Comments on: It’s my seventh week off work. Discovering great blogs and dehydrators.

By: fn

fn — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:34:37 +0000

Hi Catalina

That sounds yummy!

Hello Willow

Using it to rise the bread dough – Brilliant! Thank you.

Can’t wait for the dehydrator to arrive. I hate being dependant on the freezer.

By: Willo

Willo — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:50:40 +0000

I too hope your health improves. We have a dehydrator which we also use to rise the bread dough. Wonderful for both uses.
We dry apples, tomatoes, mushrooms amongst other produce we grow. It saves space and is not spoiled should your freezer break down.
We invested in a 9 tray model with the heat being generated from a vertical element as research suggested this produced the most even drying. It is easy and works very well once you get the hang of how dry you wish anything to be. This is dependent on air humidity and the moisture content of whatever you dehydrate. My absolute fav is the Cox’s Orange Pippins which I munch on through out winter.

By: Catalina

Catalina — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:49:17 +0000

My favorite dehydrator recipe is cantaloupe candy.
Take 2×2 inch pieces of cantaloupe.
Dip the cantaloupe in pineapple juice.
Then roll cantaloupe in a mixture of powdered sugar.
Place the cantaloupe on your dehydrator sheet and dehydrate until the pieces are dry, but still flexible.

I love to add chile powder to the powdered sugar.
It gives them a spicy kick!