Dehydrating Frozen Corn

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I thought I would try dehydrating frozen corn. I used Costco brand organic. The large bag is only around $4. I think. The nice thing with frozen corn? I can just throw it on the tray and set the dehydrator. I forgot about it honestly and the corn was in there for about 24 hours.
I ended up with one tray fitting in one jar. It doesn’t look like much once it dries.

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I used my vacuum sealer to store it for long term.

lid
This lid, in the wide mouth size, worked swimmingly. This size? Not so much. Every time I pulled the lid off the seal broke.

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I came across a video where she used regular jars inside a vacuum seal container. Once you pop off the tube, after it goes through the cycle, it seals the jar.

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With this method you can use jars other than Mason jars. I save all my glass jars. There is something they could be used for. In the shop or the craft room.

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This is how easy it is to rehydrate. About 15 minutes soak time.

This is the brand dehydrator I use (affiliate link)

Orange Infused Vinegar

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Awhile back I had a Frienday….a day where friends come over, hang out, eat my oranges. I accumulated 2 Mason jars full of peels in one sitting.
So I thought I should do something with these!
So I soaked them in vinegar for 10 days. Actually 1 jar for 10 days….the other jar is working on a month…oops.

After pouring my full strength vinegar into a spray bottle I thought woah this is still super strong.

So, after searching Google, let me tell you what I did wrong.

* Not long enough soaking for the first jar. 14 Days is ideal.
* 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water. Hence why I thought it smelled like Easter eggs in my kitchen.

So after rectifying these two things I am pleased with my cleaner.

Do you use natural cleaner?

I’m a Couponer!

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I have a new hobby! Couponing!

I took a class. A class on how to use coupons. Not the extreme couponing, but better than one or two a week…which is what I was doing. If you are local the have classes all the time. You can find the schedule on Raking in the Savings

My initial investment:

Binder: Free. Re-purposed one that had old papers in it.
Binder inserts: $10 They were specific to coupons. They are nice because there are different size pockets.

Similar to these (affiliate link):

Sunday paper: 3 per week, rural delivery $77.
Keyword rural. It will most likely NOT be that high for you.

So $87 for my initial investment.

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I started a spreadsheet. I will keep track the amount and percentage saved every week.

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This was at Albertson’s this week. Now, normally I can’t stand shopping there.
My first experience with doublers was hor.i.ble.
I tried again because there was a SCREAMING deal on Progresso soup.

You could buy 4 at $1 a can add my coupon for .50 off two makes them .75 a can

Nature Valley Granola bars
2 for $5 with $1 off two

I also got deals on Barilla Pasta and Cheerios.

This particular week everything was for my prep shelf…not food we would normally eat.
So I paid $33.64 for $93.92 worth of groceries.

Do you coupon?

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