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My Favorite Instant Pot Accessories and Cookbooks

December 16, 2017 by Tiffany Davis 2 Comments

My absolute favorite Instant Pot accessories and cookbooks – these are the things that make your awesome Instant Pot even cooler! Now I love my Instant Pots (yes that is plural because I have 2); they never leave my kitchen counter because I use them all the time. I’ve pretty much retired my, once loved, crock pot because I love how food turns out in the Instant Pot.

Today I want to share with you my favorite Instant Pot accessories and cookbooks. If you have an Instant Pot or you’re giving one away as a gift then any of these Instant Pot accessories and cookbooks would be a great addition!

These Instant Pot accessories and cookbooks are great but be sure to check out my FREE recipes too!

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Amazing Instant Pot Thanksgiving Recipes You Can Try This Year

November 1, 2017 by Tiffany Davis 1 Comment

Instant Pot Thanksgiving Recipes just may be your new holiday tradition! I love love love my Instant Pots – yes I have 2. My personal favorite is the Instant Pot Ultra but they’re all great! They deliver delicious food in a fraction of the time that conventional cooking takes. I get flavorful, moist and yummy foods; no waiting 8 hours like a crock pot.

And this is NOT your mama’s pressure cooker! I know some people are fearful of pressure cooking but the IP takes away all your fears – it is as easy as plug and play. 😉 Mine rarely leave the counter unless it is to go to a pot luck.

This year I went searching for the best Instant Pot Thanksgiving recipes. Why not bring some new traditions into the mix this year, right? So whether you want try one or do the whole stinking meal in your IP, I hope this list of yum helps you out.

I’m sure one of these 25 delicious recipes will be just what you’re looking for!

Amazing Instant Pot Thanksgiving Recipes You Can Try This Year

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Bone Broth 3 Homemade Ways to Make It

February 7, 2017 by Tiffany Davis 4 Comments

Bone Broth 3 Homemade Ways to Make It - Use your stock pot, crock pot or Instant Pot! Bone broth is one of my favorite foods. Great for gut healing, helps the body to fight infections and inflammation, strengthen bones and is said to help hair and nails grow (source). And every grandmother knows that a mug of chicken bone broth is just what you need when you aren’t feeling well. Not to mention using bone broth in your recipes is a delicious option too.

I go through times that I sip on bone broth daily and other times where I only get it once a week. But no matter how often you have it, bone broth should be part of your diet; and making it could never be easier!

I have 3 ways for you to make bone broth: traditional made in a stock pot, crock pot (I use an 8 quart) and Instant Pot methods (or slow, medium, fast). The first, traditional stock pot, bone broth will take a day or 2 to make and requires you watch it closely. The crock pot version doesn’t shave time off but you won’t have to watch it as closely. And with the bone broth with the Instant Pot method will be ready in about 2 hours! Lately the IP method has become a staple around here but I think it is good to know how to make the traditional and crock pot method too.

For this post I am going to be showing you a chicken bone broth but you could do this with beef bones as well. It is recommended that you roast your beef bones prior to making the broth for best flavor and use of the marrow….

Instant Pot Beef Stew Hearty and Delicious

December 21, 2016 by Tiffany Davis 1 Comment

Instant Pot Beef Stew Hearty and Delicious

Instant Pot beef stew has quickly become my winter go-to. Sure Phoenix isn’t freezing but it gets cold enough at night that I start craving stews and soups. The problem is, I’m not always thinking that at the beginning of the day and often forget to put anything in the crock pot. That is why the Instant Pot is my best friend in the kitchen! I can throw all the ingredients for this Instant Pot beef stew and, hit the button and break out my Mother Earth News while it does the work! 😉

The best part is that the stew is going to taste like is slowly simmered all day on your stove top. But should really only take you about an hour start to finish. This should make 6 – 8 hearty portions of this perfect winter stew. Be sure to see a link to the printed version of this recipe at the bottom of the post.

Instant Pot Beef Stew – Ingredients

1 6 quart Instant Pot
2 lbs of stew meat
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
6 oz of tomato paste
5 cups beef broth
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 pound of potatoes, cut into chunks
1 pound baby carrots
2-3 stalks of celery (with leaves that add more flavor), chopped

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Pressure Cooker Pot Roast

June 12, 2016 by Tiffany Davis 1 Comment

Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Pot Roast - delicious fall apart flavor!

Pressure Cooker Pot Roast – herb infused and made with the Instant Pot

I recently purchased an Instant Pot pressure cooker and have been experimenting with recipes. This pressure cooker pot roast is hands down the best chuck roast I’ve ever cooked AND probably ever eaten. I usually cook a pot roast in my slow cooker for 8 or more hours to get that fall apart goodness…but that won’t be happening any more!

You might be wondering why I decided to get an electric pressure cooker when I have a pressure canner/cooker for my stove top. It is a fair question. Frankly my pressure canner is huge and takes a long time to heat up for canning. Not to mention a stove-top pressure cooker needs to be watched fairly closely; while an Instant Pot is a set it and go device. Yes there are less expensive electric pressure cookers on the market too – but I wanted the Instant Pot’s stainless steel cooking pot.

Ok enough jibber about the pots – let’s get to the grub! This roast was so good I couldn’t wait to share the recipe with you, even to get better pictures! So please excuse my cell phone shots here. Trust me, the pictures do not do this pressure cooker pot roast justice!…

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