What does everyone do for snacks? I need some ideas. I usually do cheese or a little hummus but I need to mix it up. Any ideas? Does anyone eat beef jerky or slim jims? Are those allowed?

"Wearing Pro" is the brand. It's a cheap plastic unit, but it works pretty good. ($49)

Comes with a little recipe booklet that tells you what ingredients you need for the marinades. I was eating a lot of store bought brands that were pretty expensive and quite a bit of every bag tended to be stale.

This jerky is really good and very high in Protein. If I get good at it, I may invest later in a better dehydrator, but this one works fine for now.

http://www.bjs.com/waring-pro-5-tray-food-dehydrator.product.279853

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! I was wondering if one of the cheaper units would produce decent results for a trial run... Sounds like one will!