quick weeknight meal – The Bearded Hiker

Butternut Squash soup in your Instant Pot. Silky soup in 10 minutes!

Butternut Squash Soup – Instant Pot and Stovetop

Butternut squash soup in the Instant Pot or any old electric pressure cooker you have lying around is quite probably the easiest soup ever. The hardest part is dealing with the butternut squash and that’s not that difficult, people. I don’t know if any of you have access to an Atlanta Bread Company, but if you do, go there and get their butternut squash soup. It’s what dreams are made of and it’s what inspired me to create my own. (I don’t want to shell out stupid money at Atlanta Bread Company for soup all the time.) I’ve tried other…

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Squeaky, delicious halloumi cheese make the perfect filling for fajitas. If you're looking for a quick, easy weeknight dinner or any night dinner, these halloumi fajitas are just what you're looking for! High in protein with a delicious umami flavor, you won't miss the meat. Promise!

Halloumi Fajitas

Halloumi fajitas are one of my favorite go-to veggie meals. And bless me, it is crazy good! And for me to say that, it’s freakin’ good. If you’ve been here before or especially if you watch my videos on YouTube, you know right off I’m not the veggie eater in the house. I mean I do eat veggies and love them, all shapes and colors, but my wife is the veggie eater. I roll with it though because she rarely disappoints when it comes to meatless meals that this is no exception. One day she said, “Hey babe, let’s make…

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What to do with rotisserie chicken? Make these quick and easy chicken adobo tacos!

Chicken Adobo and Black Bean Tacos

You guys know, I love me some tacos. I love easy. And I love cilantro. If you don’t dig cilantro, these chicken adobo and black bean tacos are not for you. Please leave now. Wait, don’t go, don’t go! I got Faux Jack in the Box Tacos (vegetarian tacos) and Pork Carnitas you can chow down on! These chicken tacos literally take no time because we’re using leftover chicken. Rotisserie, shredded chicken made in the pressure cooker or slow cooker, it doesn’t matter. You could even use shredded beef or pork from something else. Doesn’t matter. The point is that…

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Pesto chicken with carrots and potatoes - 11 minutes to tender, fall apart chicken goodness. It reminds me of a roast, but with chicken.

Instant Pot Pesto Chicken with Carrots & Potatoes

It’s just so easy, but the taste yield is ridiculous! It actually reminds me, tastewise, of a roast. It’s like eating your favorite pot roast but it’s chicken. I know there are Instant Pot obsessed people out there, and I’m glad for it, but the recipe book that comes with that machine sucks. Big ones. You guys are always looking for recipes for the IP and I encourage you to go to the Cuisinart website and look at their recipes. It won’t make you an IP traitor. 😉 I’ve tried lots of them and they are all delicious, especially this…

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4 minute pasta and meatballs in the pressure cooker. Perfect weeknight meal - throw it in a pot and pressure for 4 minutes!

Pressure Cooker Pasta and Meatballs

I will make an effort to settle down with the pressure cooker recipes. Promise! I just love this one though and the weird thing is, I only tend to make this when fall comes. The reason I say it’s weird is that I don’t have any kids at home anymore. BUT, this feels like the kind of thing I want to cook on those “school nights”. You know the ones. The ones where you get off of work or the kids have practice and by the time you get home it’s already dark. Yes, it’s still technically the same time…

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Pressure Cooker Pepper Jelly Pork Chops

You want something different tonight, right? Try these pepper jelly chops. This is something you can whip up in total, prep time to plate, about 40 minutes and it comes out perfect each and every time. The pepper jelly is not hot at all and when combined with the beef broth it’s just heaven. Feel free to experiment with the jellies too! Maybe pineapple preserves with some chopped up jalapeños or raspberry chipotle jelly with chipotle hot sauce. It’s forgiving too…sometimes I use bone in chops, sometimes, center cut, thick, thin, you can even use lamb chops if you want. …

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