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29 Fresh Produce Recipes for Your Instant Pot
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Recipes just taste better with fresh, locally grown produce, and these recipes are no exception. Take your harvest straight from your backyard garden and onto your table using your Instant Pot.
Early September is eagerly claimed by summer-lovers not ready to let go and fall-fanatics who can’t wait to break out the sweaters and pumpkin spice.
I especially love this time of year in the garden, where I can get a mix of still-in-season summer produce and just-starting-to-yield fall favorites. To celebrate, I’ve created a round-up of my favorite recipes featuring fresh produce.
Whether you grow it yourself or pick it out at a farmer’s market, you’ll be sure to love the added flavor from fresh produce in these recipes.
Right now is the best time to enjoy fresh produce in your cooking! Whether you grow it yourself or grab it at a local farmer’s market, here are some recipes to help you use some of the season’s favorites.
Meals from Your Garden
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Instant Pot Garden Minestrone Soup
This Instant Pot Minestrone Soup is fresh, healthy, and packed with beans, pasta, and garden produce. It takes a little more time to prep all the ingredients, but it comes together quickly once everything is ready. Fresh Garden Produce Needed: Zucchini, tomatoes, spinach, basil, corn, carrots, celery, corn
Chicken Teriyaki Bowls feature pre-prepped chicken and rice, so when you're ready to eat, all you have to do is dice your garden veggies and get cooking. It's a great make-ahead lunch or dinner to keep on-hand!Fresh Garden Produce Needed: Yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, broccoli florets
This recipe also works really well with spiralized zucchini noodles (aka noodles), to help you use up even more garden produce. Fresh Garden Produce: Bell peppers
This Chicken Pesto Pasta is super creamy, cheesy, and EASY. It’s the perfect comforting family meal with mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, and melty mozzarella. Fresh Garden Produce Needed: Tomatoes, basil
From our friends at InstaFresh Meals, this Creamy Ravioli Butternut Soup is healthy and easy to make soup flavored with herbs and smoky sausage.Fresh Garden Produce: Butternut squash
Go the extra mile and make a homemade corn broth for this satisfying corn chowder, which also features bite-size potatoes and bacon.Fresh Garden Produce: Corn
This classic appetizer, amped up with chicken. So much of this meal depends on the fresh flavor of the tomatoes and the mozzarella cheese. Fresh Garden Produce: Tomatoes (we prefer Roma)
Fresh tomatoes and fresh basil are on a flavorful, glorious display in this Instant Pot Margherita Pasta. It's a simple meal that's bursting with garden flavors.Fresh Garden Produce: Tomatoes, basil
This salad is a satisfying mix of crunchy kale, chewy orzo, and creamy feta cheese. It holds up really well when you toss it together ahead of the event, making it perfect for potlucks or get-togethers.Fresh Garden Produce: Kale
If you have a big tomato harvest, this is a perfect way to turn them into a delicious dinner! Make sure to blanch and peel the tomatoes before cooking.Fresh Garden Produce: Tomatoes, celery, carrot
This easy recipes takes fresh produce and pairs it with bottled Italian dressing and parmesan cheese to create an easy, family-favorite side dish.Fresh Garden Produce: Yellow squash, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, green onion, parsley
This healthy Brown Rice and Black Bean Salad is easy to make in your Instant Pot. Serve it as a side dish or wrap it in a tortilla as a burrito. Fresh Garden Produce: Tomatoes, cilantro
It’s hard to beat the flavor of a garden fresh tomato. So why not start your day with this delightful, and easy-to-make crustless quiche?Fresh Garden Produce: Tomatoes, spinach
Corn on the Cob is in season from July through September where I live. It is easier to cook (hands off!) AND so much quicker when you make it in the Instant Pot vs. the stovetop. Plus, steamed corn retains its flavor better than boiled corn. Fresh Garden Produce Needed: Just the corn on the cob
Green beans are in season from late spring to early fall where I live. We love cooking these in the air fryer with the coating because they cook up crisp and make a delicious side dish that will get your kids enjoying fresh vegetables.Fresh Garden Produce: Green Beans
These green beans cook up nice and tender in your Instant Pot and are perfectly flavored with lemon and parmesan. I love to add the browned bread crumbs for some fabulous texture.Fresh Garden Produce: Green beans
It's easy to cook up fresh spaghetti squash with your Instant Pot, and it works well for swapping out carbs from your meal. Enjoy it freshly cooked or store it in individual portions in your freezer for a quick meal.
Make sure you're using the cooking pumpkins, not the carving pumpkins for this recipe! Making your own pumpkin puree is so easy when you steam it in your Instant Pot!
It doesn’t feel like fall without enjoying some fresh, locally grown apples. This apple sauce uses a blend of sweet and tart apples to make the perfect treat. You can leave your apple sauce a bit chunky or blend it smooth to meet your taste.Fresh Garden Produce: Apples
Apples are the quintessential fall fruit. (I would argue it's even bigger than pumpkin spice. 😲) Here are some recipes sure to help you to enjoy fresh apples this fall.
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Instant Pot Apple Crisp
Apple crisp is one of my favorite fall desserts and its so easy to whip up with whatever apples you have on hand. Plus you’ll find most of the ingredients are probably sitting in your pantry right now!
Warm, hearty oats are a great way to start a crisp fall day. This recipe works well with any kind of apple you have on hand and the recipe is pretty flexible. We often add extra apple since its the best part of the breakfast.
Instant Pot Cinnamon Apples are an easy, quick, and healthy side dish or breakfast topping. If you're looking for something that tastes like dessert, but without all the added sugar. Let the sweet flavor of fresh picked apples shine through with this fabulous treat!
Zucchini seems to be everywhere when September rolls around. Here are some ideas to help you use up your supply.
Some of these recipes pair really well with spiraled zucchini noodles (aka zoodles), and a couple of them are from Barbara's old baking blog—just because we really love them.
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Instant Pot Chicken Lazone
This rich and creamy chicken recipe is truly, truly fabulous, seasoned with garlic, paprika, and onion. You'd never guess how quickly it cooks in the pressure cooker. The flavorful sauce is perfect to smother all over a plate of zoodles!
This recipe cooks chicken breasts in a flavorful tomato sauce and served over noodles. Cut the carbs and enjoy your fresh zucchini with zucchini noodles.
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Instant Pot Zucchini Bread
What better way to use your garden-fresh zucchini than to make a sweet treat. This zucchini bread cooks up perfectly in your Instant Pot. Fresh Garden Produce Needed: Zucchini
This one is a traditional oven recipe that my family has been making for almost two decades. It is moist, chocolate-y, and delicious. (I often add chopped dried cherries for a little zing with the chocolate.)
This one is another traditional oven recipe that my family has been making for years—I usually make it in mini loaf pans. The coconut topping really makes a fun contrast to the moist and tender bread!
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