We dehydrate a lot of things. We found mushrooms for 50 cents a pack and dehydrated them, both button and crimini. They work great in most things. We also dried some of our onions and all of the that extra summer squash. We tried it out in a couple of casseroles we've made and it works beautifully. We've also dried chicken, greens, apples, most fruits, etc ... Strawberries are great to dehydrate. They can be frozen after they are dried and then pulverized into a powder that you can mix with milk or yogurt for smoothies. Tomatoes can be dried the same way and pulverized for making into sauce later. The advantage is they take up a lot less storage space plus they last a long time, no freezing or refrigeration needed, thus no electricity.
staggering of course so it won't outdate. Got 4 packs of newborn diapers squirreled away, now onto size 1!
we plan on after paying the car and such, starting a "meat fund" so we can buy a cow, pig etc until we are able to produce our own. What I'm worried about is chicken. We eat a loooooot of chicken. I think I'd need to raise two batches of 25-30 meaties each year, and that's not including our immediate family if they want some. I think two pigs every two years will suffice and a cow a year will suffice (to be shared with family, although we do eat a lot of meat for some reason.)
