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Arroz con Pollo - Yellow Rice and Chicken

Arroz con Pollo - Yellow Rice and Chicken by Salad Foodie

Spanish, Cuban, South American - a traditional and popular ethnic dish, this ranks among my all time favorites and is comfort food at its best! Most often accompanied by black beans (see link) and green peas. Rice takes on a yellow cast from that most expensive of all herbs - saffron. My mom-in-law used a flavoring packet called Vigo…

2 votes
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Zucchini Chocolate Cake - Solar Baked! with conventional oven option

Zucchini Chocolate Cake - Solar Baked! with conventional oven option by Salad Foodie

One of my absolute favorites and most requested cake recipes is this yummy chocolate cake. Couldn't wait til summer's over to turn the oven on indoors, so I just heated up the solar oven outside! What I especially like is the self-frosting the mini-…

2 votes
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Solar-Baked Banana Bread

Solar-Baked Banana Bread by Salad Foodie

Too hot to bake nut breads? Get the solar cooker out and keep your cool! Just about anything you bake in the conventional oven has a complimentary solar-cooking method. This is my best banana bread recipe and when it’s cooler this fall I’ll post the same recipe baked conventionally. But here using only El Sol for the cooking energy,…

1 vote
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Sweet Southern Sun Tea

Sweet Southern Sun Tea by Wendi Taylor

Good, old-fashioned sweet tea cooked by mother nature & sweetened with real sugar. A traditional southern treat. Note: Yes, there is a school of thought that sun tea can be 'dangerous' because it doesn't get hot enough to kill bacteria - but people have been drinking it for hundreds of years. If you're skittish, don't do it,…

1 vote
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Rice, plain or otherwise

Rice, plain or otherwise by Cindy

Cooking rice in a solar cooker is very easy and turns out very well.

1 vote
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Savory Meatloaf with Zucchini

Savory Meatloaf with Zucchini by Salad Foodie

In planning a birthday dinner for a mutual friend, a fellow-foodie and I devised this juicy meatloaf with prominent herb flavors. We started with 3 different mostly lean ground meats we had on hand (a good quality turkey, deer meat and pork sausage - but you can use any combination you like.) We like the layers of flavor 3 different…

3 votes
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Solar baked potatoes

Solar baked potatoes by Cindy

Easy baked potatoes. You can place your potatoes in the solar oven and do something else.

1 vote
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Solar Green Beans and Bacon

Solar Green Beans and Bacon by Cindy

A family favorite, easy and adaptable. Also can be used in the crockpot or oven. Use low if using the crockpot and about 300* if using the oven.

1 vote
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Solar Macaroni and Cheese

Solar Macaroni and Cheese by Cindy

Easy Macaroni and Cheese for a solar cooker.

1 vote
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