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By Judith, 07/01/2009 3:45 pm

While traveling on business last summer, I went to a grand opening of an eco store. There it was sitting in the garden area, cooking little potatoes, a bonafide SUN OVEN.

As I munched a cookie that had been baked in the Sun Oven earlier

I stared like a child watching a birthday cake baking.

This was so cool! The potatoes were being cooked by the sun!

Solar Cooking was about to get better

Years before with my kids, I had made solar ovens out of boxes and oven roasting bags. The results were less than spectacular. But, from then on I was hooked on the idea of solar cooking.

When I finally got back home I found the dealership paperwork on my desk where I had left it. I now knew this was a product that I would love to share. I faxed the paperwork. Soon I would have my very own Sun Oven!

The next week UPS brought my order of ovens. I picked one to be MINE!

So here was my oven freshly unpacked. I wasn’t going to mess around with cookies or potatoes. NO WAY!

The temperature was well over 100. I didn’t want to heat up the house just so the AC could work to cool it off again. And I was so tired of BBQ.

I wanted to cook real, meal food, a chicken. I had one of our farm project chickens defrosted and waiting in the fridge…

After all I had been tracking MY Sun Oven since it left the factory… (I still have the tracking # ) So I had the chicken defrosted and ready to go.

I don’t know why I have such an infatuation with this crazy little oven. Maybe because I waited for years to get one but, I think it is more than that.

When I saw a SUN OVEN in person for the first time at the eco mart I was amazed at the simplicity of the oven.

And for some wild reason the potatoes tasted better and the cookies were somehow more special.This oven is just simply delightful.

Some might even say magical

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Oven potatoes with three cheeses.

Peach Cobbler

Sun Oven helps cook Thanksgiving  DINNER

While the turkey and dressing cooked in the house oven sweet potatoes and

winter squash were cooked outside in the Sun Oven..

The low winter sun blocked by surrounding houses and the move to a new home put a halt to my Solar epicurean delights. At least until we were settled in the new house.

Sun Oven cooking is here to stay!

I love being able to cook and not over heat the house during the summer. The kids enjoy a Sun Oven meal as much as their Dad’s BBQ (well almost). Now that I have my Sun Oven I  use it often.  It’s not a fluff item for me . I’m delighted that I finally made the investment. I think every home should have one of these amazingly simple ovens. They are low tech..and somehow that is wonderfully, deliciously satisfying.

Keep Food REAL!!!

P.S.

Interested in getting a SUN OVEN for yourself?….. got to www.sunovencooking.com

P.S.S.

The chicken cooked in the SUN OVEN was cooked to moist, succulent,tender perfection! Sun Oven chicken has become a  family favorite at my house

I recently baked bread in my Sun Oven and it was AWESOME! I’ll get the pictures of the bread  up in an upcoming post…

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By Judith, 06/30/2009 4:44 pm

It is a favorite daydream of mine to see organic REAL FOOD  drive ins pop up across  this country.. Places that I can take my kids to.  A brightly colored kid friendly environment that they enjoy. Like Chucky Cheese only with REAL wonderful pizzas topped with organic goodies. To wash down the pizza  an array of stevia sweetened sodas in a myriad of flavors.

OR… on a hot summer day to be able to jump in the car or ride our bikes to the drive in, order a delicious grass fed burger with organic fries, fried in non gmo oil and go to the park down by the Boise River…While at the park I can sip on a fair trade organic iced coffee while the kids enjoy an ice cold, organic, strawberry lemonade..

But until my dream becomes reality I  MUST stay away from the existing dead food giants. These franken stein  fast foods ARE compromising our childrens’  health and robbing them of years of life expectancy.

I know how hard it is to resist the convenience of the drive through…. that low blood sugar,  mindless trance of hunger pulls you  right over into the turn lane and before you know it you are hearing ” I’ll take your order when you’re ready”.

Hopefully the videos that I include at the end of  this post will give you some will power..

In the mean time look for alternatives

• natural  food market’s deli counter

• down town bistros and delis. Many of these offer better food choices.

• Local restaurants (not chains)

• chains that are trying….. Baja Fresh and in a pinch Subway but watch out for GMO s and MSG  !ASK!

When   trying a new place ASK questions about menu items. Don’t be embarrassed. You are feeding yourself and YOUR kids. You check out babysitters and make sure that the movies and video games are age appropriate. For crying out loud!! check the FOOD!

I recently found a restaurant that offers organic beef  burgers and  fries prepared without gmo oil!  Even though the burger bun and potatoes are not organic it is a much better option then the media perpetuated, gut bomb factories, that have some how become an American icon…Grrrr\

Knock it off!  STOP eating  trash!

Teach your children that one way to care for their bodies is to be  picky about what they eat. You teach them about stranger danger…or at least you should..   Teach them about strange food danger. Encourage them to be savvy.. Let them know that they’re  being marketed to.

Nasty ads for NASTY FOOD!

Speaking of marketing…Burger Kings latest disgusting ad campaign http://tinyurl.com/no2burgerking should have parents everywhere telling them to stuff their kids meals aka Club BK in the trash where it belongs… If you are as irate as I am about the ad… remind them that they MARKET TO CHILDREN and INAPPROPRIATE ADS with SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED  BY DECENT PARENTS! Their food stinks and now their image is following suit…….I haven’t eaten at BK in YEARS!

Burger King contact info click here

Tell ‘em to quit being STUPID and GROSS! and PLEASE don’t take your kids there… you vote with EVERY dollar that you spend!

Educate your kids AND yourself .

Provide your kids with information that helps them understand WHY you are loving them enough to just say NO to junk food! Tell them you want them to live long, happy, disease free lives.  Share the fact that  eating fast food is an unhealthy choice, just like smoking or doing drugs.

Please teach YOUR children.

Don’t leave something so vital to over worked public school teachers or children’s television programming. YOU the PARENT are their primary teacher. Other input is great, but it should only reinforce what your kids are learning from YOU!

There are side benefits to children learning self-control  in regards to food..

Kids that have an awareness of their body’s nutritional needs and have  an understanding that poor nutrition is the root of many illnesses are equipped to make better choices. When you’ re not around they can figure out for themselves if this food is indeed a food or a poison in disguise.

This knowledge combined with  peer group/media resistance prepares kids to say NO  to alcohol , drugs or premature sex. They will have had  practice in making healthy choices in something that occurs everyday…. EATING!

ENJOY the VIDEOS     if you find them appropriate share them with your kids …… don’t forget to  leave a comment

~Blessings~

Keep Food REAL!!

My  burger should NOT  age better than ME!

This video was done by some kids…..I think they did a great job!

For the Star Wars fans.. my 11yr old son found this one for me!

No mention of GMO’s or MSG ( I wish there was) but she makes a great point about calories and fat intake….