I stood looking at a jar of them in olive oil for five minutes last night at Safeway..and then I put it back down, because it occured to me I have no idea what to do with sun dried tomatoes.

What (if anything) do you do with your sun-dried tomatoes? Do you get them in olive oil or dried? The dried ones said you need to blanch them for ten minutes before using - that sounded like a bit too much bother. I was thinking of putting them on a sandwhich or somesuch.

Tell me your thoughts on sun dried tomatoes.

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i have them in sanswiches with grilled chicken and stuff, with pasta and avacados and spinach. I just throw them into ltos of sauces and things.

oh I love them~You should deffinately get the ones in olive oil. Dried ones are icky.They work great in salads, you should chop em up a bit though. And also on sandwiches, especially with mozarella! You could also add them to pasta sauces, and I make this aubergine spread which has sundried tomatoes in it, and its great.

Anyway, just buy em!

I was a little worried about the olive oil tho.. they're not all gross and oily are they? Maybe I could pat them down with a paper towel to remove some of the oil. sun dried tomatoes + mozzarella sounds heavenly right now.

gelflinggirl - I don't really cook much lately - well not from scratch, I tend to use premade jars of pasta sauce, ect.. but I could definately throw them into a lot of sauces and other dishes.

any particular brand you get?

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I usually put em on a bit of paper towel to drain most of the oil, then thei're not greasy at all. Yeah, I chuck em into pre-made tomato sauce whenever I dont make a sauce from scratch