Beef Stew with Pressure Cooker

Just to save time! And it turned out tastier than it looks. And the meat is tender too~

Does pay to learn the type of beef cuts for this =)

My referred recipe sites were foodinaminute 
And from thesaltymarshmallow for pressure cooking tips

As well as I read 10 tips about using the pressure cooker too to learn more about the time saved when cooking various things.

Important thing to take away using pressure cooker:

• Need to add more gravy as it keeps moisture
• Must release valve slowly after cooking and before even touching any parts of the pressure cooker
• Bring to high heat, until it starts sizzling then bring the heat down slightly
• Have to empty the dish and wash immediately after using

Time saved:
Instead of cooking 1.5-2 hours, I cooked for 35 mins, then left it on off for another 10 minutes.


See below for more steps that I use for cooking :)

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Carrot cake GFDF

With cashew base icing! Should have added more lemon juice to make it like a cream cheese frosting.

Tastes a little dense just coz I replaced tapioca flour with rice and it's almond meal that dominates the mix. Just hope my kid likes it else ill be eating it all.

It's got sultanas and cranberries too instead of walnuts just coz I think there is enough nuts with the almond meal...

All of my gluten and dairy free recipe so far are taken from Chloe Moir nutrition. She just makes it easy to make with a quick video clip less than 2 minutes long. Suitable for mothers on the go like me.

See below for recipe. Makes a 9" cake. Original recipe from here

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake

Baking has become 'cooking' for me in the sense that these days I don't bother with measuring cups or spoons haha. I've become those chef on tv where they just sprinkle using their fingers over the ingredients.

But I do must record it so that I remember and know what I did for sure and of course to share it with the others :)

 

So here it my latest 'creation' I used pinterest to try my luck to find the right recipe but alas it doesn't really work with me. If you're interested to try check out the method and ingredients.

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Beef Stew

Made it for the first time, the meat turned out a little dry but the sauce was really good!

I could have done a few more things, but the recipe was solely followed in Jamie Oliver's book.

I could have added capsicum, mushrooms to taste and baked it at a lower temperature or put it in a slow cooker to save electricity. But it's all edible!


Here are the steps. Courtesy from Jamie Oliver's beef stew recipe

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ABC Muffin (aka Apple Banana Carrot)

Hahaha I didn't realise that literally speaking and manage to summarise the above! Also it's 1-2-3 (1 carrot, 2 apples, 3 bananas. Talk about how easy to learn this recipe)

And pretty much what you get before the oven

Is the same as what you get AFTER the oven

I was actually running out of muffin ideas. My mind was more focused on the savoury side since we want to get bone broth, and fermented food into our kid.

So it's really all rough estimation here as I was pretty much looking at the texture and stickiness to estimate the batter.


Makes 12 small muffins or cupcake size

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Beetroot Carrot Muffins

Never knew it tasted so good! I must have added a bunch of stuff to make up for the bitter after taste since it was my first time using real beetroot and getting my hands coloured..

I didn't realised I was also using the same ingredients from this other surprised carrot blueberry muffin recipe too. I guess I do love that combo of sweet carrots and refreshing apples together with a tinge of sweet potato to fill one's tummy sweetly and gracefully.

I pretty much dumped everything in and was relying on my vision to see how thick the texture is with the flour estimation. I did ran out of Gluten free flour so added a touch of coconut flour which was just right (can't taste it for a change).

The strong taste is definitely the beetroot. But it's supported by the other goodness of natural sweet carrots, apples, raisins and sweet potato.




Makes 6 muffins

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Vegetarian Nuggets round 2

This time with a little more structure and prediction hahaha.

 

Well, I got carried away by trying to add one more vege to the mince but the bowl was too full and I didn't want to go beyond the tray, and squares were easier to semi circle.

Exactly the same process as my previous post but I change the veges instead.

 

This time I used:

• 2 x Carrots (for sweetness)
• 2 x Sweet potatoes (for sweetness)
• 1 x Broccoli
• A bag of Long Beans (About 350 grams)
• A bag of Brussel Sprouts
• Spinach steamed by my MIL
• A spoonful of LSA

Made 90 nuggets

Surprise Carrot blueberry muffins

I actually have no idea what to call it to be honest but a whole portion of it was made of carrots and blueberries. Plus other sweet natural fruit and vege too.

You can literally eat this raw without the eggs and flour lol

No baking powder, so I can literally pour extra over each tray!

It turned out so delicious my son loved it! Felt really strong in the coconut just coz I added a tad bit too much flour again. All good, it's so nutritious, gluten free and dairy to the point that I am happy to eat it, also moist too! yay.


Will see how I can remember how the ingredients were coz it was all estimated!



Makes 6 big muffins

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Carrot & Sweet potato hash

What do you do when you saw a video clip cooking hash and your kiddo loves carrots?

Make carrot and sweet potato hash!

Didn't realised I made a lot but it's so yummy when first eaten! Could do well reheating in the oven or on a sandwich maker for the crisp.

I stole the idea from the video clip below:

And you can get the recipe from here

Makes about 5-6 x 5" pieces

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Carrot cake

Been wanting to do this since I ever tasted the wonderful carrot cake from Suntec city near Giant after my gym session. Somehow they got the portion of walnuts, raisins and carrots so right!!! But I added pineapple into mine for 'flavour' and moisture. Turns out just as good ;). I was worried that it may be bitter coz of the walnuts but somehow it was ok when the cream adds in.

Well, mine turned out slightly abit more dense and moist than theirs since I used oil as opposed to creaming the butter with sugar slowly and dribbling the egg in which will take more time.

The cream cheese topping was spot on.

Half the cake gone :). Super happy Weeeee~~

Recipe courtesy from joyofbaking.com. Check out the original post as it's got a video clip too!

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