Throwback: Chicken Alfredo
Throwback to Instant Pot Fettuccine Chicken Alfredo – a quick, one-pot pasta.
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Q&A: Aren’t Rancho Gordo Beans Expensive?
Why am I willing to pay so much for Rancho Gordo beans?
Throwback Thursday: Cochinita Pibil
Throwback to pit cooked pork, pressure cooker style
Throwback Thursday: Greek Potatoes
Throbwack: A quick side dish of baby potatoes, with garlic, lemon, and herbs
Outbreak AMA
Quarantine Q&A time. Have any cooking questions? Leave them in the comments.
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes 2020
Some recipes for St. Patrick’s Day. May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door.
A Stalk of Celery vs a Rib of Celery?
When a recipe calls for a stalk of celery, what does it mean?
Mardi Gras Instant Pot Recipes
Mardi Gras is coming! Can’t make it to New Orleans? Celebrate Fat Tuesday in your own kitchen with these recipes.
Throwback: Superb Owl Chili
I know I go on about chili – it’s one of my favorite things to make, and to eat – but especially for the Superb Owl.
Things I Love: Tomato Paste in a Tube
I love tomato paste in a tube. (Yes, I’m weird that way).
Throwback: Fingerling Potatoes
An Instant Pot of potatoes makes an easy side dish
Throwback: Stuffed Peppers
Throwback recipe: Stuffed peppers in the Instant Pot
DadCooksDinner and the Scale of Doom – January 2020
It’s time for my annual reckoning with the Scale of Doom
New Years Eve 2020
Happy New Year, everyone! Here comes…gulp…2020! But, before we get there, I’m looking back at 2019, using Top 5 lists in honor of my favorite movie. Top Five New Years Day Recipes Here are my most popular recipes on New Year’s Day Pressure Cooker Black-Eyed Peas Pressure Cooker Collard Greens with Bacon Pressure Cooker Macaroni and Cheese Pressure Cooker Kielbasa and Sauerkraut Pressure Cooker Pork and Sauerkraut Top Five New Recipes From 2019 These are my new recipes from 2019 that had the most reads Instant Pot Pork Loin Roast – DadCooksDinner Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers – DadCooksDinner Instant Pot Hominy (From Dried) – DadCooksDinner Instant Pot Lemon Cheesecake – DadCooksDinner Instant Pot Jamaican Beef Stew – DadCooksDinner Top Five Recipes 2019 My most-read recipes in 2019 Instant Pot Pinto Beans – DadCooksDinner Pressure Cooker Chicken Legs with Herb Rub – DadCooksDinner Instant Pot Easy Braised Oxtail – DadCooksDinner Pressure Cooker Chili Verde (Green Pork Chili) – DadCooksDinner Pressure Cooker Quick Tomato Sauce – DadCooksDinner I’ve been writing DadCooksDinner for a long, long time. (Since …
Merry Christmas 2019
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night
Gift Suggestions for Instant Pot Fans 2019
Gift suggestions for the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker fan in your life.
Amazon Black Friday Instant Pot Sale 2019
FCC Notice: I am an Amazon affiliate. Any purchases through my Amazon links give me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting DadCooksDinner by buying through my Amazon links, especially on Black Friday and Cyber Monday! Amazon has their best deals of the year on Instant Pots on Black Friday. I’m writing this a few days early; I’ll update this post as soon as I find out what the deals are. Update 2019-11-29: It’s 6-Quart Duo Sale Day! The sales are on all all-new Instant Pot Duo Nova for $60, the slightly older Instant Pot Duo Plus for $65, and the original Instant Pot Duo for $49! I’d pay the extra $10 for the new Duo Nova model – it’s my “best value Instant Pot for everyone” choice. $49 for the original Duo is a great deal, and that pot was my daily driver pressure cooker for years. Instant Pot Duo Nova for $59.95 [Amazon.com] Instant Pot Duo Plus for $64 [Amazon.com] Instant Pot Duo for $49.00 [Amazon.com] If …
Giving Thanks 2019
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Dinner Plan 2019
What am I making for Thanksgiving? I’m glad you asked…
Throwback Thursday: Giblet Gravy
Pressure cooker giblet gravy is one of my key Thanksgiving recipes
Throwback: Caramel Apple Cheesecake
Throwback to a fall cheesecake.
High Altitude Pressure Cooking Adustments
My question…do you know how long I would cook Instant Pot Pinto Beans at an altitude of 5000 ft? Commenter Rhonda V The rule of thumb for high altitude pressure cooking, Instant Pot or otherwise: For every 1,000 feet above 2,000-foot elevation, increase cooking time by 5 percent. In metric, that’s 5% for every 300 meters above 600 meters. Pressure Cooking Adjustment By Altitude Altitude Increase % Multiply Cooking Time By 3000 ft / 900 m 5% 1.05 4000 ft / 1200 m 10% 1.10 5000 ft / 1500 m 15% 1.15 6000 ft / 1800 m 20% 1.20 7000 ft / 2100 m 25% 1.25 Pressure Cook America Because I’m a habitual map looker, I stumbled across this list of the cities in the United States by elevation. Here are the cities with a population over 100,000 by elevation (according to Wikipedia): City State Altitude Population Increase % CO Springs CO 6035 feet / 1839 m 465,101 20% Centennial CO 5830 ft / 1777 m 110,250 15% Lakewood CO 5518 ft / 1682 m …