Share your favorite instant pot recipes with me?

Dcgirl
on 12/1/16 7:51 am - DC
RNY on 12/16/13

So I told my BF that I want an Instant Pot for Christmas.  He said he wanted to surprise me with a gift and I shouldn't know what my gift is.  I said, I would rather have a gift that I want and will use.  Well, a large box came from amazon and he said it's my gift.  I am crossing my fingers that it's an Instant Pot!  

I know quite a few of you love yours.  I have read up on them online and I know they can slowcook, pressure cook, make yogurt, and do everything but clean your house.  I have a feeling I am going to have to spend some serious time with the instruction manual.  But if anyone has any awesome recipes to share (the link or the entire recipe), that would be great.  Warning, I am not a red meat eater but I make a ton of chicken and turkey dishes, and I use ground turkey as a substitute in chili and tacos and stuff.

Thanks in advance!

RNY_elizabeth
on 12/1/16 8:13 am - TX
RNY on 10/06/15

Ok...so for real...I am starting to feel like this is THE thing I need in my life that I never knew existed but now MUST have.  Those of you that have them, are they truly as awesome as they sound?  Eagerly waiting to read the recipes ya'll respond with here.

~Elizabeth the Eager

Consultation weight: 265, Surgery date: 10/6/15, Goal: 150, Current weight: 129; 5'5, 46 years old

"I am basically food's creepy ex-girlfriend. I know we can't be together anymore but I just want to spend time hanging out" ~me, about why I love cooking so much post WLS

rachelp
on 12/1/16 8:29 am
VSG on 08/01/16

I'm feeling the same way. I'm torn between an instapot or a true stove top pressure cooker.

pammieanne
on 12/1/16 9:01 am - OK
RNY on 05/16/16

With the Instant Pot, you can move the slow cooker to the guest room (well, OK, that's where mine is anyway). I can't bring myself to actually get rid of it just yet! LOL

It will brown your food first, then pressure cook, then keep warm for as long as you want. 

I'm not sure what the other great things it can do just yet... but I know I have one now, and I'm a happy camper ROFLMAO

Height 5'5" HW 260 SW 251 CW 141.6 (2/27/18)

RNY 5-16-16 Pre-Op 9lbs, M1-18.5lbs, M2-18.1lbs, M3-14.8lbs, M4-10.4lbs, M5-9.2lbs, M6-7lbs, M7-6.2lbs, M8-8.8lbs,M9-7.8lbs, M10-1 lb, M11-.6lbs, M12-4.4lbs

rachelp
on 12/1/16 9:13 am
VSG on 08/01/16

We bought a nice rice steamer, which steams rice, veggies, oatmeal, etc. and has a keep warm function so we use it for cheese dip or canned food like beans so I never use my crock pot anymore.  The keep warm function never burns food like the crock pot does.  

Dcgirl
on 12/1/16 10:52 am - DC
RNY on 12/16/13

Ok, I am SO excited it will brown meat...making turkey chili always annoys me to brown the meat and then the veggies in a pan and then move to the crockpot. I want a one pot wonder type of meal!

supershopper
on 12/1/16 11:16 am

the stove top pressure cooker is less versatile in my opinion

i sold mine

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

Teena D.
on 12/5/16 5:34 am - Oshawa, Canada
RNY on 01/12/17

And you can't just turn it on and walk away! I love the Instant Pot. 

RNY Jan 12, 2017 Lost 137 lbs but regained 60.

77 lbs lost and counting!

Losing the regain! I got this!

supershopper
on 12/1/16 11:09 am

yesssssss

they are awesome!!!!

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

H.A.L.A B.
on 12/1/16 2:08 pm

I got a second one.  I just can't imagine coming without it. 

One of great poits for them is ...you set it and walk away. Do other stuff and come back to a fully cooked meal., almost always prep and cook time less than 1 hour. Ever on things like ribs or stew.  No watching the pot boil. 

I like ground bison or lean beef - but it can be tough. I brown the ground bison in the pot, top it with store bought (WF) tomato paste..And in 30 min I have Great and "fluffy" meat sauce that taste like I cooked it for 3-4 hours. 

We can eat that as is or make stuffed peppers (10 min) or other stuffed veggies, people like it to hard boil eggs. 

I cook rice in it and winter squash. Etc. 

I make bone broth - so it takes 4 hours instead of 48 hours and the smell is not bad. (cooking bone broth stinks).

Etc etc.. 

Chicken - top it with salsa, come back to "taco chicken" ... 

You can use frozen meat and veggies. 

Or you can bake a cheesecake. _i have not done that yet) 

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

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