E and I have had a few things going on in the last few months... So now that things have calmed down over the last few weeks we have been traveling which brings bad eating and drinking habits and well... lack of proper exercise in my world. I've gained 7 lbs and am not doing muchto lose it :(
On a recent trip to the East Coast while at a rest stop in NY I paid $4.00 for a ziplock baggie of dryed veges... The things we spend money on while traveling.
Prior to our trip E unpacked the dehydrater that we received as a wedding gift 2 years ago from my brother and made his first batch of beef jerky (from what I hear it was pretty good). Today I headed over to the Farmers market and picked up $16.00 worth of veges (photo below)and am hoping to make a few healthy snacks for us for the next week or so. I'm a huge fan of hummus so I am really looking forward to an alternative to bread and tortilla chips.
Beets: have to be steamed
Not normally my root of choice but I think they were in the package and they tasted all right dried out with a little bit of salt.
Carrots: peel cut into 1/4" slices and dehydrate (16 hrs) seems like such a long time and I do NOT have patience...
Green beans- these need to be blanched for 4 minutes and then an ice bath to stop the cooking
Lets just say the carrots and beans didn't make it... I'm not sure what I did wrong but I will need a little more practice.
Squash (green) peel and cut in 1/4" slices-
I ran out of room and these take hours so hopefully I will have the energy tomorrow to finish my mix-
The only veges that I could salvage were the beets and the squash. I ate the squash but can't eat the beets because they still taste like... BEETs...
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