Family favorites are hard to put by the way side even when trying new styles of cooking. These old favorites taste just as great when cooked in a pressure cooker and it takes a fraction of the time.

Country Potatoes

Ingredients:
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/4 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced, stems trimmed
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup chicken stock or water
• 4 cups potatoes in 1/2” slices
• 2 tbsp. minced parsley

Preparation:

In the pressure cooker, heat the oil and sauté the mushrooms and onions until the onions are wilted. Mix in all the remaining ingredients. Lock the lid and bring to pressure. Lower the heat and cook for 3 minutes at 15psi. Allow pressure to drop by quick release or auto release method and remove lid.

Serves 4

Potato Salad

Ingredients:
• 4 slices of bacon
• 4 tsp. sugar
• 3 tbsp. vinegar
• 1 tsp. mustard
• 4 med.-large potatoes, cut in 1/4” slices
• 1 med. Onion thinly sliced
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 tsp. celery seed

Preparation:

Fry bacon in the pressure cooker until crisp, then remove and drain on paper towel and crumble. Reserve 1 tbsp. of the drippings and wipe out the pressure cooker. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, vinegar, mustard and bacon drippings. Pour 1-3/4 cups water into the pressure cooker. Layer the potatoes, onions, all of the seasonings above, the sugar and vinegar mixture, and the crumbled bacon in the pressure cooker basket. Lower the basket into the pressure cooker. Lock the lid into place and cook for 2 minutes at 15psi. Release pressure using the natural release method or the auto release method, remove the lid and serve.

Serves 4

Sesame Broccoli

Ingredients:
• 2 tbsp. sesame oil
• 1 large garlic clove peeled and crushed
• 1 slice of fresh ginger, quarter size and peeled
• 1 bunch of broccoli, cut into flowerets
• 6 tbsp. chicken or vegetable stock or water
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

In the pressure cooker, heat the oil until very hot. Stir fry the garlic and ginger until the garlic is golden. Add the broccoli and stir fry until it’s bright green. Sprinkle with salt and transfer the broccoli to the pressure cooker steamer basket. Pour the stock and soy sauce into the bottom of the pressure cooker and lower the basket into it. Lock the lid in place, bring to pressure, then lower the heat and cook for 2 minutes. Release pressure using the quick release method or the auto release method and remove lid. Remove the basket and serve using some of the soy sauce liquid.

Serves 4

Other vegetables such as green beans, asparagus and bell peppers can be used in place of or added to the broccoli.