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I am wondering about making veggie snacks for my 14 month old using a dehydrator. I do not yet own a dehydrator, so I was hoping to get a little bit of insight from those who have had direct experience. A good friend just acquired one, so we hope to start trials but it'd be great to not waste food in failed attempts if possible. My hope is that I could make light and crunchy (not too hard) snacks using raw vegetables since with his limited teeth, he is not able to eat the vegetables as finger foods in their natural raw state. I've read about fruit leathers, but he couldn't eat something like that with only 4 teeth each on top and on bottom. He definitely gets plenty of raw fruit already, so I'm really interested in veggie snacks. Right now I make him a green smoothie type blend and feed him with a spoon. Until he gets better using a spoon himself, I'd like to find a way he can eat raw veggies on his own without Mama needing to feed him. First of all, can anyone even tell me what the consistency is like when you dehydrate veggies? Could it be chewed by a mouth with only 8 teeth? Can you blend up the veggies into a smoothie like consistency and dehydrate little piles of the blend to make little bite sized goodies?

 

Any insight is greatly appreciated!

Tags: dehydrator, snacks, toddler, vegetables

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