Solar Cooking for Home & Camp

by Linda Frederick Yaffe

Quickly toss together the ingredients for Cashew Curry, place it in the solar cooker, point the cooker to the midday sun, and head to work. You'll come home to a ready-to-eat hot meal. Solar cooking is a simple and easy way to prepare a meal without heating up the kitchen, simply by using the sun's heat. Perfect for dishes requiring delicate cooking like Cheese Strata and Solar Baked Custard, and fish cooks up moist. Eliminate parboiling and marinating--it's done all in one step.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

Reviews

[zo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I looked for some books on solar cooking while camping during a long stay of 2 months in Corsica. I made the foldable solar oven in a matter of an afternoon, and only had to buy flower and aluminum foil. I tried out two recipes so far with that oven and unfortunately I haven’t succeeded… it’s really hot here though and the sun seems to heat my pan and the food but even sitting in the foldable oven for a whole day doesn’t seem to cook the bread (following the recipe in the book ofcourse). I’m a bit frustrated and don’t know how to improve the technique with the materials I have here camping and I don’t want to waste food trying to cook things that I won’t be able to cook otherwise without an oven (cakes, bread… ) . Next week we have a heatwave here so maybe I’ll have better luck then?

[Me2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is the best solar cooking book, I have seen. I still have not had a chance to try out any of the recipes.

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Includes easy to follow plans for building a carboard box cooker and a panel cooker, and recipes.