Solar-baked stuffed peppers

Solar-baked stuffed peppers
Originally uploaded by wbajzek

And, the final assembly! Two green bell peppers stuffed with spanish rice and refried beans, topped with some colby uncheese, and cooked in the solar cooker for about 4 hours. See how the uncheese browned? Nice! I wish it had melted a bit, but you can't win them all.

Refried beans

Refried beans
Originally uploaded by wbajzek

Pinto beans cooked twice in the pressure cooker, with a change of water in between, as recommended on Miss Vickie's website. After draining them, I sauteed an onion in the cooker, added back the beans, some pomi, salt, and bean water, and mashed it up. This is the best version of this that I've made yet.