We have the same dehydrator. My fiance wanted it, and I didn't really think we'd use it much, but I actually use it more than he does!
Dehydrated fruit... just for eating (plain or in baked goods, granola bas, etc.), but also makes a nice gift. Apple rings with cinnamon in a mason jar with a ribbon, for example. A $9 apple corer from Amazon works well on apples and all sorts of other fruit, including pineapples, so it's made my life a lot easier. I take dehydrated sliced strawberries with me when I travel so I can add them to oatmeal for a quick hotel room or camping breakfast. Last year I bought 10 pineapples when they were on sale for $1 each and dehydrated 8 of them. Just recently finished eating them!
Tomatoes. No need to buy expensive sun-dried tomatoes anymore. Grow your own, dehydrate your own. (Or buy them in season, on sale if you're not into growing them.)
Chickpeas. I was never able to get oven-roasted chickpeas really crunchy, but they're awesome when done in the dehydrator. Those things are like $6 for a small bag, and you can make them for almost nothing at home!
Greens from the garden. Dehydrate, turn to powder in a blender, add to smoothies for extra healthy benefits. (You can also just add fresh or frozen greens, obviously, but if you have an excess of garden produce, this is a space-saving and longer-term way to store it all.)
When we move away from the Southwest this year, we'll start using the dehydrator for herbs. (For now, it's so dry where we live that anything that small dehydrates just fine if you hang it up in the kitchen!)
I'm going to have to try that, swick, with vanilla bean pods! I always hate throwing them away after I've made vanilla extract from them.
