Make your own Granola and give your family a nutritious, economical breakfast.
Don't stop there though. This versatile mix can be used in lots of ways:
Crush in the blender and use for graham cracker pie crust
Sprinkle over cooked or instant puddings
Use as a filler for cinnamon rolls
Sprinkle over ice cream for a crunchy, chewy topping
I'm sure you will find many more uses when you start thinking about it.
GRANOLA
4 cups old-fashioned oatmeal, 1 cup sunflower seeds
4 cups rolled wheat or wheat flakes, ½ cup water
1-1-1/2 cups coconut, ½ cup oil
1 cup wheat germ, ¾ cup honey
1 cup sesame seeds, 1 tsp. salt
Mix together dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix together water, oil and honey in small saucepan. Warm but do not boil. Pour honey mixture over dry ingredients and mix well. Spread on 2 large cookie sheets and bake at 225°-250° F. for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
OR Granola can be dried in the dehydrator in 5 to 6 hours at about 140°F., the taste will be quite different. The advantage of "cooking" granola in the dehydrator is that vitamins are not destroyed as with the higher heat.
GRANOLA MEAT LOAF
½ cup dried mushrooms, ¾ cup boiling water
1 tbsp. dried parsley, 2lbs. ground beef
6 large dried tomato slices, powdered, 2 beaten eggs
¼ cup dried green pepper, snipped small, 1 cup granola
1 tbsp. dried chopped onion, 2 tsp. salt
¼ cup milk
Combine mushrooms, parsley, tomato powder, green pepper and onion in a bowl. Pour boiling water over mixture. Let stand for 5 minutes. Combine ground beef, beaten eggs, granola, salt and milk and soaked vegetables. Shape into a loaf and bake 60-90 minutes at 325°-350°F.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Nesco American Harvest FD-61WHC Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator All-In-One Kit with Jerky Gun
The Nesco American Harvest FD-61WHC Snackmaster Express All-In-One kit is particularly suited to small families or outdoor enthusiasts. Preparing your own nutritious snacks to take on camping/hiking trips is easy as it dries fruit, vegetables and jerky quickly and evenly.
The appliance comes with 5 trays and jerky gun.
The jerky gun includes 3 tips, 5 cures and 5 seasonings and holds almost 3/4lb ground beef jerky mix. The tips included extrude a strip shape, narrow beef stick shape, and wide beef stick shape.
The seasonings and cures are for ground beef as well. For each one pound of ground beef, you mix in one packet of cure and one packet of seasoning. The gun is great and works well, making the whole process quick and clean.
All parts are dishwasher safe except the power head. The Opaque Vita-Save exterior helps block harmful lights which destroys nutritional content of food being dehydrated.
The Patented fan flow radial air action forces air down the center of the unit and horizontally across each tray for fast, even-drying.
The unit is expandable to 12 trays, but you may have to begin rotating lower trays to the top during the drying process when using the full complement of trays. With the included 5 trays it doesn't seem necessary, though exchanging the top tray with the bottom tray after the first hour during jerky drying seems to speed up the process.
The Recipe/Guide book included in the kit has the usual instructions and care handling. It also includes many recipes and instructions, tips and suggestions for preparing fruits, vegetables, meats (i.e. jerky), herbs, desserts, hobbies/crafts, and more.
The Nesco American Harvest FD-61 WHC Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator, as its name implies, is ideal for making nutritious snacks for families, campers, hikers and any other occasions where carrying weight is an issue.
The appliance comes with 5 trays and jerky gun.
The jerky gun includes 3 tips, 5 cures and 5 seasonings and holds almost 3/4lb ground beef jerky mix. The tips included extrude a strip shape, narrow beef stick shape, and wide beef stick shape.
The seasonings and cures are for ground beef as well. For each one pound of ground beef, you mix in one packet of cure and one packet of seasoning. The gun is great and works well, making the whole process quick and clean.
