Not sure what you can do with your brand new Food Dehydrator? Check out this awesome book that will give you tons of imaginative ideas for food dehydration.
This book is THE comprehensive handbook for dehydrating foods at home.
Recipes for dried ingredients include herbs, fruits, fruit leathers, veggies, and jerky. What you might be surprised by is that it also includes recipes for stew, chicken pot pies, zuccini fritters, Mushroom white wine sauce and strawberry tarts!
Surprising? It should be! Food dehydration is more than just prunes and dried apricots (though I do love, those!). This book provides detailed instruction including specific time guides and best practices. Its a must have for any food dehydrator purchase!
I have grown herbs in my garden for years but I have never taken the next step and tried to dry any of them. I was definitely growing more than I can use when it is still fresh, so I finally decided to check out a food dehydrator. There are many to choose from, but after some research I finally went for a Nesco Food Dehydrator. I felt pretty confident after reading so many 5 star reviews! I’m so glad I bought it!
Some of the critical features include:
- 5 drying trays!! This not only means you can dry a large quantity, but the trays are sealed from one another, so you don’t have to worry about the flavors mixing as they dry.
- It’s powerful 700 watts of power shortens the typical drying time so that you can dehydrate your favorite foods, herbs and meat in hours instead of days.
- It also has a top mounted fan, which any food dehydrator should have and an adjustable thermostat (90-160 degrees F) to allow for more variety in food drying options.
- Its opaque exterior blocks light, which would otherwise compromise the food dehydration process.
- Measures approximately 13 by 13 by 10-inch
It includes a recipe book and 3 jerky spice packets to help get you started!
Looking for more inspiration? Check out our Food Dehydration Recipes
So far I have experimented with dried fruits and my husband is making some noise about trying out some venison jerky!
