No, maвЂ™am! Try this method for making dehydrated Paleo hash browns from Paleo and Keto approved veggies. IвЂ™m not worried at all if my potatoes pick up a hint of onions (they never have but if they did IвЂ™m fine with that).You may think that because youвЂ™ve gone Paleo or even Keto that you can never enjoy your favorite breakfast foods again. I discovered that if I just plan to dehydrate potatoes right after onions the smell is completely gone! ItвЂ™s like magic. Fruit is just too expensive for an experiment like that. Drying fruit in a dehydrator that reeked of onions wasВ something I didnвЂ™t wanted to try. IвЂ™m sure the smell wouldВ dissipateВ over time, butВ I use my dehydrator weekly if not daily.

The first time I dehydrated onions I was really worried because I washed all the trays, sprayed them withВ vinegarВ and even tried to air out the dehydrator for a bit. ThatвЂ™s right! JustВ dehydrateВ a load of potatoes. OK, so you might have guessed the secret to getting the onion smell out of your dehydrator after youвЂ™ve dehydrated a load of onions. Here is a close-up of what the potatoes look likeВ dehydrated. Set the temperatureВ and youвЂ™re ready to let them dehydrate overnight. Load up your dehydrator.В Here you can see IвЂ™m using my Excalibur. It keeps theВ starchВ from getting onto the plastic mesh part of the trays, muchВ easierВ to clean!

IВ especiallyВ like to use them with potatoes since they are non-stick. These sheets come in handy for small pieces that might fall through the trays. Load up your trays.В Here I have my non-stick dehydrator sheets on my trays. You can see how theyвЂ™re cut better in this photo. HereвЂ™s a shot of the potatoes still in the food processor. You can fit a lot moreВ shreddedВ potatoes in the dehydrator than you can slicedВ potatoesВ andВ shreddedВ potatoesВ can be used forВ hash-browns, soups, casseroles, stews and much more. Since this is not a dish I feed my family often I usually choose to use fresh potatoes when making it. They would be good dehydrated this way forВ potatoes au gratin. At this point you can cut theВ potatoesВ with aВ food slicer or mandoline into slices if you like. This will made the potatoes looked like uncooked hash-browns. You use the same blade you would use to shred cheese. Use your food processor to cut the potatoes into shreds. ThatвЂ™s just soft enough for a fork or aВ skewerВ to go through. The more potatoes the longer you should cook them. However, if you donвЂ™t wash your potatoes dirt and germs canВ transferВ from the peeler to the peeledВ potatoes.Д«oil your potatoes for about 5-8 minutes depending on how many potatoes you have and the size of your pot. A lot of people think that if youвЂ™re going to peel the potatoes then you donвЂ™t need to wash them. We usually buy the huge bag of potatoes from our local big box store, eat half and dehydrate the other half. Dehydrated potatoes also make a great addition to your food storage as they will last for years if stored properly. The practical side of dehydrating potatoes is that you can almost make a meal out ofВ potatoesВ so to have them on hand to cook up at a moments notice is superВ convenient. My husband says it reminds him of hash-browns cookingвЂ¦ I still prefer waking up to the smell of bread baking but the smell of dehydrating potatoes comes in a close second. Dehydrating potatoes is fun and easy! If you let the dehydrator run all night you wake up to the smell of potatoes in the morning.

Dehydrated hash browns