Dehydrated Vegetables and Fruit Chips
Snack time can be such a fun time, especially when you've done all the work preparing your dehydrated chips! When I prepare my fruit and vegetable chips, I never peel any of them, and I never remove the seeds (unless I am dehydrating apples, citrus fruits, grapes, or fruit with pits). Why? Both the seeds and vegetable peels are loaded with antioxidants, and they contain digestive fiber. Both are loaded with vitamins, among other needed nutrients. Plus, eating the skins and seeds also helps to improve your metabolism and gut health.
For this recipe, I am using tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, and butternut squash. I don't soak the slices of tomatoes or any of the squash in citrus juice or citric acid solution. If you're concerned about browning, you can soak yours before dehydrating. My fruit and veggie chips never last long. However, if I was planning to make the chips for a gift or to put them away for long-term storage, I most certainly would go ahead and soak them first.
Of course, if I were dehydrating apples, bananas, pears, etc., I would soak them prior to drying them.
Ingredients:
2 to 4 tomatoes, depending on their size
2 summer squashes
1 zucchini squash
1 butternut squash
Seasoning salt to taste (optional)
Instructions:
Rinse and thinly slice 2 to 4 tomatoes, 2 summer squashes, 1 zucchini squash, and 1 butternut squash. The thinner you slice your vegetables, the crispier they'll be after they've been dehydrated.
Sprinkle seasoning salt over the sliced vegetables, to taste.
Place the vegetable slices on dehydrating trays, leaving about two inches of space between each piece.
Turn your dehydrator on and set the temperature to 140 F. Dehydrate the sliced tomatoes for 12 to 14 hours, and dehydrate the squash for about 8 to 12 hours.
I like to check on mine every few hours and flip my chips over about midway through the dehydrating process.
You'll need to let your dehydrated chips cool before placing them into a Ziploc bag or any other airtight container. If you don't, the chips will sweat.
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