Short on time and sleep? Need baby food in an instant? Try baby food in an Instant Pot! As a new mum, it’s not always easy to prepare nutritious homemade baby food quickly and easily. The Instant Pot can be life-changing in this respect. The most popular and bestselling kitchen appliance of the last several years, the Instant Pot will be a mother’s new best friend and new favourite kitchen sidekick because of how easily it can help to get healthy and delicious food into the mouths of little ones — even the picky ones. Bestselling author Marilyn Haugen and leading nutritionist Jennifer House have partnered together to answer the demand of new mums everywhere with tons of nutritional information and 125 balanced recipes for babies and toddlers at every age and stage of development. Recipes include 50 purées, 25 finger foods and 50 family-friendly recipes along with tips on storage times, serving fresh or freezing, and nutritional benefits of individual ingredients. Also included are 50 pages of nutritional information providing parents everything they need to know to ensure their baby’s nutrient needs, to prevent choking and handle picky eating, and to work with sample meal plans. The book even includes frequently-asked parent questions with answers from a paediatric dietician.

Prepare delicious meals in a fraction of the time that stovetop or roasting methods take. With their many function features (some have as many as 7), electric pressure cookers will help you make delicious and healthy foods that are not only easy and quick to prepare, but use much less energy. Clean up is minimal, too. Bestselling small appliance cookbook author Marilyn Haugen uses her expertise to create mouth-watering recipes for this ingenious small appliance. There are recipes for every meal of the day. In a hurry? Done. Low and slow? Got it. The perfect stew or roast? No problem. Entertaining? How about Coq au Vin with Creamy Mashed Potatoes? Marilyn has created super time-friendly recipes for those frantic mornings like Sausage, Hash Browns and Pepper Casserole or Quinoa, Millet and Almond Bowls. And even on the busiest of work weeks, you can have Beef Barbacoa Tacos with Chillies on the table in no time flat or simply heat up the Butternut Squash, Quinoa and Pomegranate Casserole you made the night before. These inviting recipes are sure to become family favourites that will be requested time and time again. Impress your family and friends with the wide variety of satisfying dishes you can effortlessly create in your electric pressure cooker.

Millions of Instant Pots have been sold and they continue to be one of the hottest small kitchen appliances in the category. Instant Pots have become hugely popular over the years because they ingeniously combine so many features into one appliance. While officially categorized as an electric pressure cooker, it's actually a 7-in-1 programmable cooker with the functions of a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, saute, yogurt maker and warmer - all in one appliance! They also feature built-in smart programmes so with one push of a button, you can simply and easily make a pot of stew or keep some slow cooker food warm. With its slim design, it takes up very little counter space, making it the ideal appliance for everyone from students and flat dwellers to caravan enthusiasts. Once again, Marilyn brings her extensive and creative recipe development skills to the forefront with these deliciously convenient meal ideas which truly make the most of an Instant Pot's capabilities. The recipes are handily categorized by appliance feature which makes meal preparation an organized and stress-free event. And there are recipes for every meal and occasion from hearty breakfasts to main courses fit for entertaining. Here's just a small sampling from the pressure cooker section: * Classic Creamy Beef Stroganoff, Maple Cinnamon Breakfast Quinoa, Apple-Cider Glazed Pork Chops, Ginger Pumpkin Soup, Chunky Summertime Potato Salad, Party-Perfect Meatballs, Bananas Foster Flan & Peanut Butter Pecan Brownies. And these simply satisfying slow cooker meals: * Country Bacon, Eggs and Hash Brown Casserole, Spicy Chipotle Beef Brisket and Tortillas, Mediterranean Chickpea and Lentil Salad, Tex-Mex Black Bean Dip, Peppermint Bark Pretzels, Rocky Road Chocolate Cake, Lemon Spoon Cake. This outstanding collection of recipes created especially for use with an Instant Pot will inspire you to create meals for every occasion.

Preparing a foil packet meal is cooking at its simplest. For campers, backyard grillers, hosts of tailgate picnics and home cooks feeding a hungry family, these creative recipes for meals wrapped in foil packs are welcome additions to a cooking repertoire. For camping, the recipes are designed for a 4- to 7-day trip with fresh staples used first in multiple recipes, followed by canned or dry-packaged items. Minimal packing and easy storage are features of these great recipes: Hill Country Hash Brown Breakfast, Peach and Ginger Glazed Pork Chops, Candied Ham and Cranberry Sweet Potatoes and Salted Caramel Pears for dessert. For delicious and easy-to-prepare grilling and oven recipes, all are 'one pot' and need minimal clean up. Many of the recipes can be made ahead of time and refrigerated or frozen for a quick and easy weeknight meal, lunch or morning breakfast. All of these are perfect for the busy weeknight cook or the tailgate chef: Bacon, Onion and Ale Glazed Flank Steak, Belgian Style Marinated Chicken or Beef Tenderloin with Glazed Carrots and Parsnips. For convenience, these 150 recipes can be easily resized for one or two people.And versatility is the key to these recipes as they include breakfasts and lunches plus main courses, side dishes and desserts. Foil wrap cooking is ideal for so many occasions when minimal time and optimal convenience is prime.

