dehydrating

Sweet White Miso Kale Crisps before dehydration.

Sweet White Miso Kale Crisps before dehydration

I use an Excalibur 5-tray dehydrator for my dehydration efforts. They also sell a 9-tray one, and they also sell both sized models with timers - which I find are unnecessary. Because timing will depend on ambient humidity and such to begin with. I am NOT a sweet tooth, so these are about...

You might wonder why you would want to make strawberry dust. I use it to sprinkle. It looks very pretty on the plate and tastes beautiful. But if you are prepared to make it in larger quantities then it can be used to mix into cream, ice-cream, meringues etc. Here is some strawberry ice-cream I...

I am looking to purchase a dehydrator. I am thinking this would be good make my own snacks. They seem to be pretty expensive. I wonder is there a big difference in the performance base on the price. I want to use it to dehydrate bananas, apples, pineapples and strawberries.

I am expecting a lot of garlic through in the spring, and I'm wondering how I can preserve some of it so that it doesn't go to waste. A friend has suggested freezing it - which I will try - and one of the preserving books I have has a recipe for pickling it. Not sure about the picking, but...