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Hey guys! I am back with another round of Instant Pot recipes. This time I am sharing 3 frugal and budget-friendly dinner ideas. More frugal dinner ideas from Jen …
Love Jen's vlog too. You are both awesome.
Wow, my Mom and Grandma made Tuna noodle Casserole about once a week when we were kids. This is excellent! Thanks for the Good Memories. 👍👍😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much for your easy cook recipes. I am going to be trying all of them.
Thanks for the egg noodle recipe. I used chicken, cream of chicken. It was really good with leftovers for the freezer.
I tried this recipe and I got the Burn notice on my Instant Pot. I stirred it up and added more water and restarted it, but I got the burn again. By that time the noodles were cooked and it was really delicious. Any suggestions on how to avoid the burn notice?
I’m trying this !!
Can you use broth instead of water
Good stuff. It would be great if you had the recipes in textual form as well! 🙂
I love your instant pot recipes, especially the frugal dinner ideas. Thanks!!
Wow u dont even need to poke holes or slits in the squash .Theres no chance of it exploding without venting it huh?
I only have a regular crock pot. Would this work in a crock pot?
yep
Love your channel. Great recipes. Nice to see a "family" mom make real life dinners. Keep up the good work
My mouth dropped when you added the cornstarch directly to the stew, but I guess that with enough constant agitation, the lumps work themselves out. Going to try the tuna casserole and spaghetti squash for sure, but that last one gives me pause. It looks so salty, based on the ingredients.
I like to eat the stewed beef over rice. 🍚
I just made your spaghetti in the instant pot and it was delicious.
Opps in the tuna one,lol
I add a small chopped onion in mine,I so enjoy listening and watching your videos,thank you.
Just bought my daughter an instant pot. I can’t eat oil or salt so she makes me curries and all kinds of dishes that are healthy for me. Have you tried coconut rice? Or mixed bean chilies yet? So GOOD! Love the instant pot!
I live your plates are they Pioneer Woman?
My family does not like cream of mushroom soup can a substitute be used? Do u find the pasta cooked like this starchy tasting?
New sub here just ordered my Instant Pot Thanks for sharing
God Bless💕
Hello again,Vanessa dear! I love your channel and want to thank you for ALL the great recipes,etc.! – I've subscribed because I'm interested in all your Instant Pot meals! I've commented on several other videos (other up-loaders) and I don't remember if I've told you that I just bought an IP last week and am searching YouTube for IP recipes,times,etc.! ^_^ I had a 'stove-top' pressure cooker for more than 35 years but I can't use it any longer due to the fact that the seals (rubber) are no longer available for my particular cooker lid.
I'm an "old gal" (over 60…lol) and have been successfully making gravies & sauces for almost 50 years. Honey,the best way to make gravy/sauce is to mix 1 part Cornstarch with 1 part cold water (same amount of each) and then stir/mix…that way there will be NO lumps in your gravies or sauces! Using a flour thickener is a little different…you can just sprinkle a little flour in the liquid in your pot and whisk or vigorously stir it and it shouldn't get lumpy. But definitely mix Cornstarch with cold water. Keep up the great IP "cooking"! 🙂
What size is your instant pot 6 qt?
These look AMAZING! Thanks so much for sharing! Miss you!
When I saw that beef & gravy at the end of the third recipe, I would’ve cooked the beef with some baby carrots and a bunch of cut up pieces or quartered cuts of white potatoes, with the skins left on. (& maybe throw in a can of green “English” peas or a cup of frozen peas?)
My mom was from the South so she always called those kind of peas “English peas.”
My mom always made something very similar to this. {She NEVER EVER put peas or cheese in it, though!}
She would cook the noodles in a pot of lightly salted water separate from the tuna and the mushroom soup and a soup can full of milk mixture in a second pan.
She called it “Tuna Noodle Casserole.”
And an alternate recipe of this was to put the can of cream of mushroom soup, with 1 (to 1.5) soup cans full of milk, and one or two cans of drained tuna, and then you pour it on top of slices of toast that have either been torn into bite-size pieces, or cut into little crouton-type squares. It doesn’t take long to cook, because you are basically just heating it up for 5 to 7 minutes on the stove top on medium heat.
As an adult I’d like to have it on top of four slices of bread for myself, (adult serving size 3-4 slices of toast) but if you have young children one or two pieces of toast would probably be enough for them per child.
A family your size, I would either use the large can of cream of mushroom soup plus one soup can full of milk, or get two cans of the regular size, and use two soup cans full of milk, (I use the empty soup can to measure the milk) and at least two large cans of drained tuna. I always use tuna packed in water, never in oil anymore.
This recipe doesn’t really need the instant pot, because in a regular pot on the stove it’s still only takes about 7 to 10 minutes total. Sometimes less than five minutes, If you’re not using the noodles and you use the toast instead.
My mom always like to make it because it was on the table in 5 to 7 minutes after we got home from church on Sundays. Quick and easy for lunch after church. {My childhood “comfort food”, especially on cold, rainy days or nights!!}. 👍❤️😉
If it was made without noodles my mom always called it “Tuna Mushroom Soup on Toast.”
She might use peas as a side dish, but NEVER EVER in with the tuna.
nom nom paleo kalua pig! its worth it for the special salt, but great with substitutions too! I also love to make quick style chicken meals in it. frozen chicken and then a sauce. The general Tsos sauce from target works really well. So does the orange chicken from the same brand (market pantry maybe? can't remember). I just add the sauce on top of the frozen chicken and then pour in 3/4 of a jar of water down the side (so the sauce stays on top of the chicken) and do 15 minutes plus NPR. I also make regular spaghetti and meatballs in there. A bag of frozen meat balls, then sauce, a jar of water, and some kind of pasta on top 8 minutes then quick release. Anything by Jill at this old gal is phenomenal!
I'm so glad you love your instant pot!! My first video that I watched from your channel was your Turkey Breast fail. You have defiently car a long way since then and I'm so excited to are You enjoying your instant pot as Much as I love mine! Can't wait to try her steak tips and tuna casserole!
Be blessed!❤
Love the 3 I will make for sure this week thank you
Great Video and recipes ❤️
I made the tuna noodle casserole – but replaced the tuna with canned chicken and also added in some frozen corn. It turned out PERFECT! My husband couldn't believe it only took four minutes to cook. I was worried about the noodles being crunchy or unevenly cooked because it didn't seem "wet" enough when I mixed it all up. But they actually turned out perfectly!! Thanks for the recipe!
Wish I could afford an Istant pot. You make these dishes sound and look great
Great recipes, do you have them listed somewhere? Also, a tip, if you mix your cornstarch with cold water before adding it to a hot liquid, it won’t clump up on you 😊
Awesome share! 😊❤️👍🏼
The creamy tuna casserole looks very yummy. Great cooking video as always.
These look great and I looked up your breakfast recipes too. I will sure use them! I do have a question, could you do butternut squash or acorn squash in the same way you did the spaghetti squash?
Omgsh those look amazing!
I have two pressure cookers but I really want an instant pot… Lol. One was given to me by my late father's brother-in-law. So I don't want to get rid of it. The other one I have no idea where it came from. But I am loving all of your recipes. I will have to try them in my pressure cooker. Does anyone know, do they all work about the same way? As far as cooking times I mean.
Yummy recipes….I am going to be buying an instapot for sure. I loved the last one the best. Thank you for sharing this with us. I can't wait to see what you do next!!! Take care & Hugs from Lisa G.
Great meal ideas!!!! Thank you!!!!!
These all look so good what instant pot do you have?
I am so glad I found your channel! I adore your recipes! ❤️