Recipes with Tomato Sauce Leather:
Unstuffed Peppers
Ingredients:
- ½ Cup dried or instant rice
- ¼ Cup ground beef, dried
- ¼ Cup bell peppers, dried
- ¼ Cup tomato sauce leather, tightly packed
- 2 Tbsp parmesan cheese
- 1¼ cups water
At Home:
Pack parmesan cheese and tomato sauce leather separately in small plastic bags. Enclose in a larger plastic bag with rice, ground beef, and peppers.
On the Trail:
Combine all ingredients except parmesan cheese in pot with water and soak for five minutes.
Light stove, bring to a boil, and continue cooking with the lid on for one minute.
Remove pot from stove and wait ten minutes. Insulate pot if possible. Stir in parmesan cheese before serving.
Salsa Rice & Beans
Ingredients:
- ½ Cup dried or instant rice
- ¼ Cup dried corn and bell peppers
- ¼ Cup dried black or red beans
- ¼ Cup salsa leather, tightly packed
- 1¼ cups water
At Home:
Cook white or brown rice in vegetable or chicken broth and dehydrate; or use instant rice.
Run salsa through a blender and dry like tomato sauce into leather.
Try mixing green, red, and orange bell peppers for a colorful dish.
Meat Option: Add ¼ cup or more dried chicken and increase water to rehydrate by same amount.
Pack salsa leather separately in a small plastic bag. Enclose with all ingredients in plastic bag.
Run salsa through a blender and dry like tomato sauce into leather.
Try mixing green, red, and orange bell peppers for a colorful dish.
Meat Option: Add ¼ cup or more dried chicken and increase water to rehydrate by same amount.
Pack salsa leather separately in a small plastic bag. Enclose with all ingredients in plastic bag.
On the Trail:
Combine all ingredients in pot with water and soak for five minutes.
Light stove, bring to a boil, and continue cooking with the lid on for one minute.
Remove pot from stove and wait ten minutes. Insulate pot if possible.
Seafood Raminara
Ingredients:
- ½ Cup ramen noodles (half package)
- ¼ Cup dried shrimp and/or crabmeat
- ¼ Cup dried vegetables – peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes
- ¼ Cup tomato sauce leather, tightly packed
- 2 Tbsp parmesan cheese
- 1 Cup water
At Home:
Break noodles into small pieces. Pack parmesan cheese and tomato sauce leather separately in small plastic bags. Enclose in a larger plastic bag with noodles, seafood, and vegetables.
On the Trail:
Combine all ingredients except parmesan cheese with water in pot and soak for five minutes.
Light stove, bring to a boil, and continue cooking with the lid on for one minute.
Remove pot from stove and wait ten minutes. Insulate pot if possible. Stir in parmesan cheese before serving.
Spinach & Bean Raminara
Ingredients:
- ½ Cup ramen noodles (half package)
- ¼ Cup dried beans (any kind)
- ¼ Cup dried spinach
- ¼ Cup tomato sauce leather, tightly packed
- 2 Tbsp parmesan cheese
- 1 Cup water
At Home:
Cook beans from scratch or use canned beans. There is no need to cook canned beans before dehydrating. Simply drain and dehydrate at 125° for approximately six hours. Beans will split open when dried and will fall apart easily. You can use a single type of bean, such as white beans, or you can mix several different kinds together.
Dehydrate spinach at 125° for approximately four hours until dry and crumbly. Spinach leaves can start flying around inside your dehydrator when they are almost dry. I cover mine with one of the mesh sheets from Excalibur Dehydrators.
Break noodles into small pieces. Pack parmesan cheese and tomato sauce leather separately in small plastic bags. Enclose in a larger plastic bag with noodles, spinach, and beans.
On the Trail:
Combine all ingredients except parmesan cheese with water in pot and soak for five minutes.
Light stove, bring to a boil, and continue cooking with the lid on for one minute.
Remove pot from stove and wait ten minutes. Insulate pot if possible. Stir in parmesan cheese before serving.
Macaroni with Cheesy Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
- ¼ Cup ground beef, dried
- ¼ Cup mixed vegetables, dried (onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomotoes)
- ½ Cup macaroni
- ¼ Cup tomato sauce leather, tightly packed
- 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp cheddar cheese powder
- 1 Tbsp powdered milk
- 1½ Cups water
At Home:
Combine cheese powder (from the mac & cheese box) and instant dry milk in a small plastic bag. Pack tomato sauce leather in another small plastic bag. Enclose the smaller bags in a larger bag with macaroni, ground beef, and vegetables.
On the Trail:
Add all ingredients except the cheese/milk powders to your pot with 1½ cups water and soak for five minutes.
Light stove, bring to a boil, and continue cooking for two minutes.
Stir in cheese/milk powder, put the lid back on, and place pot into insulating cozy. Wait ten minutes for the meal to continue rehydrating and cooking. Buon Appetito!
