Love my dehydrator!

I used to have an old round dehydrator with the trays that stack one on another. I used it for many years and was quite satisfied with it. Until it stopped working. Unfortunately when you do juicy types foods (fruit for instance), the liquids drain to the bottom where the motor/fan are located and eventually it stops working!

I researched different brands, styles, etc. and finally decided on the Excaliber Dehydrator and couldn't be happier! It dries things faster, the motor is not in an area to become wet and useless and there's so much room. Nine trays, one square foot each! You can dry a lot of food at one time!

I recently dried some bananas and kiwi. Next came some garden herbs. So much cheaper and healthier raising your own. Here's my yummy parsley in the process. First of course is picking and cleaning.

Then came the de-stemming and placing the parsley on the trays. It is a time consuming process, but I think it's worth it.

A full tray ready to go in the Excaliber! A whole square foot of parsley!

In they go!

And the finished produce... a gallon jar full of fresh, dried parsley.

Next.....the basil. Wish the blog page had a "scratch and sniff" feature for this one!

Then will come the sage, oregano.........