We finally had some much needed rain! I cannot wait to watch my veggies explode from joy! Because we spent the day inside, I decided to process the ripe tomatoes that have been lounging around on the counter. I made basil diced tomatoes.

Out of about 5 lbs of tomatoes, I produced a whopping two pints of basil diced tomatoes.

One thing I did was I peeled them and saved the tomato skins for the dehydrator. The tomato peels will be put in a blender and will be pulverized into tomato powder which can be reconstituted by adding a tiny bit of water or oil to make tomato paste.

In addition to tomato peels, I dried onion peels as well. i am going to pulverize these into a powder as onion powder.

Finally, i had picked some Moldavian dragonhead balm and i dehydrated this as well. Once dried, i put it in my little jar for use as tea. The jar as pictured is one from Oui yoghurt, I found some lids that are designed for these jars on Amazon, so now I can repurpose these cute little jars for tea! This tea is so amazing as an iced tea. it is really refreshing with a lemony flavor. To be honest, the actual herb smells a bit like marijuana mixed with lemons, but only up close. From a little distance, it is more lemony.

Moldavian dragonbalm tea

I suppose this makes for a successful and productive day!