Using the Harvest - Oven Dried Tomatoes

With the never ending harvest of tomatoes this year I've  had to come up with more creative ways to use them up other than tomato sauce! I looked on the Internet and found a way to oven dry them. 

Ingredients

Tomatoes

Thyme/ Rosemary/ Oregano

Olive oil

Garlic

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to the lowest temperature possible; mine is 140 oC. Oil a baking tray.

2. Cut tomatoes in half and place them cut side up. Drub rosemary, thyme and oregano with oil and put them in between the tomatoes. Spray/ drizzle the top of the tomatoes with olive oil.

3. Bake for 2-6 hours. After 2 hours check cherry tomatoes to see if there done. You want them to be squishy but not brittle. 

4. Sterilize a jar and place a whole garlic clove, spring of rosemary (or other woody herb) and cooled tomatoes; fill to the top with olive oil. 

*Notes* Don't put in the fridge other wise the oil will 'set'. Use within a few weeks; but they'll be gone before you know it! Check the oven every half hour to make sure none of the tomatoes have burnt.

Garden Update

The weather's been horrible the last couple of weeks and today it was finally sunny so I decided to take some pictures of whats been happening in the garden. Everything is growing really slowly at the moment because of the lack of light so there's not much to show.

We've already picked 2 snow peas and there's 3 developing at the moment, very exciting! The newest plantings of dwarf snow peas are taking a lot longer than the first two, but they are getting there.

The two veggie beds with clever clover have started sprouting. They will eventually be dug throw to add nutrients to the soil.

The lettuce in the tub is coming along nicely. As you can see Mum helped me plant the rosemary and thyme along the side ally way.