Category: Recipes

  • Soy Curls with Chile and Soy Sauce

    Soy Curls with Chile and Soy Sauce

    Changing one ingredient in this recipe prompted me to alter nearly every other step. The change came because we wanted to try Soy Curls, an alternative to textured meat.

  • Salmon with Jalapeño Sauce over Green Beans

    Salmon with Jalapeño Sauce over Green Beans

    This Instant Pot meal combines many of our favorite items: Salmon, Green Beans, Rice, and a spicy sauce. Each time I have made this meal I have tweaked it a little. This procedure is the result of those tweaks.

  • Ravioli in Brown Butter Sauce

    Ravioli in Brown Butter Sauce

    A similar recipe with peas has frequently graced our table. On finding a similar recipe with asparagus I combined the best of both, as shown below. A subsequent find suggested using zucchini and almonds. This option proved to be the best. For ravioli we prefer spinach and cheese filled from Costco. We cook 9 ounces…

  • Avocado Toast

    Avocado Toast

    Of all of the breakfasts that I make while camping this is my favorite. It provides diverse proteins and fiber to fill us up for an adventure filled day. While relatively easy to make it has a great presentation.

  • Pasta with Green Beans

    Pasta with Green Beans

    You will love this fast, nutritious, and tasty Instant Pot meal. All the ingredients store well and might already be in your pantry. Since the sauce and the pasta cook in the same pot, clean up is quick and easy.

  • Mac and Tacos

    Mac and Tacos

    Macaroni and cheese meets tacos. In an Instant Pot this is a quick, nutritious, and tasty meal. This could serve 4. Although Lori and I finished this for main meal.

  • Instant Pot Basics

    Instant Pot Basics

    Knowing that a computer controlled pressure cooker can make rice, pasta, etc. is nice, but how much water? Which pressure setting? How long to cook at pressure? Natural or Quick Pressure Release? And since we typically cook for two people, what do I need to know when making fewer portions? In a Travel Trailer an…

  • Blueberry Ravioli

    Blueberry Ravioli

    “I have a wild idea for the leftover ravioli,” Lori said as we finished dinner. “I think something with fruit.”

  • Polenta Pizza with Pesto and Poblano

    Polenta Pizza with Pesto and Poblano

    Looking for a reminder of the proportions to use for pesto, I found a polenta pizza recipe that I did not follow. This adventure in vegetarian cooking earned high marks for flavor and nutrition.

  • Rolled Eggplant

    Rolled Eggplant

    Rolling rather than layering eggplant gave a unique presentation to what would have been akin to lasagnas.