by Gabrielle | Mar 5, 2015 | Side Dishes
My weekly vegetable box delivery comes with a page of fun tidbits about the produce and the farms that grow it. This week I learned that Belgian endive is grown either indoors or underground to keep it from turning green. It also informed me that braised endive is...
by Gabrielle | Jan 19, 2015 | Side Dishes, Squash, Vegetarian
This colorful side dish goes well with chicken, pork, or even eggs. If you sauté the onions it the baking pan while you peel and cut up the squash you’ll have fewer pans to wash – and that’s always a good thing. Sun Baked Squash Gratin Ingredients 2...
by Gabrielle | Jan 14, 2015 | Side Dishes, Vegetarian
I’m still working my way through last week’s box of vegetables. Today I sliced up the cabbage, roasted it in the Sun Oven, and enjoyed it with lunch. Now all that’s left are the beets and the butternut squash. I’m ready for another box. Sun...
by Gabrielle | Dec 20, 2014 | Daily Solar Cooking Recipe, Side Dishes
These would take just as long to cook stovetop as they do in the Sun Oven. But in the Sun Oven, not only do you save on fuel, you don’t need to constantly monitor them as you would stovetop. If you can’t find cipolline onions (I had to go to three...
by Gabrielle | Dec 4, 2014 | Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Rutabagas are often overlooked at the grocery store. So much so that you’ll probably have to tell the cashier what they are. Sun Roasted Root Vegetables Ingredients 2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks 2 medium red potatoes, scrubbed and cut into chunks 1 small...
by Gabrielle | Nov 19, 2014 | Daily Solar Cooking Recipe, Side Dishes
Cranberry sauce is so easy to prepare stove top that I’ve never really though about making it in my Sun Oven. After all, you just combine the ingredients in a sauce pan, bring it to a boil, simmer a few minutes, let it cool, and it’s done. It practically...