Story in St. George

The Villager Sun Oven was in St. George on Saturday doing some classes and was picked up by the television station in that area, KCSG. You can watch the video from the segment, which lasts about 2.5 minutes and talks about many of the different elements of the Sun Oven - environmentally friendly, great tasting food (more moist) and just something fun to cook in.

Click here to see story, then click on WATCH VIDEO.

Newspaper Article on Villager Sun Oven

Here is a link to the article in the St. George Spectrum from its class and visit to the area yesterday. More photos from the event will be posted later, but enjoy the article. It will be making it's way to northern Utah on Tuesday of next week, so keep you eyes peeled.

Click here to read article.

Villager Sun Oven on Tour in Utah (April 3-18)

The Villger Sun Oven is coming to Utah from April 3 through April 18. For those of you who are not familiar with the Villager, here is a brief excerpt pulled from their Web site, about the Villager:

"The VILLAGER SUN OVEN® is designed for large-scale feeding situations that require cooking great volumes of food quickly. Even though it is called an oven, enormous quantities of food can be boiled, steamed or baked at cooking temperatures of 500° F / 260° C with no fuel costs."

Here is a list of the times, dates and locations that the Villager Sun Oven will be featured during it's Utah Tour.

• Saturday, April 4 - St. George - Vernon Worthen Park 300 South 400 E. St. George, Utah


• Tuesday, April 7 - Salt Lake City - Good Things Utah (Channel 4) at 10 a.m.


• Wednesday, April 8 - Salt Lake City - KSL Studio 5 (Channel 5) at 11 a.m.


• Saturday, April 11 - West Jordan - Kitchen Kneads 7579 S Redwood Rd. (801) 561-9616


• Saturday, April 18 - Logan/Providence - Maceys 50 North Highway 165 (435)-753-3301

If you are interested in seeing the Villager Sun Oven, you are welcome to e-mail sunovensusa@gmail.com to request a presentation, and we will see what is available.

Once the tour in Utah is complete, the Villager Sun Oven will head to California for a Google Earth Earth Day celebration. Earth Day is planned for April 22, 2009, the same day as the event in California. Here in Utah, the Sun Oven will be featured at Earthfest at the Union Plaza at the University of Utah from 10:30AM-1:30PM.

Take these opportunities to learn more about solar cooking and get a glimpse of the Villager of Global Sun Oven. They are pretty cool. We will keep posting information about the progress of the tour, so be ready for more updates.

Here are some photos that I was sent last week. I know this blog focuses a lot on Sun Ovens in Utah, but these photos from Arizona are very applicable to things that can be done in Utah with Sun Ovens. An LDS Ward in Arizona had a neighborhood picnic and the food was cooked in the Sun Oven. Here is some of the text from the e-mail I was sent:

"We had a Ward Picnic last weekend and we had seven ovens with all kinds of meat from chuck roast, Pork Tenderloin, Tri Tip Roast and BB ribs. Everyone had a great time...and others commented on how simple it was and delicious the food." - Terry

The photos are pretty cool, and even though the weather in Utah is very snowy this week, this could be a great way of coordinating a ward or neighborhood activity here in Utah as the spring weather emerges from the white of winter.

Here is a recipe and story that was submitted to sunovensusa@gmail.com. It looks like a great recipe, so people might have to try it out. Thanks to Sherry for submitting the recipe and story. Everyone is welcome to share their experiences and we are happy to post them to the blog.

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I just received my Sun Oven today and cooked the following recipe for our supper. When I cook it in my conventional oven, the top dries out and the meat sticks to the pan, but in the Sun Oven it was moist and slipped right out of the loaf pans that I purchased with the oven.

I look forward to baking a batch of bread in it soon :-)

Sherry
Manti, Utah

Potato Meat Pie
1 lb. ground beef
8 servings (2 2/3 cups) instant potato flakes
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 Tbs minced onion
1/4 cup ketchup
1 cup milk
1/8 cup margarine (1/4 cube)
1/2 cup shredded cheese.

Mix beef, 1 1/3 cup dry potato flakes, egg, 1/2 tsp salt, pepper, onion, ketchup, and 1/2 cup milk

Place in 2 loaf pans.

Bake 325-350 degrees . . . 1 hour 15+ minutes in Sun Oven (until meat is cooked.)

Potato Topping
Boil 1 1/3 cups water with 1/8 cup margarine and 1/2 tsp salt
Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup milk to boiling water
Stir in 1 1/3 cups dry instant potato flakes

Spread on top of meatloaf
Top with shredded cheese
Return to Sun Oven until cheese is melted
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Indoor cooking with a Sun Oven

This may sound a little different, but I was able to cook inside using the Sun Oven. I work in downtown Salt Lake during the day, which makes it a little difficult to set up my Sun Oven outside of my office to cook a lunch.

So, just for fun I set up the Sun Oven in the large conference room at my office, where the sun shines directly through, and let it heat up for about 20 minutes. Then I stuck my corn dogs in it and left them for about 30 minutes. When I got back to them, they were crisp and ready to eat. I would have to admit that the Sun Oven cooked corn dog was a lot better than the soggy ones I usually get out of the microwave.

I guess it goes to show that the Sun Oven really can be used where ever there is sun - indoor and outdoor.

The photo shows it in it's indoor action. Sorry, no video for this one. Maybe another time.

News story on Sun Ovens in Utah

A local television news station recently did a story on Sun Ovens in Utah. It was a great story that showed how the Sun Oven works here in Utah, and how there are so many benefits to using the Sun Oven.

Here is a link to the video: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=5845295

The two people who were featured in the segment, LaRue Howells and Kitchen Kneads (West Jordan) are dealers of the Sun Oven, so for anyone interested in purchasing a Sun Oven, here is their contact information:

LaRue - (801) 278-9473
Kitchen Kneads - (801) 561-9616
Click here to link to other dealers of the Sun Oven in Utah, which are located throughout the state

Enjoy watching the segment.