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A serving of chicken buffalo pasta topped with sliced green onions in a white polka dotted and dark blue Polish pottery bowl. Faded on the right is a metal fork.

Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Pasta

A pot of multicolored quinoa with a wooden cooking spoon on the right.

How to Make the Best Quinoa

Rice and chicken curry in a peacock patterned Polish pottery bowl with a spoon held above with rice and a piece of chicken on it. On the left of the bowl is a faded white and blue hand towel.

Instant Pot Chicken Coconut Curry

Mashed potatoes with a small scoop of butter in the middle with parsley sprinkled on top all in a white Polish potter bowl with scallops, blue trim at the top, and dark blue polkadots throughout the bowl. On the left side of the bowl is a cloth yellow napkin scrunched up.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

A blue plate with a serving of salmon, broccoli and mushroom Risotto. A kitchen towel is on the left side of the plate with a fork sitting on it.

Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto

A serving of Instant Pot Beef Sundaes in a blue bowl with a spoon digging in to take a bite.

Beef Sundaes

Instant pot pan full of Instant Pot Roast Beef Gravy

Instant Pot Roast Beef Gravy

collage with words over it

50+ Easy Dinner Ideas for Busy Schedules

A blue plate holding a serving of crazy good pork and potatoes with green beans and a fork to the side

Crazy Good Pork and Potatoes

In the background on the left is a yellow cloth napkin with a fork sitting on the left side of a blue plate with chicken tetrazzini on spaghetti noodles all topped with grated Parmesan cheese and some parsley.

Instant Pot Chicken Tetrazzini

A white scalloped bowl holding Instant Pot black beans with cilantro on top

Instant Pot Black Beans

Cheesy beef taco pasta sitting on a blue plate with a salad with chopped tomatoes and a yellow cloth napkin in the background on the left side wrapping partly around the top of the plate.

Instant Pot Cheesy Beef Taco Pasta

A pan of instant pot chicken taco and rice skillet with a spoon holding up a serving

Instant Pot Chicken Taco and Rice Skillet

Picture of homemade refried beans, in a white bowl topped with shredded cheese

Instant Pot Refried Beans

Two containers of chicken stock. They are plastic with green lids

Instant Pot Chicken Stock

Instant Pot Macaroni and tomatoes with a spoon taking a bite and cheese toast in the back ground

Instant Pot Macaroni and Tomatoes

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