Author: Café Sid

Instant Pot Potato Ham Soup

Use some leftover ham, or get some from the deli, throw in some potatoes, and a few veggies, some seasonings, and you will have a rich and creamy, but not heavy, pressure cooker Potato Ham Soup!

Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin

This golden and glorious mash-up of potato gratin and Hasselback potatoes, from the acclaimed food science writer J. Kenji López-Alt, has been engineered to give you both creamy potato and singed edge in each bite.

Microwave Popcorn

Pampered Chef’s Family-Size Microwave Popcorn Maker gives you the convenience of a bag of microwaveable popcorn without the extra cost and chemicals!

Homemade Kettle Corn

Pampered Chef’s Microwave Popcorn Maker makes it so much easier for our son to enjoy his favorite choice of popcorn!

Taco Dip

A family gathering favorite for everyone to enjoy!

Biscuits & Gravy

A guilty-pleasure breakfast option that’s oh, so worth it! We love the fact that it’s a sausage gravy, then just “sauce”. Thanks goes to my brother for this one!

Challah Slow Cooker Stuffing

This Challah Slow Cooker Stuffing doesn’t need butter or margarine (and those unnecessary calories) to taste great. It has plenty of flavor and mouth-watering aroma from fresh herbs, a good quality chicken broth, and sautéed vegetables.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Cacao powder offers a wide range of health benefits, and peanut butter powder provides fewer calories and fat without losing the protein and fiber as compared to regular peanut butter. We enjoy this smoothie for breakfast even though it tastes like dessert!

Asian-Style Flat Iron Steak

Our entire family enjoyed this easy recipe! Flat iron steak is the second most tender cut behind tenderloin — perfect for slicing and absorbing the delicious sauce.

Instant Pot Chili

This award-winning chili recipe from Oh Sweet Basil was a winner in our house too! The depth the bacon flavor adds and variety of beans used make this a hearty chili for those winter days. The Instant Pot provides the taste as if it’s been cooking all day.

Instant Pot Chicago-Style Italian Beef Sandwiches

These Italian-American sandwiches are stacked high with sliced beef, pepperoncini-spiked jus, and giardiniera pickles, so you’ll need sturdy rolls to hold in all the goodness. Delis in Chicago use a spiral meat slicer to get wafer-thin slices of meat.