Tuesday has become my bread baking day. Today I made two loaves that I'll slice up and store in the freezer. Hopefully it will be enough for the week. This is basically a white bread enriched with a little whole wheat flour. Solar Farmhouse Bread Ingredients 2 cups...
It's been over ten years since we've had to set our clock back. Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time. I did enjoy the extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning, but it's going to take me a while to get used to it getting dark so early. To top things off a cold...
I have to admit I'd never even though of dehydrating bananas until I read the instructions that came with the dehydrating racks. I wasn't even sure what shape I should cut them into; discs or strips. It seemed obvious that discs would dry out faster but I thought...
I'm sure I'm not the only one that looked at the new dehydrating racks and thought "Could they be used for baking?" The answer is yes. Today I baked a full batch of drop cookies, over three dozen, in two Sun Oven loads. The same as it would have taken to bake them in...
Over the years that I've been using my Global Sun Oven I've come up with countless creative ways of stacking all sorts of baking pans to make the most of the space in the cooking chamber. Some attempts were more successful than others; the main issue was always...
It's November, which means the Thanksgiving issue of Bon Appétit has arrived with loads of new turkey recipes. Normally I just give it a quick glance; I haven't been the one doing the cooking on the big day since we started going to my cousin's place in Scottsdale a...
Sometimes the best meals are made up on the spur of the moment. A couple of nights ago when we had the pasta with beet sauce from a previous post I made a little too much sauce. This morning I used the excess sauce mixed with some goat cheese and ancini di pepe...
Ever since I found out that buttermilk can be substituted with a milk and vinegar mixture I no longer avoid recipes that call for it. In the past, no matter how good my intentions were, I'd always wind up throwing away any purchased buttermilk that was left over. To...
Cook the lentils in the Sun Oven the day before making this vegetarian twist on meatloaf. Serve it with a green vegetable, mashed potatoes, and vegetarian gravy. Any leftovers can be used for sandwiches. Solar Lentil Loaf 2 cups cooked green lentils 1 small onion,...
Using a Sun Oven doesn't mean you have to sacrifice convenience. Most frozen foods that can be reheated in a conventional oven can also go in the Sun Oven. Whenever I make a batch of Bolognese sauce I like to toss together a pan of rigatoni to store in the freezer....
