im starting to go raw and i dont have a dehydrator, is there any alternatives until i have the cash?

Question

also if you have any good recipes for starters, it would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Go with Hitwoman's answer. Alton Brown has all the answers you need!

Answer 2

99% of dehydrators on the market are little more than just cheap heaters attached to the back of cheap plastic boxes. But at the very worst, they don’t work at all. The very best, they cook as much as they dehydrate the food, and that creates a completely different type of flavor and texture.

You can make your own at home that will work perfectly. All you need is a box fan, and four cellulose, rather than Fiberglas, heater or furnace filters. Now you can get these at your local hardware store. They’re extremely cheap. Sometimes, they come with this kind of little paper grid over it, and you can just cut all that off. Now a lot of food is wet and/or sticky when cut so you need something to keep it from sticking to the filters. Look for commercial “Dehydrator Tray Liners” which are used in store-bought dehydrators, you can find them on the net.

To assemble your dehydrator, place one filter on the fan so that the ridges would be parallel to the floor when standing upright. The first mat of food goes down. Another mat goes on top to sandwich for safety. And then another filter for proper air flow. You only want to do this 3 stacks high, four and there are so many filters that the air flow is impeded so much that that last layer on the outside does not dry properly. The last filter goes on with the metal facing out, if it’s there. A couple of bungee cords to hold those filters in place. Don’t stretch them too tight, they could pop.

Set up your home-made dehydrator some place nice and peaceful, turn on your fan, and let it do its thing for 42 to 48 hours.

Before you put your fruit into the dehydrator you need to compose your very own batch of Antibacterial Anti-aging, Dried Fruit Dip. To do so, squeeze enough lemons to get a cup of fresh-squeezed juice. And don’t worry about taking out the seeds and the pulp and all that. Finally, dilute it into one quart of water.

Try finding the "Withering Bites" episode of Good Eats with Alton Brown, you can see him explain and put this whole contraption togethr.

Answer 3

Well, just don't do any dehydrating until you get one.
There's always your oven, if you have one...

Don't have any more suggestions unless it's sunny where you are and you can use the sun to dehydrate. Lots of home made sun dehydrators you can make for sunny places or summer time.

Answer 4

Use your oven. Lowest setting, keep the door cracked, and don't let the temperature get above 100. Use an oven thermometer rather than relying on the thermostat.