Publisher's Synopsis
Don't know how to dehydrate vegetables at home?
Don't worry, this book will take you through the ins and outs of dehydrating, storing, and rehydrating a wide variety of vegetables.
The following topics are all covered in detail in this helpful handbook:
- The benefits of drying vegetables.
- How to dry any vegetable in 8 easy steps.
- Choosing vegetables to be dried.
- Proper washing and preparation of vegetables for drying.
- How to blanch vegetables to prevent them from browning while they dry.
- Solar, oven, and machine drying.
- How to condition vegetables to ensure they're evenly dried.
- Pasteurizing vegetables to kill off harmful organisms.
- The best way to store dried vegetables.
- Step-by-step guides covering a variety of ways to dry 18 popular vegetables.
