Dehydrating

Dehydrating Food is becoming another favorite way of preserving our harvest. I don't know that I'll ever give up canning but drying has some advantages.

3 advantages to dehydrating your food.

1. The main advantage is space. Dried foods take up hardly any space at all compared to both freezing and canning. A quart size jar holds a lot of food!
2. It also is better for the nutritional value of your foods. I hate to admit it but yes…. canned food does lose more nutrition than dried. (of course, there are other advantages to home-canned food)
3. The other is energy. No energy is expended to store dried foods. You do use electricity to run an electric dehydrator but it is still efficient. If you have a way to dry foods with solar energy that is even better!

I've been canning a long time, and I'm sure I'll continue. But I've been on a mission to learn more … especially since my husband built me a solar dehydrator. (very big smile!)

Here is a list of our dehydrating articles by category.

Dehydrating Fruit

Fruit

Fruit Leather Recipe

Dehydrating Vegetables

Vegetables

Tomatoes

Green Beans

Zucchini Chips

Corn

How to Dry Herbs

Carrots

Dehydrator Reviews and Other Information

Cabelas Commercial Dehydrator

Nesco Food Dehydrator (and American Harvest Dehydrator)

Ronco Food Dehydrator

Magic Chef Food Dehydrator

Excalibur Dehydrator

Handy Tools

How to Choose a Good Dehydrator

Harvest Right freeze dryer