Food Dehydrator Ideas

[Guest guest]

I'll second that request -- we bought an Excalibur a couple of months

ago. One of our favourite things so far has been dried pineapple. I

think we have probably literally gone through 40 or 50 pineapples since

we got the dehydrator. Kiwis are also yummy.

 

I have also used the paralex sheets to make fruit leather -- it's very

simple, just throw any mix of fruit into a blender, then pour on the

sheet and dehydrate. But I would like to start doing some different

things with it.

Heather

 

Karen wrote:

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> Our family got an Excalibur food dehydrator for the holidays and other

> then for mangos and apples I have not used it.

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> Anyone have any fun recipes or ideas of things to dehydrate? I have a

> one year old, so any toddler snacks are a plus!

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> Thanks!

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> Karen

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[Guest guest]

How did you dehydrate the pineapples? I tried it once, but vowed I'd never do

it again because the taste/texture was horrible!

 

 

[Guest guest]

I just slice them about 1/4 inch thick (with a knife -- I really need to

get a mandoline!) and lay them on the trays. They take a while. I let

them go until they are dry but not brittle. They're sweet and delicious.

I start them at a higher temperature for the first few hours, then turn

them down to " live food " range and they generally take another 10 hours

or so. It's still really trial and error for me, I don't know a whole

lot about this.

Heather

 

admartin5 wrote:

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> How did you dehydrate the pineapples? I tried it once, but vowed I'd

> never do it again because the taste/texture was horrible!

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