Solar Cooking: Banana Bread

Tenaya wants to make banana bread in the solar oven, so we did. We followed the solarvore.com recipe for mango-banana bread. Didn’t have mango so we substituted 2 ripe bananas. Batter tasted great.

I SO LOVE THIS SOLAR OVEN!!!

• 1/2 cup coconut oil

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 egg (I used 2 med.…

Solar Cooking: Black Bean Burger Chili

So I’m looking into my freezer and notice I bag full of broken pieces. As I examine closer I figured out I smooshed a bag of black bean burger patties. 

I know I’ll make chili in my new solar oven.

Here are the ingredients I thru together.…

2016 Garden – July

It’s been a hard road to get to this point in the garden. I am so happy I decided to do this. It has been so rewarding.

May 5, 2016
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2016 Garden – April

The Month of April was a good one.

April 17, 2016:

Starters have way out grown their container. I am finally getting around to transferring them into a larger 72 cell tray. While doing this I realized I didn’t actually comprehend how much I planted.…

2016 Garden – March

MARCH 12, 2016:

I’m so excited for this years garden!! I feel it’s going to be another good one!!

Today I planted organic starter plants. Used organic starter soil & my really small spaced planter container. Amended the soil with azomite.…

Mushroom Time!

   
Got some great mushrooms at the discount rack today! Time for some dehydrating!!

Last time I bought a bunch and dehydrated them too. Slices are great for sautéing, soups and stews. Whole dehydrated portobello tops are great for grilled sandwiches!…

Fall Planting Inside – January

 1/7/16: Wow, I’ve done some rearranging since my last inside fall planting post.

I got rid of my grow boxes. They provided me with tons of greens and basil but then it was time to let them rest.

I took my grow shelf and placed them where the grow boxes were. …

Easy RAW Coconut Curry Soup

I had one young Thai coconut left in the fridge, so I decided to make dinner with it. This raw vegan soup is amazing and full of rich flavor. I couldn’t believe it! So simple to make if you have a Vitamix blender.…

7 Layer Breakfast

I like to bake an egg inside a half of avocado, this was my plan for breakfast this morning – but came up with this instead. Makes 2 servings.

• 1 cup or more mashed avocado

• 2 chopped up tortillas or 4 corn to make gluten free

• salsa

• shredded cheese

• 2 – 6 eggs

• seasonings to taste: lemon juice, salt, pepper, chili powder, Italian seasoning etc.…

TOMATOES!

Got all these tomatoes yesterday at a reduced price of $3.99! This is what I did with them today…

9 trays of sliced tomatoes for sun dried tomatoes!

3 half gallon jars of tomato pulp ready to use for salsa or sauces. …