Instant Pot Larry’s Chicken and Broccoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 chicken breasts cut up

1 onion

4 cloves garlic

1 cup orzo

1 32oz container of chicken stock

1 can Wegmans condensed cream of mushroom soup

¼ cup mayo

¼ cup plain yogurt (2% Fage)

2 tsps curry powder

¼ tsp garlic, onion, oregano powder

1 tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

½ pkg of mushrooms

juice of half lemon

optional 2 cups of rinsed plain rice

after cooking add 1 cup shredded cheddar

Brown the chicken. Then the onions and garlic. Use some chicken stock to clean up the burned bits on the bottom of the pot. Put all ingredients into the pot, stir. Cook for 12 minutes on high pressure.

Add cheddar, serve over rice.

Easy to Make

Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

½ onion

1 clove garlic

saute for 2 minutes in butter

1 box of macaroni

1 quart of chicken stock

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

High Pressure cook for 4-5 minutes, quick release, add the following and stir until creamy:

½ block shredded muenster

½ block shredded Monterey jack

½ block cheddar

Serve with steamed broccoli on the side.

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Quick Shrimp

1 bag of frozen de-veined, peeled shrimp

½ lemon

1 tsp of black peppercorns

1 tsp salt

Squeeze lemon juice in a regular saucepan/pot with enough cold water to cover the shrimp. Add remaining ingredients including the squeezed lemon half. Bring to boil. When shrimp are pink and they begin to curl into a C not and O, drain them. Serve with cocktail sauce.

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Rosemary Pork Tenderloin and potatoes 

Source: https://diethood.com/instant-pot-garlic-pork-tenderloin/

Season a Pork Tenderloin --

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 pounds pork tenderloin

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon dried rosemary

1 teaspoon garlic powder

½ teaspoon paprika

salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste

Sear the tenderloin on saute while you make the sauce.

For the Sauce

¼ cup low sodium soy sauce

2 cloves garlic, minced

3 tablespoons maple syrup

2 tablespoons olive oil

¾ cup of chicken stock

1 tablespoon brown mustard or Dijon mustard

Add sauce to Instant Pot with a small bowl of mini potatoes. Cook on High Pressure for 8 minutes with a 10 minute natural release.

If you would like gravy add these to sauce:

2 tablespoons cornstarch

3 tablespoons cold water

She's accepted her offer today.

 

Mamma Mia - Halloween '23

 

Rusty Trips: Return to Montreal

2017 - Same location, same kid

Youtube has a video series called Last Meal

In the videos, celebrities talk about what their last meal would be if they could plan for it. I am finding these videos fascinating right now likely due to my doctor putting me on a strict diet. I guess my last meal choices would be:

Breakfast - I think we ate at a cafe on the coast of Oregon where I ordered a smoked salmon omelette once, and to this day I cannot forget the bacon my father and I ate at a Mexican resort from when I was a kid. That omelette, and that bacon, and a French roast coffee a guy from a band once made for me at college. 

Lunch - Tandoori chicken from East India Grill in LA (now closed), mexican grilled steak, lobster tail, the tortillas from Teri's Mexican Grill (also LA), with a side of shrimp rice from Mario's Peruvian Grill (also LA).  With an iced coffee from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. 

Dinner - Cioppino from Lombard Street with a side of fried calamari, chicken cutlet served with a slice of lemon. Boudin Bakery sourdough thickly sliced and toasted with butter. Raspberry coffee from the cafe a guy named Craig once took Randy and I to. 

Dessert - a dessert plate with bite size servings of Junior's cheesecake with strawberries, Tiramisu, Hollenbeck's cider donut and apple pie, a sweet corn tamale, an adzuki mochi, and I can't decide between a vanilla banana or a cookies and cream Haagan Dazs milkshake.     

Instant Pot Recipies

These are some really great recipes that I've found for the Instant Pot so far. We make other things, but these are the exceptional standout recipes that are super easy and good.

• Frozen tamales from Trader Joes - put on trivet over 1-2 cups of water. High pressure 20 minutes. 

• Corned Beef and Cabbage - corned beef w/ season packet & four cloves of garlic in 6 cups of water, high pressure 55 minutes. Empty the Instant Pot. Put back in 2 cups of the liquid, with a trivet, add potatoes, carrots, and cabbage chunks. Cook 5 more minutes. Full recipe here.

• Spicy Vindaloo Chicken - Add chicken thighs to trivet, cover with Maya Kaimel's Spicy Vindaloo sauce. High pressure 8 minutes with natural release of pressure. 

• Cuban Black Beans - 1 bag of dried black beans in 4 cups water. High pressure 35 minutes. Add these to the pot and saute for 20 minutes. Recipe here.
  

• ½ cup of olive oil
• 1 white onion chopped
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 1 green bell pepper chopped (I use roasted red peppers, pimentos)
  
• ½ teaspoon of oregano
• ¼ - ½ teaspoon of cumin
• 4 teaspoons of salt
• ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons of white wine
• 2 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar

A ride picture we thought they lost

 

Screenshots from our trip photobook

Took the kids to Disney to celebrate my birthday. The highlight of our trip was visiting an empty Epcot at one of their extended evening events. We stayed at two resorts - Port Orleans French Quarter, and Animal Kingdom Lodge and both were really nice.
 

Happy TDay