Hi all, I recently did a 7-day hike and realised how expensive it is to buy freeze-dried food.
So i’m thinking to buy/acquire a dehydrator somehow.
Anybody have experience with what brands to look for, and what kind of food to try first?
I’m planning to use it for making food that we can prepare on a hike, preferably just by adding hot water. I also want to have some stored at home as ‘emergency’ meals for when we are too tired to cook!


I hope it works well for you! Have fun!
Maybe the word sauce is misleading - I preserve tomatoes this way. So instead of buying cans of tomato sauce like the one below, I just use the ones we made.
It’s an very basic ingredient, not something that gets used on its own if that makes sense? It is used in both the dishes I mentioned, and I use it as a base for most bean dishes. The world is your oyster for spices - the tomato sauce is just another ingredient not something that dictates what flavors should be used.
I think he uses those small nalgene bottles sold at outdoor supply stores.