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Instant Pot Santa Fe Chicken

April 13, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Holy-Chicken-Taco-Filling-Batman! Whoooooo-Wheeeeee! This shredded chicken and sauce is FAB-U-LOUS. And needs to become a regular part of your rotation! It's simple when added to tortillas to make soft tacos, but would be fabulous in enchiladas, crunchy tacos, tostada shells, over rice, or just by itself! Yum-i-licious and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Pizza Pasta

March 30, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

Around here, we just can't get enough of these delicious "Instant Pot pasta meals." I love how easy they are to prep and that I don't have to keep a close watch of the stovetop - hello, pasta water boiling over! - and that I don't have to get out the scrubber to clean off the dried pasta water from the stovetop. Because seriously, one less task and clean up in the kitchen … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Citrus Salmon Foil Packs

March 2, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

So flaky, tender and flavorful! We love foil pack meals - they are great for grilling out in the backyard, for baking in the oven on a chilly late winter weeknight, AND in the INSTANT POT. That's right - drop those foil packs into the Instant Pot and let it take care of the cooking for you. Because the way that an electric pressure cooker uses heat and pressure to … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Garlic Parmesan Chicken

January 12, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom Leave a Comment

This is a fantastic and easy to cook dinner in your Instant Pot. It's a "2-phase" kind of recipe because we need the chicken to have some time alone to cook, as it takes much longer than the baby potatoes. If you added the baby potatoes at the beginning of the pressure cooking cycle with the chicken, they would be completely overcooked into mush. You don't want that. The … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Hamburger Helper

January 5, 2018 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 3 Comments

Hamburger Helper in the Instant Pot!?!? You better believe it!  There are a couple of ways to accomplish this, so pay close attention... This is a meaty-spin on the Instant Pot Macaroni and was inspired by one of our MyFreezEasy members. With this macaroni made in the instant pot, you just add some ground beef and whatever spices you want to get in there … [Read more...]

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