Preserving A WHOLE Case of Bananas! How do I do it??!! 

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Love to see you have your kids in the kitchen, my Grandmother was pa dutch and she brought my brother and myself into the kitchen and taught us to cook and bake, my brother makes fantastic chicken pot pie. I hope they enjoy their time cooking!!!

Hi Carolina and family. There is something called Monkey Jam; that uses banana, coconut and pineapple. I don't have a recipe, but it might be worth researching. Love always

I wish that I'd seen this about 20 years ago. I was often blessed with boxes like that. I froze much of it while my dehydrator sat in the closet. I use bananas instead of eggs in recipes due to allergies. Thank you for sharing. I always learn so much.

Please dehydrate the bananas till crisp. Dont worry about timing them. They will mold if they aren't dry.

I can the banana jam in pints and use it as a banana bread starter. Just add flour, spices etc and bake. Lots of banana trees down here in Florida. 🍌 🍌🍌

Yeah, I would have looked at all those bananas and instantly cried like a baby! You tackle it like you are the banana boss and saved everything possible. Amazing as usual Ma’am. Thank you for showing us how it’s done💛💛

Frozen bananas can be cut into chunks & blended in blender to make ice cream. Actually even just mash frozen bananas with a fork & beat it a bit with a fork like beating up eggs. No liquid or anything else needed. Dairy allergies so it was my go to for ice cream substitute for birthday parties, etc. when my kids were growing up.

You did an amazing job. Banana's do come out that way when dehydrated. You did nothing wrong. There are some recipes people use to make them " crispy". Like coating with honey and cinnamon.

I just dug my dehydrator out of my shed. I dehydrated two and they are so good I also did pears and apples. Love them as a snack ❤️

The paralax sheets don't work as well for really wet foods, foods actually stick more. Using the grids as a foldable cutting board to transfer dried foods to a jar fitted with a canning funnel saves a ton of time.

Wow banana jam that would be delicious with peanut butter sandwichs. Got to try that!!! Yummy

That’s exactly what I do-I flash freeze half bananas on cookie sheet then bag those up for smoothies-last year I got tons of bananas-cases-it’s great having them for smoothies/ice cream/cakes & muffins-my family loves the dehydrated and they keep for yrs. I’ll have to remember to dehydrate peels next time-I just soaked them in water a few days then poured into garden -it was VERY STINKY but dehydrated would be great no stinky and save for garden season. We love our magic mill-had it about 9 months-works great! Next time I’m going to make/can some monkey butter😋

I just love to see Mother's teaching their you children what to do in the kitchen. Always reminds me when my girls where small making cutout cookies when l made cookies.

A banana slicer is a one trick wonder (I usually avoid one trick wonder kitchen tools) but it does make short work of slicing lots of bananas. (And the comments on Amazon listing are absolutely hilarious lol)

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You did an awesome job in preserving all of the bananas. Not that you need it because you have chickens but you can use a half a banana to replace an egg for baking. Also, you can use applesauce to replace an egg in baking as well. The rice pudding looked devine!! 👍

I add the silica food grade gel packs in my dehydrated stuff. Banana jam cool. Going to try that.

Oh my gosh, this video was so good, one blessed family to have such a good cook and a caring mommy..............

Love that you have the little ones helping you, great life lessons!

Peel them, put in freezer bags and can be used for smoothies.

I use to dehydrate bananas when my kid's we young and I could never get them hard like store bought one's. I also dehydrated apples and papaya tried kiwi and no matter what I dipped them in they were still bitter and pineapple dehydrated is also good.

What size was your blue pot? When drying anything it should be left in an open bowl to allow excess heat to evaporate. After 12 hours you can store in a closed container. That way you prevent condensation from happening.

you are one hard working woman! i applaud you!

Your boy reminded me of myself when I was young, helping my mom in the kitchen just so I could lick the bowl! Love it!

The rice pudding looked yummy, I would also go for oatmeal with the cooked bananas. Oh yeah banana jam and oatmeal. Ok now I am hungry. Oatmeal cookies with the banana jam, oatmeal cake too. Now what about pancakes made with pecans and banana jam.

I’m glad to see you got a chest freezer! I might ask for a dehydrator for Christmas. The banana jam looks yummy.

When I have dehydrated bananas in the past I always let them cool on the tray . Then test them to see how they snap. Also bananas are very high in sugar so once cooled then put in jars if after a day or two if you notice any moisture in the jar you might have to put them back in the dehydrator for a little longer . Your doing good keep up the good work 🤗

wow! action packed cooking video on a little dab of everything we wanted to know. yes its normal to have chewy chips. love the banana jam. will have to try this. the pudding looked so great. thank u so much Carolina! and so enjoy the children. thank u.

