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    Food experiments: Dehydrating herbs in the microwave

    Food experiments: Dehydrating herbs in the microwave!

    For the longest time, I’ve been more in love with the idea of dehydrating, than the actual dehydration itself. Removing water from food has long been a method of preservation, and flavour concentration, and all round creative, funky applications. But the actual process of dehydration can take hours, and may or may not require specific uni-tasking machinery that just takes up space in your tiny one-bedroom apartment.

    Well, my apartment anyway.

    So when I read that dehydrating herbs in the microwave was an option, I wanted to see just how practical it was, and whether it was really as it seemed.

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  • Finished Jar of Grapefruit Marmalade sitting on a board, open, with fresh wedges of grapefruit.
    Preserves Recipe Sweets

    Grapefruit Marmalade

    It’s nice to have friends who garden. And it’s even nicer, when one of these friends decide to give you heaps of Ruby Grapefruit to use! Easy homemade Christmas gifts, here I come!…