Kitchen

[Mj12]

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@tiny 2 wrote:

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@Mj12 wrote:

I've been working at home since March so I have plenty of time to cook but would rather not, so I love our IP.  Meats are more tender IMO.  Rice, hard boiled eggs - all great.  Last night I made a ham & bean soup in the IP with dried beans.  Came out perfect in 1 hour.

ETA - it's just the 2 of us, we have the 6qt (bought on Amazon)

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@Mj12, Would you be willing to tell how to do the ham and bean soup? I have been dusting  my IP for almost a year.

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Hi @tiny 2 sure - it is the easiest thing to cook IMO.  I buy the package of spiral ham slices (approx 2 lbs) - toss that in the IP.  Rinse/sort 1 package of dried beans (you can use Northern or Pinto or anything) - then toss that in the IP.  Add water to cover the beans by approx. 2".  I did a manual cook for 40 minutes and for this I always do the natural release.  If I did a quick release I would have ham & beans on my ceiling.  I actually found the recipe from You Tube.  I'll find the link for you.

ETA - link:

https://www.recipesthatcrock.com/instant-pot-ham-beans/

[LindaLatte]

That teapot sounds neat.  

a teapot that heats the water and brews tea and lifts the basket up so it doesn't over steep

Would you please share the brand name? 

Thanks.

Linda

[tiny 2]

@Mj12, Thank You so much. I will try it!!! Thanks for the link too.

[CelticCrafter]

I still use an old school, pick the pressure amount, top of the stove pressure cooker!

[Sooner]

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@LindaLatte wrote:

That teapot sounds neat.  

a teapot that heats the water and brews tea and lifts the basket up so it doesn't over steep

Would you please share the brand name? 

Thanks.

Linda

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@LindaLatte It is the Breville One Touch teamaker.  I got mine at Williams-Sonoma about 5 years and ued every discount, rebate and coupon I had! LOL!!!

They make a smaller version also now.  It does a. great job!

[LindaLatte]

Thanks for the information about the teapot.

Just FYI to all -- I went ahead and ordered the Instant Pot from Amazon.  Thanks to all of you for your comments.

Linda

[Tallgal]

Cut the spaghetti squash in half, clean out the seeds and pulp.    Place the halved spaghetti squash on the trivet.  Add 1 cup of water.  If your spaghetti squash is 3 lbs or less cook on high presssure for 7 minutes.  After cooking do a quick release.  Recently I cooked a whole spaghetti squash in the Instant Pot,  I cut slits in the entire squash and added 1 cup of water.   This cooked well but after cooking I had to clean out the seeds and pulp from the cooked squash.  I prefer cutting up and cleaning the squash before cooking.  I always Google recipes for cook times for what I am cooking in the Instant Pot.  Hope this helps!

[shoesnbags]

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@Tallgal wrote:

Cut the spaghetti squash in half, clean out the seeds and pulp.    Place the halved spaghetti squash on the trivet.  Add 1 cup of water.  If your spaghetti squash is 3 lbs or less cook on high presssure for 7 minutes.  After cooking do a quick release.  Recently I cooked a whole spaghetti squash in the Instant Pot,  I cut slits in the entire squash and added 1 cup of water.   This cooked well but after cooking I had to clean out the seeds and pulp from the cooked squash.  I prefer cutting up and cleaning the squash before cooking.  I always Google recipes for cook times for what I am cooking in the Instant Pot.  Hope this helps!

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Thanks @Tallgal.  I'll definitely try this. 

[Icegoddess]

I never really got the hang of the pressue cookers.  I have a small CE one and I'll cook potatoes or boiled eggs in it, but that's about it so far.  Mostly, I use a slow cooker for chili.  I figured out that when you cook meats and veggies together in a crock pot they all end up tasting the same and I don't like that, so I'm afraid the same would happen with a pressure cooker.   

For me, the air fryer and a grill are kitchen essentials, but I'm not eating a plant based diet and have no plans to.