Dehydrated stuff

I am blessed to be borrowing a friends Excalibur food dehydrator and  am I having fun! I just did one run of stuff in it as I need to get to the farmers market to get more things to dry.  My first run had one tray each of onions, beet and Swiss chard  leaves, beet and Swiss chard steams, daikon radish (my parrot Lumpy loves them)  carrots and celery (cooked first), and peppers, there was 2 trays of cooked black beans. Think next time I will be cooking more of the veggies before cooking

Today I used some of the veggies and black beans to make a soup mix  and layered them in a canning jar, on top of those I added chicken bullion, herbs and spices. This can be added to 5 cups of water and simmered for 30 minutes  before serving.

Mama-Nanna's black bean soup in a jar

1 c cooked  dehydrated black beans
2 T dried onions
2 T beet, swiss chard steams
3 T dried cooked celery onion mix
1 t of diced dried lime
2 T dried green peppers
1/3 c dried tomatoes
4 t chicken bullion or 4 bullion cubes
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper
2 t Nanna's seasoning blend ( will post recipe later, can use 1 t seasoned salt and eliminate 1 t bullion or 1 bullion cube)
heavy pinch of ground cloves
1/4 t thyme
1/2 t garlic
1 t sugar

Layer ingredients as listed making sure to push them against the sides to show through the glass. The herbs and spices  can be placed in one spot  on top of the bullion to show through the glass. I am thinking I will put the bullion, herb and spices on top of the beans in the next jar and then layer  the remaining veggies. Just want it to show more.  This will keep with an oxygen absorbers for at least a year. Think it will keep longer but need to check into this.

Today I will be cooking up some barley and dehydrating that tonight with what ever veggies I find at the farmers market today.  Might try cooking brown rice to dehydrate too. I am having so much fun doing all this dehydrating and love all the things you can create from the dried goods.

I plan on cleaning a bit more in my sewing room, nearly have the long table cleaned off then will be the sewing machine table. I am excited as I will be getting down to some serious quilt making. Want to make all new quilts for our bed, the guest room bed and the bunks.  I need to make myself a few skirts as well. Later I have my knitting group. We meet at Culvers on Coon Rapids Blvd and Foley from 1 to 3:30 or so;-) Any one is welcomed. Bring your own work or bring your needles or hooks and get yarn there to make for one of our many local charities. If you receive yarn from the group it needs to be made into something for the charities.

Have a good day and remember God is with you!