Dehydrating - great suggestion. I invested in a really nice dehydrator a few years ago. My BFFs daughter was getting married and asked for one as a Shower Gift. She had done thorough research, so I bought one for her and one for us.
Presto brand. It collapses for storage, and works great - The fan is a little loud, though, so I set it up in the Landry Room so I don’t have to listen to it all day and night.
https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/777040-presto-dehydro-digital-electric-food-dehydrator.html
I am really happy with the results. I like to dry tomatoes, then put them in EVOO with herbs and garlic. Keeps well in the fridge. Beau likes dehydrated cherry-type tomatoes and eats them like candy.
I got a Nesco dehydrator several years ago. I like that it has the motor at the top, so food can’t drip into it. We have to run it in the garage because of the noise.
I also bought a bunch of extra fruit roll-up trays. When I set something on the screen, it often sags into the holes just enough to make it hard to get back out. By using the solid trays, the screens last longer. (I had a previous dehydrator that the screened trays kept cracking. It was annoying, especially when a piece would break off still stuck to the food.)