If you have a blender and a food dehydrator you can make these!
You can make these fruit rolls with any single fruit or combination of fruit you like.
This time I am using my Green Smoothie Recipe.
If you can hold yourself back from drinking it, you can make fruit rolls with it.
Ingredients:
1 cup of white grapes
3 mint leaves (fresh mint is best)
Lime zest
(cut off the side of the lime about a half dollar coin size piece and just throw it in the blender)
1/2 banana
1/2 cup of frozen peaches
1/2 cup of frozen mango
2 cups of kale
4 pitted dates
1 cup of ice
Liquify.
Well... okay... you can drink a little.
Save at least two cups of smoothie for each 196 square inches of space (14x14).
Since I already have some stored in my freezer, I just used these two cuties.
I have a 'fruit roll' mat for my dehydrator.
Smooth out the 'smoothie'... haha... to a thin, even layer.
I know... I know... looks kinda gross.
Do you know why it looks kinda gross and not bright shiny green?
BECAUSE THERE IS NO FOOD DYE!!!
No weird ingredients that you cannot pronounce.
No preservatives.
No high fructose corn syrup (or sugar).
No partially hydrated oils.
No soy.
No weird stuff hidden under the 'natural flavors' label.
No nothin'...
Just plain 'ol raw food.
I set my dehydrator for 135 degrees.
Shut the door....
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK...
Wait 5 whole hours....
I know. Who can stand it?
You could do WAY more than one sheet at a time, depending on how many drying racks you have. I just like to make them and eat them. You can store them in a tightly closed container for up to a week. Or you could keep them in the freezer for up to a year!!!
I check the fruit rolls during their drying process to make sure no sticky is left.
I dehydrated mine for around 5 hours.
You do not want it to dry at a high temperature just to get it done faster because the outside will get really crisp, leaving the inside of your fruit roll with some moisture.
This left over moisture will promote mold growth.
You DO NOT want to eat MOLDY fruit rolls!!!
When it is done - peel...
roll...
and eat!
