Comments on: Pressure Cooker GIVEAWAY! Mom’s Best Friend

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:58:40 +0000

The thing I love most about pressure cooking is that it has expanded my “everyday” dinners to recipes that would otherwise only be weekend meals. I would love the versatility that a Duo would add to my cooking. I only have the regular (15 psi) and there are some recipes I have to skip.

By: Podcast 41: Pressure Cooking 101 | Meal Makeover Moms' Kitchen

Podcast 41: Pressure Cooking 101 | Meal Makeover Moms' Kitchen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:35:34 +0000

[...] from pressure cooker guru, Jill Nussinow (AKA The Veggie Queen). If you havn’t entered our giveaway yet for a Fagor Duo Pressure Cooker, be sure to scroll down to our January 23rd blog entry to learn [...]

By: Denice Lupcke

Denice Lupcke — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:38:16 +0000

Just learned about Pressure Cooking and am excited to get cooking this way.

By: Deb Harano

Deb Harano — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:25:52 +0000

I absolutely LOVE my pressure cooker! Can’t say enough about it! I already bought one for my sister and her husband. But, my daughter is the mother of two young boys and it would be fantastic to win one for her! I actually asked her today if she would be interested in having one and she said, “Yes!” I know she’d love this healthy, time-saving device.

By: janel

janel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:57:37 +0000

As vegetarians, my boyfriend and I are constantly buying canned beans or lentils, but I’d love a way to cook up a batch fast and healthfully without all that added sodium and at a better cost! If I win, I’ll be sure to post my favorite pressure cooker recipe then

By: Professor Eric

Professor Eric — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:46:44 +0000

My mom always had a pressure cooker when I was a kid, but my wife has never had one and wants one. Win one for the wife! (Of course, she will consider me the “experienced” pressure chef, so I will no doubt be pressed into service for several weeks worth of “show me how” meals.)

By: Ellen Etc.

Ellen Etc. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:40:54 +0000

I’ve been reading Jill Nussinow’s posts about pressure cooking and she has made a believer out of me. Now all I need is the pressure cooker! Food, mmmmmmm !!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:23:42 +0000

As a child I remember my mom making homemade soups every Saturday for our lunch in her pressure cooker. It was always so fast. I’ve never used a pressure cooker but thought I would like to try it to make meats more tender and retain flavors better. Glad I found your website.

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:24:29 +0000

I also want to add that I was looking for a podcast to listen to today while I was working at home and found yours. I picked to the pressure cooker episode. I really enjoyed it and will be listening to your other shows.
Thanks!!!

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:21:38 +0000

I have an EXCELLENT recipe to share. First, I will say that my pressure cooker is 14 YEARS OLD(wedding gift)!!!! It’s the old kind with the “rocking” pressure weight on the top. It makes that familiar “choo…choo” sound that I remember when my mom was canning-a comforting sound actually. My cooker leaks a little steam around the handle so it takes longer to build up pressure-probably not safe so I don’t use it as often as I would like. I would LOVE to have a new one and try some more recipes for my husband & 4 children. I really love to cook!
Here is the VERY FLAVORFUL and versatile pressure cooker recipe that I got off of recipezaar. I serve it over rice. The sauce is wonderful and I pull the leftover chicken off of the bone, add it to the leftover sauce and rice, add broth and it makes a wonderful soup. I’ve also substituted shrimp for the chicken-devine!!!
Pressure Cooker Italian Chicken and Sausage with Peppers
Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 4 Italian sausages (about 12 oz total)
* 1 frying chicken(I use bone in chicken breast-easier), skin removed cut into serving pieces
* 1 medium onion (about 4 oz)
* 2 medium green bell peppers (about 10 oz)
* 2 cloves garlic
* 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
* 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
* 3/4 teaspoon dried basil
* 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
* crushed red pepper flakes
* salt & freshly ground black pepper
Directions

