Cooking Pizza and Cookies with NO FUEL while van camping in the snow with the GoSun Go solar oven!
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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Come along to the snowy mountains with me as I try to cook vegan pizza and cookies in my GoSun Go solar oven! Camping in a minivan is a little bit glamping - you can have many of the comforts of home!
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Welcome to Minivan Camper Gal! I'm Kelly and I camp and travel in a Chrysler Pacifica Minivan, doing part-time van life. Here you will find van build videos, tips on the digital nomad lifestyle, general travel vlog videos, and more. I'm into minimalism, and I eat a mostly plant-based vegan diet. I'm still learning how to do vegan vanlife well! I have some great vegan camping recipes to share with you, but would love some suggestions, too! Sometimes I stealth camp in the city, but mostly I like to boondock. Join me and my camper van as we embark on all the car camping adventures!
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I am glad that I found your channel, not one van lifer part time or full time has ever shown a solar cooker. Solar cookers are brilliant.
Salt, Ginger, cloves, cinnamon and cardamon
Hi Faith! I know, huh! I tried finding recipes and such, and was surprised there wasn't more out there for this cool oven. Thanks for watching! Ooh, cloves, what do you use that for?
@@minivancampergal1554 Pumpkin pie spice. I eat a pumpkin spice smoothie almost 2/3 days out of the week all year. I love pumpkin pie! Very simple, pumpkin, soy milk, pumpkin pie spice and organic sweetener.
Do you feel better being on a vegan diet?
I feel much better on a vegan diet and I also feel good not contributing to animal suffering.
Great video :)
A can of Apple filling mix with cinnamon sugar. Put spice cake mix on top with butter slices. Makes apple cobbler. Try with peach as well
Ooh, that sounds awesome! Thanks!
I would roll out the crust thinner, then roll the apples in the crust, enclosing the apples. I'd also add a thickener like corn starch, brown sugar, and a dash of lemon juice.
For the pizza, try putting the cheese directly on the crust, first, then mix the sauce with the toppings, and put the filling on top.
For the cookies, maybe just do a crumble, instead.
Love your videos! I appreciate not only your content but your spirit of adventure, exploration and openness. That’s what life is all about!
That little cooker looks convenient although I think I would need four of them with different things staggered in different stages of cooking. Always have a few going! :)
Hi Rob! Haha, yes, I think I might have to get another one soon!
“Warm heaven” is how I feel about cookies too! I’m enjoying your videos and your joy
Haha, thanks for watching!
Not sure how I found your channel but glad I did
Lovely video (I watched 2 others too). I had the GoSun Fusion delivered today - reading a lot of FB posts and watching YT videos, it seems that if you're baking 'dry' food, you need to open the end of the tube up a little bit once it starts cooking. This lets the steam out and should give a more 'baked' finish. Like i said, I've only just bought mine so I haven't tried baked food yet but opening the tube slightly so steam can escape makes sense.
Hey Elizabeth! Ooh, thanks for the tip. Let me know how you like yours!
@@minivancampergal1554 Hi, I've used my GoSun Fusion a 3 times so far (well, 4 if you count using it twice one day). As you probably know the Fusion is a fair bit bigger than the Go and I've cooked sausages (each cut into 4), tomatoes, peppers, onion and potato twice - it was lovely both times. I also did an apple crumble and a rhubarb crumble - both very nice but I didn't open the end slightly either so the crumbles weren't as crispy as I would have liked - next time I think I would do a sponge topping because that would work better with the steam. The last meal I did was using the 12V power supply - the Fusion is a hybrid, solar or 12V/15A used via a solar generator/battery. I did salmon, onion, tomatoes, peppers and potato scallops - there was a lot of veg. That didn't turn out as well because I ran power and didn't realise (rookie error). The salmon was cooked and some of the veg were cooked but the potatoes were only half cooked ... lesson learned! The 12V supply isn't as efficient as solar but in the UK the weather is very mixed at present and we didn't have enough clear skies.I'm looking forward to improving my solar cooking skills though!
I've got 2 GoSun Go's being delivered next week - one for me and one for my daughter who goes backpacking most weekends. They are small but great for places where camp fires or camping stoves aren't allowed.
Enjoy your travels and I hope you get plenty of clear skies for your solar cooking.
Makes sense for sure,,, steam softens things,,, too much~!~
Great ideas for using the sun oven! A lot of folks eat raw cookie dough, so heating it up to warming temp sounds tasty!
