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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

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

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

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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.