It was just one of those days… rush rush rush. I started lunch late and needed a quick veggie. Carrots in the Instant Pot would be fast! I filled a measuring cup with water and started pouring it into the Instant Pot. Envision a slow motion scream NoooooOOOOOOoooooo! The inner pot wasn’t in the Instant …
How to Avoid Instant Pot Burns
Have you ever tried to make something in the Instant Pot and get the Burn message? I’ve had this happen twice in the 4 months I’ve owned the Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus. With my 2013 Instant Pot LUX-50, I never had burn issues in the 7 years of using it! The older Instant Pot …
Foil is NOT non-stick!
I can’t count the number of times that I’ve been foiled by the foil, where yummy deliciousness is stuck to the foil making it inaccessible to my taste buds. When will I learn my lesson? Foil is NOT non-stick. In my younger days, I recall putting foil on cookie sheets when baking biscuits from a …
Use Foil!
Usually I’m pretty good at lining baking pans with foil for easier cleanup. However, with kids fighting in the background, plus rushing to get food out on the table because I didn’t prep earlier, things get a missed. Like putting foil on a baking tray. Yes, it sucks cleaning a stuck on tray. Can’t just …
When You Hear Crackling, Don’t look in the Pot!
I was trying to burn off the liquid for a recipe that I was testing for the Instant Pot 1-2-3-4-5 Pork Ribs while trying to set up the photo area for this blog. I had just set up lights and turned off the overhead lights when I heard crackling, popping sounds coming from the Instant …