Using preserved food

  • Preserving,  Using preserved food

    Apricot Muffins

    Since we have a freeze dryer and a seemingly endless supply of apricots. I have been messing around with recipes for using freeze dried fruit in muffins. It has been a long process of trial and error. Either they if I got the flavor right, the texture was off. Of if I got great taste and texture they looked flat and unappealing. But I keep trying different variations and I think I finally figured out a version that I like. These are everything you want muffins to be, light and fluffy with an apricot flavor that was subtle and delicious. And, as a bonus, they look pretty, like muffins you…

  • Preserving,  Using preserved food

    Energy Bites

    I haven’t been gardening as much since we moved to our new house. (Here is the post about that if you are interested in details about our move.) Partly because our yard is smaller, but mostly the drought last year really derailed our garden. But I do have a lot of freeze dried food in our basement. I think it’s a good idea to use it as much as I can. It won’t last forever. And even though I we haven’t restocked it as much this past year, we do have plans to plant more this year. In any case, I am always thinking about new ways incorporate the food…