Cooking With Sunshine - Reduce Burns and Increase Camping Fun

Do you have the great memories of camp as a kid? You go to the beach, the woods, the back of the property grandparents? This is often one of the most memorable adventures and loved in our childhood and now I am a mother, I take my little family camping often.

We usually have a campfire, but my kids call him as a black magic. This is not something to take lightly - Campfires are mortal risk to children. Research at Children's Hospital in Brisbane has found that most children admitted to hospital due to injuries from fire cite require some form of scar therapy and often surgery *.

There are a few main reasons fire are so dangerous to children - direct exposure severe burns, fire burning debris escape and landing on clothing or hair, and smoke inhalation. Campfire smoke can cause permanent damage to the lungs of young people.

So we took a new approach to reduce the risk and invested in a solar oven! A solar oven is a bit likes a portable microwave - accept it is powered entirely by the sun, so it is not necessary to power generators, firewood or gas purchase.

It works a bit likes riding in a car on a hot day - the sun heats the oven and heat traps there, creating a perfect environment to cook almost any meal.

A solar oven can be used as an oven to bake cakes, roasts, cookies and breads. It also functions as a pan, make excellent stews, soups, rice and vegetables. If you support the lid slightly open so moisture can escape, a solar oven works as a network and can make a great piece of fish in a short time. Used in this way, also can be dehydrated food. It can quickly boil water, which can be useful for pasteurization, or just a cup of tea!

We use the sun oven solar cooking, because after having a go with a few different types (one of which we did) Cook Sun was the most effective. It was heat faster, and the heat is maintained for longer. It is so effective that we cook all breads, cakes, stews, rice, even a roast lamb and vegetables.

He is a good guy camper, as it can be used during fire bans, and is very safe for children to use, with a little caution. We took ours to cook for a group of ten people camping with a menu of boiled banana and cinnamon for breakfast, cheese pizza for lunch and then put a roast chicken and vegetables for about 13 hours of sunset parts.
                                           
Kids will love it because they can see what is cooking through the glass cover and engage with what is for lunch (in our case, families, generally is CAKE!). Reduces the risk of burns, and the need to look around for fuel.