I just realized I need to buy a new spray bottle and use well water. I have an old round dehydrator with four trays. If your baking steps include soaking, then no, you don’t need to do it beforehand. You don’t need to soak Chia seeds unless you want to make Chia seed gel which is a great thickener. If you read the above, you know that we don't agree! Stacy is a Holistic Health Practitioner on a mission to simplify health and wellness. Also, should pine nuts be soaked? If the seeds came from a “dry” seed pod or capsule, like a zinnia, marigold, parsley or cosmos plant, you can skip this step. I have a nice dehydrator that I bought for this purpose, but then tasted some soaked nuts that my sister-in-law made and was really turned off by the saltyness. If you've never soaked nuts, why not give it a try and see if you notice a difference? Guess what? What do soaked nuts and seeds taste like? You can still “eat what you want to eat” like cinnamon rolls and cookies, bread and butter, and meat and potatoes… except it’s all healthy by God’s design! She is the founder of the Natural Body Care Club, a fun community focused on learning how to make natural products. Sign up for my completely free Traditional Cooking video series — you'll get this video tutorial plus 4 more! Too bad it doesn’t matter, since all nuts sold in North America are pasteurized anyway and labeled as ‘raw’, http://www.nctimes.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/article_12a273f9-1bc9-5e16-a87f-7dca51afaf18.html. I have read elsewhere that this means the almonds were not raw and have already been heat treated? Spread seeds out on a window screen or plywood, never use cardboard, newspaper or any other paper product. They are still sitting in a bowl in the open air since halloween. For some seeds, you might have to crack the seed pod open. Choose a high-quality salt such as sea salt for minerals and flavor. I know you can order nuts from Spain but these are raw Virginia peanuts. You can extend the shelf life by storing in the fridge. If you garden and have an abundance of summer squash you may want to dehydrate your bounty to use throughout the year. Also is it pointless to use activated nuts in a cake recipe because of the heating? My go-to recipe that our family likes (particularly my 2year old son) is: Seed companies and long-term seed storage facilities can dry seeds to the exact required moisture content level, but for home gardeners, it’s all an educated best guess. But we arenot familiar with using Vitamin C. It’s possible there could be a reaction and that could cause the black but we don’t know. When dehydrating if you keep the temp below 115 the enzymes are preserved. When I ferment foods, I use sea salt because the brine is salty enough to kill off harmful bacteria. Dehydrated summer squash also makes a wonderful snack with the consistency of a chip. I was wondering how to soak the flax seeds first because they get so gelatinous. I don’t know of another way to avoid the heat, unfortunately. 1 decade ago. If you rinsed the nuts really well before soaking you could use this soaking water in cooking or something. Is there a way to get the health/nutrition benefits from soaking them without using the salt? I know there are many other nuts though. Thanks! I’ve been talking about it forever so maybe I’ll get it for my upcoming b-day. Can you give me some hints? Thank you. How would I be able to tell if they are still good or not? Here are three techniques for success when drying seeds. Bake the seed in the oven at 200 °F (93 °C) for 2 hours. While these practices may not be considered evidence for the validity of the claim that soaking nuts enhances their digestibility, we feel there is something to be learned from them. The following steps describe the ways in which you can dehydrate tomatoes using the aforementioned methods. From what you are saying, it sounds like you are saying that the nut, which is a seed, was not intended for eating, it was only intended to grow another plant. Although moonflowers can reseed themselves, saving your own seed allows you to plant them where you desire and ensures even coverage in the garden bed. I have done nuts and grains in it, seemingly successfully, but it probably really depends on the oven. Jennifer Osuch says: February 15, 2019 at 11:12 am. Let them dry thoroughly after giving them a good cleaning/rinse in your sieve under the kitchen faucet. Salt may also be an important part of the enzyme-activating process. This post was featured in 26 Egg-Free Ice Cream Recipes + 17 Toppings! Do you put the lid on the jar to soaking the nuts or leave it open? If you are going to invest the time and effort into soaking and dehydrating nuts, use filtered water to ensure the best and most nutritious end result. Keep an eye on them because they may dehydrate quite quickly. 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