Faux Sun Dried Tomatoes aka Tomato Chips

                                     

                                          Faux Sun Dried Tomatoes aka Tomato Chips

 

I love tomatoes - especially fresh picked and perfectly ripe.  But sometimes you just don't have the time to pick them  - timing is everything.  We harvested several bunches and some were cracked, had some imperfections, a little soft and so on.  And you can only make so much salsa, sauce, etc.

 

So, I decided to use the dehydrator Mike got a a garage sale.  And voila!  yummy!  dehydrator "faux" sun dried tomatoes.  I squeezed out the seeds, flattened the skin and put them in the dehydrator for about 2 days.

 

They are thin skinned and crisp - like a potato chip with out the salt and a sweet tomato flavor.

 

We eat them plain, with goat cheese on crackers, on homemade pizza and in sauces.