I've had my dehydrator since Christmas, but still haven't used it...

[Queen Bean]

Can anyone suggest an easy recipe to start with?

Many thanks...

[michigan roman]

they take kale leaves and rub them with evoo and nutritional yeast for kale chips , thats not exact recipe but near . and kale chips are raved about

also the simple flax / onion crackers are the other most raved about

[tiggerbounce]

Oh yes, the kale chips are really good.
I also like to toss mushrooms in whatever marinade/seasonings you like, put in a glass bowl that is covered, and warm overnight. Then I put them on my salad.

[Juicing Juli]

yup....kale chips a must...
a little extra virgin olive oil, garlic powder, lots of nutritional yeast, salt and
pepper...sooooo good...
over night in dehydrator...

corn/flax crackers...many, many recipes for that.

then it's what you want to have based on what you feel you're missing from the cooked lifestyle. I'm going to be making bread and pizza next week!!!!

[DebB]

Banana chips - I've got 3 trays going right now. I had 2 bunches of nanas that were getting riper than we care for, so they got sliced and chipped :) But - they're not going to be like store bought. These will be leathery, pliable.

A banana slicer is so nice to have to get even slices. I've got something like this, except mine's hinged and has metal cutting blades. Sure makes it quick & easy!

http://www.amazon.com/J-H-Smith-Company-Banana-Cutter/dp/B005N9HIKI/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1328939132&sr=8-15

[adobegirl]

One of my most favorite dehydrator foods is eggplant. We just peel them, slice them, brush them with olive oil and sprinkle a little salt on them. They rarely get put away as we are munching on them as soon as they are done.

[Evie M]

1 lb brussel sprouts, sliced thin
2 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. nama shoyu or coconut aminos

Place brussel sprouts in a bowl. Thoroughly mix the olive oil and shoyu or aminos then pour over sprouts. Stir to coat. Remove a few shelves from your dehydrator so you'll have room. Put the bowl on the bottom. Set at 105 degrees for 8 hours. Stir a couple times. Delicious warm or cold. Simple and yummy. Easy to double or triple. Enjoy!

Evie M

[DebB]

1 lb brussel sprouts, sliced thin
2 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. nama shoyu or coconut aminos

Place brussel sprouts in a bowl. Thoroughly mix the olive oil and shoyu or aminos then pour over sprouts. Stir to coat. Remove a few shelves from your dehydrator so you'll have room. Put the bowl on the bottom. Set at 105 degrees for 8 hours. Stir a couple times. Delicious warm or cold. Simple and yummy. Easy to double or triple. Enjoy!

Evie M

Wow Evie M ~ These sound incredible. I'm adding b'sprouts to my grocery list!

[Juicing Juli]

sounds great!!! love roasted vegies!!! you just gave me an idea Evie. I always make roasted root vegies, carrots, beets, sweet potato, parsnip, and I could do that your way and add brussel sprouts!!!
thank you!


1 lb brussel sprouts, sliced thin
2 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. nama shoyu or coconut aminos

Place brussel sprouts in a bowl. Thoroughly mix the olive oil and shoyu or aminos then pour over sprouts. Stir to coat. Remove a few shelves from your dehydrator so you'll have room. Put the bowl on the bottom. Set at 105 degrees for 8 hours. Stir a couple times. Delicious warm or cold. Simple and yummy. Easy to double or triple. Enjoy!

Evie M

[Queen Bean]

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I wouldn't mind starting out with some kind of flax cracker or bread. All the recipes I've seen so far have ground flax seeds. Does anyone have a simple recipe for a cracker or bread? One where the seeds aren't ground? If they all require ground seeds, how do you grind them? Can you do it in a food processor, or do you need a coffee grinder?

Once I make some kind of cracker/bread, I'll try some of your lovely recipes.

[adobegirl]

I make my flax seed crackers by soaking the flax seed and then dumping them with the water into a blender. I like plain ones and only add a bit of salt, but I think you could make them whatever flavor you wanted. Because they are soaked, my blender breaks them up pretty well (I have a very cheap blender). A lot of people don't grind their flax seeds at all. My daughter prefers them whole not ground.