If you can afford another oven, the larger diameter oven from KECOP or one of the other Chinese companies that offer them-they are about $200 on amazon. These stoves will fit Mini-Loaf pans and allow you to cook different foods together and/or separate portions.
For those that want to cook meat, the stoves heat to 250F and stay there as the water in the meat boils off. They will definitely brown your meat but it might take cooking longer than the “best” internal temperature-the the meat doesn’t dry out.
These stoves are also great for keeping food warm but you want to let them cool a lot or your food will dry out in a few hours.
The cheese is a must! Otherwise it's more like an open-faced vegetable burrito. 😜
Might try flattening the cookies on the parchment paper before placing in the tray. Thanks for the cool video.
"I thought the cookies were fine, just think if you had chocolate or vanilla ice cream around it would have been perfect, or next time just try chocolate chip cookie bites, "nice work two ❤❤😊thumbs up"!
I love the fun review😊🎉
Thinking about spinach feta wrap. Maybe possible in nomadic life style.
Your solar oven is so
Cool! I would love to have one. love your vids grandma and watch your vids. She bought a van and is looking for how to make it work out for camping. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your story :)
Hey Sara! Thanks for watching - I wish your grandma the best with her journey!
Don’t let the bears smell that🐻 looks like you have fun whatever you make.
Yeah, this is definitely NOT something for bear country!
Thank you for sharing this. I have the GoSun Go as well - but have never used it. I plan to soon and the pizza looks great. I may try to roll all the sauce/toppings inside and crimp the dough closed over the top - make a pizza tube or roll. The cookie - I'd still eat it. Gooey with some vanilla ice cream :) Gonna find your apple pie one next!
warm heaven! hahahaha. that’s a perfect qualifier for anything “cookie”. 😀
Haha, thanks!
That is exactly the way I like to eat my cookies. I cook them on like 400 or 425 so the outside gets kind of hard but the middle is doughy.
Wait until the sun gets hotter your cookies will be fabulous!!!
These videos are fun 🙂
Looked good to me!
How about cinnamon roll twists? It seems like bread works well. I was also thinking about croissant dough and biscuit dough. 😋
Ooh, those all sound good, thanks!
salt, pepper, cinnamon, old bay, lemon pepper. Thanks for sharing your fun!! Yeah pizza!! Maybe try cookies again but individual so all 'sides" brown. You would get less but the butter content would not overwhelm the tube....
Thanks Gwen! I'm not familiar with old bay - I'll have to check it out!
Rather than running the dough (which looked a little thick) all up the sides, it might bake better if you did a flattish "log" down the middle on the bottom. But, as I see from previous comments, quite a few people like "raw" cookie dough and I'm sure yours is safe to eat "raw" (no eggs and slightly pre-cooked flour). Love your videos!
Maybe your solar oven needs a small opening so it can vent moisture out while cooking. Save some for us😇 thanks for sharing. Take care.
You play Piano “Cool” as you can see I love my Bass Guitar. I use to work for SWEETWATER here in Fort Wayne. If you ever happen to come to my neck of the woods check the new SWEETWATER store is awesome. Thanks for the table idea👍 looking forward to your next video. Take care… Angel G. 😇🎸👋🏻
Black pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder and Italian seasoning.
Pineapple with butter cinnamon & sugar…it will all caramelize… Should be delicious!
Ooh, that sounds delicious! I'll have to try that!
I wonder if you cooked the crest for 10-15 minutes before adding the sauce, toppings and cheese if your crust would have been more crisp. I've been thinking about getting the GoSun. Thanks for the demo.
For the pizza, I would put the cheese on the bottom of the crust.
Yeah, I need to work on my pizza skills, ha!
When you make your videos and you show the campgrounds you’re at maybe you can tell us what campground you’re at they look like a nice place to go camping
I had thought about getting a gosun a while ago, but I think I’ll just enjoy watching you use it !
Par cook.the crust? Cook just the crust 1/2 way - add fillings and finish ❤
Ooh good idea, thanks!
