OVERVIEW: In this session the student should learn how to cook the foods produced in the garden and how to use a solar cooker.

PURPOSE: To be able to plan meals from the garden and use a solar cooker.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Know what foods the garden can produce
2. Know how to use those vegetables in meals
3. Be able to cook those meals in a solar cooker

RESOURCES/MATERIALS: In the practical students pick foods from the garden or have vegetables available that they cut up and place in a solar cooker. They learn to orient the solar cooker towards the sun and how it works.

RESOURCES:
A Solar Cooker
Recipes
Milk Pasteurization

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:

1. Present the slides for cooking and solar cooking
2. Take time for questions from the students or comments
3. Do a practical with the students cutting up foods and placing in a solar cooker
4. Meet for a review of the material

Slide Shows

TYING IT TOGETHER: At the end of the session, the student should be able to understand how daily garden produce works and how to use a solar cooker