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Our Favorite Instant Pot Recipes – Delicious Dishes Recipe Party #131

Lolli — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:01:01 +0000

You guys! Today is the day! It’s the first day of school! I’ve had a long and wonderful (but also challenging) summer, and I am ready to get back into the swing of a new school year, with all of its schedule challenges and hours of driving kids here and there.

Did I really say that?

It’s true. I’m excited for the school year. As much as I love having lazy mornings and extra time with my kids, I do prefer the structure and order of the school year.

AND…. with the passing of Labor Day (one of the hottest that I can remember in ages), we MUST have cooler weather on the horizon. And with cooler weather comes more Instant Pot dinners! The Instant Pot (Amazon affiliate link following –> BUY IT HERE) really IS my favorite way to cook dinner. It’s fast and SO delicious every time.

Welcome to Delicious Dishes Recipe Party! In case you’re new to the party, here’s what you need to know:

Delicious Dishes is a weekly link party where bloggers can share their most delicious recipes while checking out the amazing recipes that other bloggers are sharing.

Each link you share here will be seen on each of the hostess’ blogs listed below >>

Food Fun Family – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

She Saved – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Walking on Sunshine Recipes – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

5 Minutes for Mom – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

This Mama Loves – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Clever Housewife – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Bunny’s Warm Oven –Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Each week we will be featuring our favorite recipes from the week before and pinning them to our Delicious Dishes Pinterest board.

We hope you’ll have fun with our party…we know we will!

The Recipes with the Most Clicks Last Week Were…

#1: 50 Sandwich Less Lunch Ideas from Second Chance to Dream

#2: Quesadilla Recipe Ideas from Made in a Pinch

#3: Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload Bars from The Painted Apron

Delicious Dishes Party Favorites from Last Week:

These are the recipes that the hosts loved the most…

I loved Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo from Meatloaf and Melodrama

Lois loved Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli from Kleinworth and Co.

Brett loved Instant Pot BBQ Meatballs from She Saved

Susan loved 30 Minute Honey Garlic Pork Tender Loin from Flour on My Face

Keri Lyn loved Roasted Red Bell Pepper Soup from Carrie Elle

Emily loved Ground Beef Stroganoff from Meatloaf and Melodrama

Mary loved Instant Pot Lasagna from Cooking with Curls

Follow us along on our Pinterest board. We pin a ton of recipes that are shared to our linky party each week. So get your recipes ready. We can’t wait to see what’s cooking in your kitchen this week.

Now let’s get this party started!

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Instant Pot Recipes – a Delicious Dishes Recipe Party Collection

Lolli — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:37 +0000

It is good to be back to our normal routine with Delicious Dishes…and yet it still feels awkward to be writing this week’s post without Aly here (see last week’s post if you missed the sad news).

I have to say, though, that Instant Pot recipes are my current passion. I use my Instant Pot to make dinner at least twice a week. There’s not a weekly menu plan that does not include something cooked in the Instant Pot, whether it be a simple beef stew or a favorite soup recipe, or a quick chicken-with-sauce-over-rice.

What are some of your favorite Instant Pot recipes?

Each link you share here will be seen on each of the hostess’ blogs listed below >>

Food Fun Family – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

She Saved – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Walking on Sunshine Recipes – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

5 Minutes for Mom – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

This Mama Loves – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Clever Housewife – Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Bunny’s Warm Oven –Blog / Facebook / Pinterest

Each week we will be featuring our favorite recipes from the week before and pinning them to our Delicious Dishes Pinterest board.

We hope you’ll have fun with our party…we know we will!

The Recipes with the Most Clicks Last Week Were…

#1: 10 Peppermint Recipes from Meatloaf and Melodrama

#2: Mini No Bake Eggnog Cheesecakes from Rose Bakes

#3: Chicken Broccoli Casserole from Simply Stacie

Delicious Dishes Party Favorites from Last Week:

These are the recipes that the hosts loved the most…

I loved

Pesto Chicken from The Bearded Hiker

Lois loved Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs from Meatloaf and Melodrama

Brett loved Salsa Chicken from RCH Reviews

Susan loved Instant Pot Creamy Verde Chicken Chili Recipe from This Mama Loves

Keri Lyn loved Instant Pot Bacon Corn and Potato Chowder from Food Fun Family

Emily loved Creamy Shells and Beef from Meatloaf and Melodrama

Mary loved How to Make Wild Rice in the Pressure Cooker from Made in a Pinch

Now let’s get this party started!

