Uses for dehydrated zucchini

[Marianne]

I just found this post on a blog. I'm sure many of you know what to do with the ever multiplying zucchini, but this is new to me!
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I posted about dehydrating zucchini and mentioned that they got quickly eaten up as chips. I didnt initially make them with the intent that theyd be used for a snack, and I dont want to leave you with the assumption that its all they are good for!

Here are some other ways you can use dehydrated zucchini slices they are good in soups, stews, or tomato sauce. Ive seen it suggested to dust them with cinnamon sugar, and they then taste like apple chips (slice them 1/4 inch thick, peel them and take out seeds to make this). Even when eaten plain, they have a sweet-ish flavor, as the natural sweetness is concentrated by the dehydrating process.

When sliced length-wise, they can be used in place of lasagna noodles when making lasagna, or to replace the eggplant in eggplant parmesan. You can rehydrate them before using for the lasagna or parmesan, but Id find them easier to handle by using them dried and then adding extra liquid to the recipe so theyd rehydrate when cooking.
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Here's the link to that page -
http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/uses-for-dehydrated-zucchini/

 

[miss_thenorth]

I've made the zucchini chips before but didn't like them. I have julienned them and used them as 'spaghetti noodles' etc, but never dehydrated.

Interesting.....

 

[R-Lawrence]

I dehydrate zucchini "chips". When I feel like my kid isn't getting enough veggies (in the winter/spring), I pull out some from storage (glass canning jars, not processed), grind into a powder, and "hide" in pizza sauce.

Same for yellow squash and dried cauliflower which I hide in mac-n-cheese (same color).

 

[Icu4dzs]

I dehydrated some of my zucchini. I sliced it to about 1/4" and sprinkled it with Mortons Hot Salt (which they stopped making but I made a pretty good match with popcorn salt and cayenne pepper).
They made good chips with a little "malted barley beverage" and were great on a hot day after being on a tractor for several hours.

They have to be really crisp or they just don't seem quite as good, though.

 

[Marianne]

No one has tried the cinnamon one? That's the one that caught my eye.

 

[Wifezilla]

There is a way to make them taste like gummi bears. Let me see if I can find that info.

 

[Wifezilla]

Found it!
http://goddesshobbies.blogspot.com/2009/10/preserving-food-zucchini-candy.html

 

[Marianne]

That is hilarious! I don't think I've seen the color free Koolaid here, so the search is on!
Oh...gotta get a dehydrator first. My old one is long gone. But I have some time, I haven't even planted the squash seeds yet.