Instant Tabasco – 1 minute in the pressure cooker!
Your pressure cooker can extract most of the the color and flavor from hot peppers in one minute at high... Read More »
View ArticleI Can’t Believe It’s Not Pesto!
Don’t tell the picky eater in your household that this pasta sauce is a vitamin-charged Zucchini puree’- at least not... Read More »
View ArticleTwo easy ways to steam rice in the pressure cooker
The pressure cooker’s sealed environment and boundless steam make it the perfect kitchen appliance to cook rice. Grains, and in... Read More »
View ArticlePotato & Porcini Green Bean Salad OR Casserole!
However you think these three ingredients will taste together, this dish will taste even better. I sometimes put my tasteination... Read More »
View ArticleLentil Risotto – peasant cooking under pressure
This dish is satisfying, healthy, filling and one of my husband’s favorites! Italians make this dish by cooking lentils and... Read More »
View ArticleGot soy milk? Make it in the pressure cooker!
Make delicious ivory silky soy milk at home in minutes (after a day or two of soaking the beans) and... Read More »
View ArticleA Pressure Cooker Classic: Steamed Artichokes
Artichokes are the darlings of the pressure cooker’s repertoire – tough, fibrous and tricky to get perfectly tender – the... Read More »
View ArticlePressure Cooker Tip: Stand-up for Asparagus!
When you want to steam asparagus, but not cut the stems down to the size of your steamer basket, stand... Read More »
View ArticleOld is New, again: Kamut, Arugula & Orange Salad
Kamut has a long, varied and mostly forgotten past. Theories of its origins boil down to two: an Egyptian staple... Read More »
View ArticleQuick & Spicy Mango Chutney Under Pressure
Tangy, spicy and sweet a chutney can be made in the pressure cooker in just minutes. We’ve pressure cooked marmalade... Read More »
View ArticleMillet! It’s the new quinoa.
Millet is a high-protein grain that will pressure cook in a flash to tender perfection. The mild, delicately nutty and lightly sweet-tasting millet can replace rice, couscous or quinoa in any recipe.
View ArticleTapioca Pudding – no soaking, stirring or waiting!
Cook tapioca pudding in minutes with a pressure cooker, not hours of soaking, stirring and waiting. There are lots of... Read More »
View ArticleTease spaghetti right out of that squash!
Spaghetti squash has yet to be discovered or grown outside of America. Its flesh is so fibrous that it resembles home-made pasta - and the pressure cooker, in my opinion, gives this squash the best...
View ArticleShort-cut Potatoes: bake potatoes in half the time!
Sometimes, a boiled potato won't do. On a whim, and then over and over and over again, I tossed the potatoes in the pressure cooker to pre-cook them a bit while my oven was pre-heating. WOW!
View ArticleBeet it, just beet it. Beet it!
Beets pack a nutritional punch with high concentration of beta carotene, folic acid and more but cooking them from fresh... Read More »
View ArticleQuick Cranberry Sauce from Dried Berries
The pressure cooker is used to quickly re-hydrate the cranberries with a squeeze of lemon to bring them back to life- the result is thick, tart, and lightly firm cranberry sauce.
View ArticlePressure Cooked Sicilian Summer Vegetable Medley – Caponatina
Caponatina is a lighter and easier version to make than its cousin Caponata – which requires frying three ingredients separately.... Read More »
View ArticlePressure Cooker Peperonata
Peperonata is not only versatile in it’s uses as an accompaniment to meat and fish dishes, it can be... Read More »
View ArticlePolenta Five Ways – Pressure Cooker Recipe & Technique with Variations
Boiled, baked, grilled, fried or even room-temperature, polenta is one of those dishes that is incredibly flexible in it’s methods... Read More »
View ArticleRed Wine Stewed Pears – Fruity & Sweet!
Sweet and tart at the same time, no dessert stuns more with it’s beauty than wine stewed pears! Just peel,... Read More »
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