Taking the Pressure Off - Sunday Meal Prep

🥘Meal Prep Tips + The Pressure Cooker🥘
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With 4 kids and a Busy schedule I couldn't live without my Superfoods shakes, but I also do about an hour of down and dirty meal prep on Sundays to make sure we stay on track! 
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‼️Meal prep doesn't have to be an all day affair; I find that I am most successful when it is an accumulation of very simple items prepared simultaneously ! My go-tos are simply roasted veggies, easily grilled proteins (while the kids enjoy fresh air), and letting my slow cooker &pressure cooker do the work!
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🍲The Pressure Cooker
The one I use is the Instant Pot DUO60 model, which is about $99 on Amazon.
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⁉️Why?
👉It can Sauté, Slow Cook, Steam and Pressure Cook, Yogurt Function
👉6qt. SS liner, cleans easily and is dishwasher safe 
⚡the speed, convenience, energy & nutrient savings
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It can speed cook so well, that I am able to do back to back recipes in a snap. Sunday I turned out 18 hardboiled eggs and a whole pot of Pineapple Black Bean Quinoa Salad (which is my current obsession) all in under 30 minutes!
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🍖One key to tender meats and sides is making sure you have enough liquid! It takes liquid to steam, so make sure you have ample liquids in there no matter what you are cooking! About 1/2 cup of water is all you need to hard boil eggs because of the short cook time. I usually use about double that for a pot of ribs, which has a 23 minute cook time!
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Preheat time 👉 For some dishes, the preheat to steam time is short, but the meatier the dish, or the colder the ingredients, the longer the heat time is!
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👉A SS steamer basket is helpful in keeping your meats, etc. from sitting in the liquid so they are steamed and not boiled! You can get one like mine for about $5.
👉 Reheating is MAGIC - because it works with steam, it puts the moisture back into your meals instead of robbing it as you reheat! You can even reheat baked fish in just a couple minutes of pressure cook time without drying it out at all!
👉in a pinch you can go from frozen to "order up" in a short period of time! It's fantastic for reheating a frozen meat sauce or meatballs, anything in a sauce or precooked! But keep in mind, anything like raw frozen chicken breasts, aren't going to end up quite as succulent as they will if you allow them to thaw!
👉 Uses less water, reduces cook times, does not create any chemicals that can result from other cooking methods and can help to retain more vitamins in our foods!
👉 Pressure Cooking can assist in making grains and legumes more easily digested due to the fact that it reduces phytic acid and lectins!
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Happy Prepping! #14day #kitchentips #mealprep #hacks #pressurecooker