Adventures in Instant Pot Cooking

Instant Pot Ratatouille | Braised Summer Vegetables with Fresh Herbs

July 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Instant Pot Ratatouille L1 - Paint the Kitchen Red

Instant Pot Ratatouille is a delicious satisfying vegetarian dish made with summer's bounty of zucchini, bell pepper, eggplant, tomato and fresh herbs. Most of the recipes I post are family favorites adapted to the Instant Pot. This ratatouille recipe is an exception. I'm embarrassed to admit that my family's favorite was the Disney movie with same name! That was until I made this dish for the first time last week and fell in love with it. I ended up making this Instant Pot ...

Grilled Instant Pot Jamaican Jerk Chicken

July 15, 2017 2 Comments

Instant Pot Jamaican Jerk Chicken L1 - Paint the Kitchen Red

This Instant Pot Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipe features succulent bone-in chicken with boldly spiced island flavors, beautifully finished on the grill. If you're looking for a change from traditional barbecue chicken, you're going to love this boldly spiced Instant Pot Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipe. Traditonal Jamaican jerk chicken has the perfect blend of spices (sweet, sour, hot), is grilled in the 'jerk' style and is sold at roadside stands throughout Jamaica. Jerk chicken is normally ...

Instant Pot Beet Salad with Arugula, Goat Cheese, Walnuts

June 23, 2017 2 Comments

Instant Pot Beet Salad L3 - Paint the Kitchen Red

This beautiful and tasty Instant Pot beet salad with arugula, goat cheese and candied walnuts has a delightful balsamic vinaigrette dressing and is perfect as a side salad or as a standalone lunch salad. It seems as though every restaurant I go to these days has some kind of beet salad. Beets have become really popular in recent years; you can find beets in everything from hummus and salads to drinks and even cakes. I love beets and their distinct, earthy flavor but I don't cook them ...

Instant Pot Vegetarian Pasta | Rigatoni Bolognese

June 13, 2017 3 Comments

Instant Pot Vegetarian Pasta L2 - Paint the Kitchen Red

Instant Pot Vegetarian Pasta - Rigatoni Bolognese - is a healthy, filling pasta dish that's worthy to be in your regular meal rotation, and you won't miss the meat! Although I love traditional spaghetti bolognese with meat, a few years ago I found a Giada De Laurentiis recipe for a vegetarian rigatoni bolognese and adapted it to make a pasta dish that's perfect for vegetarian meals and meatless Mondays. For the version of my recipe, I cook the pasta and sauce together, to make yet ...