Instant Pot Dinners | Wholefully https://wholefully.com/easy-family-dinners/instant-pot-dinners/ Fresh Family Meals - Made for Everyday Life Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:55:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wholefully.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/favicon-150x150.png Instant Pot Dinners | Wholefully https://wholefully.com/easy-family-dinners/instant-pot-dinners/ 32 32 Instant Pot Mac and Cheese Recipe https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-mac-cheese-recipe/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-mac-cheese-recipe/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=60948 This Instant Pot mac and cheese is rich, gooey, and creamy. All the flavor of cheesy mac and not the slightest bit of effort. Overhead of a large serving bowl and two individual bowls of mac and cheese on a counter with spoons alongside. Is there anything better than an ooey-gooey bowl of mac and cheese? Yes! An ooey-gooey bowl of mac and cheese made from scratch in an Instant Pot. Homemade mac and cheese is miles above the kind you buy in the store. It’s fresh, cheesy, and creamy. It’s the classic comfort food you know and love, only better! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-mac-cheese-recipe/feed/ 0 Instant Pot Shrimp Jambalaya https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-shrimp-jambalaya/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-shrimp-jambalaya/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:55:50 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=49946 https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-shrimp-jambalaya/feed/ 2 Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy https://wholefully.com/swedish-meatballs/ https://wholefully.com/swedish-meatballs/#comments Fri, 31 May 2024 15:21:28 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=32364 When I first made these meatballs back in 2018, these Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs were an immediate hit. My husband requested them weekly. My daughter happily ate her mini meatballs. They feel like good stick-to-your-ribs comfort food. This dish is packed with so much flavor, and the Instant Pot makes it so fast and easy to make—it’s just an all-around winner-winner-meatball-dinner.Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/swedish-meatballs/feed/ 15 Juicy Instant Pot Chicken Breast https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-chicken-breast/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-chicken-breast/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:48:34 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=63785 The Instant Pot pressure cooker creates a juicy, tender chicken breast in a fraction of the time. Close view of a juicy chicken breast on a plate in flavorful juices with fresh herb garnish. If you have an Instant Pot, there are a few things you should definitely try using it for. One of my favorite ways to use my Instant Pot is to cook up some juicy Instant Pot chicken breasts! It’s super simple, creates juicy meat, and you can use the chicken in a range of recipes throughout the week. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-chicken-breast/feed/ 0 How to Make Instant Pot Coconut Yogurt https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-coconut-yogurt/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-coconut-yogurt/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:42:13 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=32857 The very first time I dabbled with the dairy-free lifestyle was back in 2014. When my daughter was born, she was pretty quickly diagnosed with a Milk and Soy Protein Intolerance (MSPI, for short), meaning that even the slightest bit of cheese or tofu eaten by me would come through my breastmilk and cause her incredible stomach upset. Thankfully, most babies grow out of MSPI relatively quickly—Juni was done with it by her six-month mark—and go on to happily eat grilled cheese sandwiches. But that six months sans dairy really helped teach me something about my own body—it really functions better when I'm off the cow juice. Ever since I stopped eating dairy for Juni's sake, I've been very careful to limit my own intake—and that meant I started experimenting with dairy-free alternatives to my favorite dairy products. That's how I discovered the amazing versatility of cashew cream. And that's why I started making my own dairy-free coconut milk yogurt in my Instant Pot. Side angle shot of wooden spoon scooping coconut yogurt from an Instant Pot Making yogurt in the Instant Pot (dairy-free or otherwise) is so incredibly fool-proof. If you've ever been intimidated by making your own yogurt before, the Instant Pot is your answer. It makes it so hands off and so simple—it's honestly almost easier than just going to the store to buy premade coconut milk yogurt. And my gosh, can you save some serious cash by making your own yogurt at home—especially the dairy-free stuff. At our local grocery store, a five-ounce cup of coconut milk yogurt runs about $1.99. You can make an entire quart—32 ounces worth—of coconut milk yogurt in the Instant Pot for less than $4. It’d cost you $12.74 to buy that much pre-made! And when you go through as much yogurt as we do, that adds up fast. Another (huge) added benefit: you can control everything about your yogurt—the thickness, the tanginess, and most importantly to me, the probiotic levels. Most store-bought yogurts are barely fermented at all—some sources say that yogurt from the store can be fermented for as little as one hour! One hour does not get you much healthy bacteria, but you know what does? Using your Instant Pot to ferment for 24 hours or more. Yogurt that is fermented for 24 hours has more healthy probiotics per cup than any over-the-counter probiotic pill—we're talking billions of good guys helping to keep your gut happy! And it's way more delicious than popping a pill. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-coconut-yogurt/feed/ 338 Split Pea Soup with Ham (Instant Pot, Slow Cooker, or Stovetop) https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-split-pea-soup-with-ham/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-split-pea-soup-with-ham/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:52:29 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=52950 Fancy food it is not, but Split Pea Soup with Ham is delicious, comforting, and affordable. Stovetop, Instant Pot, slow cooker—we'll show you how to make it all three ways! I’m not going to lie, Split Pea Soup with Ham isn’t going to win any beauty contests. But I think that’s okay, because so often, the most comforting, delicious, coziest foods aren’t all that beautiful. And I think that’s a wonderful life lesson—sometimes the best things in life come in the most unsuspecting packages. Just know that this soup is so delicious, so comforting, and so flavorful that it made my six year old dance in the kitchen when she tasted it. Literally. She grabbed a bowl, grabbed a spoon, took one bite, and started dancing right there on our kitchen rug because it tasted so good. And I’m dancing because you can make this Split Pea Soup in the Instant Pot, slow cooker, or on the stovetop—I love me a flexible recipe that works no matter my schedule! Close-up of finished split pea soup in a bowl.

