LOVE THESE SANDWICHES SO MUCH. Sorry, sometimes I just get really excited about delicious food. Especially when it's super easy to prep (with ingredients that are normal and you probably already have in your pantry.) Like this one... Beef roast with tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and seasonings... Slow cooking the day away, then shred and assemble sandwiches. SUCH AN … [Read more...]
How the Instant Pot Fits into Your Cooking M.O.
What is "my cooking M.O."? Your cooking m.o. is how you operate in the kitchen. "M.O." is a new buzzy abbreviation-word-phrase that's being thrown around for 'modus operandi' or 'how you operate.' So your cooking m.o. is basically how you work and operate in the kitchen and it encompasses: your attitude toward cooking, your gratitude towards food, how you prep food, how you … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Taco Soup Recipe
Here it is...our fabulous instant pot taco soup!!! I love making this soup in the slow cooker and on the stovetop. I have made it many-many-many times over the years. But I have to tell you...I like the Instant Pot version the best. Why? Because of the way that an electric pressure cooker heats and pressurizes the food, it does a better job of infusing flavor. Yes, … [Read more...]
Garlic Lime Chicken
I love how chicken is like a blank slate or empty canvas...and that you can give it so many different wonderful flavors with different sauces and marinades. This particular marinade is super simple and is perfect for chicken that you plan to freeze, say...when you buy extra from a great sale or deal at your grocery store?! The chicken is frozen with the marinade, then when … [Read more...]
25 Instant Pot Dinner Recipes
A fabulous list of Instant Pot (electric pressure cooker) recipes for you... (And if you don't have one yet and want to start using it, I highly recommend this one.) Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Wings - Mom’s Noms Instant Pot Beef Stew Scraps & Parsley Dumplings - Recipe This Instant Pot BBQ Chicken - Wonder Mom Wannabe Macaroni & Cheese in the Pressure … [Read more...]
Pizzadillas
When you want pizza, but don't feel like making it. Or don't feel like another call for delivery. And you don't want frozen...again. Make these babies instead. WAY WAY WAY cheaper than any of the above listed pizza alternatives and super easy to 'personalize' with your favorite toppings and pizza flavors. With my boys, I set up a 'pizza bar' and they can choose what … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches
Love me some shredded chicken from the Instant Pot. I love how hands off these recipes are, and how well the flavor is infused into the chicken and sauce as the food is heated and pressurized inside the EPC. Here are 2 great resources for you related to making shredded chicken in the Instant Pot :) Instant Pot Shredded Chicken - 10 Ways to Make It!! Instant Pot … [Read more...]
Skillet Caprese Chicken
This recipe is one of our new MyFreezEasy meals. And while I've written the directions below for making it as a "fresh meal," I would highly recommend freezing the chicken with the oil and balsamic because it will marinate beautifully as it thaws! These fabulous flavors combine in a skillet to make an amazing, fresh and 'light' weeknight dinner. Also, I highly recommend the … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Asian Shredded Beef
Holy fakeout-takeout. I want to say holy guacamole. But that wouldn't make sense with a fakeout-takeout kind of Asian dish like this. So, holy fakeout-takeout. This shredded beef is so delicious. And it's so easy to through together with a fabulous homemade Asian sauce. And...freezer friendly too! Love me a beef roast that can go freezer to slow cooker in just a … [Read more...]
3-Ingredient Pineapple Muffins
Yup yup...just 3 ingredients! Self rising flour, sugar and crushed pineapple. I'm all about the time hacks...including not pulling out all.the.baking.things. when you can use self-rising flour instead! Self-rising flour works wonderfully in many recipes, especially this one. I have not experimented with other sweeteners, but think that applesauce or coconut sugar would be … [Read more...]