It’s mid-January and that means we are eating lots of comfort food. Basically, it is dinner-in-a-bowl season at our house. We love a good saucy protein atop a steaming bowl of rice to get us through an evening of playing and dancing with our little lady, and maybe watching Frozen once or twice or a...
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Pressure Cooker Basics Part 4: Cleaning and Caring for your Pressure Cooker
Welcome to Part 4 of Pressure Cooker Basics. This is the final post in this series. Now that we’ve talked about several of the fun and delicious things you can make in your Instant Pot, it’s time to be sure you know how to clean and care for it. There's nothing complicated about caring for...
Pressure Cooker Basics Part 3: Additional Functions
Welcome back to my Pressure Cooker Basics series. Today, in Part 3, I’ll be sharing some additional functions that your Instant Pot pressure cooker can do beyond the basics we’ve already talked about in Part 1 and Part 2. In addition to pressure cooking, it also functions as a slow-cooker, a steamer, a rice cooker,...
Pressure Cooker Basics Part 2: Adapting Recipes for Use in the Pressure Cooker
Welcome back to my Pressure Cooker Basics series. In Part 2 I will be sharing some tips and hints to keep in mind when you’re trying to adapt your existing favorite recipes for use in the pressure cooker. These are just basic principles that I’ve picked up during my adventures that will help you feel...
Pressure Cooker Basics Part 1: Everyday Uses
Welcome to Pressure Cooker Basics Part 1. This is the first in a four-part series about using a pressure cooker. Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing my favorite go-to uses for my pressure cooker, some tips for adapting other recipes for use with a pressure cooker, additional functions of pressure cookers, and how...