Instant Pot Spaghetti Meat Sauce

A spaghetti sauce simmering for a longer period of time on the stovetop always makes it more delicious. Luckily the Instant Pot makes things a little easier and faster. This is a recipe I’ve been making for some time for spaghetti sauce. I usually don’t measure when I cook which can be erratic, writing this…

Instant Pot Tender Beef with Spinach

This soy sauce based recipe is a favorite of my daughters and one of my preferred ways of making beef chuck. I often make this with a combination of vegetables, such as long or green beans, chayote and bok choy, but this time went the simple route of just spinach in trying this out in…

Chicken Afritada in the Instant Pot

Chicken Afritada is a Filipino stew cooked in a tomato based sauce. It’s a Spanish influenced dish and similar to caldereta, which is made with beef. I’ve been craving a stew with the weather so chilly here in California in the evenings and mornings and this was perfect. In this recipe I used chicken breast…

Quick & Easy Scalloped Potatoes in the Instant Pot

Scalloped potatoes not from a box? I’d never tried it personally until now. My oldest daughter loves the boxed version so I decided to try making them for her in the Instant Pot and I’m amazed how well they turned out.  I used about 2 pounds of yellow or Yukon potatoes. I love these potatoes….

Chicken Adobo Drumsticks in the Pressure Cooker

When I first asked my mom for her adobo recipe, she would say things like, “add a little bit of,” “you could add,”, “maybe this”, “cook until…” Being new to cooking then, it was daunting! I had no idea if a “little bit” was a teaspoon or a cup. She doesn’t have a recipe for…