The Many Uses of Dehydrated Strawberries
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Dehydrated Strawberries.

There are literally hundreds of ways you can use dehydrated strawberries as a healthy--and tasty!--addition to food. This article will touch on only a few of them.

My favorite way of using strawberries is to add them to almost any breakfast cereal. There's nothing like rich, creamy milk, crunchy cereal, and sweet, chewy dehydrated strawberries! Additionally, they make an excellent addition to breads, especially sweet ones like banana bread. If your bread machine has an "Add" cycle, simply add a quarter of a cup of dehydrated strawberry slices at the proper time. If you make your bread by hand, add the dehydrated strawberry slices to the dry ingredients before adding the wet ones.

Strawberries also make a delicious addition to any trail mix, whether premade or homemade. Just toss them in with the rest of the ingredients and enjoy! Similarly, they can be set out on their own as a snack food at parties. Besides being delicious, dehydrated strawberries are also chock full of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Healthy and irresistible--you can't beat that!

You can also use dehydrated strawberries in cookies and cakes; just add them to the batter as you would for bread.

Can't find dehydrated strawberries? Make your own! Find the softest, ripest strawberries you can get, slice them thinly, and lay them out on a wire screen, making sure the slices don't touch. Place the four corners of the screen up on something solid, so that air is allowed to pass underneath it. This keeps the strawberries from rotting or developing mold or mildew while they dry. Keep it in a cool, dry, dark place for four days to a week, or until the strawberry slices are crisp and brittle, and break when you try to bend them. Store them in an airtight container.

Try adding strawberries to your favorite foods, either as an ingredient or as a topping. You'll be surprised at how many delightful combinations there are!

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