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Creamy Verde Chicken Chili

Lolli — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:59:44 +0000

This post is sponsored by Harmony Books. All thoughts and ideas are my own.

Dinner time is complicated enough in a busy family like mine. I want to feed my family healthy, wholesome foods, and instill good eating habits in my growing children. But dinner time is also the time when I’m running to pick up kids from after-school sports, finishing up projects for work, and running low on energy myself. Some days I admit I’m tempted to grab something quick and not-so-good-for-us.

This month, I was sent a copy of the brand new cookbook, Trim Healthy Mama’s Trim Healthy Table By Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison. Trim Healthy Mama’s Trim Healthy Table is published by Harmony Books and is available for purchase now!

This cookbook is filled to the brim with family-friendly recipes that focus not only on making better choices in the kitchen, but also on the value of sitting down together for family dinner. I love “fixing up” old family favorites, and this book had page upon page of family-friendly dishes.

One of the first recipes that caught my eye was a recipe for Creamy Verde Chicken Chili – something totally up my family’s alley. We love Tex-Mex flavors!

When I saw the ingredients list, I admit I was a little skeptical. Okra and cauliflower in chicken chili? I was afraid my kids would turn their noses up at “hidden” healthy ingredients. After all, my kids are teenagers, so it’s not very easy to sneak anything past them!

I was amazed at how easy this recipe was to prepare. I put the chicken, salsa, beans, tomatoes, cauliflower, chicken broth, and seasoning blend* into my pressure cooker. Then I blended together the remaining ingredients and poured the mixture on top of everything. I closed and sealed the lid and turned the pressure cooker on. Then I waited while my house filled with the delicious smells of the Southwest.

I was shocked when my kids started eating that they immediately began commenting on how delicious it was. And then I was even more startled when they all reached for seconds to fill up their bowls again.

We will definitely be making this delicious chicken chili again in the near future. I can’t wait to try more of the recipes in this cookbook! I’m excited to try new ways to feed my family more healthy alternatives, while not sacrificing the time that we have together.

*the frozen small-cut seasoning blend is found in the frozen vegetable section of your grocery store and contains diced onion, celery, and bell pepper.

Creamy Verde Chicken Chili

Reprinted from Trim Healthy Mama; Trim Healthy Table. Copyright ©2017 by Pearl P. Barrett and Serene C. Allison. Published by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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The Trim Healthy Mamas have helped hundreds of thousands of women lose weight and live healthier lives with their bestselling cookbook and eating plan and now they are ready to help the entire family! After experiencing incredible life transformations of their own, readers want to be able to help their families feel better and trim down, too.Trim Healthy Table is just the answer. It bursts with over 300 family friendly, delicious and trimming recipes, along with practical advice on how to healthfully nourish your family without going insane and chaining yourself to the kitchen.

Bestselling authors and sisters Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett have 18 children between them and their two families have been thriving on the Trim Healthy Mama plan for years. Trim Healthy Table contains all their best tips, tricks and encouragement for families, whether large or small. Serene and Pearl shamelessly share cunning ways to get picky eaters gobbling down veggies and other healthy foods they usually detest. You will learn how to painlessly use whole, unprocessed foods, including blood-sugar friendly carbs, fats, proteins, fruits and vegetables to create meals even the fussiest kids (and husbands) will love. You’ll also learn how one basic meal can make a whole family happy even with different nutritional needs. The quick and easy recipes include lots of one-pot dishes such as, skillet meals, slow cooker meals, electric pressure cooker meals, casserole and soups. With the recipes you can wake up to hearty breakfasts, prepare bars for on-the-go or try a creamy, quick-to-make smoothie, even Indulge yourself with the many trimming desserts…cake for breakfast is celebrated! And, if you’re simply looking for single serve 5 – 10 minute meals, the “Hangry Meal” chapter has you covered.

