From Fresh to Powder: Freeze Drying Sweet Potatoes — Wait until You See the Rehydration! Ep 16

Описание: 🌱 From fresh Okinawan sweet potatoes to shelf-stable instant potatoes — and a reminder that real transformation often happens unseen.

In this episode of Faith Filled Growing, I take you through the full process of freeze drying Okinawan sweet potatoes and turning them into instant potatoes you can store and use anytime. From peeling and steaming, to mashing, freeze drying, powdering, and packaging, this project became more than food preservation — it became a quiet reflection on how transformation doesn’t always look dramatic while it’s happening.

At the end of this video, I reconstitute the sweet potato powder back into a mash, share a taste test, and add one unexpected ingredient that completely changes the balance and flavor. Make sure you watch through the end to see how it all comes together.

📖 Scripture Reflection
“Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” — 2 Corinthians 4:16
So much of God’s work happens quietly — in seasons of waiting, stillness, and unseen effort. Just because we don’t see immediate change doesn’t mean transformation isn’t happening. Often, it’s in those unseen moments that the deepest work is being done.

⏱️ Chapters
0:00 — Intro
1:16 — What and why
3:47 — Steamer
5:17 — Preparing sweet potatoes
6:46 — Steaming potatoes and testing for doneness
7:24 — Mashing potatoes
12:18 — Preparing potatoes for freezer and freeze dryer
13:54 — Potatoes removed from freeze dryer
15:28 — Turning freeze-dried potatoes into powder
16:59 — Storing freeze-dried potatoes
20:53 — Info regarding rehydrating freeze-dried sweet potatoes
21:44 — Lesson learned regarding transformation
24:09 — Rehydrating and preparing freeze-dried sweet potatoes
31:51 — Taste test
34:07 — Outro

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