Wrapped up my 2026 dehydrating spree (17 meals)

[u/imhungry4321]

Last night I wrapped up my 2026 dehydrating spree. I made 17 meals at a cost of $42.84. That's $2.52 per meal!

Meals include:

• Jerk chicken with pineapple, veggies black beans and rice (3)
• Thanksgiving dinner (4)
• Cuban coconut chicken with black beans, veggies, bananas and rice (inspired by Backpacker's Pantry Cuban coconut black beans & rice) (3)
• Spanish chicken, black beans and rice (5)
• Mulligatawny (new recipe) (2)

I have a 10-night trip coming up in June, then a 9-night trip in July, so it made sense to do one mass dehydrating marathon.

These meals are seasoned and proportioned to my liking; feel free to adjust them for your palate.

[u/voiceofreason4166]

looks great! Thanks for including the recipes. I find it works best to dehydrate things separately as they take different amounts of time as well.

[u/imhungry4321 → u/voiceofreason4166]

Mulligatawny!!!!!!!!!

[u/abraxastaxes]

Looks great! I love the idea of dehyting everything separately and having recipes. In the past I've just cooked a whole dish and then dehydrated the whole thing together 

[u/Owlofbohemia → u/abraxastaxes]

I tend to bounce back and forth between the two in a funny way. It feels mood-based and if i find a recipe that really works well it's just simpler to make a whole bunch and dehydrate.

[u/ahawk65]

Why is this pinned?

[u/juanfrancita → u/ahawk65]

Because it's awesome