Dehydrator Recipes - please share

[Anna]

I just got a dehydrator and I'd love to hear from others who have one.

What's your favorite thing to make? How do you use it?

I'm drying some fruit now and made an onion "bread" and almond cookies. We are having fun but would love to hear what others do with theirs.

Thanks!

Anna

[Francie]

You have to deactivate the enzymes in order to store it - so "shelf life." If you don't, you would just have a shorter shelf life, but for me that sort of defeats the purpose. Also, I don't think the blanching is really extra work - I steam blanch and it's only for a minute or so, then cold water. I've sort of resigned myself to "extra work" in order to have cheap, local, organic food!

[Tori]

Raw food crepes (adapted from Alissa Cohen's recipe) These are super easy and make a great weekend breakfast. I use just about any fruit to fill these such as apples w/ pecan honey sauce. Alissa's recipe calls for up to 14 hour drying time but mine were ready in 4 hours!!!!???? I have the Good $ you Food dehydrator ( a knock off from the Excallibur(sp?) dehydrtaor) I'm very happy w/ my dehydrator. I gotta to leave for work now but I'll try to post more of my faves sometime today!! Happy un-cooking!!!! ;)

strawberry crepes

By Alissa Cohen

Serves four

Crepe Shells
5-6 ripe bananas
Juice of 1/2 lemon
fresh lemon zest
dash of cinnamon

Filling
1 cup macadamia nuts
1 cup cashews
1 large lemon, juiced
4 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons Bragg liquid aminos
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 teaspoons water

Strawberry Sauce
1 1/2 cups strawberries
1-2 tablespoons honey

For Crepe Shells
1. Place bananas in a food processor and blend until smooth.
2. Remove from processor and spread about 1/8 inch thick on to a Teflex sheet on top of a dehydrator screen.
3. Dehydrate for 14 hours or less. (Begin checking the bananas a few hours before to make sure they are formed, pliable, and solid in texture, but not getting crispy).
4. Remove from dehydrator and slice into strips (about 10cm x 5cm)

For Filling
Place filling ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.

For Strawberry Sauce
Combine strawberries and honey in a food processor and blend until smooth.

To Assemble
1. Place scoops of filling on to banana fruit leather strips and roll up.
2. Pour strawberry sauce over the rolled-up crepes.

Note: It's important to let the crepes sit for at least a couple of hours with the strawberry sauce on top. The sauce will soften the fruit leather and make it "crepe-like" instead of hard and chewy. These are also great the next day!

This recipe appeared in the Autumn 2007 issue of Get Fresh! magazine