Dehydrator hints
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Dehydrator hints
I have just got a dehydrator with my reward points.
What is particularly good to dry (and later use)
At the moment I have a batch of beef jerky in it
What is particularly good to dry (and later use)
At the moment I have a batch of beef jerky in it
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Re: Dehydrator hints
onions. i just did a batch and they are delicious. very sweet and smelly but lovely! i would also recommend tomatoes, pretty much any fruit. also a bit of an unusual one - try dehydrated potato crisps - slice them as thinly as poss, dip them in lemon juice to preserve the colour, (with your favourite herbs added if you like - we use garlic and oregano) then dehydrate until crispy.
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Re: Dehydrator hints
Google "raw food recipes" and you'll find loads of great ideas.
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Re: Dehydrator hints
ooh yes loads of great raw food recipes for a dehydrator. i recently did linseed and tomato crackers and they were lovely.
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gosh I must be teerribly boring and unadventurous; my dehydrating has amounted to fruit and veg!
Successes were apples - huge success actually, plus dried apple costs so much to buy and is slathered in sulphur dioxide, bananas, grapes, courgettes, tomatoes.
That's all I've done so far - they are fabulous things
Successes were apples - huge success actually, plus dried apple costs so much to buy and is slathered in sulphur dioxide, bananas, grapes, courgettes, tomatoes.
That's all I've done so far - they are fabulous things
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Re: Dehydrator hints
I love pears and peaches, if you can get them... We had a huge pear tree when I was a kid, and dried them in the attic, on strings.
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I've got loads of raw food recipes for the deydrator (including onion bahjiees!!!). If anybody wants some, PM me with your email address
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Re: Dehydrator hints
You make them in the dehydrator or you dry them aftewards? If so how do you re-constitute them?Lady Willow wrote:I've got loads of raw food recipes for the deydrator (including onion bahjiees!!!). :
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possum wrote:If so how do you re-constitute them?Lady Willow wrote:I've got loads of raw food recipes for the deydrator (including onion bahjiees!!!). :
You don't.... they don't dry out to an absolute crisp, they are ready to eat from the dehyrator. They're not keepers, you make 'em and eat 'em.
Re: Dehydrator hints
I can add mushrooms and pineapple to the list.
Mushrooms I dry till they're really brittle then crumble into soups/stews, pineapple till it's leathery .. keeps for ages.
Peas I did this year, mainly because I was overwhelmed with them.
And tomatoes ... just as good as 'sun-dried'
Mushrooms I dry till they're really brittle then crumble into soups/stews, pineapple till it's leathery .. keeps for ages.
Peas I did this year, mainly because I was overwhelmed with them.
And tomatoes ... just as good as 'sun-dried'
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Peas!? How interesting; what do you use dried peas for - do you use them just like 'dried green split peas' for soups and things?
delish!
delish!
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Ah .. you must be young then !starchild wrote:Peas!? How interesting; what do you use dried peas for - do you use them just like 'dried green split peas' for soups and things?
delish!
Dried peas used to be a common winter vegetable before the freezer took over.
Just soak and cook like any dried bean (haricot or chick pea etc)
Can't say that they taste like peas, but added to soups and stews they're quite acceptable.
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thank you Tony! Youngish, I guess, but definitely young at heart ;)
They sound gorgeous and I would never have dreamt of dehydrating them...........thanks for the inspiration.
They sound gorgeous and I would never have dreamt of dehydrating them...........thanks for the inspiration.
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I had never thought of onions .. I always have trouble keeping onions after the new year as they always either rot or sprout like mad, so that might be the answer.eccentric_emma wrote:onions. i just did a batch and they are delicious. very sweet and smelly but lovely! i would also recommend tomatoes, pretty much any fruit. also a bit of an unusual one - try dehydrated potato crisps - slice them as thinly as poss, dip them in lemon juice to preserve the colour, (with your favourite herbs added if you like - we use garlic and oregano) then dehydrate until crispy.
Potato crisps are intriguing, I might just try some later in the year. I think my potatoes are to 'new' to do that yet, I'll wait until they roast OK .. about September onwards
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Re: Dehydrator hints
Corn kernels go well, so do potato cubes. I have read you can dehydrate soup.....
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