Today's Fourth of July meal was mostly local, mostly solar-cooked, and all vegan.
- Corn on the cob from the CSA - previously steamed in the solar oven and then frozen; reheated in the Tulsi solar oven.
- Veggie hot dogs were heated in a pot of water in the Tulsi solar oven, and put in whole wheat buns with chopped refrigerator sweet pickles made from CSA cucumbers, ketchup (not homemade), and mustard.
- BBQ beans were almost all local. Roma tomatoes were cooked into pulp in the Tulsi solar oven yesterday and then the skins and seeds were strained out. At the same time, a chopped sweet onion braised alongside them. These were combined this morning with some seasonings, vinegar, and brown sugar. The sauce simmered for several hours in the Sunlight Cooker while the pinto beans - from the CSA - cooked in the SunOven.
All this tasty food was washed down with homemade prickly pear lemonade from the juice from locally harvested prickly pear fruit and lemon juice, both preserved in ice cube form in the freezer.
All this tasty food was washed down with homemade prickly pear lemonade from the juice from locally harvested prickly pear fruit and lemon juice, both preserved in ice cube form in the freezer.
5 comments:
oh, yes,
prickly pear lemonade sounds pretty impressive. Is it purple?
shamba
for Sunday dinner, July 4th!
--corn on the cob roasted in solar oven ...
--tomatoes and squash sliced served and eaten raw ... or better with some vinagrette (SP?
--chicken breast and potatoes roasted in solar oven ...
-corn bread baked after main dishes in solar oven.
Veggies from the CSA; chicken from local store;(but where it was before that I don't know) cornbread ingredients, origins not completely known!
And leftovers for tomorrow,
peace, shamba
What a great solar day we had!... now, even burping takes energy... have a great holiday, everyone, and come visit when you can...
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Shamba - sounds like a yummy solar meal for you, too!
The prickly pear lemonade is more of a deep pink than purple. The frozen juice - straight prickly pear juice with no sugar or dilution - is closer to purple.
Sharlene - cook while the sun is out! Not much change to today with cloudy weather and then a nice rain. More rain forecast for this weekend so I'll have to figure out how to do my cooking.
just discovered your blog (thanks to Crunchy Chicken) and enjoying looking through. will definitely subscribe to your feed. thanks for reminding me to actually USE my solar oven
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