Store It Foods

Your food dehydrator will both dry and dehydrate foods. 

Likely, there are many who read that brief sentence who will say to themselves, “Now wait a minute, when you’re dehydrating foods you’re drying foods, so that statement makes no sense.”

Yes, it is true that today those two terms tend to be intermingled, but, in reality, there is a difference.  With dried foods moisture is removed.  When done, that food will have lost approximately 75% of its water content.  The end product remains soft and pliable, and, under proper conditions, will store well for 12 to 18 months.  Dehydrated fruits and vegetables, however, will have that moisture content reduced to 2 to 3%.  The product becomes shriveled and very brittle, but the shelf life is also extended by a considerable amount.

Which is best?  Well, that depends upon what your goal might happen to be.  There are advantages to both.  Dried foods generally make better snack foods. Dehydrated foods may be more appropriate for long term storage.  Whatever the case, your food dehydrator will both dry and dehydrate. The choice is yours.

Do you have one or more apple trees in your yard or on your property?  Perhaps you have a friend or relative who does. 

Unfortunately, many of us in this situation merely admire the beautiful blossoms in the spring, witness the fruit growing larger and larger as the summer progresses, and then rake up the rotting fruit as summer turns to fall.  Every year you may say to yourself, “It’s too bad I don’t have more time to do something with all of these apples, for it’s a shame to see so many of them going to waste.”

Peeling, coring and slicing apples can be quite a chore, and very time consuming.  With today’s busy lifestyles it is no wonder that it is a chore that, for many, is not undertaken. Yet, with the expenditure of just a few dollars an apple peeler can be brought into the home.  A counter top apple peeler does more than just peel.  It can also core and slice, and make that chore much more manageable.

It does make it possible to prepare those once wasted apples for hot apple pies, or delcious apple crisps.  You can ready the fruit for juicing or dehydrating.  Yes, there will be a bit of work involved, but not nearly as much if you were doing everything by hand with only a paring knife to assist.

So if you really do hate seeing all of those apples going to waste, this might be a workable alternative that you just might want to consider.

As people become increasingly conscious of health issues, items such as wheat grass are filling the shelves among various health food stores. It is also showing up more and more in healthy homes through the use of personal wheat grass juicers. But why drink wheat grass juice?

The benefits are many. Wheat grass is mostly fiber and chlorophyll, which are natural aids for digestion and regularity. Some people even claim the powerful juice can serve as a natural solution against a sore throat.

Beware of excessive praising of wheat grass, however. Some people tout it as a cure all for illnesses such as cancer, AIDS, even insanity. These exact claims were actually made by Anne Wigmore, and it resulted in a lawsuit. Falling back on her first amendment right, however, she ended up winning the case against the Massachusetts Attorney General.

Still, as a consumer, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Wheat grass is certainly healthy, but it won’t alleviate all your serious health problems. If you’d like, add it to your diet, just be realistic about what it can do for you.