Hey there! I found an interesting way to handle my annual abundance-of-zucchini this year: Zucchini Chips!
Whipped out the dehydrator. Sliced clean zucchini (both green and yellow) about 1/8" thick. Lightly sprayed dehydrator shelves with EVOO spray. Laid out zucchini, edges not quite touching. Lightly salted with sea salt and garlic powder. Dehydrated! Enjoy!!!
Sure does reduce the volume! I guess you can use these in cooking even... the kids and I are enjoying them as snacks!
~TJ of Green Willow Place "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis
Mmmmm...great idea! What temp and for how long in the dehydrator?
Farmgirl Sister #1110 Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09)
Gosh I dunno re: temp and time - mine is just one of those On/Off varieties of dehydrators. It does have a forced-air fan so I have found that it dehydrates faster than ones without.
Depending on how thickly I load the trays, the bottom tray seems to be taking about 6 hours, and the subsequent (higher) trays are done within a couple of hours after that. I occasionally slide them around so that the air isn't being consistently blocked. I think it's an inexact science though!!
When they get crisp, they look alot like a potato chip except that the thicker edges will roll in slightly. You could probably do this in the oven on 225 or so also - definitely spraying the pan with EVOO first though!! Boy those suckers will stick if not, sheesh...
~TJ of Green Willow Place "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis
Zucchini Chips
Posted - Aug 11 2010 : 07:42:20 AM
