One of our favorite easy meatless meals is baked potatoes. And although there are a ton of different ways you could top baked potatoes, we almost always have the exact same toppings. That makes it really easy to keep the ingredients on hand, so we can add this meal to our menu plan any time. And I have to say, ever since I got the Instant Pot, baked potato night became way easier. Sure, baking potatoes in the oven isn't that hard, but it does take awhile. They're done so fast in the ippy! … [Read more...]

Confession time: I haven't actually been to an Olive Garden restaurant in at least 5 years. Probably more. Mostly pasta and bread are not too friendly to the gluten free crowd. But when we used to go, one of my favorite things was to get the unlimited soup and salad combo, and have plenty of their Zuppa Toscana soup as my main course. There are a billion copycat recipes out there for this soup, but I'm still going to share how I make mine, because I stretch it to feed our family of 7 … [Read more...]

Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I receive a bit of a commission at no additional charge to you. Are you a variety eater, or a same-thing-every-day eater? I prefer a little bit of variety most of the time, although we revisit a lot of favorite meals fairly often. But my husband could eat the same thing pretty much every day, and he would be just fine with it. Today's recipe is one that he eats for lunch all … [Read more...]

We don't eat a ton of soup during the summer, but tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches is a standby pretty much year round. And while it's an easy enough thing to make tomato soup on the stovetop, it's even easier to make it in the instant pot. And this isn't just any tomato soup. This is fancy tomato basil soup. It tastes like the kind you get at a restaurant, the kind that you pay several dollars for a bowl. But this tomato soup is a really frugal meal. And did I mention it's really … [Read more...]