PRESSURE COOKING COMFORT FOODS
Well the weather has changed and the days and nights are getting colder by the day. Our bodies naturally crave more sustinance and bulk in the food that we eat to keep our systems moving and our bodies warmer. Comfort foods that are full of body, flavour and substantial ingredients like meats, vegetables, potatoes, beans and rice are usually the foods our bodies crave to satisfy our hunger. Many of these types of foods take longer to prepare though, so I thought that we would share some of the secrets we use to speed up the process by using a pressure cooker. We included some of our favorite recipes as well so we hope you will be able to try them out.
 Contrary to belief, modern good-qualitly pressure cookers are safe to use. Gone are the days when they would rock, and whistle. Gone are they days when you made certain all the children were safely far away from the kitchen when you were using a pressure cooker. The Kuhn Rikon Pressure Cookers from Switzerland and the B/R/K pressure cookers from Germany have as many as 6 safety features built in to their systems to make them easy to use and safe. These European Stainless steel pressure cookers are made with quality components and will serve you for a lifetime. We have personally used our pressure cookers for almost 20 years, making everything from spare ribs to gallons of potatoes for a large group dinner and they still continue to perform
 One of my favorite things to make in the pressure cookers is black beans or turtle beans. We couldn't believe it when we found out these were unavailable to us in Europe. They are wonderful as refried beans or in salsa, but also make a great side dish as well. All beans take about 1/3 of the time to cook in a good pressure cooker and do not need to be soaked ahead of time which means in our very busy world we don't have to really plan that far ahead.
Check out Texas-Style Pinto Beans Recipe here AND Click here for the Pressure Cooker Black Beans Recipe
We love doing pot roasts in our pressure cooker as well. We simply put an empty pressure cooker on a high heat burner and wait a minute or so until it is hot, and place the roast on the bottom to sear for a minute or two and then after the pours have closed and some of the oils have come out when can easily turn it over and sear it on the other sides. After it has browned for a few minutes, we just add the lid and a 3 to 4 lb. roast will cook under pressure for 30 min. and when it is open will have not shrunk (like it does in the cremator or should I say oven) and will have lots of juices to make a gravy. We can add some potatoes and bring it back to pressure for 6 min. and they will be cooked as well. Here is our printable recipe for pork tenderloin which is done similarly.
 Soups and stews are easy to make and also cook in about a third of the time as doing them in a regular pan on the stove top. One of favorites is this Split Pea, Sweet Potato and mint soup that uses some apple in as well. It is so easy to make and the taste is to die for!!!
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If we need chicken for a recipe like enchiladas or a casserole like chicken divan or our favorite Barbecue Chicken pizza, we can cook the boneless chicken parts in less than 10 min. ready to shred with the whips in our Bosch Universal. You can't get any more efficient than that! Here is the printable chicken breast recipe that we use in the pressure cookers. 
Many of our customers who purchase one of these great pressure cookers have remarked how they didn't know why they hadn't got one sooner since it really helped them to decrease their food preparation time and made their lives easier. WE AGREE!!
Click here for Cilantro-Lime Basmati Rice done in the BRK Pressure Cooker |
bodies naturally crave more sustinance and bulk in the food that we eat to keep our systems moving and our bodies warmer. Comfort foods that are full of body, flavour and substantial ingredients like meats, vegetables, potatoes, beans and rice are usually the foods our bodies crave to satisfy our hunger. Many of these types of foods take longer to prepare though, so I thought that we would share some of the secrets we use to speed up the process by using a pressure cooker. We included some of our favorite recipes as well so we hope you will be able to try them out.
One of my favorite things to make in the pressure cookers is black beans or turtle beans. We couldn't believe it when we found out these were unavailable to us in Europe. They are wonderful as refried beans or in salsa, but also make a great side dish as well. All beans take about 1/3 of the time to cook in a good pressure cooker and do not need to be soaked ahead of time which means in our very busy world we don't have to really plan that far ahead.
cooker on a high heat burner and wait a minute or so until it is hot, and place the roast on the bottom to sear for a minute or two and then after the pours have closed and some of the oils have come out when can easily turn it over and sear it on the other sides. After it has browned for a few minutes, we just add the lid and a 3 to 4 lb. roast will cook under pressure for 30 min. and when it is open will have not shrunk (like it does in the cremator or should I say oven) and will have lots of juices to make a gravy. We can add some potatoes and bring it back to pressure for 6 min. and they will be cooked as well. Here is our 
Soups and stews are easy to make and also cook in about a third of the time as doing them in a regular pan on the stove top. One of favorites is this 
