Veggie jerky / Tammy

[Guest guest]

Tammy,

 

You have to elborate on the veggie jerky! How does that work? Do you have a

recipe that you can share? It should interesting and maybe even promising if its

a good make ahead.

 

Leah

 

paddlerwoman wrote:

Leah,

 

You could make up raw crackers that have a lot of veggies and greens in

them to take with you. You can also make up some veggie jerky with

sweet potatoes, zucchini, squash, red peppers, radishes and any other

veggie you want to dehydrate.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Leah,

 

I don't really have a recipe but I will share what I do. I cut up or

slice things like sweet potatoes, squash, red peppers, radishes,

zucchini etc. Then, I make up a marinade and soak them for awhile,

unless I am in a hurry, then I just dredge them in the marinade, and

dehydrate.

 

For the marinade I use some oil, usually olive, lemon juice, and

whatever spices appeal to me. If you can find a vegetarian worstershire

sauce that adds a wonderful flavor. You can leave them in the marinade

for an hour or overnight. How long you dehydrate depends on the

veggies, how thick you cut them and how chewy or crisp you want them.

I like to sprinkle some cheyenne pepper on them before I put them in

the dyhydrator to add zip to them. I really, really like doing this

with red peppers and am looking forward to late summer when you can buy

them reasonable by the bushel at the farmer's market.

 

Today I finished up some veggie crackers to which I added a quart of

broccoli sprouts(made 8 trays). Carrots, celery, red peppers, soaked

sesame seed, almonds, walnuts and sprouted sunflower seeds with some

ground flax and soaked chia seeds to bind them. I chop everything fine

in a food processor except for the sunflower seeds which I leave whole.

Also, salt, cumin and cheyenne to taste. The veggies were 1 to 1.5

times the volume of the nuts and seeds. With all the veggies this will

be a good food for traveling. According to the sprout people site you

get the antioxidants of 3 pounds of broccoli in 1 ounce of broccoli

sprouts. These crackers take a long time to dehydrate 24-30 hours.

Also, be sure to score them for cutting while they are still soft,

actually a little goopy, as they crumble easily. You will want to make

them pretty thick, at least 1/4 inch.

 

Tammy

 

 

On May 24, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Leah Morrison wrote:

 

> Tammy,

>   

>   You have to elborate on the veggie jerky! How does that work? Do

> you have a recipe that you can share? It should interesting and maybe

> even promising if its a good make ahead.

>   

>   Leah

>

> paddlerwoman wrote:

>   Leah,

>

> You could make up raw crackers that have a lot of veggies and greens

> in

> them to take with you. You can also make up some veggie jerky with

> sweet potatoes, zucchini, squash, red peppers, radishes and any other

> veggie you want to dehydrate.

>            

>

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> call rates.

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