The Dehydrator Bible by Mackenzie, Nutt and Mercer

Dehydrating food is one of the oldest and most effective ways to preserve it. The Dehydrator Bible offers an extensive collection of 400 recipes for dried ingredients with a wide array of tastes and flavours – from the everyday to the truly gourmet. Many feature contemporary ingredients and international flavours.

Dehydrating is one of the most effective ways to preserve food for maximum nutrition at very low cost. Sales of dehydrators are soaring as many cooks reject the suspect ingredients in commercially prepared foods. Dehydrating with the recipes in this book is one way to control all ingredients and please the whole family.

Recipes for dried ingredients include herbs and seasonings, fruits, fruit leathers, vegetables and fruit and meat jerkies. These nutritious ingredients are included in delicious recipes such as:

• Beef and potato stew
• Chicken pot pie
• Vegetable lasagna
• Courgette and red pepper fritters
• Dried tomato and basil polenta
• Mushroom, herb and white wine sauce
• Strawberry rhubarb tarts.