I am leaving for Rancho La Puerta to work as the visiting chef at their cooking school, La Cocina Que Canta, in just a few days. Don’t have a pity party for me as the place is just amazing. I am also doing 2 nutrition talks this time. (Maybe you’ll think about joining me there on my next visit the week of October 22nd.) In
Why Steam Vegetables in the Pressure Cooker?
To Steam or Not to Steam in the Pressure Cooker: What’s all the fuss about steaming? Call me crazy, if you like, it’s been done before but I cannot understand why people are so gaga over steaming vegetables in the pressure cooker. Will someone please explain it to me? The whole device is basically a giant steamer anyway. So why put your vegetables, or most
Vegan Under Pressure can now be pre-ordered.
Vegan Under Pressure: Perfect Vegan Meals Made Quick and Easy in Your Pressure Cooker Vegan cooking made fast, fresh, and flavorful with the convenience of a pressure cooker ‘ Take advantage of the special pre-order price’ PRE-ORDER FROM ONE OF THESE THREE VENDORS: Amazon / Barnes and Noble / Indie Bound Jill’s latest cookbook, due out January 12th, 2016, takes off where The New
Best Vegan Pressure Cooker Timing Charts Now Available
I get irritated when people describe their pressure cooker cooking failures. I wonder why that happens. So, after spending time in a Facebook group and hearing about poor results and “bad food” from using incorrect timing, I decided that offering my pressure cooking timing charts was important. I cannot figure out why people would only want the charts instead of buying the entire cookbook The
Pressure Cooker Vegan Munggo
When my late dog Bear was alive, I used to cook him a brown rice and mung bean dish. One day after I accidentally overcooked the mung beans I posted on Facebook asking my friends for something to do with them. Luckily my sister’s childhood best friend, Lisa, responded that she would make a Filipino dish called Mungoo. She gave me rough directions and here’s
Jumpin’ John
I have heard that traditionally in the South, people eat black-eyed peas, rice and greens for good luck in the New Year. Many years ago, I started making my version of Hoppin’ John called Jumpin’ John because the traditional dish is made with a ham hock for flavor, and I obviously leave it out. I have made this in the pressure cooker and the peas
Pressure Cooker Soup Stock
If you found a new pressure cooker waiting for you under your Christmas tree or Hanukkah bush, then I can help you so that you take it out of the box and use it. My story is that the first pressure cooker I bought in 1986 came home and sat, waiting for me to use it. On Day 13 of a 14 day return policy,
Using Your Pressure Cooker for Slow Cooker Recipes
Kathy Hester, author of The Vegan Slow Cooker cookbook, gave me a chance to write about using the pressure cooker for some of her slow cooker recipes. Not one to turn down a challenge, I went for it. It turns out that you can easily use slow cooker recipes in your pressure cooker with some adjustments. As long as the recipe uses liquid, the pressure
Pressure Cooked Sweet Potatoes, Tempeh, and Kale
Simply pressure cooked vegetables are amazingly tasty, transforming just a few ingredients into a magical dish.
Pressure For Meals
Some bloggers concoct recipes because they have a keen desire to publish and photograph them. I have a keen desire to eat — at least 3 meals and a number of snacks a day. Since this is a blog about pressure cooking, I am not going to mention any raw food that I eat, but I do that, too. Today, I did a take off