Michigan is not known as the sunshine state. Even so, Mib7 and I have enjoyed MANY good solar cooked meals this year. I suppose my favorite dish is jalapeno cornbread made with our home grown peppers and Jiffy=mix cornbread. (On a side note, I LOVE Jiffy mixes! I’m tempted to set up a fan site for them!) Jiffy mix brownies in the solar oven are also pretty yummy too. Potatoes and onions are a staple, hard to screw up and quite tasty. Rice too.
Build one. Try it.
Aug 30, 2007, 04:20PM PDT | 0 comments
It’s only May 12 and so far I’ve solar cooked more foods this year than I did all last summer. I’ve made, more or less successfully, rice, potatoes, 3 kinds of cakes, spinach bake, eggs, and chicken. I’ve been documenting my recipes and outcomes over at the gardening website Jimbo and I have been working on. Check out the 20minutegarden.
May 12, 2007, 04:05AM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment
When the morning light was streaming in, Jimbo suggested we get something started in the solar oven he assembled in January.
Into our small stackable quart-size pots I put: 3 chicken thighs with salsa, 1 cup of rice divided between the 2 bottom portions, and a couple handfuls of fresh green beans.
About 7 hours later, we sat down to a completely delicious, totally solar-cooked meal. It was so good! We’ve learned the trick to good rice—starting with hot tap water. The chicken was falling-off-the-bone scrumptious. The green beans were delicious, but a not-lovely color; I think they may have been overdone. All in all, an early summer triumph!
Apr 29, 2007, 04:18PM PDT | 0 comments
