Saturday, December 12, 2015
Mashed Potatoes
I had an event tonight that I was asked to bring 20 lbs of mashed potatoes.
Did I mention 20 lbs in 12 minutes??? And it was only 12 minutes because my pc wasn't large enough for all the potatoes at once.
I bought 2 bags of red potatoes. Washed them. Cut out the eyes. Then cut in 1/4 and 1/3 depending on the size of the potato. I was looking for about 2 inch chunks. In 1 cup of chicken broth, I cooked for 6 minutes on high pressure. Quick release. Dumped into an extra large bowl. Filled the pc up again and did the other half. While the 2nd half was cooking, I added 1/2 cube butter, 1/2 block cream cheese, and 1 cup heavy cream. Then I used my potato masher and mashed the heck out of those poor spuds. Seasoned with garlic pepper, salt and celery salt. I then transferred to a crockpot. I repeated with the other pot of potatoes, used the other half of the butter, cream and cream cheese and voila! 20 lbs of mashed potatoes in 12 minutes.
I LOVE MY PC!!
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Yumioli ravioli soup
We were invited to eat dinner with another family from church a few weeks ago, and this is my attempt to recreate the amazing food she served us.
Yumoli Ravioli Soup
1/2 lb sausage (sweet Italian or hot..we used hot because it's us)
1 c chopped onion and celery
2 cups julienned carrots
1 can seasoned tomatoes
4 cups beef broth
1 pkg frozen ravioli
4 cups chicken broth
Brown sausage and onion and celery. Add carrots, tomatoes, ravioli and beef broth. Pressure on high 4 minutes. Natural release. Add chicken broth after cooking. This just made more soup because I plan on having soup for lunch most of this week.
Someone doesn't have an appreciation of cheese...but I do! |
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Adventures in Green Chile
The beauties arrive into my posession! |
One entire day was devoted to roasting. Basically I used the Pioneer Woman's directions on how to do this How to Roast Green Chiles She is amazing and makes this very clear. |
This lovely smelling pot full of yum was half of my X10 ingredients, pressured on HIGH for 6 minutes, quick release. |
And then it went into the blender to become smooth and uniform. |
Did I mention I used every small appliance I own? including the roaster because it was big enough to hold all of my sauce. |
So now I have a freezer full of yumminess, and 2 dozen jars of amazing green sauce to do with as I please... but there were still 2 bags needing to be peeled (yes I am drawing this project out... lucky for me I have an extra fridge outside to use for all my food projects.
So today I was thinking about chile rellenos. Don't you think about rellenos often? I saved this recipe to my pinterest board a few years ago, and decided Today was the Day! I will use the last of the chiles and make some Rellenos! This is the recipe I used for inspiration.
Serves 6
3 7-oz. cans whole green chiles
1 pound cheddar cheese, grated
1 pound jack cheese, grated
4 eggs
1 13-oz. can evaporated milk
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
But it makes a full size casserole, and the man I live with is not a big chile fan...he will placate me by eating what I put on the dinner table in front of him, but he's not willingly going to choose this on his own. Thus my dilemma: I want this, but I don't need a whole casserole by myself. So the solution was obviously make it in muffin tins! And add bacon, because well BACON.
** I ACTUALLY ENDED UP USING12 EGGS, 4 FOR EACH MUFFIN TIN. I just mixed the eggs, flour and milk and salt in the blender and poured it over each.
you have to look closely to see the bacon bits. Trust me they are there... |
This is where I was supposed to post the picture of those cute little rellenos topped with sour cream, but somehow they just disappeared... I will go put some more on a plate, just for blog post purposes...
please pretend my plate does not look like I just licked it off before adding more... |
Friday, August 28, 2015
Clean it out Vegetable Soup
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Yippee-ki-yay-casserole
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Yummy Brussel Sprouts
I cooked up some bacon just to brown it a bit
Whole bag of Brussel sprouts (costco size bag) sprinkled with garlic & parsley sea salt
Crumbled Bacon
For my water -
1 TBSP minced garlic
Tomato & Chicken bullion (I found this in the Mexican section of Safeway)
ON my PC it was 5 minutes at High Pressure steam
about 2 minutes of natural release but then I just quick release
Turned out soooo yummy
I love brussel sprouts, especially love I have them in less than 10 minutes!
I don't have pic - next time
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Red Lentil and Carrot Soup with Roasted Chickpeas
This delicious soup is adapted for the Pressure Cooker and my families taste- original stovetop recipe can be found here.
