I’ve gotten lots of requests for recipes that I make in the Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker. Â I was leery about buying one. Â For me, the $100 or so that it cost was a lot of money for me to spend on a kitchen appliance that I wasn’t sure I would use. Â I use it ALL THE TIME. Â It’s gotten to be right hand for me.
My problem is this…I am not a recipe girl. Â I just get an idea in my head and give it a try.
Here’s an example. Â Last week I was feeding the childcare kiddos hot dogs. Â I didn’t have buns and honestly, the kids don’t like buns so I needed a different item from the bread group. Â A thought jumped in my brain that said cheesy rice would be perfect so I tried to think how I could make that.
I know the regular recipe for rice is 1 1/2 cups water to 1 cup rice. Â Hit the rice button and I have rice. Â My thought was- “how do I modify that to make cheesy rice?” Â This is what I did….I thought about mac and cheese in the box. Â It needs milk, butter and the cheese sauce so how to I improvise.
I put in 1 cup of milk, 1/2 cut of water, 1 cup of rice, 2 tablespoons of butter…now for the cheesy part..Hmm….Velveeta?
Well I only had Queso Blanco Velveeta…well I already had the other ingredients in so I went with it. Â I but 2″ off. Â I cut that into chunks and threw it into the pot with the other ingredients.
I hit the button and 12 minutes later…Cheesy Rice and it was good!! Â Really good. Â I won’t feed it to Hubby. Â He hates rice but the childcare kids…they loved it just as good as Mac and Cheese.
See? Â It really isn’t a recipe. Â It’s more of an experiment. Â This experiment happened to work.
I ALWAYS make potatoes in the Instant Pot. Â I NEVER boil potatoes anymore…EVER. This is how I make potatoes… I always put red potatoes in in with a cup or so water with the trivet in. Â I use manual pressure for 20 minutes. Â They are hands down the best potatoes every time.
Sometime we eat them plain with butter or sour cream. Â I purposely make extra. Â The next day I use them for fried potatoes. Â I cut the potatoes up and fry them with butter and onions…then add cheese over the top at the end.
I adore my Instant Pot.  If it came down to that I could only have two kitchen appliances, I would take my Instant Pot and my Heritage Grill
I got one for Christmas this year, and gotta say I love mine too. Cooking hard boiled eggs is s snap and perfect every time. They peel so easy too. Last week I made potato salad in a matter of 45 minutes start to finish!! I did the potatoes and the eggs in the instant pot. I love it!!
I love mine too! I make Greek yogurt every week and love it!
This morning I am making pumpkin chip cake in mine…..love the recipe from PressureCookingToday, also altered recipe to make banana/pecan cake. YUM! So easy you should try it.
Jo, Tried to e-mail you and it comes back saying it’s not a valid address. Please e-mail me.
thanks, diane
Never mind Jo I figured it out. Sorry for the confusion, diane
I keep reading about the instant pots, everybody loves them. But am not familiar with the Grill-what do you use it for?
My husband was sitting next to me when I was reading through your blog and I told him that you were Jo, the one who told me about the Instant Pot I got him for his birthday. I read how you do potatoes now and it might actually get him to give it a try. Thanks!