Adventures in Food Dehydration

I've been diabetic now for almost 15 years. I've had a very hard time controlling it pretty much my whole life because I've never had good eating habits. Well, I went to see a diabetes dietician during Spring Break and she told me that in order for me to finally get on track with my health, I should try to eat 6 small meals a day, 30 carbs each.  Basically, I eat like a hobbit. Breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, and so forth.

One thing I've really enjoyed eating as part of many of my meals is dried fruit. I decided I should try to dry my own, because dried fruit can get expensive if you are eating a lot of it. I went on a search for a food dehydrator. I looked at Target with no luck and then at every department store in the mall and none of them had one either! I figure I'd just have to buy one online. But lo and behold, yesterday at Walmart I found one, and it was on sale!

I'm sure there are much nicer ones out there, but this one gets the job done. First, I dried strawberries, green apples, blueberries, and bananas. All of them were delicious. They were in the dehydrator for about 14 hours. The only downside is that it is rather loud. It doesn't really bother me, but if you can't easily just ignore the sound of a fan, it may bother you. Below is a picture of my first batch of goodies!

  Now I'm trying out some grapes, they are supposed to take longer, but maybe I'll have some delicious homemade raisins! I'm also doing peaches, pears, and pineapples this time. If you like dried fruit and you don't mind to do a little bit of work then I'd recommend trying it out!