Why We Love our FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer
I never knew how amazing a FoodSaver was until late last summer. You see, up until that point I was doing a pretty basic, time consuming method to try to remove the air from foods we were preserving by freezing.
How did we do this? Simple. A drinking straw! Yes, a plain old drinking straw and lots of lung power. Someone taught me that trick years ago and I’d been using it, even to the point of getting a bit light headed at times from having to suck the air out of dozens of bags of produce to be frozen.
Then my mother-in-law read this post on how we were doing a”vacuum seal” with a drinking straw. The following week she surprised us by sending a FoodSaver vacuum sealer in the mail. I can’t believe we didn’t invest in one of these years ago!
A FoodSaver vacuum sealer is so quick and easy to use compared to the drinking straw method. Plus we never used the straw method with raw meat and would try to press the air out with our hands the best we could but it never worked that great.
We have this model of the FoodSaver vacuum sealer and it works like a charm to vacuum seal our wild harvested deer meat after we butcher it. We’ve found that the foods we vacuum seal and freeze stay fresher longer and don’t get freezer burnt.
Another amazing thing that a FoodSaver vacuum sealer can do is dry package items in glass mason jars with this special attachment.
We use this to vaccuum seal jars of dried homegrown fruit. We also used it to vacuum seal quart jars of peanut butter we portioned out after finding a deal on bulk peanut butter last fall.
This attachment for the vacuum sealer can also make quick work of marinating meat since it helps the marinade penetrate the meat more quickly.
Here are a couple posts we shared on produce we can now preserve by freezing with our vacuum sealer:
- Preserving peppers
- Preserving cherries
- Preserving huckleberries
- Preserving beet greens
- How to Preserve Cauliflower
- How to Preserve Chard
- How to Preserve Zucchini and Summer Squash
- Preserving Spinach
This sure would help me store my garden supplies more efficiently. Thank you for the chance and also no instghram , darn.
Awesome giveaway!
If you want to consider it a tip, I would suggest that you just start and take baby steps. You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on equipment or large packages of food. You can dehydrate food in your car!
I love to dehydrate treats for my grandchildren
I love dehydrating and vacuum sealing!
I don’t really have a tip but I would love to learn more about food storage!
The opportunities to use this, are numerous. The most useful would be the make ahead freezer meals, for days when you don’t have the energy to cook that night. Would love to win it.
Store only what you know you’ll use. Thanks for this opportunity.
This is an awesome giveaway!
We can, freeze,and dehydrate most of our harvest. My biggest tip would be to save your own seeds from year to year. In doing this, you will save extra money that canbe put towards actual plants from your favorite nursery or supplies for growing your own plants from the seeds you have saved.
Thank you so much for this great opportunity! I do not yet have a vaccum sealer and would would use that equipment 10-fold! Sincerely,Danielle
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Freezing and canning! Best ways I think to preserve food. 🙂
Great giveaway! My best food storage tip is to transfer all dry goods into glass jars. Extra points for using a food saver to suck the air out!
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I don’t think it is a tip, per say, but make sure whatever you’re preserving be the best quality. It makes better end results. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.
We love to dehydrate apples. They would probably store a lot longer, though, if we didn’t love them so much! 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity! You are the best!
I absolutely love mine and it really does make life easy. I waited a long time to get mine and I regret not having done it sooner.
Pro tip: It takes up a fair amount of room on the counter so I use it to store bread and rolls when it’s not in use.
The most useful would be the make ahead freezer meals. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.
Great informations on vacuum sealer. I am currently doing some research and found exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for guide!
I love to dehydrate treats for my grandchildren. very useful information! Thank you!
How do you vacuum pack glass jars with LUG cap (1-piece lid) – containing peanut butter?
Let’s say you want to do it in bulk – like 20-30 jars a day.
Perfect for what I wanted!!
Freezing and canning! Best ways I think to preserve food. ! It makes better end results. Thanks
Congratulations to the winner! I wanted the first prize so bad 🙁
Interesting article, thank you for sharing!
Food should be stored in the refrigerator is best, thank you for sharing this article.