Thursday, February 11, 2010

Dehydrator Fun

I recently dug the dehydrator I purchased back when I was in college out of storage and now I can't figure out why I didn't have it out this whole time. I'm terrible about eating my fruits and veggies. However, I will snack on dehydrated apples like they're candy. I was having so much fun dehydrating snack foods I ended up buying a second dehydrator at the thrift store for $5 so I could add the extra trays onto mine and dry more food at once.
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Apples I picked up for $0.45 a LB (this is AK people, that price is just short of miraculous). I'm giving the slices a pineapple juice soaking before dehydrating to prevent browning. The apple infused pineapple juice is amazingly yummy after you're done soaking the apple slices.
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Laid out on the dehydrator trays.
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Waiting, waiting, waiting. My house smells so yummy.
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Victory! Apple Chips. I dehydrate the hell out of my apples because I like crisp chips better than the smushy textured dehydrated apples you can get at the stores.
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My loot for the last two days. Apples and some carrots that were getting soft for using in soups and taking camping.

3 comments:

  1. Hi! Thanks so much for linking to my blog. I love your dehydrated apples! I just got a dehydrator for Christmas and I'm super excited to put it to use. I took some plum butter out of the freezer that I had mad last summer and turned it into fruit leather. It's awesome! Apples are next on my list.
    Cheers,
    Amber

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  2. oh yum that looks wonderful!!! Thanks for the link:)

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  3. oops...I am signed in with my other account:)
    This is where I'm from:)
    http://rawtogoodhealth.blogspot.com

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