By Christine Patton
The Sun Oven is a versatile tool. It can bake banana bread, roast a butternut squash, cook a lasagna or quiche, and turn brown rice into moist perfection. Normally, I appreciate it
for the way it keeps my house cool in the summer and for its zero carbon emissions.
But lately, it's been doing more than that. It's been saving my bacon.
I currently have no functioning kitchen sink, dishwasher, cooktop, or oven. Because my family is doing half the work of our kitchen remodel (general contracting, prepping cabinets for paint, painting, and tiling), it's proceeding slowly. Despite the remodel that has turned our house into a disaster area for the last three weeks, we are still living and cooking at home. But how do we make a variety of healthy meals without a cooktop or oven, how can we avoid unhealthy and pricey take-out meals when our kitchen has been destroyed? The answer is: the Global Sun Oven.
I've been able to use the Sun Oven to cook dinner on almost every sunny day that we plan to eat at home, and what a blessing that is! About two-thirds of the days have been sunny since our remodel began, and I've re-discovered the variety of things that the Sun Oven can cook:
- Rice for rice and bean salads, burritos, or as a good side for anything
- Chili, stews, soups
- Quiche and cheese (and other egg dishes)
- Beans
- Potatoes (baked or cut up for potato salad)
- Roasted vegetables / ratatouille
Of course, it's cloudy today. Looks like we may have hummus sandwiches for dinner tonight!
But lately, it's been doing more than that. It's been saving my bacon.
I currently have no functioning kitchen sink, dishwasher, cooktop, or oven. Because my family is doing half the work of our kitchen remodel (general contracting, prepping cabinets for paint, painting, and tiling), it's proceeding slowly. Despite the remodel that has turned our house into a disaster area for the last three weeks, we are still living and cooking at home. But how do we make a variety of healthy meals without a cooktop or oven, how can we avoid unhealthy and pricey take-out meals when our kitchen has been destroyed? The answer is: the Global Sun Oven.
I've been able to use the Sun Oven to cook dinner on almost every sunny day that we plan to eat at home, and what a blessing that is! About two-thirds of the days have been sunny since our remodel began, and I've re-discovered the variety of things that the Sun Oven can cook:
- Rice for rice and bean salads, burritos, or as a good side for anything
- Chili, stews, soups
- Quiche and cheese (and other egg dishes)
- Beans
- Potatoes (baked or cut up for potato salad)
- Roasted vegetables / ratatouille
Of course, it's cloudy today. Looks like we may have hummus sandwiches for dinner tonight!
I am attempting to build a cooker. have the structure done, and am going to line the interior w/foil. i'll let you know.
thanks for the post
Posted by: ron ferrell | August 14, 2009 at 01:04 PM
Nice! I've been curious about these ovens, I found your page by fluke, glad I did!
Fred
Posted by: Fred | January 28, 2010 at 07:10 AM