My dehydrator is a much loved kitchen appliance, I always thought they were a bit of a gimmick and would become one of those good ideas at the time stuck in the back of a cupboard waiting for the jumble sale, how wrong I was here are some of things I use mine for.
- When biscuits or crackers have gone soft crisp them up again in the dehydrator
- When the cereal has gone soft because the packet wasn't closed properly again dry it out in the dehydrator
- When you get that glut of fruit and veg dehydrate it so it can be used out of season without taking up space in the freezer
- Leftover veg at dinner dry it out and add it to a soup mix jar
- left over gravy dehydrate it and blend it down to a powder ready for instant gravy
- Orange and Lemon peel, dry them out and blitz into a powder to be used in recipes were it asks for zest
- Take advantage of reduced fruit and veg dehydrate to use later
- Making fruit leathers ideal snack for lunch boxes
- Make your own Jerky
- Dry flowers or citrus slices for decorating the home
- Left over soups can be blitzed down into powder for instant soups after dehydrating
- Left over sponge cake can be dried out for use in future trifles
- Yogurt can be made into Yogurt Leathers a lovely yummy snack
- Banana Chips so easy and cheap to make your own
- Make your own camping and backpacking meals, a lot lighter to carry and takes up less space
- I make my own powdered egg when I have a glut to be used when they are off lay in winter
- Dry your own herbs
- Make Dog Treats
- Make Yogurt
- Prove dough
Keep a look out at car boots, jumbles and on freecycle you often see them looking for new homes.
So if you see one grab one it can become your best friend in the kitchen.
I have never seen one so I couldn't quite imagine what one looked like. I will keep my eyes open at the carboots!
ReplyDeleteI never realised you could do so much with one. I was planning on getting one this year to dry some fruit from the garden, I'm definitely getting one now.
ReplyDeleteYou have got a wonderful one which does lot of work!It looks nice!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!
We've got a round one we brought in Poland years ago. Its good but I one day want to upgrade to one like you've got. Yogurt sounds good.
ReplyDeleteYou explained in so simple way. Nice. I love dehydrator because of its health benefits.
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