Impatient beginnings

Tools I adore.

The dehydrator-
 unless you can get the kind of dried goods you want. This lets you cure and dry some items at a lower temperature, qualifying as "raw". The closer to the garden it is, the more nutrients that make it to the table.

 Some weeks I know I'll end up with too many vegetables wanting to go ripe too soon,  I dry them suckers. I have two, just-add-water soups in the cabinet, from dried lagniappe- the rest ground in the blender, make vegan broth. The one pictured has carrot, potato, celery, green onion, plantain, white onion, asparagus, peppers. I avoid seasoning in the main jar, and add them later, depending on what I plan to cook with the broth, also this is a great sprinkle-all too! Another thing I wish to try one day, in it, will be okra which only manages to make it into gumbo with no extra to dry. Used to let bread proof, make fruit leather, crackers, dried snacks.

Blender-
I grind dried stuff up for use later. It's great for blending a homemade drink mix powder (like hot cocoa!) into a consistent ...grind.

Small food processor-
is still nice for mincing and blending things small like carrot, onion, beans, guacamole, salsa, hummus.