I received a new Instant Pot for Christmas and I’m so impressed with how easy it is to use and how quickly you can make meals. Pasta is one of the easiest foods to make in a pressure cooker and most of these recipes only take 10-20 minutes total! And, the great thing about pressure cooking is you don’t have to babysit the food like you do when you cook over the stovetop.

I’m new to pressure cooking, so I had no idea you could actually saute your meat in it. I love that because it means less dishes to wash after dinner. Here are 20 easy pasta recipes for your pressure cooker. Let me know which one is your favorite. Read More…

I received a new Instant Pot Pressure Cooker for Christmas and am so excited to use it. Here is a list of dessert recipes you can cook in your Instant pot. I am blown away by all the amazing desserts and can’t wait to try these recipes in my new Instant Pot. The cheesecakes sound amazing! Read More…

I feel very lucky that my kids aren’t picky eaters.  Certainly, they have their preferences – they all love apples, but don’t care for pears.  And they’ll always choose watermelon over cauliflower.  But, really, they eat almost anything that I put in front of them.  They’ll eat all kinds of fruits.  And meats.  And vegetables Read more

Are you a coffee fan?  I am not.  Unless you count liking the smell of coffee.  I just never acquired a taste for it.  I haven’t really tried…it seemed like an expensive habit to pick up, so I’ve left it alone. Which has been a little problematic because coffee can be a really big part Read more

We’ve recently cut quite a few things from our diet in order to identify any food sensitivities a couple of my kids might have.  It’s a long process of eliminating a lot of foods, then adding them back in one-by-one to see if there’s any impact.  The ingredient that I miss the most?  Tomatoes! I Read more

The Holidays are my favorite time of year because I get to see all my family and eat delicious food. We always have the traditional meal with ham, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, egg nog and of course, scalloped potatoes. I’m going to share my husband’s recipe for the creamiest, cheesiest, most delicious Read more

I’ve posted this recipe before, but I don’t think it gets the love it deserves. It’s a fabulous recipe and one that I often crave! But I think the reason it isn’t more popular is because it was meant for a jelly roll pan. Those are awesome pans, let me tell you — but they’re really only great if you often have need to cook for a bigger crowd AND if you actually have one. (That said, I only used to do desserts on my jelly roll pan, but lately, I’ve been roasting lots of meats and veggies on them (like fajitas!) and they work beautifully even for that!) Read More…

I love recipes that can be made a variety of ways.  As in: 1 basic recipe that can be tweaked in a little way to make a slightly different experience.  Cookies are great that way – swap M&Ms or butterscotch chips for chocolate chips.  Some casseroles are good for that, as well – ham instead Read more

I love Stuffed Peppers!  Don’t you?  They’re not too complicated to make (although they do have a few steps to them), but they aren’t the most young kid-friendly.  For a couple of reasons: They’re a little difficult to cut even if the pepper is tender AND 1 pepper might be too much for a young Read more