Cinnamon swirl bread

Check out that cinnamon swirl on this mornings baking adventure! Ignore my poor bread cutting skills. This is a winner and was really easy to create.

Slight adaptions to the recipe: 1/3 cup of milk and reduced water by 1/3, I used vegetable oil for the vegetable shortening, and I omitted the raisins.

Recipe: https://www.laurainthekitchen.com/recipes/cinnamon-raisin-bread/

Instant Pot: Chicken Gnocchi Soup & Chicken

Tasty instant pot gnocchi soup!

Step one: make chicken https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-chicken-br…/

I made 4 frozen chicken breast per the directions (yes 0 minutes!) and I’ll make chicken salad with the rest. I did add onion and garlic powders because I like it. I didn’t use rosemary. Sometimes I use poultry seasoning. Then I used the cooking liquid/broth in the soup!

Step two: make soup https://www.themamaneedscake.com/instant-pot-chicken-gnocc…/

The directions don’t include this but... Do not dump the flour into the soup at the end or you’ll end up with big clumps. Mix it separately with the hot broth until it’s thin enough to pour and stir back into the soup.

I used whole milk instead of half and half. I doubled the gnocchi to use the entire pack. I used garlic and onion powders instead of fresh.

I found out the purpose of the “Soup” button!

It got creamier and thicker by my second bowl but I didn’t take a new picture.

Instant Pot: Jook

Instant Pot Jook, Rice Porridge, Congee

1 cup rice, 6-7 cups chicken broth. 20 minutes on high pressure (you can use the porridge button) and then let it natural release, took about 30 minutes.

Added 3/4 tsp powder ginger, handful of scallions, a shake of white pepper, drizzle of sesame oil, and 2 cups of poached chopped chicken.

Chicken breast was poached with Magic Seasoning by Tastefully Simple, chopped, and frozen. Stirred everything in after the rice was done and let it sit for a few minutes to thaw.

Instant Pot: Chicken and Dumplings

https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-chicken-and-dumplings

Instant Pot: Beef Plov

https://natashaskitchen.com/instant-pot-rice-recipe-beef-plov

Instant Pot: Beef and Broccoli

https://www.paintthekitchenred.com/instant-pot-lo-mein-with-beef-and-broccoli

Instant Pot: Steel Cut Oatmeal

This was steel cut oats made in my instant pot!

1 cup of steel cut oats
1.5 cups of water
1.5 cups of milk (or water, use milk of your choice, I used whole milk, but almond and others work from what I’ve read)
Optional: 1 diced apple

Stir. High pressure 15 minutes and then natural pressure release.

And now you can go crazy with the fixings!

Suggestions for yummy things to stir in: 1 tsp cinnamon, 1-2 tsp vanilla, 1 tbsp brown sugar, healthy drizzle of honey/maple syrup, handful of raisins or walnuts, add berries or sliced banana.