Ronco FD1005 Food Dehydrator

The Ronco FD1005 Food Dehydrator

Fresh seasonal fruit, artisan jerky, kale chips and more. The Ronco Food Dehydrator is the perfect way to start making healthier choices without having to commit to devious fad diets. Stop feeding your children unhealthy sweets and processed chips, and teach them to appreciate nature’s bounty. I was looking for a way to eat less fast food. I work on the road and my lunch schedule is erratic, so it’s hard for me to find food that can last 10 hours in a hot car. Have you ever eaten a hot apple? It’s disgusting. Apple chips sit great in my car though, they won’t bruise or spoil if I forget to eat them for a day. Beef jerky also makes a great packed lunch, and once I started getting better at creating interesting marinades, it became one of my favorite proteins. My Ronco dehydrator saved me from living on mooncakes and honey buns. I’m lovin ‘it.

There’s already a huge dehydration scene out there, so finding creative recipes and new ideas online is easy. Instead of frying French fries in excessive amounts of fat, try blanching your grated potatoes in vinegar and water and then dehydrating them until crispy and delicious. Not only do you control how much fat you just consumed, but you can also control how much salt and sugar you use. It’s amazing what you can do!

I can’t imagine where I would be if I hadn’t decided to give it a try; no talented chef or home cook should be without one. Imagine impressing your friends with hand-picked peach skins while the fruit is local and in season. Keep those groundcover herbs in your garden to use during the winter months. Dehydrators aren’t just for casual cooks, either. Need to find dried beet root powder for those root vegetable truffles you wanted to bring to that party? There’s no need to drive across the state trying to find a gourmet food store that sells it; you can do it yourself. You also don’t have to wait for it to arrive in the mail, only to find out that that particular brand is disgusting. You can be sure that you will always have a quality product.

It has five removable trays so you can really get those creative juices flowing and dehydrate multiple things at once. It’s small enough to fit in limited counter space and quiet enough not to disturb my neighbors, one apartment over, when it runs all day.