So you’ve bought a freeze dryer, and you want to make all kinds of goodies to stash away but you don’t know where to start — a good place would be a freeze drying cookbook. You didn’t know there was such a thing? Well there is, and you can get a lot of great ideas from one. When I first bought my freeze dryer, the only thing I knew to make was dried fruits and beef jerky. I had no idea what I was missing out on.
You can do a lot of stuff with your freeze dryer that I wasn’t even aware of. I just learned recently that you can freeze dry eggs, and I am going to make good use of that! I especially like the idea of freeze drying some free range eggs in the summer, when the nutrient content is likely at its highest. I mostly eat scrambled eggs, so the majority of my egg ration will be free dried scrambled eggs. Eating eggs alone can give you most of the nutrients you’ll need at a time when you’ll need all of your strength and all of your wits about you.
I know I kind of preach on here about not expecting survival food to be decadent or delicious and that it’s meant for times of survival, but you can freeze dry ice cream. I tried it guys……..the texture is a little different…….but the taste is not noticeably different at all.
As I became fascinated with this topic, I picked up a few different freeze drying cookbooks. Some are even tailored specifically for preppers, which I thought was pretty cool. Out of the 4 that I’ve read so far, this one stood out alone as the clear winner:
