Take advantage of sales or in-season fruits, vegetables and meats to create delicious stores of healthy, inexpensive foods.

Basics- Learn the basics of how to start preserving your favorite fruits, veggies and meats

1. Food Drying Basics
2. Equipment and Methods for Drying
3. Dried Food Recipes
4. Storing and Using Dried Foods
5. How to Use Dried Food in Recipes
6. Make Your Own Food Dehydrator

Fruits -

1. Dehydrating Fruits Table: Excellent informative source showing the drying times of all your favorite fruits
2. Dehydrating Tomatoes
3. Drying Fruit Leathers - make your own fruit roll ups using your favorite fruits

Herbs - Dry your own herbs for use in your favorite recipes and crafts

1. How to Dry Herbs
2. How to Add Herbs in Food

Meats -

1. Drying Meats - make your own Jerky
2. Drying Poultry- Make Turkey Jerky, Chicken Jerky, Duck Jerky etc

Vegetables -

1. Dehydrating Vegetable Table: Drying times needed for all your favorite vegetables, as well as how to prepare them
2. Dry your own Chili Peppers
3. Dehydrating Tomatoes

Recipes

1. Apple Pie
2. Cherry Pie - Create a family favorite using dried cherries
3. Chocolate Cherry Pie - Frozen treat made from Dried Cherries
4. Creamed Corn - classic creamed corn recipe using dried corn kernals
5. Creamy Mushroom Soup Mix
6. Dehydrated Soup Mix
7. Dried Apple Cakes
8. Dried Tomato Basil Pesto
9. Fresh Fennel With Sun-Dried Tomatoes
10. Drying Fruit Leathers - make your own fruit "roll" treats for an inexpensive, healthy alternative
11. Fruit Powders
12. Green Bean Casserole -dehydrated
13. Harvest Cake
14. Munchie Bites- coconut, apples, peanut butter & vanilla
15. Orange Julius Fruit Roll/ Fruit Leather
16. Peach Pie
17. Sauteed Onions- perfect sauteed onions from dried onions
18. Sundried Tomatoes
19. Sun-dried Tomato Dip
20. Vegetable Soup

Jerky Marinade Recipes: Create inexpensive homemade jerky with beef, venison, game meats, chicken, turkey, and more

1. Basic Jerky Marinade
2. Chinese Beef Jerky
3. Cracked Black Pepper Jerky
4. Deer Jerky
5. Hot and Sweet Venison Jerky
6. Smokin' Hot Jerky
7. Sweet Onion Jerky Recipe
8. Sweet & Sour Jerky
9. Teriyaki Jerky
10. Turkey Jerky

While you can use your oven or choose from other drying methods, we highly recommend Nesco Food Dehydrators.