5 pounds of carrots before…………..
………..and after. Took almost 8 hours, cos this was a lot of carrots.
I’ve also done a batch of carrots and celery mixed, and some collards.
Veggies should be blanched for about 2 minutes before dehydrating. I was taught a neat trick about after. If you always put the veggies in a plastic bag for a few hours after they’re dehydrated, you can tell whether you got all the moisture out of them. If any moisture collects inside the bag, they aren’t dry enough. You can see moisture inside a plastic bag easier than you could if you put things in any other kind of container. So, a few hours in the bag, check it out carefully, then into the containers you will store them in. In a cool and dark place.
I didn’t grow these. Wish I could grow some, but my ground here isn’t good for root veggies.
Sarasin's thoughts....... 
looks yummy for some winter soups!
Oh yea, I’ll do more celery and then tomatoes will be good I hope. And I also raise and dry hot peppers of several kinds. A pot of soup crammed full of good veggies will warm up your winter nights!
I would love to start doing this! If you don’t mind my asking – what brand of dehydrator do you use?
Hey no problem Jackie, happy to help if I can. Here’s the one I got. There are bigger and hotter ones, but I wasn’t planning to do so much stuff, like for a family. And I read some good reviews on this one, and am happy to say it does exactly what the company says it will do!
http://www.amazon.com/kitchen-dining/dp/B003I4F7AS
Thanks so much! It’s nice to get a recommendation from someone I know who has used it! 😀
You’r very welcome! And here is a wonderful site, chock full of info, and the lady who has the site had given me permission to mention her site on my blog a while ago. Look the site over well, cos there is a LOT of good stuff there!
http://www.easy-food-dehydrating.com/dehydrating-veggies.html
Awesome! Thanks again. 🙂
You’re welcome. Let me know if I can help you. Good luck!