Yesterday, I took four boxes of tomatoes and a few eggplants to our child near Chicago. They have a friend with commercial food processing equipment and sun-dried tomatoes and powdered tomatoes are in the works. I could never get enough moisture out of them with the dehydrator I bought for a buck at a yard sale to make a powder.

In the Midwest, tomatoes are one of the true pleasures of summer and however you get yours, I hope you will make them into part of your life. Also, it is important to remember to have a little fun along the way.