Comments on: How to make your own apple and orange snack chips using a dehydrator

By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:56:43 +0000

With all the concern regarding pet food this past year I no longer buy dog treats - instead I use my dehydrater to dry beef and chicken. The butcher cuts the meat slices for me - I marinate in low-sodium soy sauce, a little brown sugar, garlic powder. This is such a healthy alternative for my dogs - they love it - in fact you will too - I was surprised at how tasty these strips are - takes about 12 hours to dehydrate.

By: TDavid

TDavid — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:03:37 +0000

Takako - the one we have is 450 watts. We have two Xbox 360 that get a lot of action and they consume more power than that. I suppose, however, there is something to be considered with the power consumption.

By: orangecrush

orangecrush — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:00:56 +0000

Banana chips are the bomb. Also the dried pineapple is good too. Here in the central valley, my grandpa used to sun dry peaches and they were great. Might be worth a shot in the dehydrator. Also you could dry roma tomatoes or herbs if you have an herb garden.

By: Takako T.

Takako T. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:06:28 +0000

Hi TDavid - Not sure what’s happening at Yahoo360, but they say it won’t affect the current user setting/profiles/features. We’ll see what happens. I noticed the pages were acting funny lately, but nothing serious. Anyway, a friend commented on my post that her food dehydrator consumes 1800W of electricity, and I got the impression that they’re not very cost-effective. Any thoughts on that?

By: TDavid

TDavid — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:48:47 +0000

Takako T - Interesting. Using a gas oven to dehydrate food. BTW, thought Yahoo was nuking the 360 blogs? How is that going to impact you?

By: Takako T.

Takako T. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:31:26 +0000

Occasionally I make some dried fruit/veggie treats for our house rabbits (all rescued from a shelter), but I don’t use food dehydrator. Instead, I dry them in the pilot-lit (gas) oven, which works well. I’ve posted an entry in my cheeky (cheesy?) yahoo360 about it recently (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/hopsiirabbit). My favorite is dried sliced pineapples, but our bunnies enjoy all sorts of healthy dried goods including (organic) grapefruit and orange peels! I prefer fresh Fuji apples to any dried ones for a snack. Otherwise I’d suggest to add some cinnamon to those apples you dry. While cinnamon goes so well with cooked apples, it can lower blood sugar. Cinnamon is also good for circulation.