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All our favorite posts about eco-friendly cooking with the sun using a solar oven including easy recipes posted on TexasHomesteader.com

Chocolate Sweet Potato Brownies – Gluten Free & No Refined Sugar!

 by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Have fun eating your vegetables! This Sweet Potato Brownie Recipe is gluten-free and has no refined sugar.  They’re moist, delicious and chocolaty. Eat healthy but still enjoy your sweets. 

These sugar free chocolate brownies are made with sweet potatoes! #TexasHomesteader

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Wireless Bluetooth Meat Thermometer For The Grill or Solar Oven

by Texas Homesteader ~  

A wireless meat thermometer makes cooking meat to the perfect temperature a breeze. No wires means it’s easier to use in the oven, on the grill or even in my solar oven. And I monitor temperatures right from my phone!Wireless Bluetooth MEATER Meat Thermometer with smartphone app. #TexasHomesteader

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Enjoying A Cold, Sugar-Free Minty Beverage

 by Texas Homesteader ~

I like to serve healthier beverages. It’s important to drink water, but sometimes it get cat boring. What about a minty drink that’s sugar free. Is there any such thing?

Recently I was looking at my mint bed which is doing VERY well #thankyouverymuch. A little too well actually. It’s spreading in places I’d rather it not grow.

But while I was thinning the rambling mint runners, it smelled so dang good. I wondered if I could use it for a refreshingly-cold minty drink?

I've got chocolate mint growing outside & a gorgeous Stevia plant too. Why not brew it into a refreshingly cold, sweetened minty beverage? #TexasHomesteader

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Using FREE Solar Energy To Brew Your Tea

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RancherMan loves his iced tea. I love that it’s a healthier drink option for him than many other choices. And brewing our own tea means no trash. Plus it’s super cheap.

All. Good. Stuff.

But did you know it doesn’t necessarily have to be hot outside to brew tea? All you really need is sunshine. There are a couple of ways I’m able to provide RancherMan with that delicious beverage he loves. Brewed in winter or summer: No purchased energy necessary!

Sun Tea - quick to brew using the power of the sun whether winter or summer. A delicious, healthy and trash free beverage. #TexasHomesteader

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Easy Pumpkin Bread Recipe (with Cake-Mix Shortcut)

Texas Homesteader ~ 

Fall is in the air, and for me that always means PUMPKIN! This homemade pumpkin bread recipe has a huge shortcut – a boxed cake mix. Simply blend cake mix, required oil/butter, eggs, pumpkin puree and spices. Simple. Fast. Delicious!

Quick & Easy Pumpkin Bread Recipe. This one uses a shortcut of a box of cakemix. Quick, Easy & DELICIOUS! #TexasHomesteader

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Summer Cooking: Savory Meatloaf Recipe (Includes Solar Cooking Option)

by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Meatloaf is a versatile comfort food and we enjoy it often. It’s a flexible recipe and you can use crumbled leftover meatloaf in many dishes on subsequent nights to get supper on the table FAST! 

I'm cooking up our favorite comfort food - meatloaf! I'm using my solar oven to cook it but the recipe includes standard oven directions too #TexasHomesteader

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