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Dehydrating Onions for Home & Trail

Dehydrating raw onions, caramelized onions, and green onions.

Backpacking Chef Guide to Dehydrating Onions. How to dry raw onions, caramelized onions, and green onions. Technique for caramelizing onions without oil.

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The Backpacking Chef Guide to Dehydrating Food

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Step-by-step instructions for dehydrating food. Explore how to dehydrate vegetables, fruits, meats, starches, sauces, and whole meals.

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How to Make a Pot Cozy for Rehydrating Backpacking Meals

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A pot cozy saves fuel and holds heat in the pot while your backpacking meal finishes rehydrating and cooking.

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Chocolate Covered Oranges: Take a Dip into Delicious!

How to Make Chocolate Covered Oranges. Dipped, Topped, and Covered.

How to make chocolate covered oranges with dried oranges. Slice, dry, dip, or cover oranges completely with chocolate for amazing snacks, gifts or party favors.

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Turkey Chili Recipe for Outdoor Adventures

Turkey chili makes a great backpacking or camping meal.

How to make turkey chili & dehydrate it for backpacking, camping, survival, and travel meals. This easy turkey chili recipe will have you gobbling for more.

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My Cosori Dehydrator: What I Like and Dislike

Dehydrating Food with a Cosori Dehydrator

Cosori dehydrator pros & cons, photos & features, and test results dehydrating rice, potatoes, fruits, fruit leathers, stews, chili, and tomato sauce.

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Dehydrating Cantaloupe & Cantaloupe Fruit Leather

Dehydrating Cantaloupe & Cantaloupe Fruit Leather

Guide to Dehydrating Cantaloupe: How to dehydrate cantaloupe in pieces or strips. Instructions & recipes for making cantaloupe fruit leather.

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Dehydrating Watermelon & Watermelon Fruit Leather

Dehydrating Watermelon & Watermelon Fruit Leather

Dehydrating watermelon into watermelon jerky, plus tips & recipes for making watermelon fruit leather with a dehydrator. Tastes like candy with no sugar added.

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Guide to Dehydrating Potatoes: French Fries for the Trail

Guide to Dehydrating Potatoes

The Guide to Dehydrating Potatoes shows how to select, cut, cook, and dehydrate potatoes with recipes including French Fries & Gravy and Potatoes au Gratin.

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