Solar Lentil Stew

The plan for today was to get dinner started before going to the dentist. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't feel like doing any cooking, solar or non, after dental surgery. Lentil stew seemed like a good option. I could serve it with rice or pasta, or even with the bread I baked yesterday. I chopped up and sauteed an onion, a couple of carrots, some celery, and a few cloves of garlic in some olive oil in one pot, mixed in a can of dice tomatoes and put a cup of dried lentils and some water in another, and off I went. When I got back I mixed it all together. The surgery went well, the stew smelled good, but all I felt like eating was mashed potatoes. So I wound up doing a little more cooking anyway. Martin enjoyed the stew. He had it for lunch and dinner.

Red Lentil Stew

No new and exciting solar cooking today. I made another pot of curried red lentil stew.  I meant to cook the rice in the Sun Oven too. There was plenty of sunshine and time, but I got sidetracked. The Arizona Humane Society called and asked if I could foster a mother cat and her kitten. By the time I got back from picking them up it was too late for any additional solar cooking.


Mother and kitten are resting nicely. They will both be up for adoption when the little one is big enough.