Outsmarting my Hubby...

OK- So, really I am not being bad...not exactly. My husband thinks I have too many things that I don't use and has recently mentioned possibly getting rid of said items...Uh, no...I don't think so. He and I have different views on what types of items are "keepers". He would honestly prefer for me to get rid of everything that's not in daily or at least weekly use. Not me. If I use my huge turkey roaster only once a year, I'm keeping it. What about my food dehydrator or ice cream maker? Or my collection of vintage silver platters or my beautiful wooden salad bowl set...I dont necessarily USE these things, but I am certainly NOT getting rid of them. I am in culinary school and plan on doing some private chef/catering and see NO reason to get rid of things I will have a future use for. SO....I needed to come up with a way to keep my stuff. Hmmmmm.... 


Well, he cant complain about me having stuff I dont use if I use them...
So my goal this week is to each day, use one of my kitchen gadgets that dont see much rotation.
AND, I'm going to blog about it for all of you....FUN!


Today I woke up to browning apples. I hate to waste, I tend to make applesauce or apple crisp when my apples start turning, but today I decided to break out my massive food dehydrator. We got it for Christmas 2010 from my Grandma Carole. Thanks, Grandma!


I sliced my apples super thin, cutting off any brown...this is way easier with a very sharp knife. I have J.A. Henckles and ADORE THEM, but they were very expensive. Awesome investment....but I digress.

Then you arrange them in a single layer in your drying trays.

Then stack it all back up together and turn it on, using your manual to decide on the temp...mine says 135 for fruit.

Sometime today we will have healthy apple chips for snacking on, the kids will love them!