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    VIDEO: How to Cook Homemade Mac & Cheese

    April 12, 2023 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    How to Cook Homemade Mac & Cheese: Battle - Stovetop vs. Instant Pot! It’s a cheesy love affair! But which cooking method will you fall in love with?! Learn the differences between cooking macaroni and cheese in the Instant Pot vs. Stovetop. Either way you cook it, you’ll end up with an elbow of macaroni perfection! New cooking videos are released weekly, so please Like … [Read more...]

    Foolproof Instant Pot Risotto

    March 8, 2023 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

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    Make Perfectly Cooked Risotto Every Time with this Foolproof Instant Pot Risotto Recipe! Risotto, risotto, why are you so hard to make though? If you get frustrated when making this tasty dish, I would like to introduce you to the Instant Pot method. It's a GAME CHANGER, my friend! The best part is, this way of cooking risotto cancels out that dreaded part of … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot BBQ Beans

    April 19, 2022 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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    Save EVEN MORE Money on Groceries by Cooking Dried Beans I have 2 boys that could live off of baked beans. They would eat them at every meal, if I served them. As we continue to pinch our grocery dollars, I've started cooking more things from scratch...muffins, pancake and waffle mixes, and of course, large batches of dried beans. These BBQ Beans are inspired by the … [Read more...]

    Easy Holiday Side Dish Recipes – Slow Cooker & Instant Pot

    October 15, 2021 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

    Easy Holiday Side Dish Recipes for the Slow Cooker and Instant Pot that don't require oven space! During holiday meal prep, oven and stove top space fills up REALLY FAST. When the space starts to run out... the frustration and the overwhelm and the heat starts to rise. My solution to this? Toss as many side dishes into my beloved countertop appliances as I … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Chicken Gyros

    August 9, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

    This recipe is from my 15-Minute Freezer Meals Cookbook! Tap below to get your book ordered!   In high school, we had "off campus" lunch my Junior and Senior years. We would have standing lunch dates and group lunch dates and spontaneous lunch dates. I had a small planner that I kept in my purse with just my lunch dates. (Apparently I've always been a nerdy planner … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Sticky Rice

    April 11, 2021 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 9 Comments

    The Instant Pot makes for an amazing rice cooker and make the perfect "sticky rice" recipe Learn how to use your Instant Pot to make the perfect 'fakeout takeout Chinese food carry-out' kind of sticky rice. There are some "rules" to get this right, so read on to learn... This Sticky Rice Recipe is the foundation to all "fakeout takeout" meals. It's perfect with Asian … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes

    November 24, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

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    Easiest Thanksgiving side dish ever! The Thanksgiving ideas and Instant Pot recipes continue...next up is these Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes. You could easily turn these into Sweet Potato Casserole, but I think they are sweet enough after they have been pressure-steamed and can be enjoyed with some butter and spices. The sweet potatoes naturally caramelize (and … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

    November 24, 2020 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    I love me some homemade cranberry sauce. I recently showed how to make it on the stovetop. And it's just as easy in the Instant Pot too. It's similar - load in all the ingredients, shut the IP, press a few buttons and voila. Just like with the stovetop version, this one will thicken as it cools too. Enjoy! Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce Because homemade … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Recipe

    October 1, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Your favorite flavors of fall blended with steel cut oats, cooked to perfection in this Instant Pot Oatmeal recipe! Around our house, we made a.l.o.t. of oatmeal in the Instant Pot. It's our preferred "breakfast" cooked in the Instant Pot, except it's not usually eaten for breakfast. It's usually the "2nd dinner" option for the boys. You see, I can start the Instant Pot … [Read more...]

    Instant Pot Salsa Beef Roast

    July 23, 2019 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

    Simple ingredients, such fantastic flavor - in large part because of the way that the Instant Pot infuses flavor as it cooks.  A note about the cooking time for a roast in the Instant Pot:  You'll find a variety of different cooking times for beef or pork roasts in the Instant Pot. This is because the cooking time can vary based on the thickness of the roast, as … [Read more...]

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