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Slow cooking soup
Next up in cooking through my e-cookbooks, I'm trying recipes from Every Day Slow Cooking. I don't have a slow cooker, but my Instant Pot has a slow cooking mode.
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Starting 2021 with cookies
It's been years since I baked cookies. But I had to find something to do with that last 1/2 cup of roast pumpkin.
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Turning veggie scraps into vegetable broth in my Instant Pot
Now that I know how easy it is to make vegetable broth in my Instant Pot, I no longer buy it in the store.
Whenever I prepare fresh vegetables, I put the scraps into a 1-gallon freezer storage bag. In the summer, this included lots of kale stems and quite a few beet leaves. If I cut corn off the cob, I chop the cob in half and toss it in the ( Read more... ) -
A tale of two Instant Pot rice puddings
I love making dessert, if not too much work is involved. The Instant Pot recipe app includes a few desserts, including a recipe for pina colada rice pudding: https://www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pina-colada-rice-pudding/
I like coconut and pineapple, and thought it would be great.
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Roast chicken cooked in the Instant Pot is so moist and tender
When l was researching the Instant Pot, l was excited that I could make an entire roast chicken in the pot. I found a recipe that looked promising (https://www.apinchofhealthy.com/instant-pot-whole-rotisserie-chicken/). The Instant Pot recipe app included a recipe for roast beef with potatoes and carrots. The trick was to do a quick release (vent ( Read more... ) -
Lessons learned from my first attempt to cook rice in my Instant Pot
Somehow, I missed out on hearing about the Instant Pot until recently. I saw a news spot on the inventor and his device. I had been wondering if I should get a rice cooker or a slow cooker or a pressure cooker, but this one device seems to do it all.
The manual is good about the safety warnings and about explaining safe usage of the device. However ( Read more... ) -
What to cook with all the CSA veggies
We received a great variety of veggies in our week 2 CSA basket. Greater variety is more fun. Also, it's easier to figure out what to do with a variety than with several heads of lettuce.
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This year, I start CSA season with salad
The first week or two of the CSA season are typically a bit light. Growing season is short in Canada. But my local farmer has a greenhouse, so we got all the fixings for salad.
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