Homemade fruit roll-ups

I've been on a mission these last two weeks: no more processed garbage food.  No more fast food, even though we really aren't fast food people.  More organic food (when it counts and if it doesn't interfere with my frugal-ness).  I found a great source for grass-fed beef (an accomplishment, seeing that we live in a desert!) and another source for low-priced organic produce, raw cheeses, and other food items.  I'd love to find a way to get raw milk at a decent price, but that one isn't happening quite yet.  (I know my mom is reading this and shuttering, remembering having to drink raw milk herself while growing up! But I want to give it a try.  The nutrients in that stuff just make my head roll!) 

A fun snack that I absolutely nailed on the head was fruit roll-ups.  The kids love fruit snacks and fruit roll-ups from the store, but they are loaded with sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and who knows what else.  Some of those "ingredients" are even hard to pronounce!  So...here's my homemade version. 

I took some of my newly made applesauce (yes, I made another batch the other day) and some plums that were starting to go bad on the counter and pureed them in our VitaMix.  I placed some parchment paper on a tray and poured the fruit on.  Then I slowly dried it out, for about 10 (yes, 10) hours on 170 degrees.  After it was cooled I cut the dried fruit into strips.  The kids are able to peel back the parchment paper just the ones that are store-bought, but now I can feel confident that they are getting whole, real fruit for their snack.