Return Of The Solar Cooker

We recently replaced our old CooKit from Solar Cookers International. This is a very simple solar cooker made of foil-coated cardboard which reflects sunlight into a black cooking pot that is placed in a transparent roasting bag. It’s timely having the new cooker, for it’s definitely solar cooking weather—long clear hot Davis summer days.

It’s so convenient. Yesterday I threw some quinoa pilaf into the pot with diced tomatoes and garlic and put it outside when I left for work, orienting the cooker to the southwest, and when I returned late in the afternoon it was ready to eat for dinner! This was good since the house was pretty hot and I didn’t want to cook inside. Today the meal was artichokes—yum.