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Made loaded nachos today in my solar cooker. Made them from scratch with harina di mais and made a masa.
#harinadimais #mais #nacho #loadednachos #solar #solarActivity #solaroven #solarcooker

Pizza in the Solar Oven. No gas, no electricity. https://youtu.be/a2nJ7hJAPZc
#SolarCooking #SolarCooker #SolarOven #Pizza #CookingWithTheSun #SustainableCooking #OffGridCooking

Spanish Tortilla in a Solar Cooker ☀️🥔 | No Electricity Camping Recipe
https://youtube.com/shorts/8G6LBw5oKRc
#SolarCooking #SolarOven #spanishtortilla #Tortilla #CampingCooking #OffGridCooking #VanLife

Overnight No-Knead Baguette Baked in a Solar Cooker ☀️
https://youtube.com/shorts/CqL5CTIco08
#SolarCooking #SolarOven #NoKneadBread #Baguette #CampingCooking #OffGridCooking #VanLife

Sigo probando el horno. Hoy tocó arroz arreglado (con cebolla, zanahoria, eneldo y queso) y espárragos hechos en el horno solar. El pescado fue hecho en estufa por el tiempo.
Por si quieren hacer el arroz, esta es la receta que viene en el libro que les presumí antes: en la estufa, en la olla que irá luego en el horno solar, sofreír una cebolla pequeña en cubitos hasta que esté transparente, agregar una taza de zanahoria en cubitos, una taza de arroz y 1.75 tazas de agua, subirle al fuego y dejar hasta que hierva. Luego pasar eso al horno solar y dejar cocinar tapado 2 a 3 horas, hasta que se absorba todo. Luego soltar el arroz con un tenedor, revolver una taza de queso fresco desmenuzado, eneldo, perejil y sal. Dejar reposar unos minutos antes de servir. Yo lo dejé 2 horas y se absorbió toda el agua, creo que le faltó un poquito, entonces la próxima seguro le pondré las 2 tazas usuales y lo dejaré como 2.5 horas #Receta #HornoSolar #SolarOven #SolarPunkSunday #Foodie #Comidonte

Para la fabricación del horno, ideas de recetas y tiempos de cocción, les recomiendo este libro.
No he hecho ninguna receta tal cual pero me ha dado ideas y sí les pienso copiar algunas en el futuro. #SolarCooking #SolarOven #BookRecommendation #CocinaSolar

Por si me quieren copiar el horno solar. Hacen falta 2 cajas (una para poner dentro de otra), papel aluminio, una tabla de madera, cola blanca para fijar el papel aluminio a las cajas, cinta gris (como de plomero) para cerrar cajas y asegurar todo, botellas de PET y unicel (estereofón) para aislar y una lámina de plástico.
Primero hay que quitarle las tapas de arriba a la caja más pequeña y forrarla de aluminio por dentro. Usamos dos de las 4 tapas que habíamos quitado para hacer una lámina continua al fondo. Al fondo de la caja grande aseguramos la tabla (para dar soporte y que no se mueva la caja pequeña) y la rodeamos de vasos de unicel reutilizado. Luego colocamos la caja encima y la pegamos a la tabla con cinta gris. Después rellenamos los bordes con botellas y más unicel, para aislar ambas cajas, y tapamos eso con pedazos de cartón.
Posteriormente forramos las tapas de la caja grande y por último, cuando la usamos, tapamos encima con el plástico para que no se saliera el calor.
Dentro de la caja pequeña pusimos pedacitos de cerámica para que guarde el calor y un termómetro para saber cómo va la temperatura.
Usamos muchos materiales reutilizados: las cajas, los vasos de unicel (que venimos guardando hace meses), las botellas de PET, el pedazo de madera y los pedazos de mosaico.
#HornoSolar #SolarOven #SolarPunkSunday

Hoy cociné pescado en mi horno solar. En una ollita, puse filetes en trozos con sal, pimienta, jugo de limón y mantequilla. Hora y media después, estaba listo. (Seguro hubiera estado listo un poco antes pero lo revise un par de veces y cuando uno lo abre baja la temperatura). Lo acompañé de un puré que ya tenía listo y ensalada. Totalmente recomendado. #Comidonte #Foodie #SolarCooking #CocinaSolar #SolarOven #SolarPunkSunday

