Slow parenting, dry easily!

2018. 02. 08.

At first hearing, the slow parenting movement may seem strange to parents struggling with the demands of the "fast-paced world". Do your job well, have enough time for the household, your child, your partner, your friends, continue to educate yourself, be beautiful, smart. Then the teachers and psychologists come and say, slow down!

The essence of slow parenting is to rethink the operation of the entire system along the lines of simplification. But how can we use this method to make food?

If there is a way, let's involve our children in it too! Even the little ones can peel the potatoes, wash the vegetables, or at least put the cutlery on the table.

With home drying towards common gastronomic success experiences

We tried home drying, which seemed suitable for having serious, joint gastronomic success experiences even with smaller children. How cool is it to put dried fruit on top of a morning muesli that we participated in every single working phase of! The hard work begins already at the market: choosing the right apples, pears, and plums. This process with a child is quite a time-consuming process, but it is worth it!

Fruit washing and slicing can be done at home, make sure to cut slices of uniform thickness.

This time we tested Atacama's six-tray dryer.

Different fruits can be dried at the same time, but expect that e.g. plums need more time. It's worth trying apples first, then move on to the advanced level, and finally you can try one of the most difficult and delicious, tomatoes!

We can work with several programs on the dryer. In addition to drying fruit and vegetables, we can also dry meat, fresh pasta, and mushrooms! The temperature can be varied between 30 and 68 °C, and the time between 1 and 72 hours. Choose the program that best suits your purpose.  

And what should be prepared during drying?

1. The dryer heats up thoroughly, the child will definitely want to touch it. Let's put the dryer in a place where we can only look at the finished work together!

2. During the drying process, the house will be filled with amazing aromas, expect an increase in visitors (relatives, friends, business partners).

3. Once you've tried home drying, you can easily become addicted.  

But why do I need my own dryer? It's quite expensive, and we don't even use it on a daily basis, and it just takes up space. There is a solution for this too: it is worth getting together with friends and families living in our neighborhood and buy a common dryer.

Slow parenting, share your dryer!