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Holy crap, it's been almost two months since I last posted. *dusts this thing off* There's no way I can fully catch myself up (because let's face it, no one uses LiveJournal anymore. If any others remain, hello to you, wonderful people), so I'll just tackle stuff randomly.
Another Black Friday has come and gone. I got a bunch of Blu-rays and a pasta maker and a shelf I desperately needed because I have so much kitchen crap. But my FAVORITE new purchase is this 7-in-1 Instant Pot.
Yes, that is a little ironic considering what I just said about having too much kitchen crap. >.> BUT IT'S WORTH IT YOU GUYS. It is the best thing ever, and I have only made two things in it so far. I have no idea what the "7" things are, but what I know it is: a pressure cooker (without the stress and worry), a slow cooker, a rice cooker, and a yogurt maker. I am only going to get rid of my slow cooker, though. I'll keep my pressure cooker because of its portability, and it will take me longer to get rid of my rice cooker, because I have a really good one and I don't know if the Instant Pot does it as well or as quickly, but eventually that may be ditched as well.
Anyway, I made ox-tail soup the other night using the pressure cooker function, which is really nice because there's no futzing with keeping the pressure high/low or watching the clock, or being afraid of causing an explosion of food. Then yesterday I made yogurt. YOGURT! And it's soooooooo delicious! I had to follow some instructions given by someone in Amazon's reviews and he updated them and wasn't super clear in some parts, so...
( Here are the instructions for making yogurt in the Instant Pot: )
Don't let my tendency for oversharing info and verbosity make it seem like it was complicated in any way. It was basically just pouring stuff from one container to another and playing the waiting game.
Also, you can make homemade yogurt without an Instant Pot. I've done it before. But you have to be more watchful and the consistency of the results will depend on temperature variations and what not.
Another Black Friday has come and gone. I got a bunch of Blu-rays and a pasta maker and a shelf I desperately needed because I have so much kitchen crap. But my FAVORITE new purchase is this 7-in-1 Instant Pot.
Yes, that is a little ironic considering what I just said about having too much kitchen crap. >.> BUT IT'S WORTH IT YOU GUYS. It is the best thing ever, and I have only made two things in it so far. I have no idea what the "7" things are, but what I know it is: a pressure cooker (without the stress and worry), a slow cooker, a rice cooker, and a yogurt maker. I am only going to get rid of my slow cooker, though. I'll keep my pressure cooker because of its portability, and it will take me longer to get rid of my rice cooker, because I have a really good one and I don't know if the Instant Pot does it as well or as quickly, but eventually that may be ditched as well.
Anyway, I made ox-tail soup the other night using the pressure cooker function, which is really nice because there's no futzing with keeping the pressure high/low or watching the clock, or being afraid of causing an explosion of food. Then yesterday I made yogurt. YOGURT! And it's soooooooo delicious! I had to follow some instructions given by someone in Amazon's reviews and he updated them and wasn't super clear in some parts, so...
( Here are the instructions for making yogurt in the Instant Pot: )
Don't let my tendency for oversharing info and verbosity make it seem like it was complicated in any way. It was basically just pouring stuff from one container to another and playing the waiting game.
Also, you can make homemade yogurt without an Instant Pot. I've done it before. But you have to be more watchful and the consistency of the results will depend on temperature variations and what not.