Hoy hicimos un horno solar. Mañana lo probaremos 😊😊 #CocinaSolar #SolarOven

Fun solar oven recipes? Chocolate chip cookies? #solaroven

A Solar Oven for Cloudy Days https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/a-solar-oven-for-cloudy-days/ #low-techhack #greenhacks #SolarHacks #solarpower #solaroven

A Solar Oven for Cloudy Days - Every Boy Scout or Girl Guide probably had the experience of building a simple sol... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/a-solar-oven-for-cloudy-days/ #low-techhack #greenhacks #solarhacks #solarpower #solaroven

Solar oven manual online https://www.patreon.com/posts/141132974 #lowtech #solar #solaroven #solarpunk #lowtechmagazine

Has anyone built a solar oven specifically for use in winter? I have some ideas, and I'd like to know if anyone else has already tried something similar.

#solaroven
#solarcooker

The #solar oven is definitely my preferred way to #cook #summer #squash. It keeps everything nice and moist and it ends up really tender from being heated to such a high heat. The #solaroven is also my favorite way to cook #potatoes #cookingmastodon.

Cooking up some yellow straight neck #summer #squash from the front yard #vegetable #garden in olive oil with basil, parsley, and dill from the #hydroponic garden. Second time in a row using that #herb combination. I'm using the 12V #power function of my GoSun Sport-E hybrid #solaroven because there is a good chance of rain tonight. So this is being powered by my rooftop #solar panels.

#Cooking up some more #zucchini in olive oil and garlic in my #GoSun Sport-E #solar oven. It is an overcast day but that doesn't matter with a #solaroven. The sun still exists behind the clouds and still produces #solarpower which gets reflected onto the tube and converted to heat energy which gets trapped inside and #cooks the food. You can use this oven in any season or weather as long as it is daytime. #gardeningmastodon #cookingmastodon

I have purchased a large #solaroven to use to #bake #homemade #bread using direct #solar power and I can't wait to use it. Soon I will be able to bake my bread completely for free and it won't make my kitchen hot anymore. #baking #bakingmastodon

My new GoSun Sport-e #solar #oven came in today. This is one of GoSun's signature vacuum tube #solarovens but with a twist. Not only can you use it as a regular #solaroven, but you also can plug the food tray into a 12V #power source and cook your food at night. The tray operates at 80W so it can easily be used with GoSun's Power144 and Power266 #battery banks, which you can recharge with their portable #solarpanels. So the twist is that you can cook with #solarpower both day and night. Nifty.

Cooked up some #potatoes in olive oil with rosemary and marjoram in my GoSun #solar oven yesterday for Memorial Day. I'm going to get a bigger #solaroven so I can cook entire meals in it. It is a 100% #sustainable way to cook with #renewable #carbon -free #power.

I asked GoSun if I could get a refund of my $100 deposit on their #solar #EV #charger since I'm now getting one as a perk for #investing in them. They did me one better and offered me a $200 gift card for their online store. So I'm going to purchase one of their Sport-E solar ovens. It is a hybrid #solaroven which works normally in the sun or can be used at night with a 12V power source. I have GoSun's portable 30W solar panel and their 144Wh power bank that is compatible with this. #solarpower

Today I used my solar oven(s) for the first time this year, beating my previous record by about 2 weeks! Air temp outside ranged from 25F to 42F (-3C-5C). Inside the oven the temp reached 180F (82C)
My box oven was joined by a folding panel cooker, design is called the Copenhagen Cooker, it's very effective and easy to make, but more vulnerable to wind. #Solar #SolarCooking #LowTech #SolarOven

@mike @winterknell I believe that the usual method also involves some cardboard, white glue and a transparent oven bag

#solarOven

If you overcook something in a #solaroven, is that a sunburn? 🤔
#cooking #homecooking

@ChrisFerguson @[email protected]
Thanks for sharing, Chris.
I've seen this blowing up in Mastodon but struggled to find a good article like this explaining the situation.
I'm still not 100% clear how this works or affects me as a user. Does it mean that a search for #solarOven will also pull results from Bluesky?
Can I, or my instance, block this bridge if we desire, like blocking threads?

