I got a new dehydrator at Bass Pro a few months back, when it was on sale for $36. I’ve been dehydrating up a storm! Apples, carrots, onions, persimmons, sweet potatoes, bananas, corn, potatoes, lots of potatoes. By the way, potatoes must be blanched after they are cut, and before dehydrating. Otherwise they turn black.
I’m buying the same amounts of produce I used to get when the kids still lived at home. Using what I can over a week or two, then dehydrating the rest, so nothing goes to waste. I’ve cooked with dehydrated food a few times now. Rehydrate in hot water, and cook as usual. Tasty, nutritious, and it will keep us alive!
I had half a stalk of fresh Celery left over from Thanksgiving into the dehydrator it went before it could go bad. Now next month when I make my homemade vegetable soup all I have to do is through it in the stock.