How To Make Dried Tomato Powder

Don’t throw away those tomato skins as you’re canning! We’ll show you how to put them to use with this easy dried tomato powder seasoning recipe. Tomato powder is a flavorful way to add some natural color to all of your favorite recipes.

How to Make Tomato Powder at Home

Making tomato powder at home is quite easy! You’ll simply dehydrate your tomato skins in the oven or a dehydrator. Then you can use a coffee grinder or food processor to grind the dehydrated skins into a fine powder. (See recipe card below for the detailed steps).

The next time you start the process of making tomato sauce from scratch or a homemade salsa for canning, remember to save those tomato skins. Any variety of tomatoes will do, whether it’s roma tomatoes or other type of fresh garden tomatoes, it’s easier than you make think to turn those skins into a healthy and versatile seasoning.

Striving to get the most use out of our produce without any unnecessary waste, and especially those fruits and vegetables we grow in our garden is important for us here on the blog. Recipes such as this garlic scapes pesto, homemade apple cider vinegar and any one of our delicious jam recipes are all ways we preserve our fresh produce.

Tomato Powder Uses

Tomato powder is a versatile seasoning, it can be added to any homestyle recipe that calls for seasoning mix, such as our easy baked chicken drumsticks, grilled pork shoulder recipe and even our classic European stuffed peppers.

More Recipes Using Fresh Tomatoes

For some other tasty ways to use fresh tomatoes, try this sliced tomato with basil and garlic; or this simple yellow bean pole salad and even this cooked flat green beans and tomato side dish.

We hope you’ve found this easy tutorial for how to make tomato powder at home helpful. Let us know in the comments below your favorite ways to use this versatile seasoning.

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