I got a simple 5 tray dehydrator for my birthday. What do you put in them? I started tonight with a few trays of chives, just to test it out.

I was thinking of doing some super chilis for some home made chili powder.

JERKY!

I was thinking of doing some moose jerky. Any recipes? Or do you just buy the seasonings from the store?

I gave up on recipes.

I cut the meat into thin strips and marinate them in a mixture of equal parts:

soy sauce
Worcester sauce
Teriyaki sauce

Toss in some brown sugar, maple syrup, and liquid smoke.

Marinate for a couple hours and then dry for about 10hrs or so

Like DTRO said... JErky.. I make burger out of my meat and them mix with store bought stuff.. Shore lunch makes great stuff!!!!

OTherwise.. fruit roll ups.. or anything!

I'm with Deitz, I like the venison burger and some of the store bought mixes, its on my list to make up a bunch over Labor Day weekend, then I vacumn pack and freeze it into small packages and take them out when I'm on road trips during the hunting season. Or even after a long pheasant hunt its nice to have a couple of sticks to chew on.

Bananas are good too for snacks, if you find them on sale, buy a bunch and dehydrate.

Jerky is what I use mine for. I do the buger and venison. Find a jerky works gun. Makes it easy to do and you can find all kinds of spices for it.

Another I've done is sliced apples up. Simmer in sugar water, like two cups suger in a kettle, for about a half an hour. Dehydrate. Pretty tasty.

Here's a favorite at our house.

Core, peel, and slice apples into thin slices. Sprinkle with cinamon and suger and dehydrate. Makes a great healthy snack food. Can do just about any fruit you want.

Mix with raisins, nuts, and M&M candies for a great trail mix.

Bob

I didn't know that those things make anything but jerky.

I like DTRO's recipe, but add some chili powder and red pepper flakes and you get a wonderful little kick at the end. Sometimes you get a sweaty kick, so just make sure it is spread out evenly.

Lots of fruits work well. Used to do bananas all the time. Throw grapes in and make your own raisins. Pineapple, apples, stawberries are all good. I didn't have good luck with citrus though. Best results is you use the ripest fruits, they are usually the sweetest.

Only jerky has touched mine so far. I like the Hi-Moutain mixes. Cracked Pepper w/Garlic and Black Pepper are the two flavors I like the best. Throw a little liquid smoke in for kicks.

Jerky. I add Habenro flakes to mine.

I have a mess of tomato, green peppers and hot peppers. Slice them thin, dry them till they are crispy and then use a blender to make a great spice. I personally love spicy food but I do take out most of the seeds. I have some pretty hot peppers in my garden so by taking out the seeds and the membrane it takes the heat down and little but has great flavor.

One thing I would always love growing up was home-made fruit roll ups made from store bought applesauce.

This is exactly what mine is used for. Right down to the custom mix.

The wife uses it to dry fruits. Apples, pineapple, bananas are probably the best.