A friend has recently started dehydrating fruit and vegetables for her daughter’s new paleo diet. As we gathered to visit and craft, nuts and dried fruit were always a part of our gatherings. Therefore, she shared her dehydrator with me (Litsa). I was eager to use it since I always have fresh fruit on my counter tops. I definitely wanted a few jars and bags of fruit to add to my pantry for quick grab and go snacks both at home and while out shopping/running errands this season!
Bananas are relatively cheap year round. Thus, I opted to begin with bananas in my borrowed dehydrator! I bought two bunches of bananas and peeled them. Next, I sliced them into thin slices and placed them on the dehydrator’s racks. I sprinkled my banana slices with a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg just for added yumminess! Then, I placed them in the dehydrator and plugged the machine up (12 hours)*. It extracted the moisture from the bananas and left chewy chips of seasoned fruit for me to enjoy this week!
I was pleased with the results. It’s just as easy to eat a banana as a snack rather than prepping banana slices to dehydrate but the chewy, chip-like option is fun to toss in lunch boxes and on my work table to munch on while I blog or chat.
I’m loving these dehydrating banana chips right now!
*I plugged in the dehydrator at dinner time and unplugged in the morning before coffee-time–an easy approach to manage working in dehydrating fruit to an already busy schedule.
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