Dried Fruits
Homemade dried fruits
Banana Kiwi Persimmon Strawberries Preparations: Slice the fruits down to equal size. Directions: 1- Cover a cookie pan with parchment paper. 2- Place the fruits half of each apart over the pan. 3- Preheat oven to 170º F (77º C), bake the fruits for 3 to 4 hours or until the desired level of dehydration is reached. Notes: a- Flip the fruits every hour. b- if using a large oven, leave the door ajar.
Dried Fruits (Homemade dried fruits) CALORIES & NUTRITION VALUES
During the dehydration of the fruits, some of more unstable vitamins may be lost but some other important antioxidants and fiber remains about the same. One good use of dried fruits is to help cut and replace the cane sugar with tea or powdered sugar with coffee. Take a bite of the fruit and enjoy your tea or coffee with the fruit's sweet taste. Depending on type of the fruits used to dry, dried fruits may contain very high amounts of dietary fiber, manganese, and potassium. Depending on fruits, One serving (3.5 oz / 100g) of dried fruits has 81 calories (4 calories from fat), 0.4g total fat, 0mg cholesterol, 2mg sodium, 327mg potassium, 20.5g total carbohydrates (2.4g dietary fiber, 9.5g sugars), and 1.1g protein.
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