Join me on Sunday, August 21st from 11am – 1pm at the West End Farmers Market for a Free Cooking Demonstration: What’s Fresh at the Market in My Pressure Cooker.
New Electric Pressure Cooker?
I have been using an electric pressure cooker for a number of years now and feel quite comfortable doing so. With Instant Pot now selling about one-quarter of a million pressure cookers a year and 214,000 of them for Amazon Prime Day, I am sure that many of you might need some extra help stepping into the world of pressure cooking. I can help you
Pressure Cooker White Winter Vegetable Stew
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
Vegan St. Patrick’s Day – Corned Vegetables
Feeling left out that you don’t have veggies for St. Patrick’s Day? If you want to make your corned vegetables heartier, add (smoked) tempeh or tofu, or if you eat wheat seitan. Or serve those on the side. I hope that you will be pleasantly surprised. Don’t just make it for this holiday. Make it anytime this spring when you want fresh, tasty vegetables from
Black Eyed Pea Soup for the New Year
Each year I like to start off with black eyed peas and greens, they are supposed to bring you good luck. No matter what I know that it brings good eating which can lead to good health. I find that if I am healthy I am happy. See, it all works together – for good. Try this hearty black eyed pea soup, made in 10 minutes in
Pressure Cooked Pumpkin Spice Steel Cut Oats – Recipe and Video
Pressure Cooked Pumpkin Pie-Spiced Steel Cut Oats from Vegan Under Pressure It was just over a year ago that we did the photo shoot for my next book Vegan Under Pressure in a very frigid New York City. These Pumpkin Spice Steel Cut Oats made a wonderful breakfast for those in attendance, which included me. Adding the spices gives the steel cut oats an even
Thick and Creamy Potato Leek Soup Recipe Correction
Writing a book is a lot like having a child except that as mistakes pop up, you can sometimes correct them more easily with a book than you can with a child. Other times, as with your child, it takes a while for them to surface. (Believe me, the book still is a lot easier to deal with – most of the time.) Literally the
Instant Pot DUO Giveaway
If you know me, you know I am a bit of a pressure cooker (and cooking) nut. I have a whole bunch of them. One of my absolute favorites is the Instant Pot DUO 7-in1 6 quart pressure cooker. Due to the generosity of the Instant Pot company, I am able to give away one of these pressure cookers to one lucky reader in the
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
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