07/04/2018 / By Zoey Sky
Preppers are always willing to try new things, especially when it involves effective ways to prepare food for their stockpile. But what do you if you want to make dried food but you don’t own a food dehydrator? (h/t to ApartmentPrepper.com)
If you don’t know someone who owns a food dehydrator or you simply want to learn how to make dried food without using other devices, try this simple method.
For this recipe, you will need a couple of apples. Try the recipe by making a small batch first so you don’t waste your resources, then take note of how you can improve your next experiment.
This method, which requires an oven, is perfect if you’re only making small batches of dried fruit.
Dried apple chips recipe
Ingredients:
Steps:
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Once the dried apple slices are done, they will turn brown. If you don’t want your apple slices to turn too brown, you can soak them in a 50/50 mixture of lemon juice and water for an hour before prepping.
Use this technique to dehydrate various fruits. With food drying, you can add dried fruits to your stockpile. You can also use it to make affordable and healthy snacks for you and your family. Making dried fruit chips is also a good way to use up fruit before it goes bad in your kitchen.
Follow the tips below if you want to start drying food for your SHTF stockpile:
Learn more about food dehydration and other food preservation techniques at FoodStorage.news.
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