I have a cheap dehydrator from academy. It works decent but I've had really bad luck with bananas. They turn out mushy. Nothing like the banana chips you can buy at the store. I have had good luck with apples and frozen veggies bought on sale at the store. I dehydrated them and vacuum sealed them for use in soups and stews. Mrs Inor has some really good tips on it. She even dehydrates cans of tomato sauce into some kind of concentrate. My next project is to do my own jerky.
I picked up this book as well. It's been very helpful so far.
we dehydrated mainly vegetables from the garden & frozen cubed hashbrowns
some like storing their dehydrated vegetables or fruit in glass jars, I like mylar bags then sliding the mylar bag using vacuum bags and sealing them. this IMO gives you more space and beable to portion control for meals.
I'll try that next batch. So far the apples sprinkled in cinnamon have been a winner. At 5 hours and 130 degrees F, they were fantastic. I'll not be storing them as me and Mrs Slippy have eaten most of them already.
I slice tomatoes and zuccini and sprinkle on popcorn flavorings -- parmesan/garlic is my favorite - and dry them crispy. Then use them as chips -- great in Greek yogurt for a dip! It's my favorite way to eat dried veggies (only so much soup can be had), so it's downright pleasant to rotate the stock.
The fruits that I dried yesterday turned out to be a success. Apples, Mango, Strawberries were outstanding. Oranges and Bananas were good but not great. The inlaws may stop by today, so I'll dehydrate some onions and garlic as per Hunting Hawks suggestion.
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