Quick and easy recipes for all
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 …
Imagine you’re lying in bed. If you want breakfast ready the night before instead, I make honey yogurt in a jar. The smell of something cooking emanates from the kitchen and gently wakes you up. You think, is today my birthday? Nope. Is it my anniversary? Nah. Is it Mother’s Day? No. Am I dreaming? …
Homemade Pizza Sauce is super easy to make! Just throw all the ingredients into a blender and blend for 30 seconds to a minute and you’ve got yourself pizza sauce! I usually either have some sort of spaghetti sauce or tomatoes on hand. Just thicken spaghetti sauce with tomato paste. Season fresh tomatoes with spices …
While we were dating, my husband surprised me with a dinner date, where he made pizza. He used a pre-made Boboli crust and topped it with pizza sauce, pepperoni, and shredded cheese. After we got married, it became a tradition to make pizza on our wedding anniversary. Our pizza recipe has come a long way …
I’ve forgotten to defrost something from the freezer for dinner more times than I can remember. On those days, we’ve had to resort to our emergency reserve of frozen chicken nuggets. Now with this Instant Pot Frozen Ground Beef Spaghetti, I can still make a meal in half an hour! We can save those emergency …
Here’s another dish that utilizes the quick batter – shallow fry that we discussed in a previous post 10 Minute No Dredging Skillet Chicken Nuggets. You can easily make this Crispy Skillet Sweet and Sour Chicken in 15 minutes. Why bother with Panda Express? Adapted from Omnivore’s Cookbook Sweet and Sour Chicken
The first time I had quinoa was in Peru, while hiking Machu Picchu. I really liked the light, fluffy texture and the nutty taste of quinoa. A year ago, I bought a bag of 4.5 pound bag of quinoa from Costco, thinking it could replace the nutrition-less white rice that my family loves. I was …
A couple of months ago, I posted the 10 Minute No Dredging Skillet Chicken Nuggets and mentioned that this would be the base to many new recipes. Well, this is the first of the many possibilities – 15 Minute Crispy Skillet Mongolian Chicken. The first part of this recipe is just like the 10 Minute …
Have you heard of the classic Taiwanese dish Three Cup Chicken before? If you like this one, 40 minute instant pot red cooked pork shoulder is the pork version we make just as often. Story has it, the original recipe used 1 cup each of the three main ingredients: sesame oil, soy sauce, and shaoxing …
Yes, only 10 minutes – 5 minute prep, 5 minute shallow fry in a skillet – to get yummy, dippable chicken nuggets! Sounds too good to be true? Prove it to yourself by trying these 10 Minute No Dredging Skillet Chicken Nuggets! I’m not a big fan of dredging. It takes time to dredge each …