Potatoes - Sweet Potato in the Instant Pot

This is my go-to method of cooking sweet potatoes.   They turn out sweeter if baked in the oven, but they are more moist when cooked in the instant pot.  I often cook several of similar sizes at one time and put them in the refrigerator until I'm ready to use them.  Doing this reduces the starch a bit and makes them a tad healthier.  

• Wash AND PIERCE 1 to 6 Sweet Potatoes
• Use steamer basket or trivet
• 1 cup water

• Manual on High
• Cook time varies by size of individual potatoes - 15 to 60 minutes:
• small - 15 to 18 min
• medium - 22 to 30 minutes
• large - 27 to 35 minutes
• gi-normous - 60 minutes
• Natural Release

Great post on sizes and times: Sweet Peas and Saffron

Stir Fry - and Easy Sauce I Love

This is one of my go-to meals.  It's so easy!!!

Note: This one is an easy compromise if you have a confirmed meat eater in the house.  Just cook some shrimp on the side and add their poor little carcasses over the serving for the unfortunate soul.

Sautéed VEGGIES
Use whatever combination is on hand -

• onion
• bell pepper (red, orange or yellow - never green)
• squash
• zucchini
• handful of spinach or kale
• broccoli or broccolini
• cauliflower
• corn - reg or baby corns
• mushrooms
• carrots
• sugar snap peas
• English peas
• green beans

Fruit -

• pineapple bits

Nuts -

• peanuts
• pistachios
• cashews

Meat-ish -

• Seaweed / Nori
• Gardein Mandarin Orange Chicken

SAUCE - I also have this recipe on a separate post on this blog.

Just mix and add to the veggies the last few minutes of cooking

My Easy SAUCE -

• Dijon mustard
• maple syrup
• Tamari or Coconut Aminos
• BBQ sauce adds a nice tang
• Kung Pao Sauce - like sweet and sour with a kick

Serve over RICE

• Click here to see a number of easy ways to make rice.  My fav is in the instant pot.
• Can also serve over noodles, but that's not as healthy, and definitely not helpful for weight loss.