1.Heat the oil in the pressure cooker.
2.Prick the skin of the sausages in several places with the tines of a fork.
3.Add the sausages and chicken to the oil and cook until well browned on all sides.
4.While the chicken is cooking, dice the onion.
5.Cut the green peppers into 3/4″ thick strips.
6.Mince the garlic.
7.When the chicken and sausages are browned, remove them from the pan and set aside.
8.Add the onion, green peppers and garlic to the cooker to cook, stirring often, until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes.
9.Add the vinegar and stir up the browned bits from the bottom of the cooker.
10.Add the chicken and sausages, tomatoes, basil, fennel, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
11.Close pressure cooker and bring up to full pressure.
12.Reduce heat to stabilize pressure and cook for 10 minutes.
13.Release pressure and adjust the seasoning.

ENJOY!!!!!

By: misa ramirez

misa ramirez — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:11:56 +0000

I have never, ever tried a pressure cooker, either! It is interesting and something to try to broaden my cooking experience.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:11:08 +0000

I’ve never tried or even thought of trying to use a pressure cooker until hearing your podcast about it. It has me very interested. I like making a lot of things from scratch (beans, soups, stews) so a pressure cooker would make my cooking faster- a big benefit with a family of 5! Plus, I DO have lots of cabinets and closets in my house to store all of the fun cooking gadgets I can find when I’m not using them!

By: Ranee @ Arabian Knits

Ranee @ Arabian Knits — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:24:27 +0000

I would so love to have one of these! I am slightly terrified of pressure cookers, but I have heard that the new ones are really safe. I cook beans a lot, and this would help cook them much more quickly. Thank you for offering this. The risotto idea above is also interesting to me.

By: KatieFitz

KatieFitz — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:29:44 +0000

The pressure cooker is an essential item in my kitchen for a few key recipes that I make on a regular basis: risotto, beef stew, pot pie and BBQ.

For beef stew in 30 minutes:
Combine:
2 lbs. beef stew cubes (chuck roast in 1″ cubes)
1 can condensed tomato soup
1/2 can of liquid (once you dump the soup out of the can, fill it 1/2 way with red wine, beer or water)
1 bay leaf
1/2 t salt
1/4 t black pepper
1/2 t oregano
1 large onion chopped

Bring to pressure and let rock for 20 minutes. Take off the heat and let the pressure drop for 5 minutes. Release the rest of the pressure and add:
4 carrots cut into 1″ pieces
1 large baking potato cut into bit size pieces

Bring back up to pressure for 3 minutes. then do a quick release and your tender beef stew is ready to serve.

By: RWCFoodie

RWCFoodie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:27:20 +0000

Like many, I remember the pressure cooker my Mom used with it’s jiggling top and warnings about it exploding (it didn’t). I bought a Fagor a couple of years ago after a friend told me how much she uses hers. I use mine quite a bit for dry beans, etc. and it makes the best chicken stock in 30 minutes!

By: Smuddpiecooks

Smuddpiecooks — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:52:12 +0000

I do remember using a pressure cooker when I was a kid. And I do remember a mishap. The whole thing didn’t explode, but the safety valve did blow and sprayed gooey potatoes everywhere-cabinets, ceiling, everywhere! It was like wallpaper paste. But speed of prep is always an issue for us, and we love whole grains and beans, so I’d love to learn how to use one well now.

By: Myra S.

Myra S. — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:36:32 +0000

Hello!

I remember my aunt used a pressure cooker to make delicious, quick, and healthy meals for her family in the 1950’s. I heard her talk one time, though, about the pressure cooker exploding and the contents ending up on the ceiling! I was afraid to use a pressure cooker after hearing that story until several years ago when I took a cooking class. The instructor had us prepare something in a pressure cooker. He reassured us that the modern-day pressure cookers were much safer than the older versions.

