Which do you use more - food processor or instant pot (or other pressure cooker)?

WeAreTheMassacre

Instant Pot was my best friend when I was on a normal diet or typical body building diet. I'm trying Keto now so I really haven't had time to adapt my new recipes to it. Used it daily! With out it I would've struggled to eat healthy. Still use it every night for pot-in pot white rice and chicken breast for all my pets. Frozen chicken ready in 30 minutes. I think my bean soup took an hour. The texture and flavor of food is amazing when cooked in it, and it's near impossible to mess up a recipe

zdyb23456

We use the food processor for making pesto and hummus. I've also used it to "grate" Parmesan. I also have a Tupperware manual food processor that I use for chopping nuts and mashing strawberries for homemade jelly. It's also good for blending peanut sauce for the sesame noodles I make. I prefer a knife for chopping vegetables.

I use my crockpot about once a week. I wouldn't use it if it weren't for crockpot liners. So much easier to clean up.

I'm curious about an instant pot. I regularly use my rice cooker, but a double use pot that could replace my slow cooker and rice cooker would be nice.

annacole94

Instant pot makes great rice. It's a stainless steel insert, so I've found it easy to scrub clean.

Cocochick

I use both quite a bit. Love my food processor for making dressings and hummus, but use my Ipot for rice, quinoa, soups, potatoes, etc. I just bought an air fryer and need to figure out how it works.

jgnatca

I am a gadget gal and I have neither. I have a favourite knife, a mandoline (both very sharp), a grater, a blender, a slow cooker, a George Foreman, an air fryer and a well seasoned cast iron frying pan.

Lately I have been experimenting making waffles directly on the George Foreman. The slow cooker gets regular workouts, and I use my frying pan the most.

vegmebuff

crazyravr wrote: »

I have both but really the most use is my Breville Smart Oven Pro. I dont even know when I turned on the big oven. It does everything and does it well. I dont even own a microwave.

I am similar(Cuisinart - Combo Steam + Convection Oven is the one I have) - - rarely use my oven and no microwave for me either.

I too love my mandoline! I use it ALL the time -throughout the day.
-Mini food processor
-nonstick pan
-set of really good - sharp knives (A serrated/bread, chef/kitchen, pairing/vegetable one)
-Immersion blender (good for soups/sauces, etc.,)
-Microplane for zesting/garlic, etc.,

I guess it depends on what you like to eat too. A Vitamix would be a great investment if you 'live' for smoothies, soups, etc.,

Francl27

I don't have a good food processor but I would probably use it quite a bit if I did - to chop veggies and make pie crusts mostly - but really, it just saves time. The Instant Pot does make some things way easier and can save much more time for things like stew, for example. I mostly use mine for mashed potatoes, stew, and rice, but it makes great risotto (SO EASY) and rice pudding too.

lemurcat12

I don't have an instant pot. I do have a pressure cooker somewhere, but it's in the back of some closet. I'd use it if I got it out, but I obviously don't currently. I use my food processor a decent amount (I really like it for gazpacho, which I make a bunch in the summer, of various kinds).

divone1

Definitely loving my instant pot purchased last week. Have a food processor but use mandolin slicer and spiralizer more. Instant Pot pot is stainless and very easy to clean or goes in dish washer. Power cooker has non stick pot which I don't care for using on a regular basis. Instant pot hard boiled eggs, pressure cooked chicken and pot roast using slow cook setting all came out perfect and brown rice is awesome too!