t worth the potassium. Leafy greens have way more. I haven’t had a banana in five years. Keto life. Lol. I sorta miss them tho.

@@trixieknits exactly correct.

love aldis too! got my first bee house on the way, and excited to order bees. Your so blessed to have them to enjoy.

Happy new year!!!!! The girls weren’t too bad, but just wanted to be safe!

Ohhh I love my dehydrator! Try fruit leather!!! Soooo yummy!

Great idea!

That’s awesome!!! Thank you 😊 for using my link! What’s your favorite thing you have done so far!

That would be a great video. I'm struggling with that too. Those bags take up a lot of space!

Ohh wow! That is fascinating!

@@TheHoneystead there are lot of videos on you tube & monkeys & apes are so fast at peeling them compared to humans. You should have a look & give it a try. I have & it just seems so natural.

Fun Fact: If you peel the banana in the direction the moneys do, you won’t get any of those banana strings when you peel the skin off. :) Animals do know better!

Ohhhhh I’m soooo jelly!!!!!

Ohhh droooooling!!!!!!!

FYI - Chocolate is on the list of items not to freeze dry in the harvest right booklet.

@@CALAISmylove I’m aware but I did chocolate bars just to see. Loved the nougat centers though

@@lindamickel8545 owww, I didn’t think about the inside nougat part! 😋 Maybe refrigerate bars and cut the outer chocolate off (nibbling on it of course) 🙃 and just fd the inside nougat? I may try that with some snickers or milky ways. Little chunks would be good with ice cream. 😋

@@CALAISmylove May work better now with the candy setting but I think it melts when the warming of the trays happens.

I wanted to try to freeze dry meatballs and Violet (my pup) wants freeze dried bacon 🐶

@@TheHoneystead btw, the affiliate lonk you provide has the cheapest price for the smaller unit after doing comparisons.

Oh my gosh freeze dried blueberries sound crazy good

@@TheHoneystead Be careful with bacon. Animal Fat is not good for freeze drying and bacon is very fatty. Just a thought.

Ohhh yes!! That’s yummy too!

Ohhh it’s a struggle sometimes!

Wow!!!!!

I was worried it would reconstitute with chocolate 🤔 might be worth a shot!!

Ohhh, I see... I didn't think about that. I was just thinking that doing it before- I was worried the layer of banana touching the chocolate would stay kinda thick, or gummy? Of coarse, I have no idea! If only there were a way to have a super thin layer in between the chocolate and banana, that would harden, and still not absorb too much into the freeze dried banana... Oh! Would honey do that??? Oh! Ohh!! OHHH!!!! WHAT IF YOU FREEZE DRIED THE HONEY??? You MUST'VE tried that by now! Right?? WHAT happens to honey in the freeze dryer?!! Ok, Here's my BIG idea: what if you were to paint on a super thin layer of honey to one side of the wet banana. THEN freeze dry it, honey side up. THEN a layer of chocolate ON TOP of that now crispy honey layer!!! O.M.G. !!!!!!! Sounds SOOO GOOD!!!

@@gardengatesopen honey doesn't freeze dry

@@Rachel_1983 ohhhh. I did not know that. Well. There goes that idea then.

@@gardengatesopen This is just the cutest comment thread. Your enthusiasm is infectious. My concern with freeze drying chocolate would be the fat content. I tried freeze drying pepperoni slices and it was a disaster. I realize pepperoni has a lot more fat than chocolate does, but I'm gun shy now. Did I mention that it was a DISASTER?!

You know what.!??! That is a great idea!!!

Oh, wow! I had no idea you could do that! Do the peels taste like bananas? Are they bitter?

@@Romans828girl Not really bitter and it smell like bananas ( as they should lol). I use the powder in my shakes.

@@jenzadork4u Thank you so much for this. What a great idea.

I was thinking I would try more of a whipped chocolate!

How have you been? Bees good?

@@TheHoneystead mmmmh, beees mostly okay, but I lost 2 which I JUST set at at someone's place (AG Exemption)....I don't know how I missed those. No biggie, I'll put 2 more out there. Your bees look great! I still can't believe I lost those 2.....ugg. Lots of honey fermented too (small hive beetles slimmed them out). Going forward, I'm going to start cranking out as many nuc boxes (I'm going to just 5-frame boxes) out of 2x12 material. WAY better insulation than what I've been using...and best of all, free!

I did hear that as well, but I did hear that whipped chocolate does!

@@TheHoneystead I've never even heard of whipped chocolate 😂 I guess I'll have to look into that one.

You can store it in a pantry. Feels weird, doesn't it? I didn't see her put an oxygen absorber in that bag, but I bet she did. I would.

So I heard if it is more of a whipped chocolate it does better! What do you think?

So yummy

@@TheHoneystead looks good. I want one but very pricey 😬 maybe one day

Have you tried more of a whipped chocolate? I heard that works better!

We got our freeze dryer about a year ago, and at that time, Harvest Right was the only one on the market. There is now another one, but I don't know anything about the quality. I watch other RU-vidrs who suggest going in together with at least one other family to buy one, and then sharing it. One lady I watch bought one, figured out how much it cost per day to run it (including part of the purchase price, wear and tear, oil, electricity, etc) and her neighbors pay her "rent" by the day to use it. I guess she estimated how many batches a freeze dryer can give in its lifespan, and divided it out. I thought that was a creative way to share the cost.

@@Romans828girl It is so creative!! I really appreciate your helpful response back, taking the time to help. Thank you again💓

Ohhhh yum!!! Maybe peanut butter 🤤

@@TheHoneystead I have a feeling that you'd run into the same problem with peanut butter as with chocolate: the fat content.

There is really a limited about that the freeze dryer can do vs the limitations of the dehydrator.

@@TheHoneystead So do you recommend I get a freeze dryer? Im almost 70. Your bananas look alot more edible than my hard as rocks dehydrated ones.

It is an investment, but over the time… I’ve save a lot on food!

Yes, but store bought it would be $40 for same bananas. Doesn't take long to recoup cost. I'm dreaming of it!

A $33 savings in one 24-hour batch. Do that 100 times, and your machine has paid for itself. Keep it running all the time, and that's 4 months. After that, the savings are just dropping your grocery bill. A freeze dryer is a way to save over the long term. Also, it's not only about the savings. A freeze dryer preserves more of the nutrients than a dehydrator, so your preserved food is incrementally healthier. And some things, when dehydrated, are hard for some folks to eat. Meat turns to jerky. I've browned and freeze dried hamburger. What I get when I throw it into chili is exactly what I get when using fresh hamburger. And in the meantime, it's in a bag on a shelf, rather than taking up space in a freezer, and in danger of spoiling in a power outage. Lose one freezer full of food, and you'll see how quickly a freeze dryer can pay for itself.