This is my first ever post on my new blog! My intention is to share my adventures in cooking with other folks with similar interests. At the moment, I am totally fascinated with my new kitchen toy–the Instant Pot! (This is where I bought it: Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker, 6Qt/1000W
- I poured 1.25 cups of hot water into the pot. I cut the new potatoes into bite-sized pieces. As it turned out, they would have probably been fine whole. This is a live-and-learn environment!
- I put the clean and snapped fresh green beans on top of the potatoes and then seasoned them with my 3 favorite seasonings. These are my most-used shaker jars. They are fantastic either alone or in combination.
- I put the slices of smoked sausage on top and closed the lid.
- IMPORTANT–I moved the valve to seal instead of vent!
- I set the Instant Pot for 10 minutes of high pressure on manual and walked away.
- It took about 10 minutes to get up to pressure (this is a guess since I walked away!)
- When the magic pot beeped out the song of its people, I did a quick release of the pressure by turning the valve to vent with a hot pad on top. Then I walked away again.
- When I didn’t hear the steam escaping from the other room, I went back to the kitchen and opened ‘er up. Things were quite well cooked. We like our beans not to squeak or be crisp, so everyone was happy here. The potatoes would have been done if I would have kept them whole, I imagine. I could have taken a few minutes off the pressure time and things would have been fine and dandy. But we were quite pleased with how it turned out as it was!
- Total time from putting on the lid to scooping out supper was about 30 minutes. One pot into the dishwasher. No heating up my kitchen on this hot and muggy day. No standing over a stove top to stir. Yes! Definitely a win!
I would love to hear some feedback from YOU! What did you like? What did you not like? I know the photography needs some work. I will work on that for the next time. Anything you want me to try in the magic pot? I have peach cobbler, potato salad and mac and cheese on deck…..
can you post a link to the one you bought so I can get one and follow along??? Is there only one model? I want to try this stuff that you do out.
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Awesome job, Carol! You’ve peaked my interest.
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I’d be very interested in seeing how pasta turns out, both as an ingredient and cooked by itself.
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Stay tuned–Mac and Cheese is on the schedule for the next few days!
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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy……..
Here’s what I liked:
– Ingredients are readily available at any grocery
– Very quick, easy and no mess preparations
– Instructions were very well presented and complete with pictures
– Quick and easy clean-up
Here’s what I didn’t like:
While my eyes enjoyed feasting on your culinary delight…and my mouth salivated with expectations of a very tasty meal…my taste buds were left unsatisfied since i wasn’t there to sample the deliciousness of the excellent meal you and your instant pot prepared.
Guess I’ll have to get an instant pot of my own. Of course I’ll also need to get some of the tastefully simple seasonings. Will I be able to order those from you, or should I try to locate someone local to get them from?
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Just click on the link to Tastefully Simple at the top and it will take you right to my website. You can order whatever you like and it will ship directly to you. Thanks!!
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I have the pressure cooker XL, which is like what you have Carol. I used mine see and I fixed a pork roast, which was frozen, potatoes and carrots. My spices were Tastefully Simple onion, onion and garlic. I mixed them in with a can of celery soup and a can of water. I cooked ot for an hour. The meat was so tender and it was very yummy and so easy to fix.
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Yummy!
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Yay! Going to try it this weekend! Have you done anything with rice or quinoa yet?
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I haven’t. Larry won’t touch either of those so it will have to wait untIL he isn’t around.
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Thank you for your post. This is what I was looking to try for our next meal. Look’s yummy.
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Loved it making now for the second time.
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Delicious! Thank you!!
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Can someone tell me how to do this in the duo plus? It does not have the manual button?! HELP
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I don’t have a Duo Plus but looking of pictures of the display on the Instant Pot website, there is a Manual button on the bottom row of buttons. Hope that helps!
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Would someone tell me the three spices that were used? I am blind and cannot see the pictures. Sounds wonderful though.
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Sharon, the seasonings were garlic salt, onion salt, and something labeled, ‘seasoning salt’.
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Thanks for the description.
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I use seasonings from Tastefully Simple that are a blend. You could probably recreate something close to it with minced garlic, chopped onions and salt.
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Thank you.
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This was delicious. My first foray with the Instant Pot. I love that it didn’t heat up my kitchen, and even more I love that I didn’t have to stand over the stove!
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This is now a family fave! I’ve made it several times now with NO leftovers! Thank you!
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I followed your instructions and our dinner was awesome! Ty!
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I’m going to make this tonight !! Thanks for the info!!
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