Thank you for this timely list. One more way to save energy, in addition to dehydrating food with the sun, you can use a solar cooker (I have a simple one made of cardboard & foil) to make anything you'd normally cook in a slow cooker. This is a new to me, but so far I have tried: fruit cobbler, lentil soup, and carnitas. They all turned out great (the soup was actually better than in my slow cooker!).
Thank you for this timely list. One more way to save energy, in addition to dehydrating food with the sun, you can use a solar cooker (I have a simple one made of cardboard & foil) to make anything you'd normally cook in a slow cooker. This is a new to me, but so far I have tried: fruit cobbler, lentil soup, and carnitas. They all turned out great (the soup was actually better than in my slow cooker!).