For the chickpeas:
2 can of chickpeas (drained)
Cumin
Paprika
Coriander
Drizzle Olive oil
Ckuole dashes Chipotle Smoked Tobasco (or red chilli flakes... whatever you've got)
Crushed sea salt
For the Soup:
5-7 peeled and chopped Carrots
1 large diced onion
2Tbs garlic
1/2 Tbs Cumin
1 Tbs Parsley
Salt
Pepper
1 cup Red Lentils
8 cups chicken stock
For the Chickpeas: Preheat oven to 400. Mix chickpeas and all other ingredients together in a bowl, drizzle with the olive oil, salt according to taste. On a foil covered cookie sheet, roast for 40-45 min, stirring halfway through.
For the soup:
Saute the onion and carrots in the olive oil (be generous with the oil) (PC setting:sear/brown) for 8-10. Add the garlic and continue for another two minutes. Add the remaining seasonings and let them get fragrant for 1-2 more minutes. Add the lentils and the chicken stock. Close the pc and cook on high for 20 min.
Next time, I think I'll try a curry twist and double the red lentils, and hopefully have an immersion blender. I think this would be great as a blended soup. The pc literally obliterated the lentils, which is good because my husband doesn't care for them much, but me and the kids are huge fans. Meat can be added- I just didn't want any tonight and am not yet sure what kind would pair best.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Variations on a Theme
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Frogmore Stew
Monday, February 9, 2015
Easy Sausage Rice
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Best Beans Ever!
Easy Peasy Ribs!
So in the past, every time I made ribs it was a fail! They fell apart, they were burnt, they didn't taste good.....you get the picture. So I was very nervous about trying them again in the pc, but I gave it a whirl! Holy bbq sauce! They were awesome!
1 had one rack of ribs and cut them in half. It was more a snack than a whole meal. I rubbed it with a mixture of equal parts of brown sugar, garlic salt, onion salt, paprika. I salt and peppered both sides before spreading the rub on. I let them sit for about 10 min while I set up the pc.
Put ribs in a steamer above 2 cups water. Cook on high pressure for 30 min. Quick release to check for doneness. Lay ribs on cookie sheet and spread your favorite bbq sauce (mine is Sweet Baby Rays Hickory Brown Sugar) on both sides. Broil 7-10 min in your oven on both sides. Delish!
Monday, January 12, 2015
Creamy Italian Pork Chops
My first post! So I got a pressure cooker because I was "pressured" by Melanie to get one. And boy do I like playing with it. Here is my latest test dinner.
4-6 boneless pork chops
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese
1 pkg zesty Italian dressing mix
1/2 stick butter
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (optional)
1 Tbsp oil
1/2 c milk or water
Brown pork chops in the oil on the brown setting in your pressure cooker. Add the soup, dry dressing mix, milk or water, butter, cider vinegar. Bring to high pressure and cook 8 minutes. Natural release for 10 min then quick release. Cut softened cream cheese into chunks. Open PC and add cream cheese. Stir until melted through. Pork chops will be very tender and you have lots of sauce/gravy. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes. (The apple cider vinegar gives it a little zing).
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Pork chops become pork salad
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Melanie's Creole Buttah Chickee
- 10 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2 cans (14 oz.) diced tomatoes and juice
- 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 white onion
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning
- 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup firmly packed minced cilantro
Curry Chicken and Rice
Curry Chicken and Rice Casserole
Rice (rinsed) 3cups (CalRose shortgrain, white)
Chicken Stock 4 cups
Head of broccoli- chopped
1/3 head of Cauliflower- chopped
1 onion rough chopped
1 bag baby carrots chopped
1 can of chicken (or any cooked chicken you have left over)
1 pkt Golden Curry bullion ( I used all 5 cubes for this large meal)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
TBS each garlic and onion powder
tsp salt and pepper
I cooked it on high for 18 minutes. Quick release, stirred everything together and transferred to a casserole dish (because we had company). Covered in a layer of shredded cheese while it was still hot (so it melted between the five minutes it took to get it from the stove top to the table).
UM. It was delicious. That is all.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Wild Rice
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Pork Loin
I get Pork Loin pre-marinated from my grocer, and it takes about 1.5 lbs to feed my masses. I bake 2lbs so we have leftovers, and use the drippings for gravy.
I didn't have time to let it completely defrost yesterday, and so I put two 1lb half frozen pork tenderloins in the pressure cooker on the rack, and 1/2 cup of water underneath. Cooked it on high for 25 min, let it natural release, 7-10 minutes. It was tender, delicious, and served again as lunch for my husband. I served it with fresh greens and french bread, toasted and slathered with butter and garlic. All my children ate it with out complaint- and that's really what's important here! Next time I'll only go 22 minutes though.