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A white and dark brown bowl sitting on a white stone plate. The bowl is filled with tri-color quinoa that is cooked up nice and fluffy, garnished with green parsley. On the left of the plate is a small wooden spoon.

How to Cook Quinoa in an Instant Pot

Dipping a fresh strawberry in chocolate that was melted using the Instant Pot double boiler method.

How to Melt Dipping Chocolate in Your Instant Pot (Sous Vide Double Boiler Method)

An Instant Pot whole chicken on a wooden cutting board, with fresh parsley used as a garnish.

How to Pressure Cook a Whole Chicken

Picture of a bowl of Instant Pot kidney beans, topped with fresh parsley

How to Cook Red Kidney Beans

A close-up photo of a black Instant Pot Pro sitting on a dark gray countertop, with white cabinets in the background

How to Pressure Cook at High Altitude | Instant Pot Guide

Instant Pot farro in a white bowl with a fresh sprig of parsley.

How to Cook Farro in an Instant Pot

Close ups of three different Instant Pot models for the Instant Pot Comparison

Updated 2023: The Best Instant Pot Buying Guide

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How to Use an Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker

Five different models of Instant Pot on a white counter with white cabinets and a white tile backsplash in the background

About Our Instant Pot 30-Day Jumpstart Beginner’s Course

Make Your First Meal in the Electric Pressure Cooker - Shredded Barbecue Chicken from the Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook page 64

How to Make Your First Meal in Your Pressure Cooker

Best Easy Instant Pot Recipes

Instant Pot cornbread stuffing served on a plate with sliced turkey and cranberries with a fork.

Thanksgiving Meal Planner: How to Prep & Time Your Meal

Overhead shot on three white bowls of pasta filled with bow ties, rotini, and penne pasta arranged in a triangular shape, with fettuccini and spaghetti in the corners

How to Cook Pasta in the Instant Pot / Electric Pressure Cooker

Close up overhead shot of minestrone soup cooked in an Instant Pot.

5 Tips for Getting Great Results from Your Instant Pot

An Instant Pot Duo Nova on a gray counter displaying the burn notice on a blue digital screen

The Instant Pot Burn Message: What to Do and How to Avoid It in the Future

A collage of six different models of electric pressure cooker, including large images of the Instant Pot Duo Nova and the Ninja Foodi, and small images of the NuWave, the Power Quick Pot, the Zavor, and the Pampered Chef Quick Cooker.

Why You Really Need a Pressure Cooker…

pressure cooker steel cut oats with fresh blueberries in a white cereal bowl with a teal checkered napkin

How to Make Steel Cut Oats in the Instant Pot

A piece of cheesecake on a plate

How to Make Perfect Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot Cheesecake

White rice, brown rice, black rice, and pink rice, ready to go in the Instant Pot

How to Cook Rice in the Instant Pot / Electric Pressure Cooker

Different colors of Instant Pot baby food puree with an Instant Pot and fresh fruit in the background

How to Make Baby Food in Your Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker

Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook along with several of my favorite pressure cooking accessories (cake pan, trivet, springform, and steamer)

Best Instant Pot Accessories

How to Use an Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker in an RV, Trailer, or Motorhome

How to Use an Instant Pot in Your RV

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34 Pressure Cooking Tricks that Will Change the Way You Cook

How do to a Water Test in your Electric Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot

Water Test: Initial Walk Through with Your Instant Pot / Electric Pressure Cooker