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The rice pudding looks amazing. Heading to the kitchen to make some now. 😋 The banana jam would make good pancakes 🥞 😋. Thank you for sharing 😊 ✌🏼💕😏

How cute your son said " there's gonna be six" he has a sense of humor !😂 When he's helping you with mashing the potatoes, love your channel!

I love to make nice cream with overripe bananas, the recipe call for bananas and cocoa powder. Vanilla is a nice added touch and it comes together quickly in a Vitamix. Thanks for another great video.

Good use of the banana's most of us would not know what to do with that amount. I was never successful at dehydrating but you will love them freeze dried once you get yours!

My favourite thing to do with frozen bananas is make "nice" cream. You take 6 frozen bananas, 1/2 c cocoa powder and 1/2 c milk and blend it in the food processor. Voila! You have chocolate ice cream! I got this recipe off of another RU-vid channel and it is delicious.

We raised 5 children. I used to buy the markdown cases of bananas. I often froze most of them. Then I would make lots of fruit rolls. I blended them with pears or peaches or berries or whatever else I had available or frozen. Using at least 1/3 banana in the mixture made them ply able. On the Excalibrator I used 2 cups of puree for each tray. I then cut them in half and rolled them up in plastic wrap. They keep for years. My grown kids friends still tell me how much they liked them ☺️. I would add some sugar but not a lot. Much healthier than the bought fruit rolls. If you don't have liners for the trays, plastic wrap will work just fine. Just tuck it under before pouring on the puree. You want the puree to have a thicker consistency, not real runny. Enjoy your experience in dehydrating fruit ☺️

When you store your dehydrated food in jars, you want to flip the jar for a week and watch for condensation around the neck of the jar. If you have condensation, you need to dehydrate longer.

Your rice pudding looked yummy. I make mine a little differently. All the steps you did only add Cinnamon, then I whip my egg whites, fold them in the pudding. Pour into a greased casserole. Bake at 350 for about 25 or 30 minutes. So I don't have to stand and stir. LOL Great video. I will try the banana jam. Never made that before. You are wonderful.

Hey this is so funny... I just did this last week!! Yay !! I dehydrated bananas ..leave some room to shake them up to keep them from sticking together. Banana bread I rebel canned but it gets eaten up within a month. Froze some and banana jam to use in pancakes . ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Love your videos !!!!

Yummmy! A dash of cinnamon would have been good in your pudding too. I’m processing grapes today, my Walmart had them for 25 cents per ilb. I got 2 nice size bags and it rang up to $1.25 for both 🤯 I got in the car and told my husband he said “why didn’t you get more?!” So I went and got 20 more. I’m just washing them and freezing them up for now because I have no available jars.

Another great video. Thanks for the knife sharpening lesson.

Most store bought banana chips are deep fried, that is why they are so crunchy. I have a very difficult time finding dried bananas.

Wow I have never even heard of banana jelly I bet its 😋 tyfs have a blessed night ❤ 👍

Thank you again for your awesome video and wonderful tips! I would never have thought of using the peelings for compost,,,, many blessings to you🥀

Great day with you, all the bananas 🍌😀 you made soo much great food with. Thumbs-up

Others discard such food but you work your magic of it Great content

very great ideas Bananas are different dehydrated. My sister freeze dries them so much better great video

Holy Smokes, that's a lot of bananas! 😂😆😜🍌🍌❤️

I dehydrate bananas for adding to pancakes and future breads ..

Wow ! That's awesome, That banana rice pudding looked so good then you put that whip cream on ! Oh my that looked amazing, & I never heard of banana Jam & that looked delicious, Would love to wake up with toast & that spread on it or a bagel : I just love the idea's you come up with . Looking forward to the next video . Have a great week , you & your family.

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My daughter loves banana jam. We make it a few times a year. Not many people have heard of it.

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I always out either a oxygen obsorber or silca pack in with my dehydrated stuff and powders you just can't use an oxygen obsorber in high acidic food you would need a silca in those. You can get a bunch of either in Amazon for cheep Take good care

You can use a ceramic cup bottom.

Goodness that looks like a long day! God Bless you

Dehydrated bananas, monkey butter, & frozen bananas are great

If you have a gallon freezer bag. You could put multiple none freezer bag into the gallon to protect them

Lol, when your son said he was going to turn it up to 6 🤣

Really enjoy your videos.

