I’m writing this so I can stop searching my electronic post-it notes for how to cook vegetables in my Instant Pot. I’d be very happy if it proved useful to the rest of the online world as well. I use my slow cooker for making main courses or complete meals once a week or so, all winter long. I’m using the Instant Pot to cook vegetables almost every day…. Yesterday … Continue reading →
I lied. I thought I was done making dinner in the Instant Pot, but I was wrong. I found this recipe in one of my cook books and was curious…. Stew is not something one makes with sausage. Still, it was a cool, rainy night, I had some nice smoked sausages, and I was feeling lazy. I liked the idea that everything was just tossed in and cooked. As always, … Continue reading →
The grills have come out of the barn, been dusted off, and are ready for use. This will likely be the last Instant Pot recipe of this season. I’ll still be using it for beans, artichokes, and white asparagus, but summer cooking is outdoor cooking – and I get a break. After the success of the Teriyaki Chicken & Rice I was ready to try another, similar idea. This is … Continue reading →
This was another learning experience with my Instant Pot. I was skeptical of leaving skin on the chicken. We both love crispy chicken skin and both hate limp chicken skin. I always skin the thighs when I cook them in the slow cooker but never when they are done in the oven or on the barbecue. My concern about the Instant Pot was that the steam built up during the … Continue reading →
This is a Cottage Pie rather than a Shepherd’s Pie because it’s made with beef, not lamb. It’s made in the Instant Pot with shredded potatoes rather than the oven with mashed potatoes because…. Well, why not? I made this on one of those rare nights when I really needed something quick and was not in the mood to cook. We had spent a long day running errands, which is … Continue reading →
I love cabbage of all colors but I particularly love red cabbage. It’s sweet and sour flavor goes well with assertive meats like duck, goose or venison; and with bland meats like chicken breasts. Toss it with pasta, eat it over potatoes, add it to sandwiches….. When one is cooking for two and cooking something the size of a cabbage it’s important that the result be flexible. We like it … Continue reading →
One of the things I like best about learning to use new toys is clear, concise, consistent directions. It would appear that such directions are not available for the Instant Pot. I would attribute the lack to the fact that most recipes seem to be created on the fly by amateur cooks and not rigorously tested like in the cook books of old. Or they’re tested but no thought is … Continue reading →
