My sister-in-law first introduced me to dehydrated food.  Whenever my brother visits us, he brings homemade dehydrated apples and many kinds of fruits for the kids.

 

However, even before that, I had a Dehydrator machine that has been stored in the garage for months.  I used it before to learn food preservation.  My first attempt was apples then Kale.  It was successful but I just didn’t have the motivation to move on.

 

Now that my girls are getting bigger and processed chips are so famous (specially Spicy Hot Cheetos), I wanted to make homemade snacks for them.  My kids eat fruits when I slice and prepare it for them.  Using my old dehydrator, I attempted to undertake this old method of preserving food.  Aside from improving shelf life of fruits and vegetables, it is an ideal snack for my family because they can easily pack it and bring to school and/or work without it being rotten.

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During these Pandemic days, I find my Dehydrator machine very useful.  Because we can only go food shopping once every two weeks, I can buy our veggies by bulk and dehydrate it then cook it when needed.  I specially love dehydrated Korean Radish.