Freeze dry your own food or make DIY freeze dryer

If you want to start preparing for the worst one of the best ways is to start buy freeze drying your food oh, now freeze drying vs. Dehydration. The only difference between the two is that freeze-dried last longer than dehydration but is still good. It is a matter of opinion, we're going to take you through the process of freeze drying remember to go over the reference material it just gives you more information than usual the hungry mind gets the most knowledge
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Here's how the freeze drying process works: The food is quickly frozen, then put into a strong vacuum. The water in the food sublimates, which means it turns from ice into vapor. The result is freeze dried food that can be rehydrated with water

DIY can you make your own freeze dryer and the answer is yes

 Okay just on the freeze dryer let's do a little bit of reference material so you really get the idea that you don't have to spend money to get what you need, also if you're in an emergency the materials you need to make your own

Reference

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This post is a bit of a departure for me. I am normally an only-fresh-ingredients-everything-from-scratch kinda girl.  However, I'm married to an avid backpacker who often needs to take food on the trail that requires nothing but boiling water to make a meal. So, I set out to create some instant meals for King-Man that used prepared ingredients that were as healthy as possible. Flavor, nutrition, and portability were my primary goals. 

Recipe links. Here are links to each of the 6 complete printable recipes. Each is explained in more detail further down in this post.

• view/print Cous Cous with Chicken & Vegetables Recipe
• view/print Fiesta Rice with Corn & Chicken Recipe
• view/print Creamy Alfredo Noodles with Chicken & Mushrooms Recipe
• view/print Cous Cous with Apricots, Macadamia Nuts, & Chicken Recipe
• view/print Curry Rice with Chicken & Cashews Recipe
• view/print Thai Peanut Noodles with Chicken & Vegetables Recipe

Lightweight for backpacking. After considerable experimenting, I came up with these six meals. They all use lightweight dried and freeze-dried ingredients. There are no wet ingredients or heavy cans. These 6 recipes are tried-and-true on the trail. King-Man, normally a very picky eater (sigh), gave them all a thumbs up after a week-long backpacking trip in the Colorado Rockies. He liked them all so much that he couldn't pick a favorite. (You can read about all of the food I prepared for a week-long backpacking trip--breakfast,lunch,dinner,snacks--in this post: A Week of Lightweight Nutritious Backpacking Food.)

Also for meals at the office, in dorm & hotel rooms, and to stock for emergencies. These meals can be used any time you need a quick, instant meal. All you need is access to boiling water. I'm not saying they're an everyday substitute for meals prepared with fresh ingredients. But for an easy occasional meal, they're handy to have around and way more nutritious than ramen noodles and cup-of-soup type instant meals. 

Simply add boiling water, wait a few minutes, and eat. Here they are:

Instant soups, too. As a follow-up to these instant meal recipes, I created 8 instant soup recipes. Check those out here:

8 Instant Dry Soup Mixes

Ready-made freeze dried meals for the trail. Here's an example of one that is available to buy. They taste surprisingly good (Let's face it, after a long day of backpacking, pretty much anything tastes good!), and they sure are convenient. King-Man particularly likes the Mountain House brand. But, he likes the instant meals I created for him better, so I can't imagine we'll ever go back to the store-bought kind.

• view on Amazon:  main course Mountain House freeze-dried meals, breakfast Mountain House freeze-dried meals

Here's the nutritional breakdown of my 6 instant meals.  Each recipe makes 2 servings, although actual serving size varies from person to person depending on their appetite. A hungry backpacker is likely to want to eat the full 2 servings. (Note: I used caloriecount.com for nutritional calculations and have no way of verifying accuracy.)

• Cous Cous with Chicken & Veggies (per 1 cup serving): 177 calories, 1.8g fat, 736mg sodium, 153mg potassium, 28g carbs, 6.5g fiber, 2.3 g sugars, 12g protein. Notable nutrients: calcium, vitamin C, iron
• Thai Peanut Noodles with Chicken & Veggies (per 3/4 cup serving): 211 calories, 11.2g fat, 715mg sodium, 247mg potassium, 16.4g carbs, 4.2g fiber, 1.3g sugars, 14.7g protein. Notable nutrients: calcium, vitamin C, iron
• Fiesta Rice with Chicken & Corn (per 1 cup serving): 310 calories, 3.5g fat, 620mg sodium, 368g potassium, 57.9g carbs, 4.3g fiber, 1.5g sugars, 13.2g protein. Notable nutrients: vitamin A & C, calcium, iron
• Cous Cous with Apricots, Macadamia Nuts & Chicken (per 1 cup serving): 312 calories, 17.1g fat, 653g sodium, 134mg potassium, 28.7g carbs, 6.6g fiber, 5.2g sugars, 12.8g protein. Notable nutrients: vitamins A & C, calcium, iron.
• Creamy Alfredo Noodles with Mushrooms & Pine Nuts (per 3/4 cup serving).  291 calories, 17.5g fat, 456g sodium, 227mg potassium, 21.8g carbs, 1.3g fiber, 2g sugars, 14.7g protein. Notable nutrients: vitamins A & C, calcium, iron.
• Curry Rice with Chicken & Cashews (per 1 cup serving): 378 calories, 10.9g fat, 377mg sodium, 386mg potassium, 58.2g carbs, 4.9g fiber, 1.2g sugars, 13.4g protein. Notable nutrients: vitamin C, calcium, iron.

Not diet food. These 6 instant meals are nutritious but not designed to be low in calories, although some of them are fairly figure friendly. They are healthy in terms of nutrients like protein, fiber, vitamins, and iron; but they aren't necessarily low in carbs, calories, or sodium. After a long day of hiking, backpackers need calories, carbs, & sodium in their food. So, these meals are designed to provide nourishment for refueling; they're not necessarily for those concerned with weight loss to incorporate in a regular eating routine. But, they can be great as an occasional convenience for non-hikers.