Making food in your car is easy just by using a jar. In order to learn more about solar cooking with a re-sealable glass jar in your car, consult the article: “Solar Cooking: Eat like a King in Your Car”
A Courier’s Breakfast or Lunch on the Dash
Next to instant soups, breakfast oatmeal made with old trail mix is the easiest dashboard recipe around. Simply add the correct amounts of water and instant oatmeal to your solar camping jar. Put in some of the old trail mix you have that is going stale. After a few hours in direct sunlight, you have delicious and warm oatmeal ready to eat for lunchtime.
4×4 Dried Fruit Compote
Everyone loves to grab trail mixes and dried fruit at the gas station when they go camping. By adding your favorite dried fruits with some fruit juice (cranberry, apple, or orange juice work best), you can have a warm and tasty sweet desert cooked in the dashboard window of your campervan. Keep in mind that it can over expand. For this reason, only fill the jar up halfway for your first compote experiment.
Semi-Tractor Trailer Dried Rice Recipes
Pre-cooked dried rice that cooks in minutes is great for adding to beef jerky and dried refried beans. This makes a jambalaya style recipe if you add some chili powder and thyme. You can also make “fried” rice by adding a couple of bullion cubes and a can of Veg-all to your dried rice solar meals.
Mexican Night In the Car
When it comes to campervan recipes, the lifestyle surrounding it is also important to eating like a king. Camping for long periods of time means your closest grocery store is a gas station. If you can find access to a grocery, one of the best meals is making a full Mexican dinner.
To make hot refried beans, plan ahead and use your solar cooking jar. You can also make Mexican style rice by adding a jar of salsa to quick cooking rice and sealing that up in your solar cooker.
RV Shepherds Pie
Advanced solar chefs put canned biscuits in a jar and cook them in their dashboard. For this reason, there is a variation on shepherd’s pie that takes a little bit of practice to make perfect. Instant mashed potatoes, tinned beef soup, and canned biscuits is all you need.
Make sure to put the biscuits in first and let them cook for a couple of hours. When they are hardened, add the other ingredients. You will want to put enough mashed potatoes in to absorb the extra juice from the soup. After three more hours in direct light on the dashboard, the pie is complete.