Do split peas need to be soaked before cooking?

Unlike other beans and legumes, split peas are tender enough that they don’t need to be soaked before cooking.

Wholefully Protip

If you have a history of digestive problems from split peas, you might want to go ahead and soak them in cold water overnight before cooking—it might help!

How do you make split pea soup from scratch?

You can cook this soup on the stovetop, in the slow cooker, or in an Instant Pot, but the process is pretty similar for all of them. To make split pea soup, here’s what you’ll do: Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-split-pea-soup-with-ham/feed/ 0 How to Make Yogurt (With or Without an Instant Pot!) https://wholefully.com/yogurt-making/ https://wholefully.com/yogurt-making/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:35:06 +0000 http://backtoherroots.com/?p=6377 Making yogurt at home is easier than you think! Learn how to make delicious, tangy yogurt with or without an Instant Pot in this step-by-step guide. </yoastmark"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"</yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"&amp;lt;/yoastmark" />"Overhead shot of 24-hour yogurt in a bowl, topped with granola and berries" width="1800" height="2696" data-pin-description="Making yogurt is one of the best and easiest ways to get started with fermenting foods in your own kitchen. This 24-hour yogurt is packed full of probiotics to keep your gut happy and healthy. #yogurt #instantpot #greekyogurt #probiotics #wholefully" /&gt;&lt;br />We go through a lot of yogurt in our house. It can get mega-expensive, mega-fast when you consume that much organic grass-fed yogurt. In our area, organic yogurts in the individual size tubs run about $1.50 apiece. Seems economical enough, until you start doing the math. One dollar for about six ounces of yogurt, times three people in my family, times once a day– that’s over $30 per week in yogurt! Yeeeesssshh. I could think of about 300 things I’d rather spend $30 on in a week than yogurt.</p&gt; <p>&lt</p> ;strong >But what if I told you could get an entire half-gallon of organic yogurt for less than you pay for a single cup of fancy coffee? Yup, you can make organic grass-fed yogurt for even cheaper than conventional store-bought yogurt by making your yogurt at home. I know, yogurt-making seems difficult and complicated, but I promise it is totally easy and only takes about 10 minutes of hands-on time. Plus, it only requires two ingredients! You can do this.</p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt; <p>&lt;a</p></p></p> cl <p>ass="""continueRead"&gt;&amp;lt;/p></p>&lt;/p&amp;gt;]]> https://wholefully.com/yogurt-making/feed/ 60 The Simplest Bone Broth Recipe https://wholefully.com/bone-broth/ https://wholefully.com/bone-broth/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:26:42 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=33145 Bone broth is a traditional treatment that's made a comeback in recent years. We'll show you how to make it on the stove, in a Crock Pot, or in an Instant Pot! Clear mug of bone broth held in two hands A few years ago, when I heard the term "bone broth" getting thrown around for the first time, my initial thought was um, isn't chicken broth already made with bones? It wasn't until about a year ago that I found out that bone broth is different from regular chicken stock because it uses a long cooking time to extract as much nutrition out of the bones as possible. Basically, regular chicken stock uses the bones for flavor. Bone broth uses the bones for flavor and nutrition. The resulting broth from long-simmering is totally delicious, of course, but even beyond that, it's a powerful nutritional supplement. In fact, I only started making bone broth regularly after two separate doctors (one crunchy granola doc and one decidedly not crunchy granola doc) recommended I start having at least a cup of it a day as part of my Lyme treatment protocol. Bone broth walks the line between food and medicine in a way that few other foods do. And it certainly tastes a lot better than most medicines do! Glass Pyrex measuring cup pouring bone broth into a glass jar

