You may feel a little nervous cooking in a solar cooker for the first time. Here are a few recipes to build your confidence. Yes, food actually cooks! And if it doesn't, you can finish cooking the dish in the kitchen, camping store, etc. (It's not a big deal. It's a learning process.)
For consistency, most of these recipes were all cooked in a 27"x34" (69x86cm) Cookit solar cooker with a 6"x3" (15x8cm) cake pan and glass plate/lid. If you are using a different cooker, you can adapt the recipe for your needs by adding/subtracting more time, allowing air to leave the cooker, or rotating the cooker for more or less sunlight.
All cook times are approximate, based on the day and location the recipe was written. The time does not include prep time. If you would like to shorten the cooking time, preheat the cooker while you are prepping the food. (Don't preheat an evacuated tube cooker.) Recipes on this website are not preheated unless specifically noted.
Recipes:
Applesauce (Cookit, 1hour 45 minutes)
Baked Potatoes (Cookit, 2 hours 40 minutes)
English Muffin Pizza (Copenhagen, 45-60 minutes)
Nachos (Cookit, 9-12 minutes)
Poached Eggs (Cookit, 45 minutes)
Quesadilla (Cookit, 10-15 minutes)
Rice_Basmati (Cookit, 45 minutes + 30 minutes soaking)
Rice Cereal Marshmallow Treats (Cookit, 30 minutes)
S'mores (Cookit, 20 minutes)
