Today is National Lima Bean Respect Day, so we tried out a new variety (Christmas Lima Beans from Ranch Gordo) and fired up the Instant Pot. The beans are a lovely burgundy red on cream color when dry, and I was pleased they they kept their mottled colors when cooked (some beans’ colors fade completely […]
Today was soup weather as the morning started off with rain and hail, accompanied by an occasional flourish of lightning and thunder. We welcomed the storm with a pot of 15 bean soup, made in the Instant Pot. Jim had brought us a bag of mixed beans, and Justin shared his favorite IP […]
National Deviled Egg Day is a good excuse to enjoy some of these tasty treats. Cooking the eggs in the Instant Pot makes them super easy to peel.
Instant Pot hard boiled eggs:
1/2 C water in pot, eggs on rack.
6 min LP, 6 min NR, cool in cold water.
Settling into the couch and tucking into some snacks for Sunday night TV viewing.
Sauté chicken in IP. Add all other ingredients (except cream),
HP 5min, QR.
Add cream and stir.
Recipe Here
Ya know, a special bottle of wine needs a special occasion? I decided a forecast of rain qualified as special. Made an Instant Pot batch of beef stew and opened up my Castle Creek Merlot (a gift) and used a little to de-glaze after sautéing the beef. The nice thing about de-glazing with wine is […]
For St Patrick’s Day, instead of the traditional corned beef and cabbage we tried out a Recipe Tester recipe - Sicilian Fish Stew. It called for swordfish as well as a whole bunch of flavorful and surprising ingredients including: onions, capers, and raisins (!). There were pine nuts and mint in the topping. […]
Celebrating the First Annual World Pulse Day! Black bean soup with lots (and lots) of veggies - so easy in the Instant Pot.
What are Pulses?
Lunch today is ‘Clean out the Fridge Soup’. Started by making broth (soup IP setting) with the last bit of meat and a rib from a post-New Year rib roast, along with leftover goodies from holiday cooking: onion, parsley, rosemary, thyme, plus some bay leaves and peppercorns. Strained that and added it back to IP, […]
Laura’s work group celebrated Election Day with a Chili & Corn Bread contest.
There were lots of entries, lots of variety, and all of them tasted great! She decided to enter a Chile Verde “Very Verde Chili Verde” as well as a batch of Jalapeño Cornbread Poppers “We’re Hot Stuff Cornbread”.
She was edged out on the […]
Very tasty! Used 6 whole chicken thighs. Ate those and promptly defrosted another 6 to make more.
Plenty of sauce - yum
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