Over buying fruit is not usually a problem in my household, as we eat an abundance of apples, oranges, bananas, and berries. But sometimes, for whatever reason, I have fruit uneaten that is approaching inedibility. But I now have a dehydrator. Ah! I cleaned and sliced all the very ripe fruit (mainly bananas and strawberries), and had some room so threw on some oranges and blueberries. I ran the dehyrator at 135 degrees for around 14 hours. The fruit stopped changing appearance, but had a leather-like texture rather than crisp. So I stuck them in the freezer in a bag. Fresh out of the freezer they are crunchy and full of flavor. And they should last in the cold storage for awhile! (Until my family finds them…)

I didn’t slice the blueberries, and they did dry out hardly at all. The mandarin orange was the most surprising; I liked the texture and taste dehydrated!