Instant Pot Loaded Baked Potato Soup

December 15, 2020 Amanda Plott

No time to labor over the stove to make dinner? This Instant Pot Loaded Baked Potato Soup is quick and easy to make with almost all of the cook time being hands off in the instant pot. You start this soup off with cooking the bacon and then adding in the potatoes and broth to that. Yep, that’s right. The bacon is loaded into the soup from the very start!

After the soup cooks you add in a roux and cheese to really make it fully loaded. I keep this soup with some potato chunk to make it feel even more hearty and filling. I also leave on the most of the skins on the potatoes because that’s where so much of the nutrients are…

Instant Pot Cheesecake Bites

December 10, 2020 Amanda Plott

Most recently I found a fun way to make tamales in the instant pot, and being as I’ve also made a cheesecake in the instant pot too, I thought… is it possible to make mini cheesecakes? As it turns out, it is! These Instant Pot Cheesecake Bites are fun and easy to make. Plus, they’re lightened up just enough to be guilt free while still tasting great.

As it turns out, the instant pot is a great way to make cheesecakes, and these mini ones are made directly in my handy-dandy egg bite mold! I lightened them up by using sweetener instead of most of the sugar, and also used a reduced fat cream cheese…

Instant Pot Tamale Bites

December 2, 2020 Amanda Plott

Ever wanted to make tamales but just weren’t completely sure how? These chicken Instant Pot Tamale Bites are not only easy to make, they are delicious and take hardly any time at all. To make these tamale bites, you do need a silicone egg bite mold, but you don’t need any corn husks at all!

You simple spread the masa dough into the silicone mole, fill, top, and cook in the pressure cooker. Yep! That’s all there is to them. I used chicken in these tamales, but you could really use any sort of shredded meat or vegetarian filling that you desire…

Instant Pot Cornbread

November 28, 2020 Amanda Plott

I’ve done a LOT of things in my pressure cooker, but I have yet to bake anything in it. Oh, you didn’t know that baking in the Instant Pot is totally a thing? Yeah, I didn’t really either. Now, I’ve gone as far as cheesecake before, which in my mind makes at least a little sense considering when you make a cheesecake in the oven you usually use a water bath to keep the cheesecake moist. Bread though?

As it turns out, making cornbread in the pressure cooker works out REALLY well. In fact, I may never make cornbread any other way again. Yep, that’s how easy and tasty it was. Plus, cooking it this way means you get to lighten it up!…

Easy 'Baked' Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

November 19, 2020 Amanda Plott

Oh, what? You didn’t know that you could ‘bake’ your sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot? Well, you totally can! It’s quick. It’s easy. And it frees up valuable oven space around the holidays! These Easy 'Baked' Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes can be done, perfectly soft and ready to go, in just 12 minutes. Really? Really!

I was able to cook more than 4 lbs. of sweet potatoes in no time at all, days ahead of when I needed them! This means that I can make my Yummy Yam Casserole on my own schedule and in my own time. (Don’t worry, we’ll get to the Yam Casserole another day.)…

Skinny Pumpkin Cheesecake (Instant Pot)

November 9, 2020 Amanda Plott

I’ve made cheesecake in the instant pot before and with Thanksgiving coming up so soon, I thought it would be a great time to make a pumpkin cheesecake! This festive and lightened up cheesecake takes no time at all to put together and make in the pressure cooker. Plus, it’s every bit as good as any baked version while saving you time and the hassle of actually baking it.

It’s lightened up in the easiest of ways, using reduced fat cream cheese and substituting some of the sugar out for natural sweetener; which can be any sort that you like. Stevia, monk, splenda, etc. You can also top this cheesecake off with any toppings you desire. Caramel, chocolate, whipped cream, and the like…