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I was talking with a friend recently about how to cook rice in the Instant Pot. She had heard that cooking rice in the Instant Pot was foolproof, but the method was giving her terrible trouble, and she wasn’t sure what she was doing wrong. Making the switch to cooking real foods is a big […]
How to Cook Rice in the Instant Pot – Perfect Rice Every Time! Read More »
Looking for an easy keto side or main dish or maybe just a way to get more veggies onto your family’s dinner plates? This keto cauliflower mac and cheese recipe fits the bill. My kids literally cheer when I serve this up, and I bet yours will too. Does it still count as mac and
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How do you practically use an herb that’s 30-300 times sweeter than sugar to substitute for sugar in recipes? Stevia is a great option as an alternative sweetener, but sweetening with stevia isn’t easy to use in all situations. I prefer the liquid version of stevia extract. I’ve explained the safety of stevia, including an
Steaming veggies is a great way to get important nutrients on the dinner (or lunch or breakfast) table without spending hours in the kitchen. My absolute favorite method?? Steamed vegetables in the Instant Pot! You might be thinking, “Okay, Katie, I can see using the Instant Pot for cooking a whole chicken, but steaming veggies
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Making bone broth in the Instant Pot is an excellent hack for saving time and money in a real food kitchen. There are two different Instant Pot methods that work with chicken, beef, or pork bones. The result is a healthy, nutrient-dense stock that you can drink on its own or add to recipes to
Bone Broth in the Instant Pot – 2 Ways! {Chicken, Beef, & Pork} Read More »
If you’re a beginner in the world of canning, this post is for you. Tomatoes are a wonderful long-term storage food. Learning how to can tomatoes is a great way to store the abundance you may be getting from your garden! Whether you’ve spent the time and effort of growing tomatoes in your backyard or you
How to Can Tomatoes the Easy Way – Perfect for Beginners Read More »
Keto cooking – or keto-fying a favorite food – isn’t always the easiest or tastiest. We’ve made almond flour chocolate chip cookies that were better than the originals, coconut flour muffins that are moist and delicious, and Paleo banana bread that’s to die for (grain-free but not keto)…AND we’ve also had some definite flops in
Italian Inspired Keto Tortillas Recipe {2g Net Carb} Read More »
You can tell a lot about our culture by the way kids eat. Recently we had some friends over, and my kids gave a little farm tour. When we stopped at the garden, we offered our guests a taste of fresh lettuce. The kids looked at us like we had just asked them to eat
Even for people who are squeamish about raw chicken, cooking chicken in the Instant Pot is so simple and must become part of your routine. Over at Kids Cook Real Food, we even have a video showing kids how to make shredded barbecue chicken in the Instant Pot as part of our Instant Pot Thematic
Cooking a Whole Chicken in the Instant Pot {Plus Shredded Chicken!} Read More »
Easy-peel hard-boiled eggs have been something I sought after for many years. I tried so many methods, but once I tried hard-boiled eggs in the Instant Pot, I knew there was no going back. Perfect easy-peel eggs every time – no tricks necessary! The Quest for Easy Peel Eggs Easy-peel eggs – at one point
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Cooking squash in the Instant Pot saves time, keeps the kitchen cool during the hot summer months, and is a quick and easy way to meal prep! Plus, it’s one of the best ways to cook squash to prepare for freezing. It’s right about the beginning of summer, where I start to run out of
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Every June it sneaks up on me – strawberry season. I’ve spent the last few months working through our freezer stash and home-canned goods. The weather is getting warmer, and we all want to live outside and forget about complicated meals. Then it hits me – it’s time to start preserving again! The first item
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When athletes work out, they losing sweat and expend energy. The purpose of a “sports drink” is to replenish lost fluids, necessary electrolytes and carbohydrates, keeping the athlete’s energy up as they continue to exert themselves (or recover). Store-bought premade drinks they reach for often contain added ingredients, flavorings, and artificial sweeteners that I avoid!
Homemade Electrolyte Drink Recipe: Natural Hydration For Athletes Read More »
When you buy a half a pig, your dreams are filled with bacon. Lots and lots of bacon. My kids are head over heels in love with bacon and would eat two pounds a day if I’d let them. So buying half a pig seemed like a great way to have a family supply of
We’re living through a unique time in history, when a virus spreading worldwide has us cooking at home more than many people have done in years, a significant number of us are dealing with job loss or other reductions of income, grocery shopping is a potentially life-threatening expedition, and some foods are out of stock!
Smoky Lentil-Potato Bake and 30+ Frugal Meals to Feed Your Whole Family Read More »
My kids are hit and miss on soup lately, much to my chagrin since I like to serve soup 3-4 times a week in the fall and winter and even often in the summer, like this Sausage Bean and Greens Soup. I count my blessings that all three of them seem to love this creamy
Dilly Cream of Potato Vegetable Soup Recipe Framework Read More »
Are you dairy-free? If you are or you ever have been, you know what I mean when I say comfort foods are the hardest thing to give up. That’s why I created a dairy-free gingerbread cookie recipe. Today, I’m sharing my cashew cream recipe. It’s not that dairy-free eating doesn’t taste good, or that it’s extremely
When I’m not pan-frying salmon with our favorite homemade fish seasoning blend, I’m pulling out this simple, budget-friendly pantry recipe for salmon patties. They come together in 10 minutes and are even delish as cold leftovers! One of the best ways to increase the omega-3s in your diet is to eat more fish, especially salmon. A
The last thing we need is another “pretend cauliflower” recipe. We have cauliflower pretending to be pizza, cauliflower dressed up like steak, cauliflower dressed up like macaroni and cheese, and buffalo chicken. This recipe is cauliflower pretending to be nothing but cauliflower. It features the greatest chameleon of the cruciferous vegetable family in all its
Healthy Side Dish: Spicy Tahini Roasted Cauliflower Recipe Read More »
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a bit of a baking epidemic in addition to all the pandemic stress. Flour, sugar and other baking needs were in short supply, even worse than at the holidays, the only other time of year so many people seem to care to bake from scratch. What
Stress Baking in a Pandemic: What to Bake If You Can’t Buy Enough Flour Read More »
