Experiments in Cooking

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Meera’s Flipping Burgers

Meera’s Flipping Burgers

I’ve been making these homemade burger patties for years, yet somehow I never made them in the months since starting this food blog. I’m so glad I have this opportunity to earn my domain name! I like to heavily season my meat, and add some […]

Coconut Lemongrass Fish

Coconut Lemongrass Fish

I made this Thai-inspired recipe up while trying to recreate a fish stew we ate a few months ago. I can no longer remember that stew’s taste, but I will say that you can’t go wrong with my recipe! 🙂 This is also a “one […]

Smoothie lunches

Smoothie lunches

Recently I’ve found myself dealing with an increased reluctance to cook lunch. Probably because I cook dinner almost every day, I’m suffering from a small cooking burnout. So, I decided to just have smoothie lunches this whole week, and its been great! As an added […]

Chicken Shahi Korma in IP

Chicken Shahi Korma in IP

This is an easy version of chicken korma, utilizing spices out of a jar, and just one pot – the IP – to cook the meal. I served it with a side of sauteed broccolini, and tortillas. It was a huge success! Recipe: Ingredients: Half […]

Vegan Asparagus Soup in IP

Vegan Asparagus Soup in IP

When cooking just for myself, I enjoy making soups because I don’t find them boring as leftovers and they’re typically pretty healthy to eat. I had a bunch and a half of asparagus and decided to make asparagus soup in the instant pot. The IP […]

Turmeric Golden Paste

Turmeric Golden Paste

After resisting this bandwagon for more than a year, I’ve jumped on it! Water & turmeric cooking down. The final product with coconut oil, black pepper, and a pinch of cinnamon and dry ginger. The recipe made a LOT! It filled my 12oz jar. I’m […]

Mexican meal Part 2: Carnitas x Pibil Pork in IP

Mexican meal Part 2: Carnitas x Pibil Pork in IP

I love the carnitas recipe I’ve been making, but I wanted something slightly different to serve with rice. I read up a few puerco pibil recipes, and settled on this delicious hybrid between citrusy carnitas and pibil. Despite having all the ingredients to make my […]

Mexican meal part 1: Spanish rice in IP

Mexican meal part 1: Spanish rice in IP

I had about 30 minutes in which to use the IP, clean it out, and then use it again to make pork. I decided upon this no-saute version of Spanish rice, in which you get to simply dunk everything in the pot and pressure cook […]

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken

While we do have a tandoor at home, we allowed it to get rained on a little with the lid open, and ended up making this chicken in the oven. The good news is, it comes out just as great roasted 🙂 I used chicken […]

Mung dal for beginners, in IP

Mung dal for beginners, in IP

Mung dal is the perfect lentil for beginners to Indian food. It is forgiving, delicious, and oh so nutritious. It can be cooked easily on the stovetop in under 30 minutes, and in the IP, it takes 10ish minutes- time to heat up and then […]