Planning The Week This week will be the American holiday of Independence Day (4th of July), and we are hosting a party for friends and family. The best way I have found to do this, is planning and trying to make some stuff ahead of time (and really lean on my pressure cookers). Here isRead more
White Chili By white chili, I mainly mean that the chili is made with white beans (in this case northern white beans) and poultry, rather than the more traditional red bean chili with beef. We had been making a stove-top version for years, based on a Taste of Home recipe, and this recipe is inspired byRead more
The Best of Both Worlds Combining the cooking methods Instant Pot (or Go Wise) electric pressure cookers and the grill, you get the best of both worlds! Best of all: you can have your pork ribs ready to finish on your grill, long before your guest arrive. By using the high pressure cooking function afterRead more
The Pressure Advantage Chili is better homemade, and it’s never been easier with the Instant Pot. By using pressure, you are able to dry cook beans quicker, without soaking them, and no better dish for that than chili. Since ground beef doesn’t need as much cooking, it get browned on the saute function before everythingRead more
Vanilla Vanilla Bean is such an amazing flavor, and deserves to have it’s own cheesecake (or in this case, mini cheesecakes). These Instant Pot Vanilla Bean Mini Cheesecakes have the sweet and floral notes that you would expect from the vanilla bean paste and vanilla extract. Instant Pot Cheesecakes The 8 quart Instant Pot cooksRead more
Cheesecakes Under Pressure I was gifted an 8 quart Instant Pot DUO yesterday, to add to my pressure cooker collection. The first thing I made (after completing my water test of course), was to run a full batch of my mini cheesecakes through it. This is the same recipe I use for my Mini CitrusRead more
Pressure Cooking Beans The Instant Pot (as well as the GoWise USA) electric pressure cooker does an amazing job at cooking the dried beans, without having to pre-soak or cook all day and made me really enjoy Red Beans and Rice more than I already did. Fresh herbs really brighten up the flavors, while theRead more
Mini Very Chocolate Cheesecake, Top View Very Chocolate When I decided to make a chocolate cheesecake, I decided to put chocolate in every part of the cheesecake. Yes, that is chocolate in every layer of this cheesecake. The result is chocolate graham cracker crusts (with walnuts for texture), a chocolate cheesecake base, a chocolateRead more
I originally made corned beef recipe for my co-workers for lunch (in a medical office break room), and it’s been in my regular rotation at home ever since. And something that makes my heart happy, I literally saw a grown man jump for joy when I mentioned I was making this today. Pressure Cooking OnceRead more
Homemade yogurt and whey, made in the Instant Pot One of the functions of the Instant Pot is the yogurt function (not included in LUX version). This function makes the whole yogurt making process simpler, and allows you to determine the incubation time. This process was created for the 6 quart Instant Pot Duo.Read more
