I'm a Pot Head now!

So here's the deal.....I LOVE MY INSTANT POT!

I have been looking at so many delicious looking recipes I can't wait to try them.  I had a recipe I wanted to make for dinner tonight but then I realized I had leftovers I needed to use up first.

Reheating leftovers?  Oh yes the Instant Pot will do that perfectly!  It's very simple.

I put the pork and BBQ sauce in a Pyrex bowl and covered it with foil.  I created a foil strip that could help lift the bowl out of the pot when it's hot.  I put in one cup of water and the trivet in the pot and sat the bowl with the leftovers in the pot.

This is the Pot in Pot method.

I used the 'Steam' function and sat it for 5 minutes.  While that was reheating I had some fresh zucchini that I sliced and put in my little pot on the low pressure setting for 3 minutes.  Of course I had water and the trivet in there too.

Everything from start to finish was about 20 minutes and it came out perfectly.

So there ya go, the perfect way to reheat leftovers!

I'm going Instant Pot crazy!

I have had an electric pressure cooker for years.  I also have three stove top pressure cookers.  So as you can imagine, I've done plenty of pressure cooking.  I started checking out the new features of the newer models of electric pressure cookers and I'm impressed.  My old one has no real features but High or Low pressure and time adjustment.  I actually got excited when I saw what the newer models can do.  Not only for the convenience of the features but for the fun I could have using them.

So, today I officially became an Instant Pot gal.  It was just time for an upgrade. My old one was very narrow at the base so I couldn't really do any cheese cakes etc.  Also the pot was not a full pot it was actually a very heavy insert that had a plug part that made contact when it was inserted into the body of the pot.  That part wasn't even submersible so it was kind of pain to clean up.

My new addition will take the place of my old pot on the counter.  Right next to my mini one.  Between the two of them I'll be making tons of fun and yummy things!