All parts are dishwasher safe except the power head. The Opaque Vita-Save exterior helps block harmful lights which destroys nutritional content of food being dehydrated.
The Patented fan flow radial air action forces air down the center of the unit and horizontally across each tray for fast, even-drying.
The unit is expandable to 12 trays, but you may have to begin rotating lower trays to the top during the drying process when using the full complement of trays. With the included 5 trays it doesn't seem necessary, though exchanging the top tray with the bottom tray after the first hour during jerky drying seems to speed up the process.
The Recipe/Guide book included in the kit has the usual instructions and care handling. It also includes many recipes and instructions, tips and suggestions for preparing fruits, vegetables, meats (i.e. jerky), herbs, desserts, hobbies/crafts, and more.
The Nesco American Harvest FD-61 WHC Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator, as its name implies, is ideal for making nutritious snacks for families, campers, hikers and any other occasions where carrying weight is an issue.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The Nesco American Harvest 1000 Watt Dehydrator
Now is the time to save money by purchasing your Nesco American Harvest 1000 Watt Food Dehydrator.
The camping/hiking season is upon us and what better way to keep your energy high than eating homemade beef jerky and dried fruits.
Not only do you make money on the purchase price of the appliance if you buy now, but also by making your own jerky, dried fruits, vegetable, trail mix and more.
It means that you are not buying those foods in-store, with packages that end up in the landfills. We all know the importance of doing our bit to look after the planet. The powerful Nesco dehydrators are not called the "Green" machines lightly.
Other benefits:
1. Nesco builds the World's Fastest, Most Even Drying Dehydrators. The NESCO FD-1018P American Harvest Food Dehydrator is 1000 Watts of drying power to dry foods quickly and evenly for quality in dehydrating. No need to rotate trays.
2. Ideal for making fruit snacks, vegetables, herbs and jerky.
3. It can be expanded to 30 trays with the purchase of additional trays making for 30 square feet of drying area.
4. Drying pressure automatically adjusts to accommodate the extra trays.
5. Adjustable thermostat that allows you to dry different foods at their proper temperatures. Thermostat range of 95 - 160 degrees provides for the flexibility to produce the best possible drying results.
6. The patented Converga-Flow drying system ensures fast, even heat distribution and dries in hours, not days with no flavor mixing.
7. The FD-1018P packed full of accessories including 8 trays, base, 8 fruit roll sheet, 8 clean-a-screens, 1 original jerky spice and cure flavor packet and How to Dry Foods Book.
All components are dishwasher safe except the powerhead.
The camping/hiking season is upon us and what better way to keep your energy high than eating homemade beef jerky and dried fruits.
Not only do you make money on the purchase price of the appliance if you buy now, but also by making your own jerky, dried fruits, vegetable, trail mix and more.
It means that you are not buying those foods in-store, with packages that end up in the landfills. We all know the importance of doing our bit to look after the planet. The powerful Nesco dehydrators are not called the "Green" machines lightly.
Other benefits:
1. Nesco builds the World's Fastest, Most Even Drying Dehydrators. The NESCO FD-1018P American Harvest Food Dehydrator is 1000 Watts of drying power to dry foods quickly and evenly for quality in dehydrating. No need to rotate trays.
2. Ideal for making fruit snacks, vegetables, herbs and jerky.
3. It can be expanded to 30 trays with the purchase of additional trays making for 30 square feet of drying area.
4. Drying pressure automatically adjusts to accommodate the extra trays.
5. Adjustable thermostat that allows you to dry different foods at their proper temperatures. Thermostat range of 95 - 160 degrees provides for the flexibility to produce the best possible drying results.
6. The patented Converga-Flow drying system ensures fast, even heat distribution and dries in hours, not days with no flavor mixing.
7. The FD-1018P packed full of accessories including 8 trays, base, 8 fruit roll sheet, 8 clean-a-screens, 1 original jerky spice and cure flavor packet and How to Dry Foods Book.
All components are dishwasher safe except the powerhead.
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