Maybe just using thinner pieces of cookie dough I wonder if that shape solar cooker would benefit from having a ceramic middle that could help it hear & cook more from the inside as well? Pizza looked good yummy 😋
Heat not hear :/
Very interesting! I’ve never really seen a solar cooker before but it’s pretty great! Subbed 👍
Absolutely love this -what's not to like about pizza on the go!?!?!?!?!?! Keep making memories & adventure on! ~Karen & Shannon WOY
Hey Karen & Shannon! Thanks for stopping by. I took a look at your channel, you gals do some awesome stuff! Maybe we'll meet up one day. :)
The cookies will probably work better this summer and perhaps with less of the dough per cooking session? Like maybe only cook half the dough each session. I'm definitely going to try it once I find the right pot. Ozark Trail makes a budget thin-walled stainless steel cook set with lid. It's not good for cooking on a fire or stove cuz food sticks. But I think it may be perfect for painting mat black (outside of the pan only) to absorb the heat in a DIY solar cooker. Cardboard & aluminum foil or folded & clamped windshield sun shade. Reflectix, basically! Great channel! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
That is great! 😊
Thanks for showing this!! Also- What I’d put in the five spice thingie: parsley, turmeric, chili pepper, cinnamon, unsweetened cocoa powder!
Ooh, cocoa powder! I might have to get another one - everyone has great suggestions!
Spices for me would include cinnamon, smoked paprika, nutritional yeast, garlic and onion powder. I would carry separate salt and pepper containers. Trader Joe's now has a pizza seasoning, perhaps being able to avoid bringing along a jar of sauce. I might try making a crust from pitas or tortillas, avoiding having to carry a refrigerated crust, or break apart English muffins. Lavosh might also work.
For the pizza, perhaps if you pre baked just the dough then added sauce, etc.?? Just a thought. Cool gadget.
Yeah, I was thinking that too. Or maybe even added the sauce afterwards?
put the cheese over the sauce and then veggies that way the veggies create a barrier between the cheese and the pan. Maybe put a thinner layer of the cookie dough, could the time of day have affected the cookies not cooking all the way?
Put the cheese on after the sauce. I need that gadget.
Love these videos! I wonder how a mini quiche boat made from JustEgg and some chopped veggies might fare...followed by a biscuit and plant-based sausage roll. I suspect the trick with putting vegan cheese in there is to bury it beneath the veggies. Also, I wonder if you cut the parchment paper wide enough that it wrapped a full circle all the way around the inside of the glass, would it help with the issue of stuff sticking to the top? This is so cool and really has me wanting to purchase one of these to try. Thank you so much for sharing your successes and improvements.
Yesssss... that sounds delicious! Thanks for watching!
Mmm how about cherry strudel!😋
Ooh, that sounds wonderful!
cookie crumbles
How/where did you keep the cookies? You said you had the food in the van already before loading up. Was the cookie roll in the van?
I wonder why GoSun uses a tube, as opposed to a square or rectangular cooking vessel? The whole shebang could still be quite small. It would also make putting meals together so much easier, right? While I think I want to make a square solar cooker and give it a try, your pizza looks really, really good!! I LOVE that spice thing. That is excellent and requires so little space. I’d choose salt, pepper, garlic powder onion powder and oregano. I’m so, so happy for you that you are able to enjoy your van in a way that fits your camping/travel style. That’s awesome.
Strength and ease of manufacturing (same reasons why you are not likely to see a square thermos or soda can.) These vacuum collector tubes are made at scale for other applications like building heat pumps. The smaller size ovens look like the are short versions of tubes that are already being made. You would need a whole new process for a square.
Thanks Garth, good to know!
@@GarthMitchell Hmmm. While nobody’s asking for a square thermos or soda can, I can see what you mean, if these look like components already being made for another product. That definitely translates to savings for GoSun and, hopefully, consumers. Thanks letting me know about the heat pump connection. I love learning about how things are made.😃
Maybe try making pizza cookies... add your chocolate and cinnamon on top of pizza dough
Oh, that's a great idea! Maybe with pie crust?
Yes, that too. :)
Red pepper, coriander, tumeric, ginger, garlic.
Ooh, coriander, how do you use that?
@@minivancampergal1554 This herb is used lots of ways. It's not spicy. The entire plant is edible fresh or dried and its seeds can be used whole, cracked or ground. Fresh, most Americans call it cilantro but, refer to the dried seeds in however form as coriander. It's a savory flavor that's used quite a bit in (Asian) Indian cuisine (which is how I use it most), but when you like the flavor, you'll find yourself adding it to lots of foods like soups, potato dishes, meat dishes, breads. I like to add crushed coriander seeds to homemade flat breads with cumin seeds. Coriander and cilantro are also used quite a bit in Greek food. There's a delicious Greek salad (Tabbouleh) made of cilantro and bulgar wheat that I like to make sometimes. Google it. I like chewing on a seed sometimes because I like the taste. Coriander has health benefits, too, but I never think to use it medicinally and couldn't tell you much about it.
