Put your homemade solar cooker to the test with one of our solar oven recipes. Each of our solar oven recipes are easy to make, but do require time and patience!
Solar Oven Recipes: Main Courses
Mini Pizzas
English muffin
Tomato sauce
Cheese, sliced or shredded
Other toppings (optional)
Small metal tray or piece of aluminum foil
Oven mitten
Homemade solar cooker
Open the English muffin. Put the tomato sauce on each half.
Put the cheese over the tomato sauce.
Place any extra toppings on top of the cheese.
Place the mini pizzas on the cooking tray or a piece of aluminum foil.
Place the homemade solar cooker in the sun. Make sure the sun is shining directly into the oven.
Carefully put your pizzas in your solar oven.
Check the homemade solar cooker every ten minutes. As the sun moves, you may need to move your oven to keep it in the light.
When the cheese melts, your mini pizzas are done! This may take 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on how warm and sunny it is outside.
With an oven mitten, carefully remove your pizzas from the solar cooker. Let the pizzas cool for 5-15 minutes before eating.
Cheese Quesadillas
Cheese, sliced or shredded
Tortillas
Small metal tray or piece of aluminum foil
Oven mitten
Solar power cooker
Put cheese on one half of the tortilla.
Fold tortilla in half.
Place the tortilla on the cooking tray or a piece of aluminum foil.
Place the homemade solar cooker in the sun. Make sure the sun is shining directly into the oven.
Carefully put your tortilla in your solar oven.
Check the homemade solar cooker every ten minutes. As the sun moves, you may need to move your oven to keep it in the light.
When the cheese melts, your solar quesadilla is done! This may take 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on how warm and sunny it is outside.
With an oven mitten, carefully remove your tortilla from the solar cooker. Let it cool for 5-15 minutes before eating.
Turkey & Cheese Melts
Bread, bagels, or English muffins
Cheese, sliced
Turkey,sliced
Small metal tray or piece of aluminum foil
Oven mitten
Favorite condiments (mustard, mayo, etc)
Solar box oven
Layer cheese and turkey on bread. Add favorite condiments.
Place sandwich on the cooking tray or a piece of aluminum foil.
Place the homemade solar cooker in the sun. Make sure the sun is shining directly into the oven.
Carefully put the sandwich in your solar oven.
Check the homemade solar cooker every ten minutes. As the sun moves, you may need to move your oven to keep it in the light.
When the cheese melts, your turkey melt is done! This may take 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on how warm and sunny it is outside.
With an oven mitten, carefully remove your melt from the solar cooker. Let it cool for 5-15 minutes before eating.
Solar Oven Recipes: Snack & Dessert Time!
Solar Nachos
Tortilla chips
Shredded cheese
Optional: refried bean, sour cream, tomatoes
Small metal tray, or piece of aluminum foil
Oven mitten
Solar power cooker
Put tortilla chips on the cooking tray or a piece of aluminum foil.
Sprinkle cheese over chips. Add any additional toppings.
Place the homemade solar cooker in the sun. Make sure the sun is shining directly into the oven.
Carefully put the nachos in your solar oven.
Check the homemade solar cooker every ten minutes. As the sun moves, you may need to move your oven to keep it in the light.
When the cheese melts, your solar nachos are done! This may take 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on how warm and sunny it is outside.
With an oven mitten, carefully remove your nachos from the solar cooker. Let them cool for 5-15 minutes before eating.
Smore's Recipe
Graham cracker
1 large or 3-4 small marshmallows
Chocolate
Small metal tray, or piece of aluminum foil
Oven mitten
Homemade solar cooker
Break the graham cracker in half. Place it on the cooking tray or a piece of aluminum foil.
Break off a piece of chocolate, (slightly smaller than the graham cracker) and place it on the graham cracker.
Place 1 large or 3-4 small marshmallows on top of the chocolate. Put other half of graham cracker on top.
Put other half of graham cracker on top.
Carefully put the smores in your solar oven.
Check the homemade solar cooker every ten minutes. As the sun moves, you may need to move your oven to keep it in the light.
When the chocolate melts, your dessert is done! This may take 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on how warm and sunny it is outside.
With an oven mitten, carefully remove your smores from the solar cooker. Let it cool for 5-15 minutes before eating.
What else can you make in your homemade solar cooker? Be creative and come up with your own solar oven recipes!
Choose items that are pre-cooked to heat in your solar box oven.
