In addition to your food dehydrator, of course, you will need:

• A good sharp knife
• A spatula or two
• Several heavy-bottomed saucepans
• A blender for pureeing and chopping
• A strainer
• Steamer trays

Nice to have on hand and very helpful, but not mandatory are:

• A cherry pitter
• An apple parer-slicer-corer
• A corn kernel cutter
• A pea and bean sheller
• A bean Frencher
• A mortar and pestle
• A salad spinner (for pre-drying herbs and flowers and for washing greens)
• A food processor with a shredding disk
• A Salad Shooter for slicing potatoes

But what is really necessary? A good sharp knife.