5 September 2009
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27 CommentsWow, do I EVER love the FedEx man–well, him and the fantabulous folks over at www.excaliburdehydrator.com!!
SO Blessed
I can’t even begin to express my excitement. I’m SO very honored–and blessed–to have the amazing opportunity to review this, the KING of dehydrators: the 9-Tray Large Excalibur #3900!!!
SO Many Ideas
Raw (and dehydrated) food has fascinated me for years. Even before that, my Mom was always interested in dehydrating. Although I’ve been high-raw (and even 100% raw at various times) for the past few years, I’ve often wondered where my raw path would lead if I had a ginormous, fancy dehydrator like I’d read about.
Raw crackers, cookies, cakes, pizzas… All this (and more!) is floating around the Web. From blogs to websites to books and magazines, raw, dehydrated snacks and meals, the possibilities are to infinity.
I can’t wait to share my experience with this sweet, dehydrating baby with you all! I’m excited to dry herbs, veggies, fruit, and I know I want to make raw crackers soon. I have so many ideas racing through my mind right now I can’t even focus!
Tomorrow I’ll be gone all day to set up at a pioneer festival with my mom (same festival as this one), so I’m afraid my dehydrating adventures will have to wait until next week sometime.
I’ll shut up now and let you check out these photos…. 
What a Ginormous Box!
Needle-Nose Pliers for Opening!
Ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!
A Guide for Dehydrating!
Check it Out!
Drying Guide + Temperature Control
Look at that Tray!
NINE TRAYS!!! Eeeeeek!!
With the Sparkly New Door On
Wow. I’m just SO excited!!! You’ll be seeing a LOT of the Excalibur around here!
Do you have a dehydrator? What do you love making most? Have you been shopping around for a dehydrator? Have you considered the Excalibur? Chime in and share your thoughts!
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so nice for you Michele!
I think you can toss something on there for when you’re gone all day it will be ready for review when you come home. Green beans with sea salt are great, my friend dried kale with cashew cream cheese, they were so good! cant wait to see more picts!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 5th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Thanks, Andrea! I hadn’t thought of kale but kale is one of my favorite veggies ever! I have had dehydrated green beans but I bought ‘em–never mad ‘em myself. Now I can!
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I love everything dehydrated. I will buy fresh vegetables in season and blanch them and dehydrate them. Freeze it in an airtight container and when you pull it out to cook (in my family’s case) it reabsorbs water and is like fresh. I also love various fruits dehydrated and mixed with nuts to create my own trail mixes (and snacks!)
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 5th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
@Mysti: Good for you! I love how you always make things healthy.
I love trail mixes, too. I have lots of experimenting to do! Yipee!
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Kale is very dehydrated! A healthy type of chip just with sea salt, but then when you have time, you can make the cashew cream which makes it like a cheese topic and then she diced her garden tomatoes and put a square on top.they were so goodthat I’ve since made them in my oven since I’m not aslucky as you are! but so many things and so tastey!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 5th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
@Andrea: I’ve only eaten kale raw (by itself or in salad), in smoothies/juices, or steamed I have seen around the blogosphere where folks are having kale chips, though, so I’ll have to try it! That sounds really good. I will definitely have to make that! Thanks!
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Are you frickin kidding me??!!! My jaw hit the floor when I saw that pic of the dehydrator box!!!! Wow girlfriend, that is so awesome, I am so happy for you. Keep my posted on it. That is my next semi major kitchen purchase but before I do, I cant wait to hear all about your adventures….you’re a newbie at this and I wanna see what it’s like for you and how easy/hard it is to get the hang of and how time consuming it is in real-life terms. Awesome rawsome. Holy crap what a wonderful day it is for you!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
@Averie: Nope. I’m not kidding. I’m totally elated, ecstatic, honored, blessed, excited, and about to pass out from it all! Am I dreaming???!!! It is awesome for sure! I can’t wait either–I’m SO excited to start experimenting and see how things turn out. I’m anxious to make crackers and sun burgers for sure. A reader emailed me some of their favorite recipes, too, so maybe I’ll try those soon and post about ‘em. And, yes, pretty much one of the best days EVER!!!
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excuse all the typos, my pc has a mind of it’s own!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
No worries, Andrea!
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Woot!
I’ll be anxious to see how it goes, Michele. Better start getting ready to post a recipe archive!
George
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
@George: I know! Eeek! And, yes, I’ve been thinking about the recipe archive. I’ll have to do that.
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I’m so excited for you!!! Can’t wait to see what you make!
<3 jess
xoxo
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
@Jess: Thank you so much–I can’t wait to make something and share with y’all!
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I’ve never tried anything dehydrating, but sounds so fun! Unfortunately i can’t afford to buy dehydrator now!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
@coco: I’ve never dehydrated either, but I’m SO excited to experiment and see what happens. I totally know how you feel–that’s why I’m SO totally blessed–and honored–to have the awesome opportunity to review this dehydrator.
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SOOOO Jealous!!! I have a little, second hand dehydrator passed down from a family member. I’ve tried it once but it was too hot out to try again, I’ve been waiting for the cooler days to get back to it. Can’t WAIT to see what you come up with! I’d love to try the Excalibur!!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 11:28 am
@Alison: Aw! :-\
So, does your dehydrator heat up your house? Hmmm…. This one is HUGE, so I’m wondering if it’ll really heat up the house. Hadn’t thought about that!
Yeah, I’ll definitely be posting a LOT about my dehydrating experiments. I’ll have to make a recipe page for sure!
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JEALOUS is RIGHT!
good for you Michele!
you are gonna have to make some fun fun recipes for sure!!
an Excaliber dehydrator and a vita mix are my 2 last kitchen appliances I am pining after!
WOO HOO for you!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 11:34 am
@Cindy: Thanks, Cindy! I will, promise!
Oooooooooooohhh, I want a Vita-Mix, too!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on one of those beauties! Eeeeek! But right now just owning the Excalibur is pretty awesome for sure!! 
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to say I am jealous is like the understatement of the year!!
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
@Run To The Finish: Aw! Well, hopefully you’ll get one soon!
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I never thought I would want a dehydrator, but now I do! Michele, I would like to honor all of the hard work you put into Healing with Juices with the Kreativ Blogger Award. You can read more about it on my post and feel free to participate or not. Thank you for inspiring me to eat healthier!
Lori´s last blog ..Green Job Leads for Homebodies – Sept. 9, 2009
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Raw Juice Girl Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:20 am
@Lori: I know! You live your life without a dehydrator and then find out about all the possibilities for endless healthy foods and snacks and then you find yourself wishing for one! LOL – I’m SO glad to have one now!!! I’ve just been beyond super duper busy but I’m going to experiment a LOT and be sharing lots of posts and photos soon!
Thank you for the award! I’m so honored. I’m on my way over to find out more about it!!!
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