Also, I read Jill Nussinow’s positive comments about pressure cookers in her wonderful e-mails. I know foods keep more of their nutritious value when made in a pressure cooker. If I win a pressure cooker, then it will encourage me to start using it to make healthier meals for myself. This way, the decision as to which kind to purchase is made for me!!!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:11:55 +0000

I would love to start canning! And cooking meals that are quick…less time in the kitchen=more time with my 3 1/2 month old son:)

By: Sandi Birch, RD LD

Sandi Birch, RD LD — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:42:49 +0000

My favorite pressure cooker recipe.
1 c dry black beans
3 c water
Bring to pressure X 1 minute (this step replaces the old overnight soaking.)
When pressure is down, drain and add 3 c water.
Bring to pressure X 10 minutes. When pressure is down, add salt to taste.

Perfectly cooked beans in a few minutes. Since learning this simple technique I haven’t bought a can of beans!

Why do I want a pressure cooker. Because mine is small. Works for cooking for 2 but would love to have a bigger one (like the one you are giving away) to cook for crowds or to do cooking demos and share the joy of healthy cooking/pressure cooking.

Thanks Meal Moms!

By: medicine girl

medicine girl — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:03:01 +0000

I’d love a pressure cooker so I can quickly cook beans that I eat at least once daily. My mom has been urging me to get one since my med school lifestyle often leaves me with little time to cook from scratch. That doesn’t mean I don’t try, but I’ve drawn the line at beans given their long cooking time.

By: Lynn Owen

Lynn Owen — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:47:22 +0000

I am all for cooking faster. After listening to your podcast about pressurer cookers, I would love a chance to try it out. My dad had an old one that had the little rocker on top. Luckily, ours never blew up.

By: Linda GAbrilo

Linda GAbrilo — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:03:45 +0000

I have struggled all my life with making good food choices.
When I became a mother, I was determined to prepare & eat healthy foods, to enable my children to develop healthy food choices. This remains a contant, struggling work in progress, one I am sure is shared by countless other parents.
A pressure cooker would definitely enable eveyone in my family to eat more vegetables, prepared quickly enough to warrant home cooked meals daily!
My 15 year old son gave up dairy almost 2 months ago, and he is an inspiration to me, in his quest for health.
I would like to have more time to give back to him more healthy choices in meals, facilitated with the time saving features of the pressure cooker!
Thank you for all the extremely valuable information provided on your site!

Sincerely,
Linda Gabrilo

By: Cherie Miller

Cherie Miller — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:54:25 +0000

The last pressure cooker I owned was given to me by my mother when I got married. My husband is a popcorn lover (this was before air poppers) He used the pressure cooker pan and put his popcorn in it and would slide it back and forth on the burner to pop the kernals. One day he was heating up the pan and forgot about it and it melted the botton of the pan onto the stove burner coils. That was the last I owned a pressure cooker, that was 32 years ago. I have become keenly interested in purchasing a pressure cooker since reading about them from Jill. I love cooking with beans and grains, and I like the idea of less time involved in cooking.

By: Ruthie

Ruthie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:07:33 +0000

I love to make WOW food out of simple healthy ingredients. California has great produce year round and I need ways to make the same old wonderful vegetables new again with a new cooking approach. With two kids and a husband who is, quite frankly, a pig, I need all the help I can get to serve up the chow in a big and healthful way. Never tried a pressure cooker but if helps I would treasure it.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:27:20 +0000

Have been reading more and more about pressure cooking, and now that things have changed from when I was a young bride, think my daughter would benefit from something that would relieve her from the time crunch she is always in with two small children.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:03:44 +0000

Don’t enter me into the drawing because I’ve got a pressure cooker already. I just wanted to say how exciting it is to see so many people interested in pressure cooking. It has totally revolutionized my kitchen and made my delicious vegan food so quick and easy to prepare.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:34:21 +0000

I have Jill’s pressure cooking DVD. I would love a pressure cooker to go with it!

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:55:30 +0000

Years ago I took a class from Jill and was surprised to find that most of her recipes were made with a pressure cooker. Everything was yummy (as well as nutritious.) Jill said that she had SIX pressure cookers – so that she could cook several dishes for the same meal. Oh, my! Wouldn’t it be lovely to start collecting several??

