Dehydrator Woes

mermadria

I’m having problems with foods sticking to the supposedly nonstick sheet in my dehydrator. I have a round, center-heated dehydrator from 1984 and I won’t be able to afford a nice, new one for at least a few months. The book that came with the dehydrator recommends using Pam cooking spray or other “natural” vegetable oil, but I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’ve considered using olive oil or coconut oil but concerned they may alter the taste of the foods I’m dehydrating.

Any suggestions??

Thank you, Adria

Ssarah

Hey Adria,

I have the same problem with my dehydrator. A light coating of raw oil does the trick. I use olive oil for savory dehydratables (!) like crackers, and coconut oil for fruits and other sweets.

queenfluff

I use natural wax paper sprayed with olive oil in my dehydrator. I don’t even have any nonstick sheets. The only drawback to this is that you can’t reuse the wax paper. Just use a light coating of olive oil (or other raw oil of your choice)