Dinner is about to get even easier now that you can cook mouthwatering meals in your Instant Pot® with five or fewer ingredients. The Instant Pot® is unquestionably the most popular and bestselling kitchen appliance of the last year, with many models performing the functions of a pressure cooker, a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a steamer, a sauté pan, a yogurt maker and a warmer. 5-Ingredient Instant Pot® Cookbook is a perfect companion for the Instant Pot and a follow-up to Marilyn Haugen’s previous bestseller, 175 Best Instant Pot® Recipes, which has over 20,000 copies in print. All of its 150 recipes, created especially for use with an Instant Pot®, contain a minimum of ingredients and require little effort. There are recipes for every occasion and season, and for novices and wellseasoned home cooks alike. The recipes include favourites like Ham and Cheddar Egg Muffins, Hearty Black Bean Soup, Sweet Pepper Beef Roast, Chicken Caesar Pita Pockets, Braised Herb Salmon with Asparagus, Buttery Garlic Mashed Potatoes, and Chocolate Peanut Clusters.

A spiralizer is a razor-sharp kitchen appliance that creates thin ribbons of vegetable, like spaghetti - the perfect way to get more vegetables into your diet! Spiralizers are taking home kitchens by storm. They are a fun way to introduce more vegetables, especially to finicky eaters, and reduce carbohydrates. One of the simplest options is substituting typical wheat pastas in a dish with courgette noodles. Quick, healthy and easy to make and so satisfying! 150 Best Spiralizer Recipes has many more delicious and creative dishes to explore, including updated versions of classic favourites. There are recipes for vegetarians, gluten-free diets and low carbohydrate diets but also a wide variety of dishes for meat, poultry and fish lovers. The 150 recipes feature some of these delicious offerings: Thai Salad with with Peanut Lime Dressing; Pancetta and Lentils with Courgette Pasta; Curry Beef with Sweet Potato Noodles; Tuna Noodle Casserole; Spanish Shrimp and Scallops with Butternut Squash; Spaghetti alla Carbonara; Spicy Shoe String Jicama Fries and Sweet Potato Pizza Pie. Eight pages of step-by-step photos show how to maximize your spiralizer and eight colour food photos will inspire and delight. For a new twist on healthy cooking and more tantalizing ways to eat more vegetables and fruits, spiralizing is the answer.

Now home cooks can enjoy scrumptious professional-quality sweet and savoury waffles. Waffles and waffle appliances are more popular than ever. The really hot new trend in waffles is creating savoury sandwich-style meals for lunch, dinner and beyond. Bestselling authors and highly respected recipe developers Haugen and MacKenzie have created 150 new, delightfully delicious and inspired waffle recipes from the classics and delectable breakfast and brunch options to snacks and light bites. There are also grab-and-go burgers and sandwiches, main dishes for one or two, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free waffles, and tantalizing desserts and treats. Breakfast dishes such as hearty Huevos Rancheros with Cornmeal Waffles or the indulgent Pumpkin Spice Waffles with Coconut Cream will get anyone's day off to a perfect start. Innovative options like Pico de Gallo Chicken Quesadillas, Black Bean Burgers with Creamy Avocado or a Club Wafflewich are just a few of the newest delights. Throughout the book, the authors offer ingenious tips and easy techniques that make waffles just like a professional.

From a nutritional point of view, creating smoothies is the easiest way to pack a lot of nutrition into a relatively small serving size. And from an appliance point of view, a NutriBullet(R) packs a punch, with its compact size and exceptional nutrient extraction power. It's the perfect appliance for anyone looking to include extraordinary nutrition in a lifestyle. This ingenious book combines the principles of healthy eating and nutrition with 175 delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes for smoothies, dressings, dips, soups, sauces and desserts. The first part of the book provides comprehensive information on how a smoothie can be part of a healthy diet as well as the healing properties of superfoods. The benefits include everything from radiant skin and gastrointestinal health, to weight management and pregnancy health. All the recipes are made from wholesome foods and are an effective way to increase the overall nutritional density in a diet and bridge the gap between the nutrients needed and the nutrients missing. Each recipe can be tailored to suit various needs and tastes, making them an easy and convenient way to get healthy. Some of the recipes for an energising start are a Blueberry and Coconut Protein Smoothie, and a Hydrating Spinach, Berry and Orange Smoothie. Chilled Peppery Avocado and Arugula Soup along with African-inspired Lentil Dip are perfect after an intense workout or for entertaining.