Spaghetti in the Instant Pot

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of Ground Beef
• 1 package of Spaghetti
• 24 Ounce Jar of Prego Roasted Garlic & Herb

Directions

• Brown Ground Beef on Saute’
• Pour in Sauce and mix well with ground beef
• Break Pasta in half and spread it out nicely on top of the sauce.
• Cover with water.
• Cook for 8 minutes on high
• Quick Release
• Serve

Baked Spaghetti

Do everything above then sprinkle with cheese before serving

Pro Tip

I don’t always drain the ground beef. I suspect that a little fat is probably makes you feel full sooner.

Today’s Word. Saiety

Satiety (Noun) – sa·ti·e·ty – The feeling or state of being sated.

Spaghetti in the Instant Pot.

I had stopped doing spaghetti in the Instant Pot. Last night, I had a request for baked spaghetti. I also had FOUR pounds of ground beef to cook. So tonight was the night.

I got home from the grocery and dumped the whole FOUR pounds of ground beef into the instant pot on Saute’. I thought I had covered this before. I couldn’t find my own link. So let’s add “search” to the web page updates.

So I Googled someone else’s spaghetti recipe.

This one from the Kitchn by Meghan Splawn
https://www.thekitchn.com/instant-pot-spaghetti-264230

Lot of wisdom in there.

• So I split the ground beef in half,
• Poured a 24 ounce jar of Prego Roasted Herb and Garlic on top of it.
• Stirred the ground beef and sauce well.
• Broke the spaghetti in half. and layered it on top.
• Poured about 24 ounces of water on top
• Cooked it for 8 minutes in the instant pot.
• Quick Release
• Bowled.
• Sprinkled six cheese Italian cheese on top for Mrs. I want baked spaghetti.
• Dinner

Next Time

I might cook it for nine minutes or take more time layering in the noodles.

My iPhone hates me

I use Apple Music on purpose about once every six months. Usually, I am listening to a podcast or Amazon music or Audible.

When I plug my iPhone into the car, “ABC” by the Jackson Five comes screaming out. I don’t hate the song. I own it it, but fuck “ABC” by the Jackson Five when I am trying to get on the road to somewhere.

It’s annoying.

There isn’t an iPhone option to choose default apps for music or what happens when it gets plugged into a car. So today I went old school, I copied some songs and renamed them so they precede “ABC” alphabetically.

I am not a total monster. I kept the original versions, but hopefully the next time I hear Michael Jackson consent will be involved.

See that playlist? “ABC” by Jackson Five isn’t on the phone. What kind of monster app is downloading a song to play just because I plugged the phone into a car? Hubris? Satan?

This is only been an issue for about five years. I am excited/thrilled/disappointed/sad that it took me this long to come up with a solution.

#bruteforce

Save that cooler!!! Igloo 100 quart cooler remodel

Ingredients

• 1 broke ass Igloo cooler

• 1 Igloo replacement parts kit

Directions

• Replace the broken and missing parts.

• Profit

And now… the rest of the story.

I found a Igloo 100 quart cooler in the trash on Friday. The hinges were broken. The latch was missing. Today I have a good as new Igloo 100 quart cooler.

It cost $10. I got the replacement hardware from Amazon. Replaced the broken and missing parts.

Done.

It’s like printing money.

Notes

The factory hinges are NOT designed to fold all the way back. There is a strap on the inside that is designed to hold open the lid. If the strap is missing, the hinges are going to break.

If the strap is missing, the hinges are going to break.

There is an aftermarket hinge made with hose material that might be better if you need hinges open all the way. I did it with factory parts for you, gentle reader. I plan on returning the cooler to the people who tossed it. I left some notes in Sharpie to whoever goes on this adventure next time.

Alternatively, you could live without the hinges. Or use metal hinges with cotter-pins so the lid is remove-able.

Save that cooler!!! Igloo 100 quart cooler remodel

Ingredients

• 1 broke ass Igloo cooler

• 1 Igloo replacement parts kit

Directions

• Replace the broken and missing parts.

• Profit

And now… the rest of the story.

I found a Igloo 100 quart cooler in the trash on Friday. The hinges were broken. The latch was missing. Today I have a good as new Igloo 100 quart cooler.

It cost $10. I got the replacement hardware from Amazon. Replaced the broken and missing parts.

Done.

It’s like printing money.

• Notes

The factory hinges are NOT designed to fold all the way back. There is a strap on the inside that is designed to hold open the lid. If the strap is missing, the hinges are going to break.

If the strap is missing, the hinges are going to break.

There is an aftermarket hinge made with hose material that might be better if you need hinges open all the way. I did it with factory parts for you, gentle reader. I plan on returning the cooler to the people who tossed it. I left some notes in Sharpie to whoever goes on this adventure next time.

Alternatively, you could live without the hinges. Or use metal hinges with cotter-pins so the lid is remove-able.

