5 Day Dinner Planning, including Independence Day

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

Instant Pot Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya

  Impress Your Friends and Family When having friends and family over for dinner, you can impress them with this Instant Pot Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya recipe that uses traditional flavors. The vegetables, herbs and proteins really come together to make a comforting rice dish that keeps your family coming back for more. Finishing theRead more

Instant Pot Irish Cream Mini Cheesecakes

  Irish Cream Irish cream cheesecake has become one of my favorite flavors of cheesecake, so far, because of the original full-sized version of this recipe. Now, there are even more options with this Instant Pot version. Using Irish Cream Liqueur (such as Bailey’s, O’Mara’s, or Kirkland brand) provides such great flavor and creaminess toRead more

Instant Pot Blueberry Mini Cheesecakes

Mini Cheesecakes I’ve been craving a blueberry cheesecake, one with the blueberry flavor consistently throughout it. Now, I can have 6 of them, in mini 4 inch form. Each Instant Pot Blueberry Mini Cheesecake is worth about 2 slices of cheesecake. The smaller but not tiny size of these mini cheesecakes makes them extra specialRead more

The Best of Both Worlds Pork Ribs

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

Instant Pot Red Chili (from dry beans)

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

Instant Pot Vanilla Bean Mini Cheesecakes

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

Pressure Cooker Lentil and Sausage Soup

Lentil and Sausage Soup, cooked in an electric pressure cooker

  Comfort in a Bowl There is something comforting about a nice bowl of soup, especially one packed full of vegetables and protein (lentils and other legumes have a lot of protein). Lentil and Sausage Soup has been a favorite in our household for while, and we had long ago made our changes (mainly theRead more

Pressure Cooker Mini Citrus Cheesecakes

Citrus Mini Cheesecakes cooked in a pressure cooker
Pressure cooked (Instant Pot used) mini citrus flavored cheesecakes

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 Cooker Red Beans and Rice

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