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Post by elaine on Sept 14, 2016 13:28:37 GMT
Good morning, everyone! New thread here. We had spaghetti with Bolognese sauce that I made in the IP for dinner last night. I simply love how rich that sauce is! It does take a lot of time to make, by IP standards, but is worth the effort. My husband went back for a bowl of just sauce when the pasta was gone.  |
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Post by anonrefugee on Sept 14, 2016 14:46:35 GMT
I need to try something new, thanks for post!
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Post by oh yvonne on Sept 14, 2016 14:51:08 GMT
I haven't made anything new or different in mine, but I did make some Mexican rice in it the other day.
It's feeling fall-ish over here so I intend to make a bean soup this weekend, with beef shanks for beefy flavor.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 14, 2016 23:43:06 GMT
I haven't made anything new or different in mine, but I did make some Mexican rice in it the other day. It's feeling fall-ish over here so I intend to make a bean soup this weekend, with beef shanks for beefy flavor. Can you give the recipe for the Instant Pot? I'm assuming it's slightly different than your original recipe that we all love. |
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Post by gale w on Sept 14, 2016 23:44:32 GMT
Pork chops w/ potatoes and carrots in the IP. Only one pan to wash tonight.  |
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Post by littlemama on Sept 14, 2016 23:49:07 GMT
I'm not sure what I will make in mine this coming week. On Friday, I am having some very minor oral surgery- on my tongue. Back story that no one asked for: last December, dh accidentally head butted me in the chin, causing me to bite through my tongue on one side. It was late at night, and I didn't figure a Dr was going to do anything about it considering where it was. It didn't heal exactly right, so now I get to have it fixed. Soooooo, to make a long story short (Too Late!), I don't know how much I am going to feel like eating for a few days, and I'm not sure how often I'm going to bite my tongue, so I have nothing planned, but would be open to a simple soup recipe if anyone is still reading at this point and wants to suggest something - not spicy, not acidic, please!
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Post by blarneygirl on Sept 15, 2016 0:22:16 GMT
Nothing new in my IP tonight. Minestrone soup EXCEPT with vegetables swiftly chopped with my KA dicing attachment!  |
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Post by blarneygirl on Sept 15, 2016 0:26:15 GMT
I'm not sure what I will make in mine this coming week. On Friday, I am having some very minor oral surgery- on my tongue. Back story that no one asked for: last December, dh accidentally head butted me in the chin, causing me to bite through my tongue on one side. It was late at night, and I didn't figure a Dr was going to do anything about it considering where it was. It didn't heal exactly right, so now I get to have it fixed. Soooooo, to make a long story short (Too Late!), I don't know how much I am going to feel like eating for a few days, and I'm not sure how often I'm going to bite my tongue, so I have nothing planned, but would be open to a simple soup recipe if anyone is still reading at this point and wants to suggest something - not spicy, not acidic, please! Oooooooh, that makes me queasy! Speedy healing! What about butternut squash soup? You could prepare that ahead of time. I've made it with roasted apple. A little sprinkle of cinnamon. |
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Post by elaine on Sept 15, 2016 11:30:14 GMT
We ate take-out Chinese for dinner, so nothing from the IP for that meal.
In the afternoon, I did make a big pot of mixed bean soup for lunches and put it into small Tupperware and into the freezer.
I took a pound bag of mixed beans for soup that comes with a seasoning packet (and promptly tossed the packet away - too much msg, etc). I diced up about 2/3 cup of a piece of country ham one of my grocery stores sells for seasoning. I sautéed that and a diced onion and 2 tsp minced garlic. Then I tossed in 3 celery stalks and 3 carrots - all diced. Heated them a bit. Then I put in the dried beans, 2 quarts of home made veggie stock, 1 tsp salt (the country ham is very salty), 1 tsp pepper, 1 tablespoon Bavarian Seasoning (by Penzeys), a pinch of cayenne, and 1/2 tablespoon of liquid smoke.
I set it at high pressure for 30 minutes and used natural release. Perfect bean soup! I'm building up a collection of soups in my freezer - it is making my tummy happy.
