Skip to Recipe My friends and I all love mac and cheese. I mean, love. And we’re not talking “passing cute notes in 8th grade Homeroom” puppy love. I’m talking “would marry it if it were legal to marry inanimate objects” kind of love. And, I thought I knew everything that I needed to know
Category: Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot)
Recipes that can be made in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot
Pressure Cooker Burnt Caramel Custard
Skip to Recipe It’s no secret that one of my primary motivations for getting myself an Instant Pot was to make foolproof flan. And, sure enough, my flan pan is one of my most-used accessories. However, making custards in individual ramekins had always been a crapshoot, with the likelihood of having overcooked custard was pretty
Pressure Cooker Moroccan Lentil Stew
Skip to Recipe I was recently on a really strict diet that had a LOT of rules for what I could and could not eat, and when. In these types of situations, you try to find things that pack a big flavor punch without a lot of added fat. I came across this recipe for
Pressure Cooker Pork “Al Pastor”
Skip to Recipe At its roots, al pastor style pork is basically Mexican shawarma. The spit-grilled style of cooking the pork was brought to Mexico by Lebanese immigrants. The rest is history. Nowadays, tacos al pastor (which basically translates to “country-style tacos) are an ubiquitous taco truck staple. Traditionally, the method of cooking the al
Pressure Cooker Rabo Encendido (Oxtail Stew)
Skip to Recipe In my circle of friends, I am notorious for not being a particularly adventurous eater. Keep those beef hearts and chicken feet away from me, and don’t even get me started on the time that I found out that beef tongue (something my mom made for us a lot growing up) was
Cuban-Style Black Beans
Skip to Recipe With all of the hurricanes and traveling going on, I haven’t been eating very well lately. That’s not to say that I haven’t had a lot of DELICIOUS food these past few weeks, but my stomach was long overdue for a break. This weekend, I just wanted something simple. Something that helped
Pressure Cooker Chocolate and Irish Cream Flan
Skip to Recipe One of my older sisters doesn’t make it a secret that she really doesn’t know how to cook. It’s not that she is proud of it, but she is just very matter-of-fact about it. Since getting married, though, she has decided to make more of an effort in learning her way around
Pressure Cooker Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Skip to Recipe I hosted my first “Instant Pot Party” recently for a few friends that wanted some pointers on how to make the most out of their appliance. One of my friends wanted to make a peanut butter cheesecake, and already had a recipe in mind. Having made that same recipe before with some
Moros (Cuban-style Black Beans and Rice)
Skip to Recipe Growing up in Miami, Fl has given me a healthy love of Cuban food. Moros is a personal favorite of mine, and will always be my side dish of choice when dining at a Cuban restaurant. Moros, short for moros y cristianos, is a dish in which rice is cooked with black beans, and
Pressure Cooker Puerco Pibil
Skip to Recipe Puerco Pibil, also known as Cochinita Pibil, is Yucatan-style barbecued pork. The name comes from the cooking method of the pork. Traditionally, it’s cooked in a Mayan oven called a pib, a hole in the ground lined with hot stones. My first exposure to puerco pibil was watching a Robert Rodriguez movie