Hello friends!
This past weekend, I was looking for a healthy snack and remembered that I had 3 cans of pineapple rings (in 100% juice) sitting in my pantry. I bought them on sale for .97 cents each a while back with the intent of drying them. I went thru a big dried pineapple phase a few months ago, but cutting, peeling and chopping pineapple just to dehydrate became too much work for me and my busy schedule. So...when I saw the sale pineapple rings, I figured I'd hit the jackpot!
I thought I might have to cut the rings in half to make them thinner, but NOPE. They dry up to be the perfect size for snacking. This really doesn't get much easier, or cost effective.
Step 1: Drain the juice (and SAVE IT)
Step 2: Prepare a foil lined baking sheet with a cooling rack on top.
Step 3: Put pineapple rings on top of cooling racks (to let the air circulate).
Step 4: Find something else to do while you dehydrate these gyus for 12 hours (or so, based on your oven settings) at 135 degrees.
Step 5: EAT. Voila, dehydrated pineapple rings!
I'm going to make a ton of these and then vacuum seal them into mason jars for storage purposes.
Now, let's talk about the juice. It's basically 100% no sugar added pineapple juice. That stuff is expensive when purchased by the bottle (Any Tone It Up sisters here!? You know what I'm talking about!). So of course, keeping it refrigerated in a mason jar strictly for drinking purposes was my first thought. But thanks to the YouTubes, I also discovered that with the juice of 6 cans of pineapple rings you can make 12 half pint jars of pineapple jam or pineapple syrup.
Say what now?!?
Yea, Totes. Jam or syrup and a huge bag full of dried pineapple rings for just $6....I love this!
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