Dehydrating weekend

 This weekend I dehydrated onions and carrots. I was going to go to Market on the Move again today but didn't sleep well last night so I changed my mind. These are onions and carrots from the last 2 rounds that I did go. I didn't want them to go to waste. Only one onion had to get tossed from going bad. 

For both the onions and carrots I blanched them (probably longer than necessary). Blanching helps them dehydrate better. I heard one lady say that onions have a thick layer in their skins that that opens up during blanching allowing them to dehydrate faster than if you tried with them raw. 

The carrots heated up the fastest. Some of the onions are still going and it's been 14hrs in the dehydrator. Some finished but some are still drying out. I may not have cut them all evenly. 

The photo accidently deleted of the onions diced. That bowl was full  of onions by the time I was done. 

Dehydrating really shrinks them up. Above is 3lbs of carrots and below are them all dried up in the jar. 

I didnt put the onions and carrots together. There were only 4 of those mesh guards that i used for the onion sheets but the carrots fell through when I was trying to take them off the trays lol

These will be good in cooking and baking. The carrots can go in cakes or breads and the onions can go into soups or whatever. Some people blend up the dehydrated veggies into powders to also add to baked goods or as thickeners for dishes. 

I'm debating cutting and blanching up potatoes the rest of the day but not sure if they will be done in enough time before i have to leave for the work in the morning so those may need to wait until next weekend. 

Then yesterday I was doing laundry and found this heart rock calling out to me. So I snagged it.