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Post by farmdpea on Sept 15, 2016 11:36:56 GMT
Y'all...I bought an Instant Pot on Amazon Prime day, and I still haven't used it!  The soups sound wonderful, but it's just still way too hot here for soup. |
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Post by elaine on Sept 15, 2016 11:42:29 GMT
Y'all...I bought an Instant Pot on Amazon Prime day, and I still haven't used it! The soups sound wonderful, but it's just still way too hot here for soup. You must get that pot out of the box! It is lonely.  It is hot here too - hence no baking and very little cooking on the stovetop gets done in my kitchen these days. How about starting with something like potato salad? It is a great cold hot-weather dish. You cook the potatoes and eggs together in the IP. link to a potato salad recipe |
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Post by farmdpea on Sept 15, 2016 11:53:16 GMT
Y'all...I bought an Instant Pot on Amazon Prime day, and I still haven't used it! The soups sound wonderful, but it's just still way too hot here for soup. You must get that pot out of the box! It is lonely. It is hot here too - hence no baking and very little cooking on the stovetop gets done in my kitchen these days. How about starting with something like potato salad? It is a great cold hot-weather dish. You cook the potatoes and eggs together in the IP. link to a potato salad recipeIt's out of the box...I let my mom use it!  To be fair, I live alone so I don't do a whole lot of cooking of any sort! |
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Post by moodyblue on Sept 15, 2016 11:57:55 GMT
We ate take-out Chinese for dinner, so nothing from the IP for that meal. In the afternoon, I did make a big pot of mixed bean soup for lunches and put it into small Tupperware and into the freezer. I took a pound bag of mixed beans for soup that comes with a seasoning packet (and promptly tossed the packet away - too much msg, etc). I diced up about 2/3 cup of a piece of country ham one of my grocery stores sells for seasoning. I sautéed that and a diced onion and 2 tsp minced garlic. Then I tossed in 3 celery stalks and 3 carrots - all diced. Heated them a bit. Then I put in the dried beans, 2 quarts of home made veggie stock, 1 tsp salt (the country ham is very salty), 1 tsp pepper, 1 tablespoon Bavarian Seasoning (by Penzeys), a pinch of cayenne, and 1/2 tablespoon of liquid smoke. I set it at high pressure for 30 minutes and used natural release. Perfect bean soup! I'm building up a collection of soups in my freezer - it is making my tummy happy. I love bean soup! Can you put this in the recipe thread, please? |
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Post by monklady123 on Sept 15, 2016 12:25:20 GMT
I haven't made anything new or different in mine, but I did make some Mexican rice in it the other day. It's feeling fall-ish over here so I intend to make a bean soup this weekend, with beef shanks for beefy flavor. Ugh, I wish it was feeling "fall-ish" here. I SO want to make soup. I'd eat soup for dinner even now, because after all the air conditioning is going full blast. But my dh will not eat it in the summer. sigh... Soon, soon. I hope! Yes, I also would like your Mexican rice recipe. I'm assuming it's your regular one that's been adapted for the IP? Pretty please... I actually cooked on the stove top last night!  It's one of our tried and true Desperation Dinners recipes, Cuban Picadillo. I'm sure I could have done it in the IP, but I didn't. However, a couple days ago while I was cleaning out my bedroom closet  I had a rice pudding attack. So I went and made some. SO easy because I stuck it on and then went back to cleaning the closet. I even forgot about it during the NPR stage and it went 12 minutes over the time. If that had happened on the stove (IF I would ever make it on the stove top, which I wouldn't) it would have burned. But in the IP it was fine. Quite yummy. I ate a bunch of it warm, and then I stuck the rest in a solid-color container (so you can't see through it) and hid it in the back of the refrigerator. I'm not sharing with dh. hehehehe   So tonight is leftover picadillo and then tomorrow I think I'll make the creamy tuscan garlic chicken (from This Old Gal). SaveSave |
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Sept 15, 2016 12:36:54 GMT
I have been making Taiwanese Beef Noodle soup a bit too much lately. I tried it last week in the instant pot and it is so much better than I have ever made it!
In case anyone is interested:
1 lbs beef stew cubes
One onion sliced
4 - 5 cups beef broth (i used 5 cups water and two boullion cubes)
3 dried red chili's
3 or 4 pods star anise
2 cloves garlic
Bit of ginger dried or whole.
