Dehydrator Recipes: Making Your Own Healthy Treats

[Diane Margetts]

 

After reading some of the comments about making healthy treats with a dehydrator, I couldn't resist and put a dehydrator on my Christmas list!! For Dakota's treats I have sliced chicken breast and lean pork tenderloin to about 1/4". I cooked the meat about half cook and then put it on the dehydrator. It's going to take a few experiments to finally figure out the right timing--if I remember right, I dehydrated the meat for about 6 hours (it would take a lot longer if it was totally raw. The strips shrink down to about the width of a piece of beef jerky so you wind up with about a half of the bulk quantity you started with. The good news is Dakota is completely crazy about it! He thinks it's the best treat ever--don't know if he has a preference for chicken or pork!

I also had a bag of apples and Asian pears that needed to be used so we cored and sliced them to 1/4 inch. They took 6-8 hours to dry. Now I did these for my husband and I to snack on BUT Dakota loves the apples and pears almost as much as the meat!

Looking forward to hearing if any of you have actual dehydrator dog treat recipes!

[Diane Margetts]

We have the Nesco but we have only used it once so can't offer any opinions yet.

[Adrianne Matzkin]

thanks!

[Diane Margetts]

Tried a sweet potato recipe and it turned out really good. Cut sweet potatos in this slices or "fry style". Spritz with olive oil--I put a couple of glasses of water in a baggie and added a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. I dipped the sweet potato in the liquid. Spread the pieces out on dehydrator try and sprinkle with cinnomon. Dehydrate to desired texture (6-8 hours). Dakota and I both love them!

[Hazel & Chester Wayte]

Anyone dehydrate Chicken Necks? Chester doesn't seem to interested in them raw-

Any thoughts?

[F, Calla & Luca]

I would worry about those small somewhat cooked bones splintering. I think you'd be better off with just chicken strips.