Anyone Use a Food Dehydrator?

[farmin68]

Loading the dehydrator with strawberries and bananas (yes, TX, I sliced them first, I'm not that ditzy).

Apples are next.

Just wondering if anyone has any tips on it.

 

[richmanbarbeque]

Last year I did several batches of fruit. Don't have any tips so I hope this thread will help us both out.

 

[fishboy1]

Haven't had luck with nanners.

Thought they would turn out like store bought.

Turned out kinda rubbery and weird.

 

[Trevor2]

i tried bananas but they turned black :grin: i read somewhere to coat them with lemon juice before dehydrating but ive not tried it yet.

A light coating of lemon juice will keep them their natural color, but they aren't bad if they go brown in the dehydrator. They just aren't as pretty.

 

[TX300mag]

I'm pretty sure them ones in the stores are fried in coconut oil.

Farmin68, I believe I would've sliced them first. But that's just me!

One of my favorites is a mix of bell pepper, jalepeno, and maters dehydrated as a snack.

I also like okry dehydrated when I'm craving something crunchy and don't want to eat three bags of tater chips.

 

[TNDeerGuy]

Take an apple, some strawberries and some grapes and throw them in a blender and then pour into the solid tray that comes with most dehydrater and you have great fruit rollups--actually it is more like a piece of leather. I also do just apples blended with a small amount of brown sugar and cinnamon and that is my kid's favorite.

 

[WestTn Huntin man]

If you have a apple peeler it will make nice round uniform slices. That will dry at the same rate.

 

[DOC1187]

i have done apples before but mostly jerky

 

[farmin68]

I dried some store-bought Roma tomatoes in a 200 degree oven last week. They were great.

 

[MossyOakChick]

I only use ours for jerky. But its awesome!