Kids in Kitchen (Success)

So after making a commitment HERE to get my kids into the kitchen more, I have been so much better!!

Monday morning my oldest got the chance.  Sometime after lunch I asked J if he wanted to run dinner.  I had already picked the menu, but prepping it was completely up to him. 

I was inspired by Black Bean & Sweet Potato Flautas on Pinterest and decided to make that!  However, we did tweak it.  We are trying to use the microwave less, and the pressure cooker more!!  So, he soaked the black beans for about an hour.  Then rinsed (again) and put them in the pressure cooker, plus 3 cups of water per cup of dried beans.  Then, he cooked them up in the pressure cooker for about 6 minutes.

Cooking Under Pressure

I love when I have a plan for meals, when I sit and schedule meals for a week or two or three.  But then there are those weeks when I have no plan, not much food and I have to wing it.

I am finding my go-to tool is my pressure cooker!  I can cook up almost anything so quick!!  Then other night I grabbed some frozen sausage, a few potatoes and some lettuce from the garden.  Voila – dinner. 

I threw the sausage in the pressure cooker for about 10 minutes with a little water and cooked it up.

While it cooked I cleaned, cut up and seasoned my potatoes.  Took the sausage out, threw the potatoes in with the same water and cooked those for about 6 minutes.

Meanwhile I cleaned and chopped lettuce and threw in a few more veggies and it all came together very quickly!!

I love my pressure cooker!!