The Ultimate Instant Pot cookbook: Foolproof, Quick & Easy 800 Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners and Advanced Users

Best ever cooking book has a lot of great recipes for my Instant Pot

The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook contains hundreds of recipes, from basic and simple to more complex dishes, but still easy-to-prepare dishes, all using an instant pot. The chapters are broken down into categories: Basic and Simple Breakfast & Brunch Beans & Grains Pasta & Rice Fish & Seafood Poultry Pork Beef & Lamb Vegetarian & Vegan Soups, Stews & Chilis Side Dishes Snack & Appetizers Desserts My Instant Pot Favorites It also has Instant Pot cooking times and a recipe index. The recipes list all the ingredients, the number of servings (which seems to be 4-6 on average), and Directions. What I like is that the recipes are REAL INGREDIENTS, not hard to find things, and there is something for everyone. The downside, which is just my personal preference, is that it contains no pictures of recipes. For the cost of $10, it is a bargain and worth it--even without pictures that would have driven up the cost of the book.

I love cooking and am always looking for new cookbooks to give me more inspiration. And I LOVE my pressure cooker. I use it at least once a week, if not more often, and have felt my tried and true recipes are getting old. I needed new ideas so was thrilled to try this cookbook out. The recipes are easy to follow, well written, and I didn't notice grammatical or mechanics errors. For nearly every recipe, the ingredients were things that are simple to find (even in these tough times of COVID shortages) or items I already had on hand in my home. And the few I have tried so far have been great. The kids have eaten them (2 of my 3 are extremely picky eaters, so finding things they like is near impossible most nights) and my husband has plenty of leftovers for work the next day. The only downfalls that I saw with this cookbook.... - The intro says there are 800 recipes in the collection, but some are simple things like making hardboiled eggs, which I do not consider a "recipe" in any way. Others are repeated. I saw a few recipes that were in multiple sections of the book. The recipes are all numbered (so number 800 is Caramel-Walnut Brownies), so I didn't have to sit and count the recipes to determine how many there were, but with the repeats, there are not 800. - Being a Kindle edition, there were no pictures included. So much of what we do in today's world is visually based. I find it inspiring to see what the final outcome should look like. I realize that there is no way to include a picture for EVERY recipe, but I do appreciate having some visual appeal to cookbooks for inspiration, guidance, and to break up the overall white space on each page. I have seen other Kindle books where there are images included, but am not sure how much it adds to the overall file size and if that was the reason images were left out, or if they simply were not taken. - Creator credits - I did not see any indication of who created the recipes. I always assume the author of the book who compiled it was the person who created the recipes, but there is not indication in this collection as to whether the author created them or simply compiled a group of favorite recipes that were then converted to insta-pot recipes. - Nutritional information was not included. Being one who is trying to be more health conscious and who has a teenager who is learning how to cook healthy meals for himself as he prepares for life on his own soon, we go over the nutritional information in most recipes. I would have liked to have known the calories, carbs, etc. per portion. It tells you how many servings the recipe gives you, but nothing more. I would appreciate seeing full nutritional values so that I can better determine what to make for my family or where I might feel it best to substitute something else. There are plenty of apps that can give you full nutrional information if you input your recipe, so though it might have taken a little more work from the author, it would have made for a much more informative, beneficial cookbook overall. But overall this is a nice collection of recipes that can be used with any pressure cooker. Though it is written specifically for Insta-pot users, I have had no problem figuring out how to use them with my off brand pressure cooker and have found success. Definitely a good starting point for someone new to pressure cooking. I would have given this a 5 star rating had there been just a little more information.

I bought an Instapot several months ago, but I didn't really know "how" to use it. This cookbook is great because it has so many different kinds of recipes that allow the cook to put together simple ingredients and finish cooking them in 30 to 60 minutes. This is a boon for anyone who works, but wants to know and control the quality of what they are eating. No more standing in the kitchen minding a pot on and off for hours, stirring, etc. Just put your ingredients in, select the right program (i.e., rice, beans, etc.) and go. It's done by the time you finish the rest of the meal by making a salad or other starter. Shipped quickly, was well packed, and is as described. Big enough print that I don't have to squint to read it. Highly recommend.

He has a lot of good recipes, and some interesting ones with (to me) unusual food combinations. The book is also more upscale than other IP cookbooks I have, using ingredients I’ve never heard of. The Kindle version has a number of typos and occasional missing text in the recipe directions. Recipe number 265 for Chicken Cordon Bleu even omits the main ingredient (chicken) from its list of ingredients. The only reason I knew it was missing was because it was in the title and the directions said to add it. But it wasn’t listed in the ingredients, so I wouldn’t have had it on hand. Another one... recipe 634 for Traditional Southern Chili has celery in it. As a born and reared Southerner nearing the ripe old age of 70 who loves chili, let me tell you that I’ve never added celery to my Traditional Southern Chili. Another goodie - recipe 665 for Chicken Noodle Dip has no noodles in it. Curious. Which brings me to my final point. Some of the recipes’ directions are confusing for new and possibly even intermediate cooks. There were a few recipes I wouldn’t even attempt based on the instructions. I don’t know if he left out steps or just threw them in as he thought of them, but they were confusing. And as I mentioned, I was looking at the Kindle version. Maybe the print version is accurate. As I said in my first statement, he does have a lot of good recipes so if you are an intermediate or better cook, go for it. You’ll have a great meal.

Great product quality

Great instant pot cookbook. Highly recommended

So I normally don’t go for recipe books that don’t have photos. If I want to cook some thing, I want to at least be able to measure my success by seeing what it supposed to look like. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find a couple of recipes that I’ve made in the past that were converted to used in the Insta pot. Like cheeseburger soup. It is an amazing recipe that I never have time for because there are several steps to make it good. So imagine my surprise to find an Insta pot version that I can make on any given day. It’s a great recipe. My prejudice about cookbooks not having photos goes back for decades but I’m really pleasantly surprised that this cookbook is simple enough not to need photos. Especially the soups and stews. And at the very worst, you can Google what the recipe looks like and move on from that. I’ve already filled up pages with cut out Post-it‘s for recipes I expect to be trying in the upcoming weeks as it gets colder. This is really a no nonsense great recipe book to have for quick cooking. I live the old classic recipes like smothered pork chops. I can already smell them!