Dehydrated Snacks for the Bug Out Pack

Dehydrator snacks are nutritious, light in the back pack and nourishing in an emergency. Here are ideas for different dehydrator snacks you can make.

Candied strawberries are a traditional dehydrator treat and very easy to make. Simply slice strawberries and dip them in strawberry gelatin or sugar. Then dry the fruit according to your dehydrator directions. It is also quite easy to give large berries a similar treatment for a quick, flavorful treat. Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and even kiwi slices work well.

Another neat and nutritious snack is Carrot Pineapple Crunch. This is a mix of lemon, sugar, and shredded carrots, toasted slivered almonds and crushed pineapple that can be shaped into balls or leather.

Corn Flatbreads taste like tortilla chips. However they are bit healthier for you because the nuts in them have protein. Combine corn (defrosted frozen corn is okay, cashews, lime and salt to make a paste and spared on fruit roll up sheets until they are about ¼ inch thick. Dehydrate and then enjoy eating plain or with any kind of dip. The corn in these can help provide quack energy if needed.

A similar healthy cracker is made from soaked chia seeds, water, very ripe banana, salt and cinnamon. This mixture is mashed together and then put into the dehydrator for drying.

Dried Fruit balls are another nutritious option. This is a combination of dried dates, figs, prunes, resins, walnuts, sunflower seeds, lemon juice and flaked coconut. All of these ingredients are processed in food processor and then shaped into one-inch balls. Some people keep the coconut separate and roll the balls in coconut later. However it is easier to just put the coconut in the mix. You can than dry your dehydrator for four to six hours or until crisp on the outside. This is a highly recommended snack recipe for bug out packs because chia is one of the few full plant sources of protein in the entire world.

Raw Holiday Stuffing You can just eat this dehydrated as a snack if you want or you can rehydrate it and use it to stuff a real bird. Mash up garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme, walnuts, miso, onion, celery and parsley. Mold it all into a loaf and put it into the dehydrator. You can eat it sliced if you like or actually make it part of a main meal. Stuffing has a comforting flavor that might be of use if you are dealing with unhappy children or people who have beans spending weeks in a less than ideal situation.

Interesting Fruit Leather Recipes

If you were stuck in a shelter or bug-out hide out for months, things could get boring. Here are some recipes for fruit leathers that might keep life more exciting if you take them with you or create them in your shelter.

Fruit leathers are tasty and easy to make if you have a dehydrator. To make all you have to do is puree apples, cinnamon, clove, yogurt and nutmeg in a blender and give it a whirl. Your next step is to spread the mixture in the dehydrator and then when dry, cut it into strips.

Combining chopped fresh strawberries, passion fruit juice or syrup and applesauce in a blender easily makes Passion strawberry roll ups. Spread the mixture, dehydrate and then slice into strips that can be rolled up.

Another unusual flavor is the Chocolate Banana Fruit roll up which is made from a paste of bananas, cocoa powder and brown sugar.

Another dried fruit leather treat is made with Jell-O. Simply combine apple puree or applesauce with your favorite flavor of Jell-O powder. This makes brightly colored fret leather that tastes jus tike candy and is very appealing to children. If your child is stuck in a shelter or on the road a Jell-O roll up might be the perfect way to perk up their day a bit.

If you have dried oranges on hand you can reuse them to make Orange Julius roll-ups. This treat consists of applesauce mixed with oranges, apples, vanilla and corn syrup. It is all mixed together and poured onto fruit leather sheets. The corn syrup gives this recipe a more candy-like texture.

If you want to make a fruit leather that is more adult and exotic in taste try Raw Mango Fruit Leather. Chop up fresh mango and fresh coconut meat and combine with cayenne, sea salt and cilantro to create fruit leather. Then cut the sheet into four squares.

An award-winning recipe for adult fruit leather is canned apricots in syrup combined with honey and cinnamon. The result is a slightly tart fruit leather that is high in Vitamin A.

Another piquant treat is Pineapple Banana fruit leathers. Mash pineapple, bananas and orange peel with lemon juice for a nice flavor combination. Bananas go well with many other fruits to make leathers including blueberries, strawberries, rhubarb, raspberry and blackberry.

One tip is that the thinner you can make the strips the easier they are to roll up into and eat like candy.

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