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The juiceproducer's guide to dehydrating healthy snacks.Welcome, welcome time to look at dehydrating now, it used to be popular in olden times where I think they probably called it "sun drying" and I believeit was big in the wild wild west for they dried out strips of beef to make "jerky". Now what they stumbled across was a way to preserve food while locking in the nourishing nutrient content, unlike cooking which is too harsh and hot, destroying enzymes, protein and other goodness. So how does a dehydrator work? easy really, a dehydrator is basically a cabinet with a fan and heater element in, the warm air is circulatedthrough the unit, heating the drying area evenly and dehydrating whatever you put in it. The result is dried out fruit and veg or meat, if you wish similar to the packet stuff you find in health food shops. Until you have made your own though you'll never know how much tastier home grown stuff is! dehydrators and dehydrating foods for healthAn endless supply of healthy snackage!! yep thats what its about, feeding yourself right day in day out, if you follow all the juiceproducer lifestyle tips you can throw out all the diet books and associated nonsense, you body will thank you for living natural by regulating body weight, giving you more energy and just running how nature intended. Things to dehydrate: all fruit and veggies will dehydrate, so think pineapple cubes, strawberry chunks, banana slices, mango crisps, berries, kiwi fruit sections. On the veggie front stick to the ones you like the taste of as the taste gets stronger with dehydrating! Things not to dehydrate: a flip flop, your car, a goldfish, a bottle of mineral water. You get the idea!!
the L'equip 528 dehydrator with it's lid off Types of dehydrator: basically two types to contend with, the stacking type such as the l'equip 528 dehydrator above or the drawer type such as the mighty, mighty excalibur 9 drawer a Rolls Royce level dehydrator. All I would say is the stacker is easier to take apart and clean, whereas the drawer type is no doubt easier to use. The mighty excalibur's are big units and benefit from the fan and heater mounted in the end rather than the bottom of the machine, which creates more even drying temperatures. The drying pinnacle really!
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