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:49:01 +0000

Hi! I’m visting your site for the first time, and it looks great! I have been wanting to try pressure cooking for a long time now. It seems like a great way to prepare foods quickly while retaining optimal nutritional value.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:36:42 +0000

I’ve subscribed to Jill’s blog for years and have always wanted to try this method of cooking. Alas, a pressure cooker hasn’t made it to the family budget. Hopefully I will win this and then can try all your wonderful recipes!

By: Dina

Dina — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:50:21 +0000

My pressure cooker is so old, it needs to be replaced! This one seems wonderful!

By: Ann C

Ann C — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:37:32 +0000

For my senior project (I’m a 55-year-old re-entry woman student) I have decided to use my yard to its fullest by gardening in a biointensive organic manner. I know it will be a years’ long process but hope to have burgeoning bounties of vegetables that will need to be cooked. My husband and I already eat a great many legumes each week, and the pressure cooker would save me time and energy. Needless to say, after spending my days gardening, I need a pressure cooker to speed up the cooking of my newly developed vegetarian dishes!

By: Malia

Malia — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:57:24 +0000

My old pressure cooking could really use some updating! I would LOVE to have a new one!
Thanks for the chance to win.

By: Kathy D

Kathy D — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:45:04 +0000

Well, I must admit that I do already own a Cuisinart 6qt pressure cooker (electric) …but I would love to have another cooker. Typically, I use the Cuisinart for entrees, such as beans or meats (primarily for my husband); but there are so many other applications that I would LOVE to have one more for ease & speed of meal preparation.

Additionally, because I am a part-time personal chef, it would also enable me to speed up my cooking times for clients while offering them great tasting vegetables with a whole lot of nutrients left intact.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:41:49 +0000

I love to cook, and I make lots of healthy, plant-based meals using whole, natural ingredients. Sometimes this can be very time consuming, though, and with 3 kids and a part-time job it can be difficult to make the time to cook what I want. I had always been afraid of pressure cookers, but since reading about how safe they are now, I’d love to give it a try!

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:39:42 +0000

Thanks to Jill N and her great Veggie Queen DVD, I recently gave pressure cooking a try and found that it’s great! I now tend to whip it out fearlessly (OK, with less fear) and just cook for approx. 1/3 of the time I normally would. Everything so far has come out great. I don’t have a Fagor and would LOVE one!

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:30:59 +0000

I’ve always steered clear of pressure cookers — I guess it was all the “kitchen explosions” and “food on the ceiling” stories I’d heard growing up. It’s hard to imagine that dry beans are really done in about an hour and come out tasty. I’m still a bit chicken, I think. I’m working to get over my fear, so I’ve ordered the Veggie Queen’s DVD to watch before ordering a pressure cooker. Thanks for the contest.

By: Stanley of KInderhook Lake

Stanley of KInderhook Lake — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:29:16 +0000

As a 67 year old 3 year Vegan I have found that a pressure cooker not only is a time saver but it gives us delicious food. I have an old Susanne Somers pressure cooker and need to upgrade. What really helped me increase my use and results with the pressure cooker was attending Jill’s pressure cooking demonstration at the Summerfest in Johnstown, PA. Her tips, like using less water when cooking beans, has made the cooking experience much better. We never appreciated Quinoa until we saw her recipe for Quinoa Pilaf which we now enjoy making, with a couple of changes, weekly.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:24:38 +0000

After taking one of Jill’s classes where we were given the chance to play around with pressure cookers, I have been saving up to get one. I actually have a pressure cooker, but it’s ancient and has one of those really scary weights, so I’ve avoided using it for fear of injuries… it will be nice to finally get rid of the thing! Beans, especially black beans that take so long to cook… grains, stocks and soups… oh, what you can’t do with a pressure cooker!

By: heather

heather — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:10:31 +0000

I remember eating wonderful porcupine meatballs and cabbage/beef entrees my mom and grandmother made in their pressure cookers. I love pressure cookers and would love to win one to make the wonderful soups you have posted. I got rid of mine many years ago when I became more deliberate about keeping away from aluminum pots/pans. Hope I win:)