How to Dehydrate Food: Top Tips for Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, and more... Plus Recipes!

Welcome to Easy Food Dehydrating! Here you’ll uncover the incredible art of how to dehydrate food to remove moisture from your favorite fruit, vegetables, meats, and seafood. Simply click their images below for full details.

How to Dehydrate Fruit
How to Dehydrate Vegetables
How to Dehydrate Meats
How to Dehydrate Seafood

Dehydrate Food: The Easy Way!

  • On our fruit and vegetable pages, learn how long and at what temperature to dehydrate everything safely - from apples to zucchinis.
  • Learn how to safely dehydrate meats (see our free beef jerky recipe), plus seafood (shrimp, tuna, and salmon).
  • Check out the equipment needed, and supplies. Don't worry, it's not a lot!

How to Dehydrate Food: Top Tips for Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, and more... Plus Recipes!

Welcome to Easy Food Dehydrating! Here you’ll uncover the incredible art of how to dehydrate food to remove moisture from your favorite fruit, vegetables, meats, and seafood. Simply click their images below for full details.

How to Dehydrate Fruit
How to Dehydrate Vegetables
How to Dehydrate Meats
How to Dehydrate Seafood

Dehydrate Food: The Easy Way!

  • On our fruit and vegetable pages, learn how long and at what temperature to dehydrate everything safely - from apples to zucchinis.
  • Learn how to safely dehydrate meats (see our free beef jerky recipe), plus seafood (shrimp, tuna, and salmon).
  • Check out the equipment needed, and supplies. Don't worry, it's not a lot!


Mastering the Basics: Essential Equipment and Storage Tips
for Learning How to Dehydrate Food Successfully

Here's a short list of the basics: An electric dehydrator such as a Nesco or an Excalibur Dehydrator and a food vacuum sealer like my FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer.

Nesco brand dehydrator - 4-tray starter model
Excalibur brand dehydrator - 4-tray starter model
FoodSaver brand food vacuum sealing machine


Use the Right Containers for Dried Food for Long- or Short-Term Storage

For long-term storage, you must use Oxygen Absorbers to help protect your dehydrated goodies because they slow oxidation (where things turn brown) and regulate moisture (because they absorb it) which inhibits mold. Plus they take care of pesky pests. (Try saying that five times fast).

Use a food vacuum sealer to draw the air out of the bags, plus they do a fantastic job of sealing the bag tight... air tight, that is!

Food vacuum-sealer bags
Mason Jars for storing dried food
Mylar Bags for storing packages of dried food

Master the Art of Dehydrating Food with Help from Susan

Learn all about food dehydrating via my options below: Paperback, or eBook. If you prefer to listen while doing other things, or just want to sit back with your feet up, choose my Audiobook. Heck, get all three! Just kidding.

Easy Food Dehydrating & Safe Food Storage paperback cover

Easy Food Dehydrating
& Safe Food Storage

paperback

Easy Food Dehydrating eBook

Easy Food Dehydrating
& Safe Food Storage

eBook

Audiobook icon
Easy Food Dehydrating and Safe Food Storage audiobook cover

Easy Food Dehydrating
& Safe Food Storage

Audiobook

Recent Articles

  1. Millet and Quinoa Supply Great Nutrients!

    May 02, 24 04:46 PM

    Millet and Quinoa in tubs, side by side
    Millet and Quinoa: Easy to prepare! Add this super nutritional grain to your recipes!

    Read More

  2. Shepherd's Pie with Dehydrated Food: Tasty Beef, Mashed Potatoes

    May 02, 24 03:54 PM

    Shepherd's Pie in a Ramekin
    Shepherd's Pie with Dehydrated food: Lean ground beef, and a savory sauce - topped with mashed potatoes browned under the broiler!

    Read More

  3. Surviving Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004

    May 02, 24 03:36 PM

    'Before' and 'After' collage of Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne's destruction of a newly-built workshop
    Surviving Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne: Dehydrate Food in Advance to Save the Day. Photos of wind damage back in 2004!

    Read More

  4. How To Dehydrate Corn In A Dehydrator

    May 02, 24 02:54 PM

    Delicious Corn and Corn Chowder
    How To Dehydrate Corn In A Dehydrator: Perfect for Soups, Fritters, Chowders - grind into Cornmeal too!

    Read More

Mastering the Basics: Essential Equipment and Storage Tips for Learning How to Dehydrate Food Successfully

Here's a short list of the basics: An electric dehydrator such as a Nesco or an Excalibur Dehydrator and a food vacuum sealer like my FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer.

