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Ingredients

• 3 cups soaked grains (oats, millet, quinoa, bulgur, barley, etc.)
• 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree or grated zucchini
• 1 tsp grated orange peel
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped dried fruit (apricot, currants, coconut, raisins, apple, etc.)
• 1 cup peeled and segmented orange
• 1/2 tsp powdered ginger
• 1 cup soaked chopped raw nuts (pecans, cashews, walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, etc.)

Instructions

• puree all the ingredients except dried fruit together
• mix in the dried fruit
• form into loaves on a teflex sheet in a dehydrator
• dehydrate at 105 degrees, about 4 hours
• remove the teflex sheets and dehydrate another 4 hours

***ingredients are intended to be fresh and raw unless otherwise noted, but you can substitute with canned or dried (be sure to rehydrate) if necessary — and if you're having trouble finding an unusual or out-of-season item (or you're just a lazy shopper like me), the attached links make ordering online easy