The dehydrating continues...

Sprouted bean chili before

My dehydrator has been running almost every other day for the last month.  I must admit I'm not doing it in the most efficient manner possible, I figured if I waited until I had a grand plan then I would never finish it all in time. I get an idea, cook it or buy it and then dehydrate it.  The most annoying part has been that by the time I can load up my dehydrator it's late in the afternoon or evening and there's no way it's going to be finished by bedtime, solution by Dennis - a timer!  Usually by about 5:00am the trays are done and then when I get up the food is cool and it's ready to be packed.  I have also found that it's better to start the process outside when the food releases most of it's cooking odours, then I bring it in before bed and set the timer and voila!

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Chili after

Package and ready for dinner for 4