Dehydrating
Ideas for different ways you can use dehydration to preserve your fruits or vegetables.
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Apple Chips
I started this post back in September or October, but it has just been a crazy fall and winter so far. But I have a goal to be more consistent at posting the things we are working on, so hopefully you will hear from me more regularly. This is also my first time using the Amazon Associates program. I will get a bit of a commission if you click on the link and purchase the product from Amazon. I have always liked apple chips. Growing up we could buy them from the Church I belong to (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) for food storage. For any who…
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Plum Fruit Leather
Our plum tree did pretty well this year. It doesn’t usually produce a ton of fruit which is good, because I don’t know what I would do with any more plums. My favorite way to use them currently is to make fruit leather. Plums get very sweet on the inside, but the skin stays pretty tart. And they are so juicy, they can be so messy to eat. Unless you pick them before they get ripe. But then they are super tart. As you may have noticed, I am not exactly sure how I feel about eating plums. I can’t say they are my favorite, but I do enjoy them.…
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Apricot Fruit Leather
So, I guess I am a little particular about my fruit leather. Partly because my kids are. I mean, what is the point of making fruit leather if my kids won’t eat it? I have posted about making Pear fruit leather. My pear fruit leather almost always turns out the way we like it. Which is chewy and kind of thick. The taste is never really a problem for me. If it tastes good before you dry it it will taste good after. The problem comes in the texture. I have had fruit leather that turns out more like paper in texture and it just isn’t as enjoyable to eat.…
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Apple Chips
My kids love apple chips! In fact, I have yet to meet a kid that didn’t like my apple chips. It is a great way to use apples. A bucket full of apples will fill up my dehydrator. How to make apple chips the short version : clean the apples peel and slice apples rinse make them taste delicious: (these are all optional, but might make the difference between stored and devoured, just say’n) Lemon juice (so they don’t turn as brown) Sugar Cinnamon Nutmeg Cloves lay them out on dehydrator tray or baking sheet dry the heck out of them, in other words, wait try not to eat them all at…
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Pear Fruit Leather
If you have three pear trees you end up with a lot of pears. I needed a way to use up a lot of pears at once. Our family’s favorite way to eat pears, besides fresh, is fruit leather. I pack it in lunches and share it with friends. It is so great we eat it like it’s candy. Except I feel much better about giving my kids homemade fruit leather instead of candy. It is a pretty simple process, although it does take some time. But if stored correctly it will last over a year. The dehydration process preserves it. I usually wash mine just to get the dust…
