I have been dehydrating my own backpacking meals for about
18 years now, and I enthusiastically recommend it !
One of my favs is macaroni and my homemade spaghetti sauce with meat and veggies.
I dehydrate my sauce and I also pre-cook my macaroni and dehydrate that as well !
Rather than the mess of having to cook the pasta, I dump the sauce and macaroni all into a food storage bag and add boiling water,place the bag of food and water into my pot and add the lid, then let sit about 10 mins.
No pot to clean either! (I just pack out the bag- which, in true HUNGRY HIKER fashion ends up with VERY LITTLE residue on it !)
I have an old American Harvestor dehydrator (from back when it was called Harvest Maid)
I dehydrate just about anything I enjoy eating out on the trail.
Sure saves me money to do it myself, and it's easy !
Bon Appetit !
Perkolady