Recipe Weekend / Cookbook Review: How to Instant Pot by Daniel Shumski

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School is back in session, so it's time for some quick and easy meals!

Now you CAN with your insta pot!

Synopsis:

Home cooks are in love with the Instant Pot, the multi-purpose pressure cooker that does the work of a slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, sauté pan, steamer, and chafing dish all in one, saving time and hassle in the kitchen. This collection of 100 easy, creative, boundary-pushing recipes makes ultimate use of this amazing and increasingly popular appliance. Organized by function, the book offers instructions for mastering each, and variations on basic dishes from Chicken Soup to No-Stir Polenta to Sweet Yogurt.

Master the revolutionary appliance that is changing the way we cook!

The only Instant Pot cookbook that is organized by function, How to Instant Pot is both a guide to understanding the Instant Pot basics and a foodie’s creative collection of over 100 recipes specially crafted to take advantage of the Instant Pot’s many virtues, from cooking perfect risotto in six minutes, no stirring required, to five kinds of yogurt, to creating one-hour killer chili and soups from scratch, using dried beans.

Here’s how to make incredible hands-off meals like Ziti and Italian Sausage, Maple-Mustard Pork Shoulder, and Korean-Style Short  Ribs, plus plenty of sides, breakfasts, and desserts. In addition to a set of recipes for each function and master recipes with three variations each, there are surprising shortcuts—basics like quick pickles, perfect hard-boiled eggs, and a 30-minute “baked” potato. It’s the essential purchase for every instant pot owner.

Review:

This book will teach you things about your insta pot that you had NO idea it can do, as well as teach you the basics, and allow you to really make better use of ALL of its functions! With school back on, By taking you through the pot, by its FUNCTIONS, you get to actually learn HOW to really use the machine, versus just seeing different recipes. the recipes build on each other, in complexity, so it's also a mini cooking course. Many of the basics will allow you to actually SKIP the microwave, and produce not only better tasting food, but food that is better for you.If I had had this book while my stove was out, we would never had had to eat so many cold meals! If you have an insta pot, you NEED this cookbook! It's also perfect for gift giving with one, for housewarmings or weddings!

Recipe:

Know how many of your European recipes call for creme fraiche, but you can never find it, and you don't want to make any substitutions? 

Now you can make your OWN creme fraiche with your insta pot!

Who knew????

About the Author:

Daniel Shumski is a writer and editor who has hunted ramen in Tokyo for the Washington Post and tracked down ice cream in Buenos Aires for the Los Angeles Times. Between stints at the Chicago Sun-Timesand the Chicago Tribune, he worked for a Midwestern heirloom apple orchard. His first book, Will It Waffle?: 53 Irresistible and Unexpected Recipes to Make in a Waffle Iron, won praise from the New York Times, People magazine, and Food52. He lives in Montreal, where his French is still a work in progress.