[Mom's Animal Preserve]

Hi!
I just purchased a food dehydrator because my new Lesser Sulphur Crested 'Too (she's 5 years old and I "rescued" her from a weird situation) LOVES dried banana chips, pineapple and other fruits and I just can't see paying the high prices for pre-made items when I can do this at home. All of my other birdie babies love these fruits too, but with the addition of such a big birdie, we're going through the tasty treats much faster now and I figured it was time that I learned how to do my own dehydrating. Plus, I can now make fruit roll ups for my kids in any flavor that they want AND the kids can share them with the birds because I will only be using fresh fruits to make them so I don't have to worry about preservatives or other additives.

I'm excited to try this out -- my machine just showed up yesterday. I'm headed out soon for some fruit and veggie shopping (I can dry veggies in there too if I want). I'm wondering if anyone else has one of these dehydrators and if they had any tips, tricks or ideas they wanted to share.

Any suggestions for tasty treats would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Heidi