Instant Pot Recipe Sources

I often get asked where I find my recipes for the The Instant Pot.  In fact my friend, Ellen, asked me a few minutes ago.  It’s been on my list to post so thanks Ellen for the motivation.  For someone who was timid about using the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker over a year ago and sat 20 feet away while I did the water test, it now has a permanent place on my kitchen counter.  I started with the brown rice, quinoa and steel oats recipes from the cookbook that came with the appliance. Soon I wanted a little more and begin branching out into blogs which then led me to some amazing cookbooks.  There are times I’ll take two recipes from different sources and tweak it to my palate.  

Here are two of my favorite instant pot cookbooks.  Also be sure to check out their websites – there is a lot of valuable information and recipes. 

Cookbooks

Instant Loss

This Old Gal’s Pressure Cooker Cookbook

Websites

This Old Gal

Instant Loss

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Appliances are only as good as the recipes going into them.  Pictured below is Chicken Tortilla Soup from the Instant Loss Cookbook.  This recipe is quick and delicious because everything goes into the pot  at once and 13-15 minutes later it is done.  I am a big fan of homecoming because unlike going out to eat – the cook is in control of what ingredients and how much of those ingredients go in.

 

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Apple Muffins

These muffins are packed with yummy ingredients and go together quickly once you have your 1 cup of fresh apples, diced.

Apple Muffins
These muffins were inspired from a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks. I added a little almond flour and used caramel stevia.
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Ingredients
  1. 1 cup Silk almond/coconut milk or milk of your choice
  2. I cup peeled and finely diced apples
  3. 2 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil
  4. 1 Tbsp ground flax
  5. 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  6. 5 drops of liquid caramel stevia
  7. 2 cups of spelt or all purpose flour
  8. 1/3 cup of almond flour
  9. 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  10. 2 tsp baking power
  11. 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  12. 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners in muffin tin. Spray coconut cooking spray into each paper liner.
  2. Add first 6 ingredients in small bowl and stir. Let sit for at least 5 minutes
  3. Combine remaining ingredients in a larger bowl and stir.
  4. Add wet ingredients.
  5. Mix until all ingredients are mixed well.
  6. Fill batter into muffin tin. (I used a small cookie scoop - 2 scoop of batter fills each cup evening)
  7. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack for 10 minutes before removing.
Adapted from Chocolate Covered Katie
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Here are a few more recipes using apples:

Stuffed Apples

Apple Blueberry Steel Oats

Here is one of my favorite kitchen tools:

Medium Cookie Scoop

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50/50 Breakfast

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Happy New Year.  I want to share a fun way to get several breakfast favorites in one dish.

When I was a child, I used to enjoy a 50/50 ice cream bar.  Do you remember those?  They were an orange sherbet on one side and vanilla ice cream on the other.  The best part of this ice cream is that you didn’t have to make a choice between sherbet and ice cream – you could have a little of both.

So this inspired an idea for breakfast.   When it’s cold outside, oatmeal is especially appealing but after I workout in the morning, I also need a little protein.  So I pulled out a ramekin and decided to make a breakfast dish that provided both.

These can be made ahead and frozen.  You know I’m a big fan of cooking once and eating often to decrease the mess in the kitchen.

50/50 Breakfast
An easy to make breakfast. Think about making several and freezing a few for use later on.
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Ingredients
  1. 1-2 eggs, scrambled
  2. Prepared steel oats - follow the directions on package
  3. Bacon - 1 slice
  4. Cinnamon
  5. Honey or Fruit Sweet
Instructions
  1. 1. Scramble eggs and season. Place in 1/2 of ramekin
  2. 2. Cook steel oats. Stir in cinnamon and sweeten to taste.
  3. 3. Place oats in other half of ramekin.
  4. 4. Cook bacon to desired doneness. Cut in small pieces and sprinkle on top on egg portion.
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What is your favorite way to eat oatmeal?

Here are a few other ideas on eating oatmeal….

Cherry Nut Steal Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal – Apple Version

Strawberry Steel Oats Sundae

 

 

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