Oh dehydrator-you are cool!

On day 10 of the RFA (raw food adventure), we received our Excalibur 2500 dehydrator (bought used on Amazon). Yahoo! Fun kitchen playthings. The minute I got home from the store, I whipped out our mandolin and started slicin’ and dicin”. It’s really fun getting all of the food ready, putting it in the dehydrator, turning it on and hearing the warm air whirring around and then…you wait. And wait. And wait. Actually, I’m still waiting for some soaked almonds that I put in last night and am completely convinced are going to crisp up even more. We’ll see about that.

So far, we’ve dehydrated: potatoes (eh), sweet potatoes (needed more time maybe?), bananas (real good), almonds (you already know the story here) and right now I’ve got “corn chips” made from pureed frozen corn and spices as well as sunflower patties going. They say patience is a virtue and your patience is definitely tested when it comes to dehydrating something for 12-24 hours. It also tests your time management skills (and addition while we’re at it). I’m going to plan on making dehydrated foods about every other day, partly because of the whole planning thing and partly because the fresh stuff is more nutritious.

Found a great recipe for a “Stir no-Fry” online (http://goneraw.com/recipe/wok-way-stir-no-fry-dinner-tonight-rawkin-recipe). Even Gary said he’d eat this one after the days of raw are done! I recommend using thinly sliced portabellas and making extras because the day after veggies that have been sitting in the marinade are fantastic. Day after we laid down some phat greens, put a little sprouted quinoa on top and finished it off with the veggies in the marinade and some avocado. Aw yeah veggies!