Sunday Fun Day: Making a New Snack
I recently fall in love with these fruit bars:
But, the problem is they aren’t cheap. And I’m not convinced they are the healthiest healthy snack available.
So, Mr. MPB and I decided it was time to find a way to make me a healthier version of my new found treat.
So, we went shopping. We searched for affordable fruit, which isn’t that easy to find in our part of the world at this time of the year. In fact, we couldn’t buy any locally grown fruit. But we did buy banana’s, red grapes (they were on sale) and unsweetened apple sauce.
When we got home, I dug out our food dehydrator and Mr. MPB got out our food processor.
We got to work.
I washed the fresh fruit.
Mr. MPB dug out some frozen strawberries.
And we shoved everything in the food processor. No recipe list or specified quantities. No sugar added. No preservatives added. Nothing but fruit.
Truthfully, it was kind of a gross looking giant mix of pureed fruit.
The result, delicious home-made fruit roll-ups!
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Mmmmm I think they would be delicious l
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They are! And super easy to make and healthy too. ☺
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That’s super inventive! Well done!
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Well, I’m not sure inventive is the right word since they are in the recipe book that came with the dehydrator. But they were delicious, I need to make another batch! ☺
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Yum!!
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They really are delicious!
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Why are you not my neighbour!!
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I know, it would be so great!
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Mmmm my farmer grandparents used to always make homemade fruit roll ups, and dried apples, jerky… All kinds of stuff. I miss that!
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We also made dried apples. And Jerky is on our list too! We usually make them during the summer for hiking food, and fruit roll ups will be on our list for next summer now.
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Great! What dehydrator do you have and do you like it? I now have more room in my new place and would love to get one.
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I just bought a new one actually because I found out ours was old enough that it had BPA in it. After lots of research I settled on this one – Nesco FD-1040 1000-Watt Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator, White https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00B9F7WJW/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_KcKnwbSYE1GA4. I like that the motor is on top and we love the timer and temperature features. So far I like it a lot more then our old one because of the extra features.
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Excellent, thanks!
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No problem! Also, they go on sale every now and again so I paid about $140 when I finally bought it.
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As long as it tasted good, who cares what it looks like! Nice job!
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They are delicious! I need to make another batch. ☺
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those look delicious! i want one 🙂
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They are delicious! ☺
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Very cool! I bet you could even through something like spinach in there and it would still be good!
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I think you are right! I’m thinking I should try a veggie one!
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I used to buy those fruit source bars, but you’re right, they’re not actually that healthy.
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Exactly why I decided I needed to make my own. And the real bonus is that my homemade ones taste way better. ☺
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Will have to try this! My husband makes his own jerky all the time.
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Does he have a good recipe? Jerky is next on our list we haven’t made any for a few years.
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Yeah, he has a great recipe from our fancypants-chef-friend! I will try to drum it up if you want. Is there an email on your homepage?
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Yum!! We’ve intended on making some fruit roll ups too with our dehydrator, but haven’t gotten around to purchasing the special trays for them. Those look soo good!
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Absolutely worth buying the extra trays. I could use a few more since these are so yummy. ☺
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You guys are always making the yummiest stuff! I want a dehydrator, too, but there’s just no space for it. I looooove dried fruit!
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Our new one is so much larger then our old one (I threw the old one out when I realized it was full of bpa) and now I’m struggling to figure out where to store it. Too many kitchen gadgets! ☺
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Ohhh! Very nice! Looks yummy! I so want one of these now. I just looked at the one you bought, is there anything you do not like about it? Have u made jerky with it yet?
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I love using our dehydrator, it makes such great snacks! We haven’t made jerky with it yet, probably next weekend if we have a bit of time to prep it. But so far I much prefer this one to our old one because of the timer and temperature control. Now we aren’t staying up half the night checking on stuff so we don’t ruin it. And anything that let’s me sleep is worth it in my mind! Our only complaint so far it that it’s a bit big with 6 trays so it doesn’t fit in our kitchen cupboard so storing it is annoying. And I guess it could be quieter, but it’s not too bad.
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They sounds super tasty!
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It is super tasty! In fact I’m making another batch tonight. ☺
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Wow! Nice work!
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Ooh, I want to live next door to you too! The daycare kids would love those. 🙂
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I try making these with my dehydrator (have that exact one btw) and i always make it too thin and its like strawberry puree chips. not bad tasting though. Gotta try it again. Yours looks great!!
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