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Pressure Cooker Ham & Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Jody — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:44:06 +0000

Having a pressure cooker has really taken the pressure off me (pun totally intended) at dinner time. If I forget to thaw meat for dinner or want a super delicious and quick meal, it’s there for me. One of my favorite things to toss in the pressure cooker is chicken breasts -even better if they are crammed full of all kinds of tasty goodies. Ham & Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts are right at the top of my list!

Ham & Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless breasts

8 pieces thin sliced deli ham

fresh spinach

white cheddar

1 tsp. garlic salt

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Slice a pocket in your chicken breast along one side; be careful not to cut all the way through.

2. Cut a thick chunk of white cheddar cheese; place inside 2 pieces of ham and stuff into chicken.

3. Grab a handful of washed fresh spinach and stuff it in there too; use this to help your cheese stay inside.

Season outside of chicken breast well with salt, pepper, and garlic salt or powder. Use your pressure cooker’s brown feature to brown both sides of chicken breast in a small amount of olive oil. Then place chicken on top of the trivet of your cooker over 1 1/2 cups water.

Cook on high pressure for 8 minutes; release pressure naturally and keep the chicken in the pot for 8 additional minutes. Remove and serve with your favorite side for a tasty meal!

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Pressure Cooker Ham & Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless breasts
8 pieces thin sliced deli ham
fresh spinach
white cheddar
1 tsp. garlic salt
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Slice a pocket in your chicken breast along one side; be careful not to cut all the way through.
Cut a thick chunk of white cheddar cheese; place between 2 pieces of ham and stuff into chicken.
Grab a handful of fresh spinach and stuff it in there too; use this to help your cheese stay inside.
Season outside of chicken breast well with salt, pepper, and garlic salt or powder. Use your pressure cooker's brown feature to brown both sides of chicken breast in a small amount of olive oil. Then place chicken in the trivet of your cooker over 1 1/2 cups water.
Cook on high pressure for 8 minutes; release pressure naturally and keep the chicken in the pot for 8 additional minutes. Remove and serve with your favorite side for a tasty meal!

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Easy Pesto Chicken and Vegetables

Lolli — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:59:50 +0000

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The past 6 weeks have been crazier than ever. Because I launched a new business last week, I’ve been frantically running around trying to get ready for the launch, and one of the things that has suffered the most has been grocery shopping and meal planning. If I thought I didn’t have a lot of time to spare before, it’s 100 times worse now! Luckily, Peapod has saved me more than once during this past month.

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Another thing that has been so helpful lately has been my pressure cooker. When I wait til the last minute to prepare dinner, it’s ok. My pressure cooker gets a hot meal ready for the table in no time at all.

I whipped up this simple but tasty pesto chicken and vegetables recently, and it was a hit with everyone in the family! It couldn’t be easier, with basic ingredients I was able to add to my Peapod cart. It’s a fun variation to a classic chicken and potatoes dinner. The pesto gives everything a delicious flavor!

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Easy Pesto Chicken and Vegetables

Ingredients

3-4 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
5-6 medium potatoes, skin on
1-2 cups baby carrots (or large carrots, sliced)
1 onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 (6-8 oz) jar basil pesto
1 cup chicken broth

Instructions

Cut chicken and potatoes into bite-sized chunks. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Add chicken, potatoes, chopped onion and carrots to the Instant Pot.
Add pesto and 1 cup chicken broth. Stir into chicken and vegetable miszture.
Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure that the top valve is on "sealing."
Select high pressure cook for 10 minutes (press "manual, then + or - to select time).
When the Instant Pot beeps at the end of the pressure cooking time, you can let the pressure release on it's own (slow release) or push cancel again and switch the top valve to "venting" for quick release.

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Easy Chicken Tikka Masala in the Instant Pot

Lolli — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:56:28 +0000

Have you been following the Instant Pot craze? I got mine early this past summer when they first went on sale on Amazon, and it was Instant Love (PS – I’ve linked to the Instant Pot I bought on Amazon. I highly recommend it if you haven’t picked one up already! Links are affiliate links, and I may earn a small commission if you choose to make a purchase). Maybe you just got one and have been trying to figure out what to do with it.

I am obsessed with cooking dinner in my Instant Pot. It makes dinner prep so fast and easy, and everything turns out incredible. Just this morning, my husband said, “What did we do before we had the Instant Pot, and why doesn’t everyone have one of these in their kitchen?”

