Learning to Solar Cook

Learning to Solar Cook

Learning to solar cook was experimental. It took a lot of trial and error to find my way  since I had no direction and no guidance. There were a few recipes on line, but I didn’t care for them. I saw a few cookbooks online as well, but I wanted to cook NOW – not wait for a cookbook.

The second day –still using the windshield shade solar cooker— I decided to make an old family favorite recipe that called for rice.  Everything I read cautioned not to add too much water.  So I cut back on the water for this recipe.  Big mistake!  Rice needs water to re-hydrate.  Fortunately there was enough to successfully cook everything, but it was a little drier than we like.  Still, I counted it as a success.

I was getting more and more excited about learning to solar cook and the possibilities of cooking in a solar oven.  I kept thinking that if we had had one of these when I was growing up and doing a lot of camping with my family, that cooking  and feeding our large crew would have been much easier for my mother.

This is the third post in a 5 part series. My next step was to find the right kind of cooking pot.  Follow along in part 4, as I start Hunting for Solar Cooking Pots.

To begin reading the adventure from the beginning, see My First Solar Oven or click here to go to part 2, Solar Cooking: Catching the Spark.

Tell me about your first solar cooking experience. What did you cook? Did you have help and guidance from somewhere or someone? Please share with me.