Five little spice jars wouldn't cut it for me. I love Indian food and use lots of different spices and herbs. 😊 Didn't mean to write an essay!
@@minivancampergal1554 It just dawned on me that cabbage rolls might be good in that solar oven of yours. Use a couple of cabbage leaves to wrap tomato sauce and leftover rice and veggies with your favorite herbs and spices. I can already taste them!
Putting the cheese on just after the sauce would eliminate the melting onto the tube
Thanks for the tip! I'll have to try it again soon.
Try Banana bread
Salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, crushed red pepper.
Ooh, red pepper, that's a good one!
That pizza looked pretty good! Did the cookies get firmer after they cooled? Spices, hmm, not counting salt and pepper, I'd choose cinnamon, cumin, curry, chili powder and Italian seasoning. Thanks for sharing your solar cooking adventures as well as travels.
OH MY GOSH Lynne. My family and I have been laughing all day because of your comment "Did they get firmer after they cooled?". Um... AFTER they cooled? I have no idea! 😂Why didn't I wait for them to cool?? Duh! They probably would have firmed right up if I hadn't piggied my way through them, lol. 🤣Your comment will be my family's inside joke to me for the rest of time, haha. Maybe I'll have to make another video where I, uh, wait for them to cool! Thanks for watching, and sharing your baking advice!
Have you seen the Carsule car tent?
Hey C! No, not yet, I’ll have to look it up!
@@minivancampergal1554 Seems a bit flimsy but offers some additional protected space for summer car camping and will keep the bugs (mozzies) away. Plus you can store it in your house for when you don't use it? Maybe the company can provide you with one to review? Greetings from SA where winter is approaching. Very mild winter, mind you, in northern parts. I'm looking for a VW Kombi Westfalia early 70s to start my journey!
Enjoy your videos. 🤗🐩
Hi from Australia 👋🏼 where did you get those little back pack bags? Cheers
Hi Joe! I got them off of Amazon - amzn.to/3QzKY4W
@@minivancampergal1554 hey! Thank you so much 😊
How about getting a smaller diameter metal (or glass?!?!) tube that would fit inside the
cooker tube,, and you could make your cookie dough into a thin long rectangle,, and then wrap the dough around the smaller tube, being sure that it'll fit into the cooker tube~!~ And this way (theoretically! LOL!) the dough would cook evenly, because you're able to thin down the dough, and the smaller tube will actually cook almost as well as the outer cooker tube~!~ Maybe!!??!!??!!??!!??
Hm, maybe! I’ll think about it! Thanks!
Awesome video! I eat vegan pizzas on tortillas almost every day. I am homeless whistle-blower investigator & domestic violence victim of one of Epsteins defense attorneys. Another Catch N Kill operation by Trump & his NY real estate attorney Cuomo. I'm dealing with stage 4 uterine cancer. I am surviving because of my vegan diet. Which is very hard to do in summer with no fridge. I am making a super insulated DIY Yetti cooler so ice will last a few days.
I watched your video on boiling water in this solar oven. Then a bunch of DIY solar cookers popped up in my feed. There's so many options & almost no money. The first video was a Hillsbury or Hillsboro County channel where a PhD nutritionist taught us how to make 3 different solar cookers & paint thrift store pots/lids mat black. I use Gardein Ground Be'f sauted w minced garlic & onion, squeeze pizza sauce, diced 🍅, vegan cheese & green onions. I crave them! I am going to make a small solar cooker for vegan Gardein Dirty Rice, beans & rice, and pasta fagioli.
Thank you so.much for the inspiration & solar cooking videos. You just made my life so much easier for the summer! Saved me a lot of money from eating out. $10 for a small salad! 🥴 Blessings to you & your family!
Thanks for watching, I'm really glad my ideas are helping you! Stay safe, and healings to you on your journey.💕
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Looks like it was a bit disappointing, overcooking, undercooking. I wonder how a casserole would turn out? 🤔
Hm, a casserole is a good idea, thanks!
@@minivancampergal1554 Sure thing! Thanks for taking the time to respond to my comments!
That oven seems so annoying. Long cook time. Awkward shape. Small portion. Do you actually like it?
Hey Angeline! I actually do like it. I think it's just so cool to cook food without any fuel - no propane, no battery, no electricity. It's easy enough to just sit out in the sun. It's amazing how hot it gets. Thanks for watching!
What if you baked the crust first, then added pizza stuffs with a bit more baking time