Dehydrating recipes

[Dogwood]

Has anyone made any of these for backpacking trips?

coconut macaroons, watermelon jerky, dried persimmons, dried(candied) ginger, beet chips, or kale chips

I have access to substantial quantities of all these - coconut, watermelon, persimmons, fresh ginger, red beets, Lacinato kale, and fresh turmeric.

Share recipes and address shelf lives.

[rocketsocks]

I've done kale, just salt. My dog likes em, and they're a low caloric snack.

[Wise Old Owl]

Sorry Dogwood most of those items do not cost much its all about timing and heat when it comes to drying. So just like me you will need to set up a variable heating dry and timer... most likely less than 4 hours if the pieces are thin or small. One or two of the items you mentioned do not weigh anything and do not require drying. (Macaroons)

[RockDoc]

On our last trip (PCT, 90 miles) we made up our own soup mixes for dinner (disliked the ingredient lists on retail soup mixes).
Dried zucchini, tomatos, spinach, okra, and a few other veggies. Then just made beef bullion and added the veggies. It was great! No recipes really, just put them in the dehydrator. Fast and easy.
Sorry did not dry the things you mentioned, but they should be good too.

[Dennis.OnthegO]

A few months ago, I dried some watermelon "jerky" while they were in season. Two of the large round seedless melons ended up at around 24 oz. It takes forever. Well, maybe not forever, but we are talking close to 24 hours. The result, however, is sweet watermelon candy!

[Just Bill]

Man... I thought dried watermelon tasted like tomato when done.
Granted that was just store bought melon and maybe a nice fresh extra sweet one would be better. If I were to do it again... I'd make a leather out of it, not slice and dry it.

Coconut is cheaper dried than real for me in the Midwest.

Kale- as said- kale chips in the oven are good.

But I also like just drying varied greens to make a "green superfood" style powder/addition for soups or meals. So I combine kale, spinach, parsley, spring greens, whatever into a big bag and then just crush it up a bit (like dried parsley flakes) to add to meals. This works well when you have a garden or other scraps and you keep that thing going and just dry stuff as it comes.

Though guessing a coconut oil, turmeric, and ginger sautéed lightly in a wok to combine then flash cooking the kale in that prior to drying would be good.

Guessing doing the same with some pasta, rice, or other grains then drying that would be good way to use it too.

[Just Bill]

Ya know... beet/watermelon/kale/coconut might make an interesting leather.

Blend up the whole mess and reduce it a bit on the stove to bring out the sugars and that might be yummy.

[rocketsocks]

Ya know... beet/watermelon/kale/coconut might make an interesting leather.

Blend up the whole mess and reduce it a bit on the stove to bring out the sugars and that might be yummy.

red and green makes brown...hmm.

[Venchka]

Attempting a batch of butternut squash soup leather as I type.
Y'all are sick. Beets & melons are not in any food group that I can tolerate.
I'm going to try a batch of Logan Bread next.
Wayne


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[Just Bill]

red and green makes brown...hmm.

That's weird... I just realized no matter what color I put in my body it always makes brown.

[rocketsocks]

That's weird... I just realized no matter what color I put in my body it always makes brown.

Good point!

[rocketsocks]

Attempting a batch of butternut squash soup leather as I type.
Y'all are sick. Beets & melons are not in any food group that I can tolerate.
I'm going to try a batch of Logan Bread next.
Wayne


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Never heard of it, and had to look it up...that sounds really good.

[Venchka]

Logan Bread? Lots of recipes everywhere.
I'm going to give this one a try:
http://howtowilderness.com/food/logan-bread/
Wayne


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[Dogwood]

keep the ideas flowing. THX to all. I especially liked the dried squash soup leather, "green superfoods", and Logan bread suggestions. I hope Vegan Hiker and Tipi chime in.

I got sticker shock computing the cost per oz of packaged dried kale chips. They are awesome with EVOO and rosemary though dried in a conventional oven.

I also got sticker shock with higher quality coconut macaroons.

The dried TJ's broccoli was pretty tasty with its palm oil fat content? and the dried okra pods bought a Sprouts Snorkel brought to my attention.

[rocketsocks]

Logan Bread? Lots of recipes everywhere.
I'm going to give this one a try:
http://howtowilderness.com/food/logan-bread/
Wayne


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thanks, gonna have to try this one.

[scrabbler]

That should be a new quote in the next book, Biil! :-)

[Venchka]

Their is a brownie recipe on boxes of All Bran Buds. I took a batch with me on my 2 week trip through New Mexico and Colorado in September. The last brownie, at the end of the trip, tasted just as good as the first.
Wayne


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[Venchka]

Logan Bread? Lots of recipes everywhere.
I'm going to give this one a try:
http://howtowilderness.com/food/logan-bread/
Wayne


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thanks, gonna have to try this one.

This is embarrassingand disconcerting. I found this recipe yesterday and now the link doesn't work. AND, I didn't print the recipe.
Safari and Chrome are telling me the the howtowilderness.com server doesn't exist.
Any clues? Help!
The recipe had cranberries and chocolate chips. Two ingredients ai didn't see in other recipes.
The internet can be a terrible place.
Wayne

[Venchka]

...and now it works. And printed.
Wayne

[rocketsocks]

This is embarrassingand disconcerting. I found this recipe yesterday and now the link doesn't work. AND, I didn't print the recipe.
Safari and Chrome are telling me the the howtowilderness.com server doesn't exist.
Any clues? Help!
The recipe had cranberries and chocolate chips. Two ingredients ai didn't see in other recipes.
The internet can be a terrible place.
Wayne

Well it's your lucky day...I book mares it!

http://howtowilderness.com/food/logan-bread/