With all of the disasters that have happened lately, many families have been without electricity, and experiencing the joys of cooking and serving meals to their families in spite of the challenges. Others have electricity but not a full kitchen to ... Read More
Getting Started With Solar Cooking
How long can you go without craving a hot, homemade meal, if you have been eating only cold rations and snacks? If you’ve ever been without power for more than just a couple of days, eating cold ravioli or tuna out of the can gets really old, really ... Read More
Solavore Sport Oven Review
I have been using the Solavore Sport Oven for the past month and had an opportunity to review this product. When the unit arrived, I noticed that it was lightweight, and it was easy to put all the “parts” together. This is just a matter of ... Read More
How Many Off-Grid Cooking Methods Do You Have?
When you buy, or otherwise acquire, preparedness supplies, do you practice with them or are you a prep hoarder? I think I've been guilty of both, especially with off-grid cooking methods. Maybe you know what I mean. Preppers are notorious for ... Read More
The new Global Sun Oven review
When asked which solar cooker oven I recommend, I always mention the Global Sun Oven. It was the very first solar oven I owned and it shows plenty of wear and tear. It's more expensive than other versions, but its designers came up with creative ... Read More
DIY Solar Cookers
This is a guide to different kinds of solar cookers. I’ve worked with these fun little devices myself, on models used by NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations) to help feed the poor in Africa. Solar cookers are cheap to make and need only sunlight ... Read More
10 Great Collapse-Day Recipes for the Solar Cooker:
Guest post by Heidi, who had way too much fun coming up with these recipe titles! You'll appreciate these someday when the grid is down and zombies are walking up your front sidewalk! 1. I Don't Want to Bean Hungry Bean Bake 2. Lentil Me ... Read More
10 Day Collapse-Day Recipes for the Solar Cooker
Guest post by Heidi. This list was a finalist in our list contest. The judges loved her creative recipe titles! One of your back-up cooking methods should be a solar cooker. You can make your own (plenty of directions online) or take a look at the ... Read More
High-tech vs. Low-tech, it’s all good!
In this world of modern day prepping, high-tech survival tools and gadgets are everywhere. For example, the SteriPEN. If you haven't added one of these to your bug-out bag or camping gear, you really should check it out. With the press of a button ... Read More
Can your solar cooker do THIS??
I've been using my Sun Oven for every day cooking but this last week wanted to really put it to the test. The Sun Oven website claims it can be used to cook hard boiled eggs without using any water. That was my first test. On a sunny afternoon, ... Read More
