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Venetian White Bean Soup with Guanciale for the Instant Pot

November 6, 2019 By Laura 1 Comment

Venetian White Bean Soup with Guanciale

Venetian White Bean Soup with Guanciale is savory and warming with unexpected bursts of fruity sweetness, and comes together quickly in the Instant Pot. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Oh the fallback time change. How I loathe it. Yes yes, it is wonderful to have an extra hour… 

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Filed Under: bacon, beans, dried fruit, guanciale, Instant Pot, Italian, pancetta, Pressure Cooker, soup, stews Tagged With: bacon, beans, cured pork, guanciale, Instant Pot, Italian, legumes, multi-cooker, pancetta, pressure cooker, raisins, soup, stew, Venetian, white beans

Middle Eastern Chickpea and Broken Noodle Soup: Using the Pressure Cooker

December 12, 2018 By Laura 4 Comments

Middle Eastern Chickpea and Noodle Soup: Using the Pressure Cooker

Middle Eastern Chickpea and Broken Noodle Soup is an easy weeknight meal that tastes like it spent all day simmering on your cooktop thanks to using a pressure cooker. Affiliate links were used to link to items I am discussing. Have you guys heard the one about the girl who yakked nonstop but then lost… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, Instant Pot, Middle Eastern dishes, pasta, soup Tagged With: central asian herb paste, chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, garbanzo beans, Instant Pot, Middle Eastern, pressure cooker, soup, vegetarian

Instant Pot Bengali Khichuri (Red Lentil Risotto): Review and Giveaway of Instant Indian

November 4, 2018 By Laura 13 Comments

Bengali Khichuri (Red Lentil Risotto)

Instant Pot Bengali Khichuri (Red Lentil Risotto) is super easy and delicious Indian comfort food that comes together quickly thanks to the pressure cooker function. A copy of Instant Indian was sent to me in exchange for an honest review; please read through to the end for giveaway details. Affiliate links have been used to… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cauliflower, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, Indian, Indian recipes, Instant Pot, lentils, peas, potatoes, Pressure Cooker, reviews, rice, vegetarian Tagged With: Bengali, cauliflower, Indian, Instant Pot, khichari, khichdi, khichuri, lentils, peas, potatoes, pressure cooker, red lentils, rice

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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