My new dehydrator!

[I wrote this post a while ago, and just noticed that I never posted it - so here it is! Apple chips are awesome btw!]

So I received an early Christmas present from my Mother-in-law. A dehydrator! To be honest, it wasn't much of a surprise. It was one of those situation like what do you want for Christmas? OK order that and I'll pay you back. Anyway, super awesome gift!! I'm so excited!

I got started dehydrating tonight! Its actually so easy to get stuff started! I started dehydrating apple chips, banana chips and fruit leather. I've already realized that I need an apple corer and a slicer. You're supposed to slice the fruit really evenly... well lets just say I'm not the best slicer. The pieces are really uneven! Oh well, I'm sure they'll still be tasty! I sprinkled some cinnamon on none side of the apples and rubbed it in a bit, although I'll probably skip that next time. The banana is super easy! I can actually slice bananas evenly (well, sort of).

For the fruit leather, I didn't follow any recipe, I just blended up some thawed, frozen raspberries and blueberries, some apple (left over from the slices), and half a banana. After it was all consistent, I just spread it out on a nonstick sheet and put it in the dehydrator.

The first thing I noticed is what a wonderful smell the cinnamon apples give off! The whole house smells like apple pie! I can't imagine what the house would smell like if I was making jerky though!