Oooh, oooh, I found something really neat while surfing the web one night and I just had to try it and I love, love, love it!
Over at The Nourished Kitchen, Jenny came up with a wonderful idea to use all the greens .... beet and turnips tops, carrot tops, kale, Swiss chard, peppers (with seeds removed), celery leaves, even herbs......she later mentions that she also uses tomatoes, onions, or anything that is in excess in her kitchen or garden now so it isn't just 'green' veggie powder. I will also be including the chives that need to be trimmed once the next batch of 'greens' is done drying.
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| from this morning's breakfast...to be added to the dehydrator |
After a batch has been dried, I ground the greens in my little coffee grinder....it actually worked very well instead of using my mortar and pestle. As they turned to a powder, I would add more until the whole batch was turned into my super powder.
Now what do you do with the powder you ask? I will sprinkle it in stews, soups, casseroles...even scrambled eggs, quiches and omelettes. Almost like my own homemade Mrs. Dash! The combination of flavors from all the vegetables will add so much to my dishes....not to mention the added nutritional value!
For now I am storing my super powder in a glass canning jar until I find something more suitable for my spice cupboard.
Can you imagine using every, single part of the vegetable? How cool is that? Thank you so much Jenny for thinking 'outside the box' and sharing it with us all. My dehydrator will be working overtime for many weeks to come.
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Wonderful idea! I've been dicing carrots and celery and add them to everything as thickener's..this is even better. I love my excalibur also, thebest investment in a longtime. Paid for it'self the irst year. As soon as the onion are done I'll be trying this. Thanks for passing it along
ReplyDeleteNo problem Katie, glad you like the idea. I have already used it and I have to say that it adds a wonderful full bodied flavor to my sloppy joes. :0)
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Thanks Allison, I will and I am glad you stopped by!
DeleteHi Debbie! Thank you so much for sharing this! Using these homegrown veggies will be great instead of throwing them to the chickens! I will still give them stuff, of course, but if we can use it in this manner, why not? Blessings from Bama!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bama and I am so glad to see you stopped by!
DeleteWhat a great idea. I love using every bit of everything. Can't wait to try this. Thanks for sharing this week at The Gathering Spot. Have a wonderful weekend :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane! Enjoy your weekend as well. :o)
DeleteWhat a wonderful idea! Waste not, want not as my grandma liked to say! I am printing this so I remember to do it. One of these days I am going to get around to replacing my cheap dehydrator with an Excalibur. Do they take up a ton of counter space?
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer, they are quite large. I keep mine in the spare bedroom. LOL Glad to see you stopped by and weren't grandmas smart? ;0)
DeleteI found instructions for veggie powder on another blog a few weeks ago and we immediately put the old dehydrator to work. Now we have a jelly-jar full of powder and are constantly making more! I've put it in hamburgers (no salt needed!), pasta sauce, and a few other things, but my FAVORITE is scrambled eggs! It makes them SO flavorful!
ReplyDeleteIt does make scrambled eggs taste fabulous doesn't it?! I love it in burgers as well. Thanks for stopping by!
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