For months I have wanted a good dehydrator. In fact I blogged about borrowing an Excalibur dehydrator
here back in October 2011. My friend, Kris, from
Attainable Sustainable, let me borrow hers and from that moment I have been pining over having my very own. But it is pricey. So I made sure to do my research which consisted of asking others (including Sylvia of Licious Dishes) what brand they prefer.
I finally broke down and bought one on Amazon. I got the 9 tray one. It looks like
this only black. And I bought the
ParaFlexx sheets to make fruit leathers and crackers. I reasoned it out in my head. I saved money in January by not going to Starbucks or Jamba Juice at all. I have been very frugal in my driving so I actually saved hundreds in gas money. And I came up with a few more reasons that I could "afford" to finally splurge on a dehydrator. From all I heard Excalibur is top of the line goodness. And now that I have it, I know this to be true.
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| An inside look |
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| Good drying guide included on machine. I like 135 but I think raw foodists keep it in the yellow (more like 105) |
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| The best of the lot, according to those I talked to (Licious Dishes included!) |
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| Bananas are extremely 'ono dehydrated. |
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| I always cut them this way but next time I'll cut them as "coin" shaped |
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| My first try at fruit leather though it wasn't that great. This was just leftover smoothie. Not a good idea. |
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| kale chips and pineapple are both HUGE WINNERS! |
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| Tomatoes on the top shelves |
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| Strawberry, rhubarb and honey blended together in Vitamix. |
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| After dehydrating just put on a piece of wax paper and rolled it up. SO SO DELICIOUS! |
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| YUM! |
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