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We love dehydrated fruits! Grapes are the favorite! Nothing like a homemade raisin! Ha ha 😅 no… don’t turn it to 6 😮 Made me giggle! My dehydrated Banana chips are chewy. I bet a sprinkling of cinnamon and/or nutmeg on that pudding would’ve been tasty, I loved how you topped it!

You're going bananas Carolina! (Couldn't resist!) I've never seen banana jam and banana rice pudding before! Very resourceful!

I always have to watch you twice because of all the interruptions I get. The banana chips are great kid snacks. You can make some chocolate dipping sauce that would bump the chips up to super yummy snacks.

Normal with the banana chips, I don't like them home done, because of the texture. Love the twist on rice pudding. I'm thinking, I might just try that one. My kids and grandkids like baked bananas with chocolate chips and Carmel drizzle with whipped cream on top. I wonder how good an apple banana fruit roll up might be..

Separate your eggs into 3 containers. #1 to hold the yokes. #2 to separate the whites into. When you get a clean yoke free white, transfer it into #3. Repeat always dropping the current white into #2 and then putting it into #3. That way if you do get some yoke in an egg white it won't destroy the use of the others that you managed to collect cleanly. It is tough to break 5 eggs with no yoke getting in them only to mess up on the 6th by breaking it into the same container as the good ones. By the same logic, always break eggs into a small bowl before transferring them into whatever you are baking. It sucks to break a bad egg onto good ingredients.

Oh goodness how cute. He wanted it to 6 typical little boy. Lol

Love bananas so much you can do with them.

Thanks , learned a lot.

I wanted to see #6 as well...!!! He is such a cutey trickster..

Bananas are classed as a herb. Most people think Bananas are a fruit

You kept saying a bushel of bananas. You meant a bunch of bananas. Referring to each group of bananas. In case you didn't catch yourself. I 've been enjoying your channel. You make it interesting with you and your family.❤💐

I think I would have mixed those egg yolks with some of the milk before adding to the rice to prevent scrambling eggs.

Good job 👏

I wonder if spreading the mashed banana in dehydrator would make good fruit roll up?

Instead of placing the bananas one by one on the sheet you could pour off the juice then dump the whole bowl down, the arrange,,to save time

I like my bananas with no spots at all. Slightly green is okay.

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Thank you for sharing. I always have a ton of bananas and get tired of the same things ! P.S. keep an eye out on your P.O. Box 🥰

Chicken's love banana's and the peals

Try some lemon juice to preserve the color.

BANANAS FREEZE GREAT FOR SWEETBREAD!!

FABULOUS video

I'm sure you did it right. Most store bought banana chips are freeze dried so it makes them not chewy

Ive seen some muffin recipes using banana and orange skin.

you are an inspiration :D

Bananas?? I doctored this Gordon Ramsey Recipe. Mix together 6 Tbl Canola oil, 1/4 cup unpacked brown sugar and 1 egg in a standing mixer. Add 4 lg, spotted bananas (thickly sliced) until the mixture is lumpy. Pour in dry mixture of1 1/2 c flour, 2 tsp baking powder and 1 1 /2 tsp baking soda and 1 1/3 c rolled oats. (This doesn't work well with quick oats.) Mix until the dry is incorporated.(It should still be lumpy.) Stir in 1 cup of chopped walnuts , 2/3 c dark chocolate chips and 1 large , ripe banana that has been diced. Bake for 20- 22 minutes in a 350 oven. Freeze. Warm frozen muffin for a grab and go breakfast. I warm them for 31 seconds in my high wattage microwave. (The texture really improves during the freezing process.)

The store bought banana chips are freeze dried. Banana chips from your dehydrator will be leathery.

There's always extra bananas at my house 😂

Yum

Ohhh you could have used half the sugar for the jam. Woah. Bananas have a ton of natural sugar in them. I'm diabetic so I was like "I'd die." ,😂🤣😂

I had a ton in my freezer I made all banana bread to give out for gifts

Yummy yummy 😋

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Can you make some sugar free orange marmalade?

For crunchier dehydrated bananas just leave them in there for longer until they are, it just takes awhile in a dehydrator and u seemed like you was in kinda a hurry with your assembly line goin

Just curious why no pectin in your banana jam/preserves

Never had Banana jam

That is the way Banana chips dry at home. The ones that you buy at the store are done differently than we can dry them at home. So you did them like they dry at home.