I used to can about everything we got out of the garden but then I discovered dehydrating and realized finally, what all the fuss was about. Oh my! Dehydrating is SOOOO much easier and takes up a lot LESS room that now it is my preferred method of preserving the harvest.
We do not use a lot of celery in our home. We used it in a soup now and then and in dressing during the holidays to make my Southern Cornbread Dressing and in tuna salad. Occasionally the kids and I enjoy it as a snack with some peanut butter but it is a rare occasion that we would use the entire stalk of celery. We used to feed the rest to the donkeys or rabbits but I knew there should be a way for us to preserve if for future use. I tried freezing it but I just didn't care for the texture it took on from being frozen. I finally figured it out that dehydrating it made sense and it rehydrates perfectly.
To dehydrate celery, just chop it up and place it in your dehydrator.
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| This is the size of chunks I cut my celery into before dehydrating it. |
I just turned on the dehydrator when I went to bed and it was done when I got up the next day. Just be sure the celery is dried completely and then place the dried celery into a mason jar or baggie.
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| The dehydrated celery in a baggie. |
You can dehydrate the leaves also; I blend them up and use them in vegetable powders.
To rehydrate, just place the desired amount into a small bowl and pour in just enough super hot water to cover it. Give it about 10-15 minutes and the celery is ready to be used.
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