Building on my last post- I've been working on getting more then just a gut feeling about how much sunlight is enough to use a solar cooker. It's sunny today, but is it enough? Need evidence.

What I've figured out, and how I figured it:

1. Last summer I solar cooked a lot. In August, I noticed that even if the sun was still shining, I had to bring in my food around 5 pm, it wouldn't get any more cooked because the sun wasn't bright enough (too low in the sky = more energy lost to the atmosphere, sunlight more diffuse when it hits the ground).
2. From checking sun angle data for my location on timeanddate.com, 5 pm in mid August is when the angle of elevation of the sun drops below 30° so that means the sun needs to be above 30° to cook.
3. Currently, the highest sun altitude angle of the day is 28°. The first day of the year where it reaches 30° is Feb 6th. The first day of the year where it reaches and stays above 30° for at least 3 hours is Feb. 17th.

This means that the first day of the year I could most likely have success cooking something in a solar oven will be February 17th (if weather permits). I've got 2 weeks to build it!
#SolarCooking #SolarOven

The sun is out, birds are chirping, frogs are croaking, flowers are blooming-it feels like winter is over already!

I have a strong inclination to build a new solar cooker. Sunven III, here I come!

Probably still too early, the sun angle is very low at this latitude, but I see that sunlight and just have to try.

#SolarCooking #SolarOven #Spring

Success! Other than overfilling the tray, creating more of a tight muffin TUBE, they cooked perfectly, up to the opening of the oven (which is cooler) it was a little gooey there. Done in full sunshine before noon, 30 mins in the #solaroven #cooking #offgrid

@glightly
> While these are manufactured ovens, the principle is simple enough you can make your own out of cardboard, black paint and a transparent lid

More on this here:

https://www.appropedia.org/Solar_cooker

https://www.appropedia.org/Sunlight_Oven

I've seen very effective solar dehydrators based on similar principles. See;

https://www.appropedia.org/Solar_dehydrator

#RenewableEnergy #PassiveSolar #SolarOven #SolarCooking #SolarDehydration

@msquebanh

Poor Sunven II!
It was getting a bit faded and warped from sitting out in the sun and dew and being used a lot, but I forgot to bring it in before the atmospheric river started last week and it poured buckets every day for a week.
I had to dump the water out of it and the cardboard has turned to mush and will never regain its shape even if dried. The only part I'm saving for Sunven III is the clear acrylic lid.
I still have Sunven 1 at least.
#solarcooking #solaroven

While procrastinating more important tasks, I did a thing for the #SolarOven. The company I got my oven from seemed to no longer carry the little silicone trays they once sold, but I found that tiny rectangular silicone baking trays are easy to find elsewhere for pretty cheap. When they arrived in the mail, I did a test run. They fit great, but the upper corners were a bit to proud, so that when inserting the baking tray into the vacuated tube they would scrunch up a bit. The thing I did was to take a scissor to the upper edges and removed about 0.5mm. This was enough for them to fit nicely. Problem solved!

These make reheating small portions easier, and I look forward to trying to bake some brownies in them soon.

I had some fun today baking crescent rolls in the #SolarOven. We don't usually eat crescents much, but they were very tasty.

This week's #SolarOven project: beef bourguignon. 3.5 hours for a crock pot recipe. (Takes 5-6 hours in the crock pot.)
#SolarCooking #cooking

I made baked brussels sprouts with onion and garlic in the #SolarOven tonight. Forgot to take a picture; they came out good and tasty. I usually like my sprouts pretty well-done, but I may have overdone them this time. Still figuring out how to gauge cooking time.

Made a pretty loaf of #bread in the #SolarOven today. Cheater sourdough with poppy seed top.

"Cheater sourdough" is what I call it when I add a pinch of citric acid to my simple overnight no-knead bread. It just adds a little tang without the work of maintaining a sourdough culture. #SolarCooking

#SolarOven #bread is done. Took an hour to get to 203° internal temperature. (Faster than I expected.) Nice oven spring, but none of the familiar browning. Can't wait to taste it.

Very satisfying to do baking with no electricity or fossil fuels.

#cooking #baking #solar