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Instant Pot Chipotle Beans

When I’m not busy being a food nerd, I’m a Science Fiction and Fantasy nerd. (I’m sure this is a shock to all of you.) One of my favorite authors is Ursala Vernon; her Clockwork Boys series were , and she mentioned “Chipotle Beans” on Twitter a while back. I immediately thought “What a great idea!” Instant Pot Chipotle Beans, here we come. So...

January 15, 2019

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Pressure cooker, Side dish

PicOfTheWeek: Browned Beef for Broth

by Mike Vrobel

We had a bit of a snowstorm blow through yesterday. To celebrate the first real snow of the season, I made a big batch of beef broth for Vegetable Beef Soup. Here’s the biggest of the beef soup bones after some serious browning in the oven.

January 13, 2019

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Things I Love: Diced Chipotles

by Mike Vrobel

This is a callback to my first DadCooksDinner post. It was a recipe for pureed chipotle en adobo. Calling it a “Recipe” is hyperbole; at most it’s a cooking hack. Dump a can of chipotle peppers into a food processor and pulse until smooth. I had to start with it because I use it in my second post, Quick Red Salsa. I add chipotle...

January 10, 2019

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Things I love

Instant Pot German Pot Roast with Mustard (Senfbraten)

by Mike Vrobel

Grandma said: If you want luck in the New Year, you have to have pork on New Year’s Day. Who am I to argue with Grandma? Here’s my New Year’s day recipe inspired by the German side of my family, Instant Pot German Pot Roast with Mustard. In Germany this is a Senfbraten, or mustard roast, pork rubbed with mustard and cooked with onions,...

January 8, 2019

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Pressure cooker, Sunday dinner

PicOfTheWeek: Sear Until Browned

by Mike Vrobel

“Sear until browned”. Check! Working on a new pork pot roast recipe – coming soon. Here’s my old one to tide you over:

January 6, 2019

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DadCooksDinner and the Scale of Doom – January 2019

by Mike Vrobel

Ugh. My weight has crept up again over the last year. (One of the occupational hazards of food blogging.) I want to weigh 225 pounds; I was so close last summer. Then I had hernia surgery and sat around for a couple of weeks recovering. More important, I stopped paying attention to what I ate at about that time and my weight started creeping...

January 3, 2019

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