Healthy Instant Pot Recipes?

cheryldumais
cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
Just bought an Instant pot and am looking for recipes that are healthy. Any of you guys using one and if so what are you cooking in it?

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  • caroldutton
    caroldutton Posts: 10 Member
    What exactly is an instant pot? Just curious.
  • littlebuffbiddy
    littlebuffbiddy Posts: 63 Member
    I make a chicken chili.
    I use 3-4 chicken breasts, diced onion, garlic, with two cans of black beans, two cans of kidney beans, a can of corn, can of rotel (drain all cans - rinse beans), cook on low for 8 hours. I usually add chili powder, paprika, beef or chicken bouillon, and serve with chopped cilantro, diced jalapeños, and my kids stir in sour cream but you could use greek yogurt instead. I like it by itself. It would also be good served with diced avocado. I'm not sure the calories. But I found the recipe in a 'skinny taste' cookbook and not just wing it from the top of my head bc it was a hit with my kids.

    I also make chicken with diced onion, garlic, diced carrots, and diced celery. Sometimes diced mushroom if I have it. Cook with chicken broth. Season with paprika and parsley. I serve it over quinoa for healthier option, but my kids eat it over mashed potatoes or rice. Sometimes I stir in a little bit of flour to thicken it up the sauce/gravy.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    What exactly is an instant pot? Just curious.

    An Instant pot is an electric pressure cooker. It also doubles as a slow cooker, rice cooker and warmer.
  • wendhall
    wendhall Posts: 37 Member
    I made chicken soup in mine last night and stuffed peppers recently.
  • heatherkopacz
    heatherkopacz Posts: 14 Member
    I get my recipes off of Pinterest.
  • dklibert
    dklibert Posts: 1,196 Member
    Love mine. I made banh mi bowls the chicken is amazing. littlespicejar.com/chicken-banh-mi-bowls/

    Lately I have been batch cooking quinoa and brown rice for lunch. There is a small pressure cooking group started with some recipes there.
  • jdk322
    jdk322 Posts: 7 Member
    I just got an Instant Pot and am going to unbox it this week. I've found YouTube is a great source of recipes and inspiration. I'm also always looking for healthy, low calorie and/or low carb recipes. I'll try to post some here.
  • jdk322
    jdk322 Posts: 7 Member
    Instant Pot HEALTHY Dress-It Yourself Shredded Chicken

    https://youtu.be/W-uS3yukzfI
  • wink77
    wink77 Posts: 55 Member
    chicken fajitas are my favorite thing to make in mine. Chicken, onions, peppers, seasoning package and 45 minutes to cook. We eat it over cauliflower rice for a low carb meal. Yum.