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Dehydrating Food Articles

Susan Gast, founder of Easy Food Dehydrating

by: Susan Gast / Author, Blogger at Beesville Books, Bored Boomers, and a Food Dehydrating Fanatic!

This dehydrating food articles page contains a shortened list of articles written by myself, and others, over the years.

Slicing fresh celery on a plastic cutting board

Stop Wasting GOOD Food!

So here I am, slicing up celery stalks and making sure they each take their place on the dehydrator tray.

I mean, each tiny piece of celery means something. It's not just a scrap that you scrape off the plate—not anymore.

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I keep the leaves too; they chop up beautifully in our homemade vegetable soups, and the tiny stalk slices are excellent for use in chicken salad or tuna salad. Nothing goes to waste.


A person with dehydrator, fresh food

Scraps can Add Up to a Full Meal!

These tiny pieces add up to a future meal—one we can guarantee will be there for us no matter what the situation is in America—or around the world. So let's get to it: get busy dehydrating fresh food!

Dehydrated Food Articles Just for You!

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NEW! Weird Dehydrated Foods From Crunchwraps to Kimchi Powder

Dry Veggies: Crispy Snacks That'll Make Your Taste Buds Dance

3 Quick Videos: Using FoodSaver Reusable Vacuum Sealer Bags

Benefits of Dried Food

Mastering 6 Food Preservation Techniques

Pros and Cons of Dried Fruit

Dehydrating Food in Convection Ovens

Making Dehydrated Food Gifts

5 Best Food Dehydrators for Drying Herbs at Home

Build a Recycled Greenhouse

Dehydrating Food at Home

Fight Inflation and be Survival Savvy

Food Shortages Coming This Year?

Why Dehydrate Food?

Be Hurricane-Ready 

Janetta's Dehydrated Potato Beaded Necklace

Start a New Business

Garden and Compost Bin

What Are Food Dehydrators?

Food Dehydrating for Fun and Profit

Does Dehydrating Food Destroy Nutrients?

Why Blanch Vegetables Before Dehydrating?

Treat Your FOOD with Respect!

"After you've been dehydrating food for a while, you reach a point where you treat your foods with such care, and with a reverence that wasn't there before." ~ Susan Gast

This Knife Makes Chopping and Slicing Easy!

Begin by Using a Good Sharp Knife by Cutluxe!

Check out this great chef's knife with a full tang that means the handle and blade "are one" so they can't come apart when we're slicin' and a dicin'.

I know these Cutluxe Chef knives may be a little expensive, but they do last pretty much a lifetime when you maintain their cutting edges.

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SUPMAKIN Slicer + Dicer Mandoline ~ OnceForAll Brand

French fry cutter, vegetable chopper, vegetable slicer cutter, potato slicer, chopper for kitchen meal prep.

A multi-function mandoline that I just couldn't resist getting!

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