Curry rice in the Instant Pot

Merryweather asked about curry chicken today. I looked up curry rice and went from there. I did it one pot. It took about 20 minutes. The results were edible.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup of Olive oil for sauté’ing
• 1 cup rice.
• 1 onion chopped
• Large handful of mini non-hot peppers chopped
• Tablespoon of curry powder
• 1/2 Tablespoon of turmeric
• One cup of water
• One bag frozen peas
• One bag frozen corn

Recipe

1. Put the Instant Pot on Sauté.
2. Add oil, dry rice, onion, peppers in the instant pot. Sauté it.
3. Once everything is sautéd, Onions are browned, soft, etc, add in the curry powder and turmeric
4. Mix well
5. Add a cup of water, cancel sauté, then Set the instant pot to rice, put the lid on it, etc
6. Get out a bag of frozen peas and frozen corn. Cook them per instructions in the microwave.
7. Drain water
8. Add them to the finished rice
9. Stir well
10. Serve

Results

It smells amazing, but the flavor is pretty neutral. Kind of bland.

We had it with grilled chicken. Should be great leftovers, but it was kind of boring. The rice was clumpy. I wanted to dump some hot sauce on it. I don’t know anything about hot sauce for “Indian” food.

Next time, I would do a couple of things different.

• Wash the rice
• Cook the rice with the seasoning in the instant pot
• Saute’ the rest of the ingredients in a wok and then mix in the cooked rice.
• Add some hot pepper.
• Merry weather thought it needed marsala sauce.

Chicken Enchiladas… Not from my oven

Mrs. Jon Bruce Entertainment sent this recipe to me. I made it. It was excellent. I substituted jalapeños for the mild peppers. It was one of the hottest things I have ever made. Really good too.

Without further ado…

Chicken Enchiladas by Hot From My Oven

https://www.hotfrommyoven.com/chicken-enchiladas-with-sour-cream-white-sauce.html?epik=dj0yJnU9bXNULVlIZzZ3bm53Zy1iZGNDa0NJZUNCaGJEVko1bmkmbj1qMEhzSFNrZ2h0OEJRWjJDdUR2ZERnJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRjA4emN3

Why?

I got to make a white sauce. Butter, flour, beef stock, sour cream

Once again, I substituted jalapeños for the recommended peppers. It was spicy.

I am going to have my kid try making the white sauce.

Instant pot hard boiled eggs 4 minutes

Quick

Eggs, a cup of water, 4 minutes

Use an ice bath or tap water to cool the eggs and peel them.

Long version

Use the trivet or a basket or layers, like an ogre.

Put a cup of water in the bottom

Stack eggs

High pressure 4 minutes

Rinse the eggs and peel them

4-4-4

The generally accepted cook time for hard boiled eggs is 4-4-4.

4 minutes high pressure

4 minutes natural release

4 minutes in an ice bath

It works great for my pot.

4-71-1

My last batch went like this.

• 4 minutes high pressure

• 71 minutes natural release

• 4 minutes in an ice bath

I started eggs and left them to sit for an hour and eleven minutes. I got to play Fortnite for an hour. The eggs are edible. They are not pretty. The white is off white. The outside of the yolk has changed color. It’s green. These are over cooked. The world did not end.

Notes

The eggs will continue cooking as long as you have heat on the eggs.

They peel really easy. I usually make eggs for use at a later date. I just burn my fingers peeling them and throw them in the fridge.

Putting them in an ice bath or running some water makes your fingers burn less. Cold water makes the eggs easier to peel.

Simple syrup for your sizzurp.

Ingredients

• Water
• Sugar
• Heat

Technique

• Measure equal parts water and sugar
• Heat the water up to around boiling
• Pour in the sugar
• Stir to dissolve
• Cool
• Put it in a container to use

• Why?

• Simple syrup is for bar use. Today I was making emergency Mint Juleps and decided to make simple syrup.
• I also made a totally amazing lemon shake up. Shockingly amazing.
• I now think I am some sort of bar tending genius.
• 

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My friends and I aren’t looking for two thousand words on how healthy cooking makes our lives better. We are looking for a way to cook food to feed people. Now.

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Costco Salmon Sous Vide in the package

Science

Salmon Sous Vide Costco sealed from the grocery.

I got some wild caught, previously frozen, Salmon at Costco. It is sealed. Not as heavy duty as the Costco chicken breast. I trimmed the package to fit comfortably in the Sous Vide cooler. It looked like the packaging was holding up. So I went for it.

Ingredients

Salmon in vacuum sealed packaging that might possibly work.

Recipe

1. Put the salmon in the costco vacuum sealed package into the Sous Vide
2. 122 degrees
3. 40 minutes
4. Remove from Sous Vide
5. Finish on a hot grill with salt and butter or whatever

It worked!

The packaging held together! Came up to temperature. Didn’t leak. There was a moisture pad in the packaging that cooked inside the package. It wasn’t an issue.