What to do when you have a buncha beans laying around that you got for cheap? Red beans & rice of course! It helps to have some sausage and bacon laying around too. Actually most of the ingredients in this recipe we got discounted (old bell peppers… About to expire bacon… Half-off rope sausage…). A … Continue reading Instant Pot: Red Beans and Rice
So I bought TWO packages of on-sale stew meat – the pieces weren’t uniform and varied greatly in size! I used one for the Taiwanese beef noodle soup, but didn’t feel like making another stew.. On Facebook one of the most popular recipes for IP is Mongolian beef which is normally a stir fry with … Continue reading Instant Pot: Mongolian Beef
$0.99 pineapple oh what to do? Search for IP recipes of course! I usually think of dinner ideas last minute so the IP helps with getting dinner on the table at a reasonable hour :). This Hawaiian chicken is a tasty one! Most other recipes I see involve a slow cooker or a grill- this … Continue reading Instant Pot: Hawaiian Chicken
I first caught wind of the Instant Pot (an electric pressure cooker with 6-7 functions) on a professional women’s Facebook group. One could come home from work and have dinner on the table in 20 minutes and not even defrost anything! This was very intriguing to me so of course I drank the Kool-Aid and … Continue reading Instant Pot: Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Hsu-Chef (say "Sous-Chef!") 