Dehydrating Celery Leaves

My mother gave me the celery leaves she cut from her celery over the weekend.  I dehydrated them for several uses.

I will use them to add flavor and color to soups, saute them in with onions for many recipes, and they can be added to salads also.

I did some quick research after dehydrating my celery leaves, and this is one vegetable I will want to continue to buy organic from now on.  It is in the top two of the "Dirty Dozen" list.

My dehydrated, garden grown jalapeno peppers came in handy over the weekend also.

I cooked up a pot of cabbage and bean soup, and added about 4 crushed rings of these peppers.  I didn't have a recipe really, I simply used broth, water, cooked dry beans (whatever I had at the time, which was navy and pinto), cooked up some fresh picked Swiss chard, added chopped cabbage, and even about 3 Tbsp. of our canned Zucchini Salsa.  I used garlic and dehydrated jalapeno's for flavor.  It turned out to be delicious and healthy.

Blog Award ~ Passing it on

I am very late at passing this award on.  I received this award from The Fearless Farmgirl.

"Liebster" is a German word meaning dear, sweet, kind, nice, good, beloved, lovely, kindly, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.  The Liebster is awarded to spotlight up to coming bloggers who currently have less than 200 followers.

Now that I have won this award, I not only want to pass it on, but need to do the following: 

1. Thank the giver and link to the blogger who gave it to you - Check

2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving them a comment on their blog - Check

3.Copy and paste the award on your blog - Check

4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers - CHECK

5. And most of all - have fun!  Check!


Here is who I awarded (these reasons are not limited to the few I posted, they all have exceeded in earning this award):

The 3 Foragers, for their unending help in foraging, their kindness, quick responses to questions, and for sharing delicious recipes.

Lazy J Bar C Farm, for Candy's kindness and friendly blog comments, for her extended hand in sharing homemade recipes, her love for life, and her passion for homesteading.  Also for her drive to run her own business by selling her own baked goods.

 

Little Homestead in Boise, for Nancy's willingness to share her experiences, tips on frugal living, delicious recipes, kindness in blog commenting and sharing friendship, and for her love for homesteading and self-sufficiency.

CJ's Creations, for open hand to friendship, for caring for others in friendship and prayer, her love for life, and God-given ability to create such beautiful aprons.

Corn in My Coffee Pot, for her value to sharing with the world her experiences and useful tips of homesteading, her love for family, God's Word, and her passion for homemaking and creating beautiful handiwork.
 


Congratulations to you all, and please pass the award on to 5 blogs.