Nesco brand dehydrator - 4-tray starter model
Excalibur brand dehydrator - 4-tray starter model
FoodSaver brand food vacuum sealing machine

Use the Right Containers for Dried Food for Long- or Short-Term Storage

For long-term storage, you must use Oxygen Absorbers to help protect your dehydrated goodies because they slow oxidation (where things turn brown) and regulate moisture (because they absorb it) which inhibits mold. Plus they take care of pesky pests. (Try saying that five times fast).

Use a food vacuum sealer to draw the air out of the bags, plus they do a fantastic job of sealing the bag tight... air tight, that is!

Food vacuum-sealer bags
Mason Jars for storing dried food
Mylar Bags for storing packages of dried food

Master the Art of Dehydrating Food with Help from Susan

Learn all about food dehydrating via my options below: Paperback, or eBook. If you prefer to listen while doing other things, or just want to sit back with your feet up, choose my Audiobook. Heck, get all three! Just kidding.

Easy Food Dehydrating & Safe Food Storage paperback cover

Easy Food Dehydrating
& Safe
Food Storage

paperback

Easy Food Dehydrating eBook

Easy Food Dehydrating
& Safe
Food Storage

eBook

Easy Food Dehydrating and Safe Food Storage audiobook cover
Audiobook icon

Easy Food Dehydrating
& Safe
Food Storage

Audiobook


How to Dehydrate Food ~ Udemy Online Courses

If you love a good instructional video course, then check out my courses on the Udemy platform.

I have my "Classic 3-hour course" Food Dehydrating Made Easy!, and my "All you need to know in one hour" Food Dehydrating~101 course.

Food Dehydrating Made Easy

classic 3-hour Udemy course.
You'll learn all you need to know
about food dehydrating
and then some!

Food Dehydrating ~ 101

Short on time?
Need to get going right now?
Choose my 1-hour Udemy course.
It's time well spent.

Enroll in either of my Udemy courses today and learn the ins and outs of dehydrating food safely at home. Did you know this? You get LIFETIME access to all Udemy courses!



Six Simple Steps Food Dehydrating eBook - free

Thanks for Stopping by!
Get "Six Simple Steps" to Dehydrate Food plus
"How to Grow & Dehydrate Herbs" eBooks Today for Free!

While you're here, don't forget to pick up your free copy of
Six Simple Steps
plus
How to Grow & Dehydrate Herbs.

Click on the images below to learn more!


How to Grow & Dehydrate Herbs - free eBook - cover

How to Dehydrate Food ~ Udemy Online Courses

If you love a good instructional video course, then check out my courses on the Udemy platform.

I have my "Classic 3-hour course" Food Dehydrating Made Easy!, and my "All you need to know in one hour" Food Dehydrating~101 course.

Food Dehydrating Made Easy

classic 3-hour Udemy course.
You'll learn all you need to know
about food dehydrating
and then some!

Food Dehydrating ~ 101

Short on time?
Need to get going right now?
Choose my 1-hour Udemy course.
It's time well spent.

Enroll in either of my Udemy courses today and learn the ins and outs of dehydrating food safely at home. Did you know this? You get LIFETIME access to all Udemy courses!


Thanks for Stopping by: Get "Six Simple Steps" to Dehydrate Food plus "How to Grow & Dehydrate Herbs" eBooks Today for Free!

While you're here, don't forget to pick up your free copy of Six Simple Steps plus How to Grow & Dehydrate Herbs. Click on the images to learn more.

Six Simple Steps Food Dehydrating eBook - free
How to Grow & Dehydrate Herbs - free eBook - cover

Recent Articles

  1. Millet and Quinoa Supply Great Nutrients!

    May 02, 24 04:46 PM

    Millet and Quinoa in tubs, side by side
    Millet and Quinoa: Easy to prepare! Add this super nutritional grain to your recipes!

    Read More

  2. Shepherd's Pie with Dehydrated Food: Tasty Beef, Mashed Potatoes

    May 02, 24 03:54 PM

    Shepherd's Pie in a Ramekin
    Shepherd's Pie with Dehydrated food: Lean ground beef, and a savory sauce - topped with mashed potatoes browned under the broiler!

    Read More

  3. Surviving Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004

    May 02, 24 03:36 PM

    'Before' and 'After' collage of Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne's destruction of a newly-built workshop
    Surviving Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne: Dehydrate Food in Advance to Save the Day. Photos of wind damage back in 2004!

    Read More

  4. How To Dehydrate Corn In A Dehydrator

    May 02, 24 02:54 PM

    Delicious Corn and Corn Chowder
    How To Dehydrate Corn In A Dehydrator: Perfect for Soups, Fritters, Chowders - grind into Cornmeal too!

    Read More