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In my quest to make a dehydrated meal that isn't bovine in origin, I finally got around to it, and set about a lamb dish we eat every so often at home. I was particularly drawn to this one because the grain this would be served with would be cous cous. Since the cooking method … Continue reading Tales from the Dehydrator: No 5 Lamb Tagine
I'm desperate to increase the variety in my dehydrated meals, as everything so far seems to be beef based, but recent attempts to introduce lamb have been thwarted. The meals I dehydrate are chosen to fit in with the household menu for the week, and as luck would have it last minute hiccups have prevented … Continue reading Tales from the Dehydrator: No. 4 Pasta Bolognese
My dehydrator, an Andrew James model, is marketed primarily as a tool for dehydrating fruit and vegetables and making a bit of jerky. It's not explicitly promoted as a device for dehydrating wet food into backpacking meals. Nevertheless, before buying I'd seen that someone in one of the Facebook groups had successfully used one for … Continue reading Tales from the Dehydrator: No. 3 Beans, Apples, Raspberries & Blueberries
The dehydrator is washed and ready for action again, and having crafted this week's menu specifically to generate a meal for dehydration, it's time to get on with it. Today it's Beef in Red Wine, a sort of poor man's Boeuf Bourguignon. This is just the sort of meal I like to eat cowering from … Continue reading Tales from the Dehydrator: No. 2 Beef in Red Wine with Mash
It may seem odd to plunge straight in and attempt a whole meal rather than just drying out some fruit or whatnot, but there are good reasons for doing so. Firstly Chilli is the one meal I've found is consistently good across all brands of commerically dehydrated backpacking food I've tried. The dry product breaks … Continue reading Tales from the Dehydrator: No.1 Chilli