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Instant Pot Risotto Caprese
What’s the best Instant Pot recipe you’ve tried so far? I’ve been asked this question often recently, so here goes… After giving it some thought I think my answer really has to be…Instant Pot Risotto! It was a most surprising success and definitely a favourite recipe on the blog. So here you go, here’s another risotto recipe for your IP that I think you will really enjoy. This one combines the excellent results of cooking risotto in the Instant Pot with the fantastic flavours of my favourite summer salad….tomatoes, bocconcini and fresh basil…how can you go wrong! It’s a delicious way to serve rice in the summer and use up…
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Easy Instant Pot Apple Sauce (vegan friendly)
Hey there Instant Potters… I hope you’re all having a fantastic summer so far. Here’s an easy recipe to make the most of the apples that are already showing up in farmers markets. Homemade apple sauce is so easy to make, in fact I used to make it a lot when my girls were young, instead of buying it. Since there’s no need to add any sugar, you know you’re getting just pure and delicious apples in sauce form with every spoonful! I love using this sauce on pancakes and crepes, or over vanilla ice cream. Sometimes…you might, possibly, find me eating it straight up, right out of the jar.…
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How to cook Quinoa in the Instant Pot + Greek Quinoa Salad
Quinoa in the Instant Pot? I’m surprised you didn’t see it coming. It was just a matter of time… LOL I suspected this tiny grain would work out well in a pressure cooker. So I took a look around online and discovered how to adapt my cooking method for the IP. And I’m happy to report it worked out , just the way I hoped it would. Now, I’m not sure if you my readers are fans of Quinoa, but if you’re not you might want to reconsider this super grain, because it packs a lot of goodness. Quinoa is a low calorie, gluten free grain that is high in…
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Instant Pot Potato Salad Hack
It’s that time of year…potato salad season! The May long weekend in my corner of the world is the beginning of picnics, pool parties and backyard BBQs. And the one dish you’re sure to find at these fun-tastic gatherings is…potato salads. It’s a staple for sure, and it comes in a surprising number of varieties. Today’s post is not a recipe but rather a recipe hack, that you can use with your favourite go-to potato salad recipe. It’s a way to simplify the process using your Instant Pot, of course! THE HACK – one pot cooking, that means cooking both the potatoes and eggs together in the Instant Pot.…
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Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken Pasta With Mushroom + Sun Dried Tomato
One pot cooking is the reason so many of us are loving our Instant Pots. Today’s recipe is the perfect example of how to pull that off. Our colleague and friend Christina suggested this one and I have to tell you that as soon as she started describing it I knew it was a recipe I absolutely had to try. Creamy pasta with chicken, mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes….yes please! It’s the kind of recipe that is perfectly suited for pressure cooking actually, so I was pretty confident the results would be good. She had come across the recipe on Pinterest, but we couldn’t pinpoint the exact one she used.…
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How To Cook Basmati Rice In The Instant Pot
Hot topic of the week, in the world of Instant Potters….. How to cook rice in the IP! Why? Because the word is out that rice cooks perfectly in the Instant Pot, and of course everyone wants to know exactly how to do it. Timing, methods, add-ins, etc, etc…..so many questions. Sometimes recipes for the basics are what stumps us the most, don’t you find. And the Instant Pot is actually really great for cooking the basics. Now as you know, I’m not an expert, just a devoted, slightly obsessed IP user. However I have cooked quite a bit of rice in the instant pot since purchasing it. I have…
