Long Shot - making cheese powder?

[dearprudence]

Okay, bear with me here.  This may be completely over-the-top ridiculous

We don't really have junkfood/snacks in the house.  DH has a thing for Doritos though, so every year for the Superbowl (and everytime we go on a roadtrip) we pick up a bag .

I'm not really too keen on my 16 month old eating Doritos, but I know he's going to throw a fit when he sees Dad eating them.  I was thinking about making him his own version.  I can easily make the tortilla chips and control the sodium, but does anyone have any good ideas on how to turn real cheddar cheese into something I can dust on the chips?
 

[ohgillian]

I definitely read how to do this somewhere, using a dehydrator. I'll see if I can find the link.

[ohgillian]

This isn't the article I was thinking of, but here you go: www.chow.com/food-news/104312/test-kitchen-notes-nacho-cheese-powder/

[dearprudence]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!

Thank you so much!

Now I only have to worry about convincing DH I'm not crazy.

[ohgillian]

Feb 1, 2013 12:43:53 GMT -5 dearprudence said:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!

Thank you so much!

Now I only have to worry about convincing DH I'm not crazy.

I totally gave up on that one near the very beginning of our "real food" journey.