Chili and Spaghetti

 I guess I forgot to take before pictures.

Anyhow.

After we tried Skittles...

(ugh... SO MUCH SUGAR!!!!)

We made a double batch of chili

(in the pressure cooker)

and a large batch of spaghetti & meatballs.

(on the stove)

And then we put them on trays and into

the freezer for 24 hours.

And then into the freeze dryer!

We tried the spaghetti last night for dinner.

It was really good!

The meatballs took a long time to rehydrate,

I even cut them into 8ths!!!

So today for Rod's lunch I put it into a

container and added water.

Then at lunch he just has to put it in

the microwave for about a minute 

and lunch will be FRESH and ready.

The chili was REALLY crumbly,

so I just crushed it up and put it

into a bag (until I put it into jars / mylar)

and you just scoop out 1 cup and add

hot water, stir and EAT!

It is OUR beef, 80/20% mix.

So pretty fatty.

(And flavorful...)

You are "supposed" to rinse the beef after

you cook it to get rid of the fat, because fat

doesn't freeze dry well.

But for short term it's fine.

It just won't last for YEARS.

But we'll eat it in the next few weeks,

so that's not a problem.

We are going to try it for dinner tonight.

Fingers crossed!!!