Several months ago I decided to buy an Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. I texted my best friend immediately to share the news that I was now the proud owner of a Baby Yoda Pressure Cooker to which she replied, “I have a great chicken tortilla soup recipe for you!” You see, the Baby Yoda print went with nothing in my French Countryside kitchen decor (nor in the clean, modern Farmhouse look I have in my upstate home) but the fact that my friend did not question the madness really made me realize that this is why this woman is my bestie.
Did I make use of of the Instant Pot"
Oddly, yes. I throw around oddly because I had a lot of misguided notions about slow cooking. I was thinking that mushy meats and potatoes would be the soup du jour when using it. But it’s actually pretty brilliant for pastas, soups, and a lot of other set it and forget it recipes.
2020 was the year I learned to cook better but it was also the year I learned to love to cook. I decided to upgrade my little Grogu Instant Cooker with the The Pioneer Woman Slow Cooker. Well, it isn’t really an upgrade more like an addition to my slow cooking family. This is probably ugly to some people but damn you, I like the shabby chic print. I may just go buy a gauzy muumuu blouse and float around the house saying that dinner is going to be flavorful a la Ree Drummond while dumping mustard, ketchup, pickle juice, and hot sauce into this slow cooker.
This is absolutely a basic slow cooke...