My World

I’m so very pleased that we bit the bullet and invested in a decent countertop dehydrator. The air is blown from the back with no need to shift trays around during the drying process to give them equal coverage as is necessary when using the plastic stacked tray dehydrators.

We love chips but limit our consumption to only reduced fat, low salt kettle chips when I can find them on sale. One of my favorite chips is sweet potato but they are even more expensive than kettle chips and never on sale. That’s where this dehydrator comes into play. I’ve been testing the process for the perfect chip. First round were not crispy and far too salty. Hubby didn’t mind because he loves salt🥴 so they weren’t wasted.

This last test made very crunchy, naturally sweet chips. I adjusted the temperature from 160 to 165 degrees for 10 hours. Two potatoes filled all six trays. Simple raw potatoes with no salt.

It will be a constant process to keep enough chips available so I am researching the best mandoline slicer to purchase. I borrowed a friend’s pampered chef version that worked well enough. I just don’t like the need to use the hand guard in order for the blade to rise to cut. I want one that cuts without using a small chute for the food item so I can use larger potatoes. Please comment if you use a mandoline and love it. I’m open to suggestions.

I can use my friends slicer as long as I need it. I just really want to get my own soon. Below is a photo of the start of the drying process and the finished product.

I can only dry this many at one time. It will take maybe 4 sessions to get enough to store long term in large 5 liter hermetically sealed glass jars that I use for organized storage.