More Instant Pot Cooking & Food Prep/Storage

 I had a very productive day of food prepping and my Instant Pot got quite the work out.

1) Veggie Chili-I made this for a Sunday Funday and froze the leftovers in Souper Cubes, then popped them out into ziplock bags.

2)Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs-The easiest method for perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs. I used this recipe.  

3) No Soak Instant Pot Black Beans. I used this recipe. I portioned out the cooked beans in the Souper Cubes and froze them

4 )I roasted up some carrots that needed to be used up.

5) I made a big batch of jasmine rice in the Instant Pot and froze it in zip lock bags.

We've used the Instant Pot quite a few times at our Sunday Fundays this summer making Instant Pot Mac & Cheese with this recipe.

and Instant Pot Pesto Cavatapi with Costco Pesto sauce. 

The Instant Pot has become a real work horse in my kitchen. 

Do you have an Instant Pot? What's your favorite thing to make in it?

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Dinners Lately & Loving My New Instant Pot

I am very late to the Instant Pot game but have finally gotten one.  I didn't think I needed another kitchen appliance, especially after downsizing last year but I made an exception.  I found myself needing a second slow cooker and this beauty from Pioneer Woman was on clearance at Walmart and could do so much more than a slow cooker for about the same price.  It was a return but was still brand new in the box.

Isn't she pretty?  So what have I been making in the Instant Pot?

I started very basic with rice. It cooked up perfectly fluffy in a flash.

For Mr. Click's birthday party I used it as a second slow cooker for New England Clam Chowder along with a baked potato bar.

I also made a delicious batch of macaroni and cheese for another get together.

I made Red Lentil Chili in it and cooked up a batch of dried white beans.   I plan on doing that with all different dried beans. They are so easy in the Instant Pot.

As for dinners lately, I've been on a freezer and pantry clean out and here are some of the dinners we've had.

We had a lot of potatoes left over from Mr. Click's birthday party baked potato bar so I tried a new recipe that I saw on Tiktok (of course).  It was parmesan crusted baked potatoes. Yummy!

I also made a big batch of Potato Corn Chowder for another summer gathering. 

I dug into some of my old recipes to use up what we had for some other meals.

Vegan Egg Roll In a Bowl

Easy Peanut Noodles

Slow Cooker Taco Soup

One weekend when City Girl #2 was visiting we went to our favorite Thai restaurant.  

Last night I made the Cannellini Bean, Couscous & Spinach Soup
recipe that I got from Julie.  I added some veggie meatballs that needed to be used up.  

 

What have you been having for dinners lately?

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