If you have the ability to grow and dehydrate your own food, you take back some control. A food dehydrator is a powerful tool that can be used to make dry meals and ready-to-eat snacks. With over 100 different types of dehydrators on the market, you need a comprehensive food dehydrator...
You could also dehydrate them into prunes, which I personally love, but that does require a dehydrator or running your oven for a long time if you don’t live in a good drying climate. I have always wanted to try making plum pudding. But that might just be because I read too many Ag...
One of the best methods to preserve fruits and vegetables is to dehydrate them. This method has the advantage that the ‘natural goodness’ is largely preserved, since only the water is extracted. In hot and dry climates, vegetables and fruits can be dried in the sun, or on special racks...
If using a dehydrator, follow the instructions that come with your particular dehydrator. Use a low setting if your dehydrator has more than one. You want to gently dry them. Sun drying You can make sun-dried tomatoes if you are in a warm, sunny, dry area. To do so, spread the tomat...
While most people throw out the leftover tigernut pulp, I like to dehydrate it and then finely grind it into a tigernut flour. Tigernut flour is a great grain-free flour alternative. Because the chufa is mildy sweet, it can add a mild sweetness to your baked goods, allowing you to sl...
While I’ve read that blanching can make a huge difference in the final texture of dehydrated celery when you rehydrate it in pieces, when grinding the stalks into celery powder, I don’t find it necessary. Perhaps some of those enzymes are already inactivated when you dehydrate the celery...