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Nuts â You can dehydrate nuts and store them, but the fat content still makes them a short-term shelf item. You can store nuts long-term for food storage, but simply soaking them to help with their nutritional content, drying them, and then sticking them on shelf for a few years isnât going to work.
Steps. 1  1. Clean the items selected for dehydration. Cosmetic perfection is unnecessary, but trim off any damaged, bruised, or browned areas. 2  2. Blanch the items to preserve color. 3  3. Shred rather than chop. Shredded vegetable matter is far easier than hard chunks to grind into powder.  4. Spread the shreds onto a lined dehydrator shelf.