J

Hello everyone. I'm J. I have ADHD and an Instant Pot and am a vegetarian who keeps a kosher-style house.

I hate knife skills. I am loath to do stovetop cooking. I'll bake, that's okay.

If you eat the way I do, I welcome you to steal my labor and help yourself to my kitchen recipe book (this site).

I'm powered by stimulants, including coffee. So if you like what you see, you can always buy me a coffee.

My email address is . Drop me a line. I always love hearing from people who eat the way I do.

February 28, 2023

[Instant Pot] Close Enough to Eggplant Parm (on Pasta)

I was craving Eggplant Parmesan (aka Eggplant Parmigiano), but I really, really hate making it myself. There's the slicing of the eggplant, the salting of the eggplant, the dabbing away of eggplant moisture, the breading of the eggplant, and I could go on forever.

So I usually buy this one. All the better to let someone else do the labors and me enjoy the flavors. My favorite Eggplant Parm dealer, Alfredo's Pizza Villa, has an option to serve it over pasta.

Could I recreate that at home? In the Instant Pot?

The answer is, "No." But I can come very close.

February 20, 2023

Lemon Fruit Yogurt Cake

Do you have fruit that is about to go bad? This recipe will help you turn it into a muffin-cake type thing in no time. It is #vegetarian, but not vegan, on account of the eggs and yogurt; I have not tested this with dairy-free yogurt nor a functional egg substitute. I have tested the cornstarch-and-water egg substitute and the cake doesn't work well, but no egg substitutes beyond that. If you test dairy-free yogurt or find an egg substitute that works, give me a comment to let me know how it fares.

This cake works quite nicely as a sheet birthday cake (#birthdaycake), without the need to ice, as the fruit topping adds that extra delight that icing typically does. Tested at a 9 year old's birthday party to the happy smiles of all and the delight of parents that it only contains 1/2 cup of added sugar for the whole cake.

January 5, 2023

McCormick's Butter Chicken Spice Mix

A long, long time ago in a galaxy right where you are currently located, there was a lovely company called

which produced the very best Makhani spice packet that could ever be purchased at a standard American grocery store. It was so good, in fact, that when they discontinued the spice packet, people took to the internet to seek a duplicate. There were none to be found.

SEVEN years later, McCormick finally has posted the recipe on their website. In fear that the page on their website will disappear at some point, like the spice blend did, it is being archived here, here, here, and here on this blog for posterity. We must not lose this flavor again!

March 23, 2022

[Instant Pot] Boxed Macaroni and Cheese

Happy Neurodiversity Week!

There are many types of #neurodiversity and #ADHD is just one of them. A lot of times, an Instant Pot is a godsend for the easily distracted, whether that be adult caregivers to children who have the urge to draw a masterpiece all over the living room in lipstick, or a person whose brain is the child trying to draw a masterpiece all over the neural-living room with cognitive-lipstick. Which is why so many of my recipes are written for people with low working memory and cover meals that would be faster and, some might find, easier to prepare without the Instant Pot. And today is no exception. Today, I present: boxed macaroni and cheese.

March 17, 2022

[Instant Pot] Vegetarian Colcannon

Have you ever had colcannon? A St. Patrick's day favorite, colcannon is an Irish potato recipe. [source] At its most essential, the colcannon recipe is mashed potatoes mixed with chopped cabbage or kale. Other additions like bacon, ham, scallions or yellow onions are also common. [source]

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I'm not Christian, but due to the influence that my religion has had on St. Patrick's Day, I like to celebrate it in all of its green and delicious mealed glory. And now so can you!