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CELERY POWDER
DIRECTIONS
1. Thoroughly wash and dry your celery. How to Make Celery Powder at Home - a great way to
preserve and stretch your garden harvest.
2. Crop celery into even slices – you want them to be as uniform as possible so they are all done
about the same time. I pull the leaves off and save those too – lots of flavor there! But I do not
use the ends of the celery where it is nearly white.
3. Arrange your celery slices in a single layer on your dehydrator trays.
4. Set your dehydrator to vegetables or 135 degrees F
5. They’ll need about 8 – 9 hours to fully dehydrate and they are going to shrink a lot.
6. You’ll know they are ready when they celery powders so try crushing one under a spoon to see if
they’re ready.
7. I grind about a handful at a time for best results. Make sure you do not open the lid to whatever
you’re using to grind until the powder settles – you don’t want to breathe that stuff in.
8. Store in your jar/s and keep in a cool dry cabinet for best results.
9. Try mixing with other herbs and spices for your own special blend.
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GARLIC POWDER
DIRECTIONS
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MUSHROOM POWDER
INGREDIENTS
A pound or more of your favorite culinary mushroom – I really like to do this with shiitakes or
even portobellos; but try several varieties and see what you like. You may even want to try your
hand at growing mushrooms. Amazon carries some awesome kits that are fairly easy to use.
A food dehydrator – I use this one
A food processor or blender
Jar with air tight lid for storage
DIRECTIONS
1. Clean your mushrooms – if you use water to clean make sure you allow them to dry completely
for better dehydrating times.
2. Slice your mushrooms into thin slices. You can use a mandolin slicer for more uniform thickness
but watch your fingers! I use all of the mushroom – caps and stems.
3. Arrange your mushrooms slices on your dehydrating racks in a single layer. Don’t crowd them
too much because you need that air flowing through all the racks.
4. You’ll want to set your dehydrator at about 130 degrees and allow for up to 14 hours; you
should check them after 10 hours.
5. You want dry, almost-crisp mushroom slices. They should not have any “sponge” left in them.
6. Once your dehydrated mushrooms have cooled you’re ready to make mushroom powder!
7. Take your dried mushrooms and use your food processor or blender to crush into a fine powder.
You may need to do this in several batches if you’ve done a lot of mushrooms. Don’t overfill
your blender or processor, you could have larger pieces left.
8. Allow the powder to settle before you take the top off – or you might be breathing it in!!!! Ick
9. Store in an air tight container in a cool cabinet without a lot of light. It should keep for several
months without issue.
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TOMATO POWDER
INGREDIENTS
DIRECTIONS