Healthy back to school snack

Looking for the perfect back to school snack for the kids? Here's a great recipe for even the pickiest of kids and a great idea to preserve your tomato harvest....if there's any left to save:)

Homemade sun-dried tomatoes!!!!!

I found this recipe the other day and even though I'm not a fan of tomatoes,unless they're in salsa or tomato sauce, I found that I was unable to stop eating them. 

This recipe is so simple it's a wonder I hadn't tried it before. 

All you need is:

Tomatoes (any amount you'd like )

Brown sugar

Olive oil ( I use homemade herb infused 

               Olive oil but any olive oil will do)

Sea salt

Dried hebs (optional)

Non stick baking or cookie sheets. 

Preheat oven to 225 degrees 

While the oven is heating, slice the tomatoes lengthwise. Place in single layers on the baking sheets. Once the tomatoes are on the sheets add salt to taste, drizzle the olive oil over the tomatoes, sprinkle with brown sugar and your dried herbs if using. 

Place in oven and bake for about 5 hours. check the tomatoes at 2 hours and flip the tomatoes over sprinkling with a little brown sugar as needed. 

At the 5 hour mark take the pans out. If done the tomatoes should be dried and slightly crunchy. If they still look a little on the juicy side you can put them back in for another hour or two but make sure bit to burn them. 

Once all the tomatoes are finished let cool about 5 minutes and serve or store in an air tight container or ziplock and freeze.