1/4 soy sauce
3 tbs tomato paste
Carrots,
Vegetables (whatever you have. I usually do zucchini, carrots and peppers) and bok choy or kale
Udon noodles
I brown the meat and sautee onions, add some chopped carrots. Add in broth, soy sauce, tomato paste and garlic and ginger. I add the chili and the anise in a fillable tea bag so I can fish it out.I pressure cook on manual for 18 minutes. Add in vegetables and bok choy and do 1 minute hp. Quick release and stir in udon noodles to warm. Serve in large bowl with broth.
When I lived in Taiwan I used to eat this three times a week. It was so delicious. This recipe has never been as good as it was but this is as good as it gets!
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Post by scrappert on Sept 15, 2016 14:01:15 GMT
I may try this one this weekend, depending on the weather. If it's too warm, it just doesn't feel like beef stew time!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 14:14:21 GMT
If you are blessed to have a Wegmans in your area, they have a new recipe book out that has some pressure cooker recipes in it. I am looking for the online link and will add it when I find it. Wegmans Pressure Cooker Recipes |
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Post by keknj on Sept 16, 2016 0:18:42 GMT
Been a crazy few days here. Monday I made pinto beans with smoked sausage with unlocked beans. They were inconsistent. Some were soft and luscious and some were hard little almost rocks. I think I will try soaking them next time.
Last night I used it to heat up frozen pulled pork. It worked wonderfully. Then I made a cheesecake. We had it tonight and it was yummy.
Tonight I made smothered steak using cube steak. It was good, but I need to work on seasoning. It was a bit flat. I have yogurt going now. It's a busy little pot!
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Post by keknj on Sept 17, 2016 0:39:25 GMT
We fell to the 3rd page! Just BTT. I had a girls night out so no cooking for me.
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Post by elaine on Sept 17, 2016 0:54:27 GMT
I made two rotisserie chickens last night which we had for dinner. After dinner, the carcasses went into the 8 quart IP and I got 5 quarts of fresh chicken stock. Tonight I'm going to look for a new chicken soup recipe and try that tomorrow.
Tonight was pick-your-favorite-soup from the freezer. Dh and I had bean soup, ds1 had turkey veggie soup and ds2 had tomato. I love having an assortment of fresh pressure cooker soups in the freezer.
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Post by Ryann on Sept 17, 2016 1:26:25 GMT
I made two rotisserie chickens last night which we had for dinner. After dinner, the carcasses went into the 8 quart IP and I got 5 quarts of fresh chicken stock. Tonight I'm going to look for a new chicken soup recipe and try that tomorrow. Tonight was pick-your-favorite-soup from the freezer. Dh and I had bean soup, ds1 had turkey veggie soup and ds2 had tomato. I love having an assortment of fresh pressure cooker soups in the freezer. I aspire to be you in the kitchen, elaine ! We bought a chest freezer that should be delivered in a couple of weeks and I have the KitchenAid dicer/food processor sitting in a box in my foyer waiting to be opened! I dream of a freezer full of soup, chili, stew, egg bakes and assorted baked goods. My hope is to get a few different varieties of each so when I'm too lazy, tired or busy to cook dinner, the freezer can decide dinner for me instead of me asking DH to bring home take out for dinner. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 2:57:10 GMT
I made pinto beans in the IP last night. Had beans and rice and cornbread for dinner. Tonight, I cooked some pork in the IP and put that, the leftover beans and rice out, with assorted fixings and we had do-it-yourself burrito bowls and breakfast tacos. I've been wanting to try some soups in the IP, but it's still so dang hot here. I think I'll start making some ahead and freezing in small batches. Thanks for the inspiration, elaine ! Rainy_Day_Woman, I can't wait to try your Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup. DS has talked about how good it is over there. First cool night, and that will be my dinner ! TFS |
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Post by Lexica on Sept 17, 2016 3:41:46 GMT
I made two rotisserie chickens last night which we had for dinner. After dinner, the carcasses went into the 8 quart IP and I got 5 quarts of fresh chicken stock. Tonight I'm going to look for a new chicken soup recipe and try that tomorrow. Tonight was pick-your-favorite-soup from the freezer. Dh and I had bean soup, ds1 had turkey veggie soup and ds2 had tomato. I love having an assortment of fresh pressure cooker soups in the freezer. I have a few chicken carcasses in my freezer that I want to cook down to stock. I usually do it on the regular stove. How long did you do them in the IP? I don't know why that didn't occur to me. I just did 3 of them on the stove a couple of days ago and need to turn the rest of them into stock to return to the freezer. It takes up much less room as stock in containers. SaveSave |
