Sorry I have been MIA lately. I’ve been busy selling my handmade jewelry at craft shows every weekend with my sister and seem to barely be home and when I am home, I’m rebuilding my stock. This means driving 30 minutes to the grocery store and 30 minutes back is not on the schedule. Luckily, I can shop from my home pantry.

When I went to cook meatloaf the other week, I didn’t even check for the ingredients before I just started making it and realized I didn’t have a fresh onion. I went to the pantry and pulled out a mason jar of prechopped freeze dried onions. (Bonus they were already chopped) I thought about rehydrating the onions for a few seconds before throwing them in but decided to just try it out like I do on my pizzas and throw them in dry. I figured the grease would rehydrate them. It worked beautifully.

Some things I will freeze dry in meals but a lot of things I will freeze dry individual so I can use it in any way I need it and essential create my own store at home that I can shop from every day. Adding my freeze dried items and my recently bought store items together to cook a dinner because they are both fresh ingredients 🙂