Guest guest Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Does anyone use a pressure cooker regularly? Do you prepare meats/soup only, or veggies too? Are one-pot meals possible? Recipe Ideas? Websites? Cooking SCD for a family of 4 - what size do you reco? If so what brand do you reco? Where did you purchase? Kind thanks in advance, Kim in NJ SCD since 1/09 for SBS (2/04) and now chronic lyme (7/09) 4.5 yr old adopted boys SCD for ASD and sensory, and lyme husband transitioning to SCD for chronic lyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Kim, I use a pressure cooker regularly and have for years. I mostly use it to cook beans, soups and stews. Other than the chicken soup, I don’t cook meat in it, because we like our meat browned, and if its browned I add the meat AFTER I pressure cook everything else. My pressure cooker is really old, over 10 years, but it still works although I did have to replace the gasket once. It is a Fagor. When I get another one I will probably look for this brand again because it has been so fabulous. For two months I cooked the chicken soup the 4 hours on the stove. But the last two times I made it, used the pressure cooker and cooked the soup on high pressure for 30 minutes and we thought the soup was better. I am also now using the pressure cooker to make my broths. It is working well, get all the gel-ing, etc. I have not eaten canned beans since I got my pressure cooker. Beans are super easy and depending on the bean you only need to cook on high pressure 4-12 minutes. I cook large amounts then freeze one to two cup packets so I always have beans on hand for soups and stews. I also cook pumpkin and butternut squash in the pressure cooker. Anyway, I can’t imagine my kitchen without a pressure cooker J From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of kcabush70 Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:22 AM To: BTVC-SCD Subject: Pressure Cooker Does anyone use a pressure cooker regularly? Do you prepare meats/soup only, or veggies too? Are one-pot meals possible? Recipe Ideas? Websites? Cooking SCD for a family of 4 - what size do you reco? If so what brand do you reco? Where did you purchase? Kind thanks in advance, Kim in NJ SCD since 1/09 for SBS (2/04) and now chronic lyme (7/09) 4.5 yr old adopted boys SCD for ASD and sensory, and lyme husband transitioning to SCD for chronic lyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hi! I use my pressure cookers (I have 3 ... all digitals) several times a week.A great source for wonderful recipes is the various books by Lorna Sass. She has a websitehttp://pressurecookingwithlornasass.wordpress.com/I have found many of her recipes to be SCD ok (I'm only a newbie, but they looked ok to me) or they can be easily made so.There is also a very active Pressure Cooker group on yahoo.... lots and lots of recipes and very helpful people and a wonderful leader .... Ray.I frequently make soups and stews. Most have canned tomatoes, but I just substitute "fresh" plum tomatoes. I put the fresh in quotes because this time of year most plum tomatoes do a lot of traveling, at least to where I live. I find the taste of the non-canned ones to be better anyway. I just bought a dehydrator to dry my summer crop, especially tomatoes so I can add the dried tomato to the soups and stews. I think it will be a lot of trial and error :)I have the 5 qt. and the 7 qt. Wolfgang Puck and an 8 qt. Cooks Essentials. I think the 7 qt. size would be ideal for you. When I was cooking grains I used the 5 qt. for the grains and the 7 qt for the stews so I could make both for the meal easily and quickly. Without the grains they are all 1 pot and can be reheated in the PC, because the WP pressure cookers come with a glass lid.Hope that helps.Regards .... Pat Queensbury NYSCD for approx. 1 month and feeling betterFrom: kcabush70 Subject: Pressure CookerTo: BTVC-SCD Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 6:22 AM Does anyone use a pressure cooker regularly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 , How long do you cook the broth in the pressure cooker to get the gelatin out of the bones? Thanks, Cathy 15 yo son w uc now in remission SCD 2007 On Monday, January 18, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Baker wrote: > > I am also now using the pressure cooker to make my broths. It is > working well, get all the gel-ing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cathy, I bring the pressure to high, then lower the temp to keep the pressure at high, and cook for thirty minutes at high pressure. After the thirty minutes, I take the pressure cooker off the stove and let it cool – the natural release method – until no more pressure is coming out. (usually 30 minutes or an hour, but I’ve left it sitting there several hours when I wasn’t able to get to it.) My broth has turned out perfect every time doing it this way and has that gel-like consistency, From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of DeWitt Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:50 AM To: BTVC-SCD Subject: Re: Pressure Cooker , How long do you cook the broth in the pressure cooker to get the gelatin out of the bones? Thanks, Cathy 15 yo son w uc now in remission SCD 2007 On Monday, January 18, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Baker wrote: I am also now using the pressure cooker to make my broths. It is working well, get all the gel-ing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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