Love My Food Dehydator!
I love my food dehydrator [http://www.squidoo.com/Great-food-dehydrators]. If you've ever utilized food dehydrators to dry food I'm sure you really like yours too. You already know how effortless they make preserving food and how well they operate. If you have never used one before, let me give you some reasons why this can be a excellent way to take care of all those tomatoes and other veggies that are mass producing in your garden right now!
Easy
The very best part of food dehydrators to me is how simple they are to use. Some produce requires a little quantity of prep work, but for the most part all you require to do is to slice your produce, place it on the dehydrator rack and turn it on. Check back later and see how its doing. No standing over a hot stove blanching or canning.
Fast
Rapid is usually a relative term, a dehydrator does take time to dry food but with a fan and even heat it functions a great deal quicker than drying food inside the oven. It also doesn't tie up your oven for hours or even days at a time. Being a smaller, self-contained unit it also doesn't warmth up your kitchen on hot days either.
Works While I Sleep
Food dehydrators operate though you sleep. Lovely. It is genuinely a set and forget appliance. I can put a batch of tomatoes in just before I go to bed and wake up the next morning to find them dried and ready for my pantry. Some dehydrators come with timers so it is possible to set them for a preset period of time. If yours doesn't have one, it is possible to purchase a small appliance timer and use that just as quickly to set your dehydrator to run for a certain amount of time.
Preserves Flavor and Nutrients
I have found that food that I dry retains much more of its taste than food that I can or freeze. The drying seems to lock that taste in instead of changing it the way canning and freezing do.
Stock Your Pantry
Food dehydrators make it straightforward to stock your pantry. Dried food takes up much less space than canned and are far more versatile. A dried apple ring is often a snack all by itself, an addition to morning oatmeal, instant applesauce or part of a casserole.
Canning has its points, but until it may be set to perform with out constant supervision, heat, mess and just plain hard work a food dehydrator [http://www.squidoo.com/Great-food-dehydrators] wins hands down for ease and convenience in my kitchen!
Easy
The very best part of food dehydrators to me is how simple they are to use. Some produce requires a little quantity of prep work, but for the most part all you require to do is to slice your produce, place it on the dehydrator rack and turn it on. Check back later and see how its doing. No standing over a hot stove blanching or canning.
Fast
Rapid is usually a relative term, a dehydrator does take time to dry food but with a fan and even heat it functions a great deal quicker than drying food inside the oven. It also doesn't tie up your oven for hours or even days at a time. Being a smaller, self-contained unit it also doesn't warmth up your kitchen on hot days either.
Works While I Sleep
Food dehydrators operate though you sleep. Lovely. It is genuinely a set and forget appliance. I can put a batch of tomatoes in just before I go to bed and wake up the next morning to find them dried and ready for my pantry. Some dehydrators come with timers so it is possible to set them for a preset period of time. If yours doesn't have one, it is possible to purchase a small appliance timer and use that just as quickly to set your dehydrator to run for a certain amount of time.
Preserves Flavor and Nutrients
I have found that food that I dry retains much more of its taste than food that I can or freeze. The drying seems to lock that taste in instead of changing it the way canning and freezing do.
Stock Your Pantry
Food dehydrators make it straightforward to stock your pantry. Dried food takes up much less space than canned and are far more versatile. A dried apple ring is often a snack all by itself, an addition to morning oatmeal, instant applesauce or part of a casserole.
Canning has its points, but until it may be set to perform with out constant supervision, heat, mess and just plain hard work a food dehydrator [http://www.squidoo.com/Great-food-dehydrators] wins hands down for ease and convenience in my kitchen!
