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Offline BensMom

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #390 on: December 16, 2017, 08:51:29 AM »
Hmm, the evaporated milk trick sounds interesting. The recipe I have that I really like does have that bechamel sauce he talks about, so if just using evaporated milk could replace that, that would be so much easier.

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #391 on: December 16, 2017, 10:10:28 AM »
I use evap milk in my sow cooker Mac and cheese, and it works well!
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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #392 on: December 16, 2017, 01:09:59 PM »
^^ I think I'll have to try this when DS is home.   :happydance:
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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #393 on: December 16, 2017, 03:25:19 PM »
Think I will get the ingredients for this for tomorrow night...

https://mycrazygoodlife.com/instant-pot-goulash-21-day-fix-goulash/

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #394 on: December 16, 2017, 06:49:59 PM »
Oooh, I’ll give that a whirl!
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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #395 on: December 16, 2017, 09:25:11 PM »
That looks good.
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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #396 on: December 17, 2017, 06:46:49 PM »
ok, so seemed like the pot had trouble sealing so I should have shortened the time a little bit. 

I used a pound of pasta, 1 green pepper, 1 red pepper, 1 zucchini, 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes, 28 oz water...somewhere in there I forgot to double the spices (probably could have tripled them) so was bland and pasta was a little over cooked, but I would make this again.  Will be super easy to reheat for the kid's dinner tomorrow...just throw some extra parmesan on and it will be fine.
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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #397 on: December 17, 2017, 10:13:46 PM »
Seems like it could take extra veggies too, unless you are trying to hide them in there.
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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #398 on: December 18, 2017, 05:40:36 AM »
Agreed, there was plenty of room for more.  You could skip the minced onion and put in a whole diced onion.  Or whatever other veggies that you like.

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #399 on: December 18, 2017, 07:37:59 AM »
I had an IP fail last night. I didn't have high hopes honestly. It was a chicken teryaki recipe that didn't really seem like it had been properly modified for the IP or for brown rice, even though it gave instructions. So I had mushy carrots and peppers and the broccoli pretty much just disintegrated. And the proportions were way off. I doubled the rice, but not the sauce and it was still way too saucy. I had to make extra rice to mix in with it.

I think I'm going to try mac and cheese tonight, even though I should probably cook something foolproof after last night's dinner.

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #400 on: December 18, 2017, 07:08:08 PM »
Mac and cheese was a win! Still have to grate all the cheese, but the rest was so much easier.

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #401 on: December 18, 2017, 07:46:34 PM »
Yeah!

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #402 on: December 19, 2017, 07:58:17 AM »
I need to start writing down recipes. I've just been looking stuff up online and getting the basic measurements and time, but then I can't remember and have to look it up again--like with steel cut oats.

Later in the week (or next week depending on how we're doing with leftovers) I'm going to try a lentil and brown rice recipe.

I'm also planning a creamy chicken and orzo dish that I make in a pot, but might try to adapt for the instant pot because I'm really loving this not boiling a big pot of water thing.

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Re: Instant Pot!
« Reply #404 on: December 19, 2017, 08:07:12 PM »
I’m pretty sure Kanata is where the original e-belt was created too. Must be something in the water.