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Post by elaine on Sept 17, 2016 3:47:07 GMT
I made two rotisserie chickens last night which we had for dinner. After dinner, the carcasses went into the 8 quart IP and I got 5 quarts of fresh chicken stock. Tonight I'm going to look for a new chicken soup recipe and try that tomorrow. Tonight was pick-your-favorite-soup from the freezer. Dh and I had bean soup, ds1 had turkey veggie soup and ds2 had tomato. I love having an assortment of fresh pressure cooker soups in the freezer. I have a few chicken carcasses in my freezer that I want to cook down to stock. I usually do it on the regular stove. How long did you do them in the IP? I don't know why that didn't occur to me. I just did 3 of them on the stove a couple of days ago and need to turn the rest of them into stock to return to the freezer. It takes up much less room as stock in containers. SaveSave45 minutes in the IP and you have the most tasty stock you have ever made. I add a couple of carrots cut in half, 2-3 stalks of celery cut in thirds, an onion quartered, a couple of bay leaves, 4 cloves of garlic and some salt and whole peppercorns. And then strain it all, of course. I store it in quart sized mason jars in the freezer. |
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Post by Lexica on Sept 17, 2016 3:57:42 GMT
Thank you, elaine! That is pretty much what I do on my stove too. I don't add salt though because sometimes I use the stock to rehydrate the cat's raw food. At least, I do try to when I have some available. Although they love that raw stuff, so they don't really need much encouragement to eat it. It just looks better to me than adding warm water. Stupid, I admit it. I do give the dog the carrots out of mine too. He loves carrots! I will often just steam up a handful of those baby carrots that usually come in the snack packs. When he smells them, he comes running in and immediately goes into whatever trick he thinks I want to see. It always cracks me up. Especially when he plays dead. He comes charging from wherever he was, usually looking out the front window, bolts around the corner, sliding to a stop in the kitchen, and falls over dead and just lays there, eyes open and tail wagging, waiting for me to praise him. I sure love that dog! I'm going to go pick up a few more containers to freeze in and do up the rest of the chickens in there tomorrow. |
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Post by peajays on Sept 17, 2016 17:54:37 GMT
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Post by karinms on Sept 17, 2016 18:10:43 GMT
I'm a newbie and have a so that doesn't like soup, stews or anything mixed together, ha. So far I've made eggs for egg salad (which he loved) and I just made potato salad which we'll have with burgers tonight. I am planning on tomato soup today also to share with my 21 you when he comes up to visit us.
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Post by acian7223 on Sept 18, 2016 16:09:54 GMT
Tried making this recipe today (I don't remember which IP book I got it out of.) It's okay, definitely could use more flavor. Plus it made A LOT (which I knew would happen, but morning was too early for the math of cutting the recipe down) 😉 I didn't too with anything because I'm not a big fan of nuts and I mainly eat fruit on it's own rather than in/with something. But maybe that would've helped?  |
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Post by terlynrn on Sept 18, 2016 18:35:36 GMT
I have been thinking about getting an air fryer. Can you tell me which brand you like and do you like using an air fryer? Thanks
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Post by Merge on Sept 18, 2016 18:45:02 GMT
I'm making this Creamy Thai Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup today, modified for the IP. I'm thinking five minutes at high pressure and then natural release should be sufficient cook time. I normally use my stick blender for pureed soups, but I want this one to be extra creamy, so I'm going to let it cool a bit and then dump it in the Vitamix. I'm making it ahead for lunches this week anyway, so no need to keep it hot. Later in the week I'm making enchilada soup for dinner the IP. It's still the dog days of summer here, but I'm itching for fall, so we'll just bump up the AC, eat our soup and pretend.  elaine, I'd love your bolognese recipe! |
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To be fair, I live alone so I don't do a whole lot of cooking of any sort! 
