{"id":5750,"date":"2012-09-07T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2012-09-04T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T14:51:58","slug":"dehydrating-grated-zucchini-because-the-chest-freezer-is-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/dehydrating-grated-zucchini-because-the-chest-freezer-is-full\/","title":{"rendered":"Dehydrating Grated Zucchini Because the Chest Freezer is Full"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started out with 2 half sheet pans in the freezer, covered with grated zucchini, to control the moisture. \u00a0Then, half way into vacuum sealing it with my fun new FoodSaver V3880<\/a>\"\"I realized that I had to admit my freezer was jam-packed full.<\/em> \u00a0What to do, what to do? \u00a0I went ahead and rather thinly spread the 8 -10 cups of frozen grated zucchini on a few Excalibur 3900<\/a>\"\"dehydrating trays.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The guidelines for dehydrating zucchini in the useful Excalibur guide (Preserve It Naturally: A Complete Guide to Food Dehydration)<\/a>\"\"were helpful, even if it doesn’t talk specifically about grated zucchini. \u00a0Since it talks of slices 1\/8 to 1\/4 thick, I spread the grated pieces in that range.<\/strong> \u00a0I did not<\/em> blanch it at all, even though I have done that when making zucchini chips.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0At 125 degrees, it took about 8 hours. \u00a0When I judged it done, it was shrunken and crispy. And well stuck to the plastic grid.<\/em><\/p>\n

In order to avoid sending zucchini shrapnel across the room as I picked it off of the mats,<\/strong> I gently curled the mats into a cylinder, with the zucchini pieces to the inside, while holding it over a piece of pre-folded wax deli paper<\/em> (which we happen to buy to cover things in the microwave). \u00a0Most of the zucchini pieces snapped off. \u00a0The rest were removed by carefully bending the mat the other direction\u00a0<\/em>(again, over the waxed paper), and dislodging with my fingers. \u00a0(click on any photo to enlarge)<\/p>\n

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dehydrated grated zucchini is crispy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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dehydrated grated zucchini on collection paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[hr] All of that zucchini then fit into one pint jar.<\/strong>\u00a0 I did shake and push it a bit. \u00a0I just ordered the inexpensive jar vacuum sealing accessories, (FoodSaver T03-0006-01 Regular-Mouth Jar Sealer<\/a>\"\"and FoodSaver T03-0023-01 Wide-Mouth Jar Sealer<\/a>\"\") so will be vacuum sealing it after all,<\/em> but without needing to use up freezer space. \u00a0I plan on using it mostly in soups, stews, and even spaghetti, like I have used the frozen grated zucchini. It should actually help keep those things thicker by using it in this form, but I’ll have to get back to you on the exact results. \u00a0If it works out with the harvest schedule, I am inclined to try to dehydrate more grated zucchini, but m<\/em>eanwhile, I’m moving on to dehydrating broccoli and will bring you a report on that soon!<\/em><\/p>\n

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dehydrated grated zucchini in pint jar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I started out with 2 half sheet pans in the freezer, covered with grated zucchini, to control the moisture. \u00a0Then, half way into vacuum sealing it with my fun new FoodSaver V3880I realized that I had to admit my freezer was jam-packed full. \u00a0What to do, what to do? \u00a0I went ahead and rather thinly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,19],"tags":[47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}