Food Drying with an Attitude by Mary T. Bell

Never again feel guilty when it’s time to clean out the refrigerator—save money by drying out limp celery or half an onion. “Waste not, want not,” Mary T. Bell says. Want more control over the use of additives and preservatives? Don’t throw away that old banana—dry it! The process is less nutritionally damaging than freezing or canning food and it doesn’t take a huge commitment—the dehydrator does all the work.. Here are some of the amazing skills you’ll learn inside Food Drying with an Attitude:
· Make dry fruit and vegetable purées—everything from applesauce to thick liquids such as spaghetti sauce and vegetable soup.
· Prepare lightweight, portable dried foods to take along when on adventures in the great outdoors.
· Create unique gifts such as mint leaf candy, homemade paper, vegetable wreaths, soap, homemade candles, and potpourris.
· Treat your pets with homemade goodies.
· Learn how food dehydrators work.
· Integrate dried foods into cooking and baking to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner tastier and healthier.
· Make jerky, fruit roll-ups, herbs, bread, jelly, and much, much more!