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I had never heard of dehydrated tomato powder. Do you use the same amount as the recipe calls for paste?

A few months ago I dried celery and zucchini; I want to try making my favorite soup with it, and see if it’s very different from the soup from fresh ingredients.

-JT

I didn't know about it either. I found the dehydrated tomato powder while looking for bell pepper and decided to try it after reading some of the rave reviews. The ratio is about the same for paste, or you can make sauce, after taking into consideration the amount of water the dehydrated tomato powder absorbs. A recipe for both is on the can of what I received from Wally World. I just add it directly to the sauce (about a tbsp at a time) and it starts thickening immediately. Takes about 2-1/2 tbsp for a sauce that serves about 4 people. I'm sure it would make a great tomato soup base as well. It's not bad dry, a pinch at a time. ;-)

I'm going to try mixing my own dehydrated soup mix as well, like you. I hope to try dehydrated mushrooms next. There are never any of the fresh ones on hand, here, when the urge hits to cook something which requires 'em.

Here is another potato salad recipe you may like. It's kind of different but delicious! You can buy the ranch dressing mix dry, then add mayonnaise and a little milk to make your own ranch dressing, or just use what you have in the fridge.

Ranch Picnic Potato Salad

6 med. potatoes, cooked, peeled & diced
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/4 c. sliced green onions
2 tbsp. parsley
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 c. prepared ranch salad dressing
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
Paprika

Combine potatoes, celery, onion, parsley, salt and pepper. In another bowl, mix mustard into salad dressing and pour over potatoes. Toss lightly. Sprinkle paprika and eggs. Refrigerate for several hours. Makes 8 servings.

We live in an age where you can literally have enough food on hand to last years. It might be what saves many from our Achilles heel of no longer being much of an agrarian society.

I’ve never tried this.......but an individual who juices whole vegetables for health drinks said she took the leftover pulp, spread it out on a sheetpan, and dried it.

Said the dried veg pulp was a nice addition to recipes.

Could do this w/ pulp leftover from juicing tomatoes, carrots, beets......and so on.