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EASY Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

This Instant Pot honey garlic chicken is the perfect weeknight meal. Toss a handful of ingredients in your pressure cooker, walk away, and have a delicious, better-than-takeout dinner on the table in 30 minutes.

Instant Pot honey garlic chicken over rice

I do not have the time or energy for fancy dinners these days. Still, I don’t want to settle for mediocre-tasting food, nor do I want to spend a ton of money to buy already prepared meals or take-out all the time.

Call me picky, but I want it all: a healthy, delicious, home-cooked meal that I can have on the table in 30 minutes from start to finish.

Is that too much to ask?

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Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Dinner

This hearty Instant Pot chicken and rice has become a staple in our house on busy weeknights when I need a no-fuss dinner that can keep up with the appetites of three growing boys. It’s a simple, one-pot meal that everyone loves!

This hearty Instant Pot chicken and rice has become a staple in our house on busy weeknights when I need a no-fuss dinner that can keep up with the appetites of three growing boys. It's a simple, one-pot meal that everyone loves!

I love to cook. But I HATE the stress of trying to get a healthy meal on the table in between school, sports practices, homework, and other errands. I’ve finally admitted to myself that this is NOT the right season of life for me to be making elaborate meals on a regular basis. Instead, I’ve made it my quest recently to compile a list of healthy, homemade meals that take minimal effort. 

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White Chicken Chili (Instant Pot or Stove Top)

This white chicken chili is the perfect dump-and-go Instant Pot meal for a busy weeknight. It’s full of flavor, but still mild enough to be kid-friendly. Dinner doesn’t get much easier (or better) than this!This white chicken chili is the perfect dump-and-go Instant Pot meal for a busy weeknight. It's full of flavor, but still mild enough to be kid-friendly. Dinner doesn't get much easier (or better) than this!Raise your hand if you have virtually ZERO motivation to cook in the summer time. Pick ME! We’re too busy having wild summer adventures to think about daily responsibilities…like dinner. And yet, somehow six o’clock rolls around and the little people start to expect food to show up on the table. Hmmm…

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How I overcame my fear of the Instant Pot: 5 must-know tips to get you cooking like a pro

If you’ve ever wanted to buy an Instant Pot but are afraid of wasting money, or if you’ve had one sitting in its box for months–this post is for you! These five must-know Instant Pot tips will help you overcome your fears, and teach you all you need to know to get started.If you've ever wanted to buy an Instant Pot but are afraid of wasting money, or if you've had one sitting in its box for months--this post it for you! These five must-know tips will help you overcome your fears, and teach you all you need to know to get started.

Note: This post includes affiliate links to the products discussed, but always feel free to shop around for the best deals. See my disclosure to learn more.

The Instant Pot. It’s been the must-have cooking appliance for the past several years. Foodies sing its praises. Stores put it on their front page ads.

But, have you ever wondered, is it really as great as everybody says?

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Easy Homemade Pear Applesauce (Instant Pot)

This easy homemade applesauce is even tastier with the addition of super-sweet pears, and  it’s totally fool-proof with the use of the ever-popular Instant Pot. It’s a perfect snack to make with your kids this fall.This easy homemade applesauce is even tastier with the addition of super-sweet pears, and it's totally fool-proof with the use of the ever-popular Instant Pot. It's a perfect snack to make with your kids this fall.

Note: This post includes affiliate links to products I have used and loved, but as always feel free to shop around for the best deals. See my disclosure to learn more.

It’s fall! I’m not quite sure when we made the transition from summer to fall because I was lost in the haze of postpartum recovery and sleep-deprivation. I feel like I walked into the hospital in the heat of summer, and emerged from my house a month later in a totally different season….

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Easy taco soup (Instant Pot + slow cooker directions)

This easy taco soup recipe comes together in minutes, is inexpensive, and makes a great freezer meal. Cooked on the stove, in the slow cooker, or in your Instant Pot…it’s the perfect weeknight meal.This easy taco soup recipe comes together in minutes, is inexpensive, and makes a great freezer meal. Cooked on the stove, in the slow cooker, or in your Instant Pot...it's the perfect weeknight meal.I know. It’s July and I’m posting a soup recipe. What am I thinking? Here’s the deal…this is one of the only soups I still make in the summertime because it’s so quick and easy, and something about the Mexican flavors makes it feel like it belongs in the heat. Plus, if you make it in the Instant Pot, you avoid heating up your house…which I’m avoiding at all costs these days….

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