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I used to own an instant pot. Those are great. I gave it away when I moved and now I just have a regular pressure cooker, which is also really great.

My quickest and easiest, but still yummy thing to make is chickpeas. I soak them overnight. Pick out the ugly ones. Drain the water. Barely cover them with fresh water (since they’ve already soaked, they don’t need tons of water). Then I heat the pot on high until I hear the pressure noise, switch it to low heat, and let it cook for 15-20 minutes. Then I turn off the heat and let the pressure out naturally.

Once they’re done I sometimes just eat a bowl of them with nothing more than olive oil and salt. Yum.

One of my other favorite dishes is a bit more elaborate but still simple and healthy: split pea soup. I don’t soak the peas but I do rinse them. I put them in the pressure cooker with a bay leaf, chopped garlic and onions, diced potatoes and carrots, and I'll cover the whole thing with a decent amount of water. Then, like the chick peas, I’ll let the pressure hiss, then put it on low heat for 15-20 minutes. I let the pressure naturally release.

Sometimes I’ll sautée even more onions and garlic in a separate pan with avocado oil on low heat for a while, until they look like they’re getting caramelized (fucking yum).

When the soup is done, I’ll remove the bay leaf, add the extra onions and garlic (if I did that step), add some salt, then use an immersion blender. It’s SUPER IMPORTANT to remove the bay leaf if you use an immersion blender.

Then when I eat it, I put a decent amount of olive oil and make sure the salt level is tasty. Even better if I have spicy olive oil around :)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Premaking stuff thats easy to grab and eat is my preference. Chicken Salad, fruit salads, just in a bowl in the fridge and grab it when you want some. For something hot hard tacos are great. The shells take 3 minutes in a toaster oven to cook, and you can premake the taco meat be it chicken, beef, etc then toss some cheese, and pico de gallo on there and youve got a meal in under 10 mins. Just fruit in general too. Oranges, bananas, apples, grapes. Its easy to just grab when hungry for something small.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have a 5 liter pot. I'll make a big batch of chili/stew/soup and freeze it in pint size containers. Right now I have portions of lentil soup and chili sitting in the freezer. It takes me five minutes to microwave.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I haven't done it, bit I believe that with a pressure cooker you don't need to soak the chickpeas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

When I don't feel like proper cooking but want a half-decent(-ish) meal:

I begin frying sausages in a pan. As they're frying, I chop them up with the egg flip. Before they get actually cooked, I throw on a tin of tomatoes. Then I add basil, salt, pepper, curry powder... whatever's available and fits the mood. When the sausages are cooked (basically braised), I throw it onto a plate and eat it. Very quick and easy, fairly healthy (you can tweak it to make it healthier if that's your thing), and (when I get it right) tasty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Salmon and asparagus. 😃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Granny Smith apple

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