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As Easter approaches, many of us are preparing to celebrate with colorful decorations and treats. While store-bought food dyes offer convenience, they often contain artificial ingredients that may not align with everyone's preferences. Fortunately, there's a natural alternative – creating your own food dyes using dehydrated vegetables. Not only are these dyes safe and sustainable, but they also add a unique touch to your Easter festivities. In this guide, we'll explore how to harness the power of dehydrated vegetables to craft vibrant food dyes for your holiday creations. 

A healthy diet is essential to having a healthy parrot. Besides a good pelleted diet, vegetables should always be offered. Many people say it is a hassle to take time to prepare vegetables for their parrots and in return, the birds are missing out on important vitamins and minerals they need for their body to create, grow, and maintain optimum health. 

As you and your family settle in for the fall school semester, we have some tips that will make prepping lunches healthy, easy and fun! Plus, these meals are great for your lunches at work or at home. Be creative with how you incorporate dehydrated and freeze-dried food in your daily life!

Is your summer schedule full with vacations and camps? We've made mealtime easier for busy families and outdoor enthusiasts for more than 17 years, and these summer hacks will transform how you plan meals this summer and beyond.

Whether someone is new to diabetes, struggling with pre-diabetic symptoms, or aiming to avoid the disease before it happens, establishing and maintaining a healthy diet plan can at times prove a challenge. Type 2 diabetes is often associated with lifestyle and environmental factors and is known as “adult-onset diabetes” and dietary choices play a huge role in either advancing or hindering this disease process. 

Cruuuuuuunch, cruuuuuuunch, cruuunch, cruunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch... Riding a fat tire bike during the Maine winter is not exactly the quietest of sports. Still, there's nothing I'd rather be doing on a Tuesday afternoon in January.

Over the years, horse owners have shared with us that our dried cabbage helped their horses recover from ulcers. We recently heard one such story that really touched our hearts...

Legumes, which include beans and peas, are some of the most nutritious foods you can eat. Dehydrated beans and peas are great sources of protein and fiber and they are rich in a number of essential micronutrients, including potassium, magnesium, folate, iron, and zinc.

As dehydrated food experts, the Harmony House team knows the secrets to storing dried vegetables. We are happy to share our knowledge with you!