Roasted Chicken in the GSO

chicken roasted in the solar oven

The chicken roasted in the GSO was so moist and tender, it quite literally fell off of the bones.

Solar Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Filling

Solar Oven Strawberry Cake with Strawberry filling

Solar baked Strawberry cake is very rich and moist and doesn’t need much frosting.

October Solar Cooking Demonstation

Solar cooking demonstration October 23, 2011

Solar cooking demonstration on the 2011 Tour of Solar and Sustainable Buildings.

Hot Rolls

Hot rolls from frozen bread dough baked in solar oven

Let’s face it.  In my busy world, I don’t have time to cook everything from scratch.  Fresh bread and cinnamon rolls are heavenly delicious when there is time, but I have found that the frozen rolls in the supermarket are very tasty too. Hot Rolls (from frozen dough) Place frozen rolls into a greased pan … Read more

Great Solar Cookout

Great Solar Cookout 2011

We attended a wonderful event in the park on Saturday, April 16, 2011 -  The Great Solar Cookout.  The day was perfect for solar cooking – not a cloud to be seen, just clear blue sky.    A steel drum band, playing under a shade tree, contributed a light-hearted, festive air. The organizers, Tom & … Read more

Nacho Meatloaf in the Solar Oven

Nacho Meatloaf with Spanish Rice recipe

Nacho meatloaf has a wonderful, familiar Tex-Mex flavor.

Sunshine Solar Fudge

Sunshine Solar Fudge

  Fudge – so creamy and so sweet and so good!  I usually think of fudge as a Christmas goodie or a treat from a specialty shop.  But the truth is that fudge is really easy to make and the solar oven makes it even easier.  This easy  fudge can be made on a sailboat … Read more

Cherry Crunch

Cherry Crunch

Cherry Crunch is a quick and easy dessert using cherry pie filling.

Solar Baked Cornish Hens

Cornish Hen

  When I was a girl, I used to beg my mother to buy those “cute little baby chickens” to have for dinner.  But she never did (too expensive to serve to our large family).   Years later, I too found that these cute little things were too expensive to serve on a regular basis to … Read more

Wax Muffins (Homemade Firestarters)

Wax Muffins (fire starters)

  Our cars has never seen the inside of our garage.  That space is home to Desert Scrolling.  Rod cuts beautiful clocks in his garage wood shop, many of them are our own custom designs, and we sell them at craft shows around our area.  One of the by-products of cutting wood is sawdust — … Read more

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