New Toy

Posted By admin on July 25, 2009

new dehydrator

new dehydrator


I got my new toy when I dropped off the boys with the Grandparents. They had given me a dehydrator for my birthday but let me pick out the one I wanted and it was shipped to them so they brought it up with them.
dehydrated goodies

dehydrated goodies


I am on my way to dehydrating everything in the house. I have done zucchini chips, shredded zucchini, bananas, and some really small plums that a friend from church gave us. When we get back from picking up the boys I am going to try tomatoes and herbs. Yumm!

I am not happy with the way the bananas came out. They are more like banana gummies than banana chips. The zucchini chips are not as crisp as I would like either. I guess the zucchini could have stayed in longer. I love the way the shredded came out though for soups or stews or anything else I can put it in and trick my family into eating vegetables. Between my VitaMix and my new Excalibur dehydrator we will be eating healthy, by golly!

I wanted the dehydrator to make garlic powder with next year’s crop of garlic. I only planted enough for seed for next year due to the move and short time constraint. I will have a huge garlic garden next year! Whoo hooo!

Y’all come back now!

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I am a work at home Mom of two of the best boys ever. I am a Nationally Certified Master Groomer and have been grooming out of my home for the last 12 years. We have recently moved to Greenbrier Tn on 27 acres. We are new to the "homesteading thing" but we are excited to learn. We hope to be filling our farm with many critters and a garden. We are homeschoolers so everything is a unit study to us. It has been fun to see the boys help Dad cut firewood. We will also be learning how to build a chicken coop in the near future as well. I have been making handcrafted soap lately as well and I am seeing an improvement in that business as well. It is all natural vegetable and goat milk based soaps. Can't wait to share this experience with everyone.

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