This past week, with holiday prep in full force, I needed another quick meal for dinner, so I decided to try one of our family favorites – chicken tikka masala – in the pressure cooker. It was just about as easy as dinner can get, and it tasted fantastic!

One thing I love about the pressure cooker is that the flavors of the spices and sauces you use are infused into the meats and the sauces are full of flavor, instead of watered down and diluted (which is often the case when I prepare a dish like this in the slow cooker).

Check out how easy this meal was to make:

While the chicken cooked, I made some rice and sauteed some fresh green beans with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. It was a delicious meal!

How to make Chicken Tikka Masala in the Instant Pot

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Easy Chicken Tikka Masala in the Instant Pot

Ingredients

3-4 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 teaspoon Garam masala
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 (12-15 oz) jars masala simmer sauce (like this one)
1 cup water
Serve with hot cooked rice and a vegetable

Instructions

Cut chicken into bite-sized chunks. Sprinkle with garam masala spice and salt and pepper.
Turn Instant Pot on saute; drizzle olive oil in pot. Add chopped onion and garlic. Stir until onions begin to soften.
Pour both jars of simmer sauce and 1 cup water into the pot; add chicken and stir.
Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure that the top valve is on "sealing."
Push the cancel button to turn off saute, then select high pressure cook for 7 minutes (press "manual, then + or - to select time).
When the Instant Pot beeps at the end of the pressure cooking time, you can let the pressure release on it's own (slow release) or push cancel again and switch the top valve to "venting" for quick release.
Serve with hot cooked rice and a vegetable.

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If you liked this, then you’ll love the Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup recipe that I shared a little while ago. We love soups….especially when they don’t take all day to prepare! We’re planned on making more Instant Pot recipes to share in the coming weeks and months, so be sure to check back!

Pressure Cooker Canned Carrots

Jody — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:45:04 +0000

Have you ever tried pressure cooker canned carrots? Do you grow carrots in your garden? Take advantage of summer and fall produce and preserve carrots for the rest of the year! You are going to love this recipe for canning your own carrots in the pressure cooker. So easy and so satisfying!

Canning and cooking in my pressure cooker has become my new ~~obsession~~ hobby. The ease and satisfaction of canning your own food is a heady experience so I am using it quite regularly. I prefer to can in the pressure cooker, especially when I’m canning carrots. Since carrots are a low-acid vegetable, this means that to be safely canned they need to be processed in a pressure cooker rather than a water bath. Having an electric pressure cooker really makes the job easier and I feel safe using it as well.

What’s even better is that my pressure cooker not only helps me can vegetables, but I can cook delicious and easy meals for my family. I love having such a versatile appliance in my kitchen.

Here is what you need and how to can carrots in your pressure cooker:

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Pressure Cooker Canned Carrots

Ingredients

3 ½ lbs. carrots
2 tsp. coarse sea salt
water
Pressure Cooker
Pint jars
Jar lifter

Instructions

Wash carrots well; peel, and cut of tops. To serve them a little differently I like to slice them lengthwise, they look so pretty on the plate!
Cut carrots in half lengthwise, and then quarter - you do not want them too small or they will be mush once cooked.
Cut in half horizontally so that they are shorter than the jar.
Be sure to sterilize your jars before use, the simplest way to do that is to place lids, jars, and rings in a large pot of boiling water and remove when ready to fill.
Pack carrots tightly into jar and pour hot water over them, leaving 1” of head space. You can either boil it in a pot on the stove or use the near boiling water from your coffee pot (this is what I do).
Add ½ tsp. salt to each jar.
Place lid and ring securely on top.
Place jars in pressure cooker according to your model's instructions; mine says to place them in and cover ¼ of the way with water.
Process your carrots for 25 minutes. My cooker has a button for canning and automatically sets the pounds of pressure; check your manual for instructions.
Remove jars from pressure cooker and allow them to cool. You should hear each jar make a popping sound indicating that they have sealed properly.
Store your carrots in a cool, dry place.

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As written, this recipe makes approximately 4 pint jars.

Enjoy!

I recommend these products for canning (Amazon affiliate links used):

Pressure cooker for canning (this is the one I have)
Pint-sized Mason jars plus new lids
Jar lifter