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Nutrition in a Nutshell: Living Foods Dehydrators
Now that we're all either home from vacation
or back to school, this may be the perfect
time to consider drying your own food --
for on-the-road munching, hasty lunches and
delicious snacks. Why dry? For starters,
it's an excellent way to preserve the enzymes,
vitamins and minerals naturally found in
whole foods. Thermostatically-controlled
food dehydration emphasizes keeping the "life
force" in foods.
Properly dried food (uncooked, dried quickly
at low temperatures) is nutritionally superior
to canned food or other forms of preserved
foods. In addition, no preservatives or other
chemicals are required, and carefully stored
foods will keep for several seasons.
Dried food means instant, tasty nutrition
for people on the go. Busy people need real
food! Dried fruits, whole-grain wafers, a
cup of broth made from dried, powdered vegetables
from your own garden -- that's good-tasting,
life-sustaining food!
Bob and Gen MacManiman built their first
dehydrator to dry the abundant wild herbs
they'd harvested in 1970. After three years
of experimenting with a variety of drying
systems, a trouble-free, efficient and inexpensive
food dryer was developed: the Living Food Dehydrator. The MacManimans shared a growing list of
healthful recipes with family and friends.
Together with Paul Calderon, they finally
published Dry It, You'll Like It. Now, a quarter of a million copies later,
they continue to share and make friends around
the world.
As it turns out, PPNF had actually heard
about this wonderful, fanless dehydrator
nearly 20 years ago! We knew back then that
the MacManimans understood the value of eating
natural, uncooked, whole foods ... and that
hasn't changed a bit. We would like to thank
Shirlie Miller, MFCC, a PPNF Advisory Council
member, for re-discovering the Living Food Dehydrator while on vacation this past summer. Quite
by accident, she happened upon this quaint
business establishment nestled on the MacManimans'
woodland farm.
So, impressed with their book, Shirlie and
her husband decided to walk through their
cottage "factory" and eventually
purchased a "do-it-yourself" model
of the dehydrator. They are so pleased with
the variety of uses of the dehydrator, such
as drying fruits, vegetables, herbs and homemade
pasta. It can also be used to raise breads,
defrost frozen foods, grow sprouts -- and
even dry flowers and fine sweaters!
Dry It, You'll Like It is available through PPNF. You'll enjoy reading
the 75 pages of tips on dehydrating, recipes
and plans for building your own dehydrator.
Of course, Living Foods Dehydrators are also
available already assembled! For more information,
contact: Living Foods Dehydrators, 3023 362nd
SE, Fall City, WA 98042 or call (206) 222-5587.
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