Get Ready for Some Hummus

It's hard to believe that the weather in Phoenix is still so unpredictable. Before I started this blog I thought we had non stop sunshine almost every day of the year. While it's true that we can go a whole year without needing to wear socks; clouds seem to be as common as sunshine lately. The skies were so uncertain today that the only thing I dared put it the Sun Oven was a batch of dried fava beans. The sun came and went throughout the day, but in the end I wound up with a nice pot of mush. I'll use it to make hummus for super bowl Sunday.

Solar Oven Fava Bean Hummus

When I got up this morning I had no idea what I would put in the sun oven today. I foraged around in the pantry and found a bag of dried fava beans. Perfect! No need to soak overnight, just rinse and put in a pot with some water. I used the cooked beans to make hummus. I actually prefer it to chickpea hummus. It's not exactly dinner but I only said I would cook something in my solar oven every sunny day for a year, not a complete meal. Anyway the hummus is delicious.