The Benefits of Bone Broth

The nutritional profile of bone broth depends widely on the kind of bones you use (you can use chicken, turkey, beef, pork, fish—anything!), your cooking time, and the way the animals were raised (grass-fed and pasture-raised animals will give you more nutrient density). But there are a few common things about bone broth that make it so awesome:
  • It's loaded with gelatin. The slow and low cooking helps to release the gelatin—which is a broken down version of collagen—that is in the connective tissues and bones you use. Why is this a good thing? Well, major important areas of our body (like the lining of our gut and our own connective tissues and joints) are made from collagen—in fact, about 25% of our body is made of collagen! Some folks use gelatin or collagen supplements, but bone broth is another effective (and affordable) way to get your gelatin and collagen. Making sure you get an adequate supply of collagen has a ton of health benefits like helping you sleep better, making your skin more supple, protecting your gut lining, and making your joints less achy.
  • It's easy to digest. Sometimes the roughage of a huge salad is good for you, but sometimes—especially if you are fighting digestive disorders or your immune system isn't up to snuff—easy-to-digest foods are the way to go. Bone broth is a wonderful marriage of easy-to-digest but still nutritionally powerful.
Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/bone-broth/feed/ 102 The Easiest Instant Pot Pork Roast https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-pork-roast/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-pork-roast/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:12:55 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=58115 Tender and juicy, Instant Pot Pork Roast is a hearty dish that's perfect for family dinners or special occasions.Close up of sliced and plated pork roast topped with gravy. Everyone needs a quick and easy pork roast recipe they can pull out in a pinch! Pork roast is delicious, simple to cook, and often loved by even the pickiest eaters. This instant pot pork roast is the perfect choice for dinner if you’re pressed for time, but you want to put a wholesome meal on the table. In only an hour and a half, your juicy roast is ready to serve. You can even make the sides while the roast is cooking. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-pork-roast/feed/ 0 Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-mashed-potatoes/ https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-mashed-potatoes/#respond Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:31:00 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=75997 Get rich, creamy, delectable mashed potatoes in an instant with our family favorite Instant Pot mashed potatoes recipe. Perfect for saving time on Thanksgiving!
A spoon dips into a creamy potato side dish served family-style in a large white bowl.
Instant Pot Mashed potatoes are our absolute favorite Thanksgiving hack! These bad boys are made in literal minutes in your electric pressure cooker—no more babysitting boiling potatoes on the stove. No more trying to time it to where your mashed potatoes are still hot when it's time to serve. These mashed potatoes are just as creamy, dreamy, and decadent as your favorite stovetop recipes, but they take a fraction of the time and stay warm while you finish up other dishes! Let us show you how. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/instant-pot-mashed-potatoes/feed/ 0