Thursday morning we took Missy (our Shepherd), for a nice, long walk. There are a lot of amenities available at Santee Lakes, but walking Missy was the one we were interested in exploiting. They have a huge dog-walk all around most of the North end of Santee Lakes and over the years we have logged some pretty good miles on […]
Note: Knew I was in for a busy few weeks, want to point out the subject matter of this post actually happened near the end of March and preceded the last post. I have already played with boiling and baking in our, (still fairly new), All American Sun Oven – but have never tried using it as a dehydrator. Time […]
Well we finally got off the carousel and purchased the one Solar Oven design I had literally wanted for what seems forever – a “Sun Oven”, which I have considered to be the absolute *best* of the “Box” style solar ovens. Back in the 1980’s the original Sun Oven was designed by a retired restraunteer named Tom Burns – here […]
Originally Posted Apr 21, 2014 on old blog One of the best things about enjoying a big ham dinner is making effective use of the leftovers! Heidi baked a fairly large, spiral-cut, ham in the oven yesterday, (Easter Sunday) – and after dinner I immediately started scheming on ways to use the rest of it for some outdoor cooking. Decided […]
Originally posted Jul 21, 2011 on old blog Continuing to adapt some old recipes for use with our new All Season Solar Cooker: Solar Cooking – Mexican Breakfast Casserole Ingredients: 5 eggs, beaten 1 small onion, chopped 1 cup shredded cheese 1/4 cup milk 1 5 oz. can Hormel Smoked Ham (finely diced) 4 corn tortillas, cut into quarters Favorite […]
Originally posted Jul 21, 2011 on old blog I am adapting a few recipes for use in our new All Season Solar Cooker we built at the San Diego Solar Cooking Club’s last event. Solar Cooking – Ham and Egg Casserole Ingredients: Softened butter 10-12 slices bread 2 5 oz. cans Hormel Smoked Ham (finely diced) 2 cups shredded cheese (1/2 […]
Originally posted Mar 7, 2011 on old blog Since attending my first organized Solar Cooking event last Saturday morning, I have found myself more motivated than ever to fully explore this aspect to Outdoor Cooking, not to mention being even more excited to get started. Have continued gathering a few items not already out in my garage from places like […]
Originally posted Mar 2, 2011 on old blog As I continue to gather current information, etc., on Solar Cooking today – my mind keeps drifting back to an “experiment” I conducted with two of our granddaughters out in the front yard. It seems I had ran across a design that is still out there today for a “Windshield Shade Solar […]
Originally posted Mar 1, 2011 on old blog A better question would be “Why not?” While there are many far more altruistic reasons and justifications for getting into Solar Cooking, mine really boils down to “just for the fun of it”. Certainly my more practical side always involves “preparedness” and all which that should mean to any father, grandfather, and/or head […]