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This post may contain affiliate links.  This winter has been cold, blistery, and never-ending, and my kids have had more snow days than I can count.   The way I see it is that I can sit around and complain about…

This restaurant-quality Pasta Puttanesca is bursting with flavor and can be whipped up in your Instant Pot in minutes.  Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Total time: 20 minutes ( including the time it takes for your pot…

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Today’s post is sponsored by the Iowa Egg Council.  All opinions are entirely my own Pasta Primavera is such a great dinner!  It is a great way to use up all those vegetables you have in your fridge, and merely…

Orzo has always been one of my favorite pasta shapes.  I discovered it young when my parents used to take me to the Greek Isles, the best Greek restaurant in Chicagoland. I saw a tutorial online on how to make…

After I started cooking my favorite ground beef recipes in my Instant Pot Pressure Cooker, I never returned to the stovetop method. Do you have some ground beef to use up? Cooking ground beef in your Instant Pot will save…

About a mid-school year, my kids started to get sick of peanut butter sandwiches in their lunch and started asking for hot lunches in their thermos.  There’s nothing like a nutritious hot lunch to help you get through your school…

te My mom’s side of the family comes from Northern Italy. We always order pasta from our favorite Italian restaurant in Chicagoland when we all get together for holidays. Many of us also enjoy cooking Italian food when we have…

Cooking dinner in your Instant Pot is a great way to make something nourishing for dinner. Most Instant Pot recipes are hands-off, liberating you from your kitchen while dinner cooks itself in minutes. I love finding copycat recipes from my…

These cheddar parmesan zucchini muffins are savory and fluffy and remind me of the cheddar biscuits from Red Lobster!  If you have extra zucchini around, this is the perfect recipe. Prep time: 10 minutes Bake time: 25 minutes Total time:…

Soup might be the most frequented meal that I make in my electric pressure cooker.  It is amazing how soup can cook in the electric pressure cooker with a 12-15 minute cook time but taste like it has been slow…

Cooking soup in your pressure cooker is a game changer!  Most soups in your Instant Pot call for a high-pressure cooking time of 10 minutes or less and produce a HUGE flavor!  Plus, you can use the sauté function on…