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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.

August 3, 2021

[Instant Pot] Apple Core Jam

Let there be /r/NoScrapLeftBehind with this way to render apple cores and peels into usable jam. Cook it in the Instant Pot for easy cleanup and a generally hands-off experience. And to make it even more NoScrapLeftBehind, try cleaning your Instant Pot's inner pot with just water as a first rinse to get some jam-juice to drink.

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July 28, 2021

[Microwave] Egg and Cheese Sandwich

Why would you cook an egg in a microwave? Because children sense when you are involved in a time-sensitive task that requires your concentration and attention and seize the opportunity. But with a microwave, you're not (involved in a time-sensitive task that requires your concentration and attention) and all you sacrifice is that small bit of flavor from the Maillard reaction you're also not engaging in. Your move, children!

April 11, 2021

[Dehydrator] MYO Beet Root Powder

IN SEASON ALERT! It is the beginning of April and the ingredients you'll need are in season so that means they are cheap and plentiful!

April 10, 2021

Unsweet Dry Bean Soymilk in the Joyoung DJ13U-P10 Soymilk Maker

This is a very specific recipe for a very specific machine which I happen to have access to. The instructions which come with it do contain an English potion which has recipes for whole soy beans but say "wet and dry beans".

Wet beans means that you've thought about it ahead of time and soaked your soy beans. Those of you who have been a reader of my blog for a while know that I'm not that person. And I don't want to pull out my Instant Pot in order to quick-soak the soy beans, either.

So I figured out a recipe to make soy milk in this maker from 100% dry beans!

Let's get to it!

April 9, 2021

[Instant Pot] Frozen Cheese Tortellini from Wegmans

I can never, ever get tortellini right on the stove top. It either is too gummy or not fully cooked. But with an Instant Pot, it is perfect, every time. And you can too!

As for any other frozen tortellini brands, it will work identically. Don't try this with refrigerated tortellini as it is too delicate. Dry tortellini has its own recipe.

I also want to say that this doesn't include sauce. You are on your own to figure out sauce (like, say, from a jar or can), or use a recipe that cooks the sauce and the tortellini together all yummy-like.

This recipe just gets you from frozen plain cheese-tortellini to cooked plain cheese-tortellini.

Use case: Children who cannot agree on a sauce and you'd like to automate the tortellini cooking process so that you can spend more time with them.