Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Adopted Motto
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Homemade Garlic Powder
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Making Garlic Powder Day
I finally got around to dehydrating garlic. I typically do this when I can open my windows, but saved this job for this winter.
I first started doing this all by hand - hand peeling, hand slicing then grinding. I sliced my cloves onto parchment paper this time. It just makes it easier to get it all into my coffee grinder to grind up.
I am dehydrating the garlic on 125°F in my Excalibur for 8 - 12 hours. I store garlic powder in an air tight jar in my pantry. Unlike onion powder, it will not collect moisture (best way to store my onion powder is in an airtight jar in the freezer). I use garlic powder in a lot of recipes.
Now, if you want minced garlic (which I need when I can Cowboy Candy), I chop it up in my smaller food processor. They have other tools for mincing, but that's what I have on hand.
I'm finishing up the last few hours of drying this morning, and will put them into a coffee grinder to grind down into a powder. One more job off the winter project list.
Friday, April 24, 2020
How to dehydrate garlic and make garlic powder
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Dehydrating Garlic
It's been a cold April here too. We also ran out of cut/split wood, so the heaters are back on sadly. Hubby has been working on the car after work and there was also a fuel problem, so that meant more parts and more work.
Not much I can do in the garden without the help of my husband so the peas have yet to be planted. Yesterday snow was in our forecast again (which we got a little of) and then rain.
First thing in the morning, I dug out my fusible web (which took time to find) and some scrap fabric. I had to patch one daughter's favorite pants.
I filled 3 large trays with garlic yesterday. Not my home grown, but home grown in another state. I rely on the farmer's market for a spring batch of garlic powder. I made another one in the fall. Tedious work, but worth the work.
The days here are going too fast. I am writing out my to-do's on a list today to make sure some things get done. It took an hour or more to slice all that garlic, so today I work on some household chores and outdoor projects. I need to make a list for the green house as well.
Update on the car. I may have her back tonight. She needed a new fuel pump and an oil change, on top of the intake being replaced. Thankful to have a biker friend who is laid off to help us out.