Dehydrating the Summer Harvest

I made a big splurge this month and bought the Excalibur Food Dehydrator. This is something I have wanted for several years. It is considered the “Cadillac” of the food dehydrator world. I am not disappointed especially since I caught it on a great sale on Amazon. I got it for $200 and at the time of this post it is still on sale for that price. This is a $100 savings from what it normally costs. I am linking my affiliate link if you would like to purchase your own. (IF you reading this post some time after it is published the price may not be so good, but check it out and see.)

 

In celebration of my new dehydrator I have a round up of posts from other health and food bloggers with their recipes of great foods to preserve from the harvest. (All images and recipes are used with permission.)

Vegetables

  Easiest Sun-Dried Tomatoes from Whole New Mom

How to Make Tomato Powder from It’s a Love Love Thing

Kale Chips from Whole New Mom

Garlic Herb Raw Kale Chips from Recipes to Nourish

Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips from Oh Lardy

Cheesy Garlic Zucchini Chips from Happy Mothering

How to Dehydrate Beets from It’s a Love Love Thing

How to Dehydrate Radishes from It’s a Love Love Thing

Sweet Potato Chips from  Paleo Gone Sassy

Fruits

 

How to Dehydrate Fruit from Don’t Waste the Crumbs

How to Dehydrate Fruits from Kitchen Stewardship

Includes grapes, bananas, blueberries, peaches, persimmons (never even had those fresh),  pineapple, and mango.

How to Make Homemade Fruit Rolls from Kitchen StewardshipI made plum fruit roll this past week with the dehydrator and it came out great. I put in 1 banana in relation to about 3 cups of plums and it came out great.

Healthy Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups from  It’s a Love Love Thing

Making Fruit Powder from It’s a Love Love Thing

How to Dehydrate Kiwi from It’s a Love Love Thing

Nuts and Other Foods

Salted Crispy Almonds from Raising Generations Nourished

Crispy Nuts from Kitchen Stewardship

How and Why to Soak and Dehydrate Nuts and Seeds from Whole New Mom

Carob or Chocolate Coated Almonds from Whole New Mom

How to Soak and Dehydrate Oats from Kitchen Stewardship

How To Make Coconut Flour from Raia’s Recipes

The Easiest Way to Preserve Herbs from Whole New Mom

How to Make Beef Jerky from Oh Lardy

My son wants to make rabbit jerky from our rabbit meat. IF he does I will give a special post just to that.

Raw Vegan Carrot Cake from Good Girl Gone Green

 

Shared at Wildcrafting Wednesday,  Wellness Wednesday, Natural Family Today.