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Specialty Equipment Recipes

Specialty equipment can provide a different way to control heat, texture, or preparation. Air fryers, pressure cookers, sous vide setups, blenders, whippers, and other tools provide the browsing paths in this collection. Begin with the equipment you have or want to understand, then read the recipe’s specific settings and requirements before preparing the dish.

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  • Air Fryer

    Loaded potato skins and chicken skewers offer different air fryer applications in this collection. Browse the recipes for their portion sizes, cooking settings, and guidance on the finished texture.

  • Chamber Vacuum Sealer

    A chamber vacuum sealer appears in pickle and other preparations within this collection. These recipes show particular uses of the equipment, with the method explaining its role in each dish.

  • Control °Freak

    Farmer’s cheese, omelettes, and potato preparations offer different applications for the Control Freak. Browse recipes that use controlled heat settings, following the specific temperature and method for the dish.

  • Ham Press

    Chicken and barbecue loaf preparations give this ham press collection its focus. The recipes explain how the equipment shapes a mixture and supports the particular cooking process used.

  • Instant Pot

    Chicken and rice, hard-boiled eggs, and ricotta offer different Instant Pot applications. These recipes use specific programs and timings, with the individual method guiding preparation and release steps.

  • iSi Whipper

    Foams and drink preparations offer different uses for an iSi whipper in this collection. Browse each recipe for its ingredients, equipment requirements, and the method that creates the intended texture.

  • Slow Cooker

    Tortellini soup, hot fudge cake, and creamy cabbage show the slow cooker’s range across savory and sweet dishes. These recipes set out their own timing and preparation for the finished serving.

  • Smoking Gun

    Smoked balsamic vinegar and a wood chip pairing guide introduce applications for a smoking gun. This small collection connects the choice of smoke with the preparation described in each entry.

  • Sous Vide

    Turkey roulade, salmon mi-cuit, and shrimp cocktail offer different sous vide preparations. Browse recipes that use controlled water-bath cooking, following their specific temperature, timing, finishing, and handling directions.

  • Vitamix

    Sauces, drinks, and other preparations show different Vitamix applications in this collection. Browse each recipe for the blending method and the texture it aims to produce in the finished dish.

In this collection

  • Instant Pot Lava Cakes

    Instant Pot Lava Cakes

    The best ever lava cake recipe, offering a decadent chocolate cake dessert with a surprise center of warm, melted chocolatey goodness,or peanut butter, or caramel, or Nutella. Yep, you…

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  • Sun-Dried Tomato Hummus

    Sun-Dried Tomato Hummus

    The perfect accompaniment to chopped veggies or whole wheat crackers, this hummus uses sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, and fresh rosemary for a robust flavor. Ingredients 2 (16 oz) cans…

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  • Watermelon Margarita

    Watermelon Margarita

    An easy watermelon margarita recipe that can be served frozen or on the rocks! This skinny margarita is made with fresh fruit and is perfect to make for…

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  • Southern Instant Pot Collard Greens

    Southern Instant Pot Collard Greens

    Ingredients 2 teaspoonsolive oil 2 slices uncooked bacon chopped 4 ounces country ham sliced and chopped 1 small onion chopped 3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth 1/3 cup apple…

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  • Tequila Sunrise Margarita

    Not just delicious with the flavors of Tequila, Orange Juice and Pomegranate (or Cranberry), this Tequila Sunrise Margarita is beautiful too! Ingredients For the Grenadine (Pomegranate Simple Syrup):…

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  • How to Prepare Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) in the Instant Pot

    Want to make your own hummus? Let me show you How to Prepare Chickpeas (or Garbanzo Beans) in the Instant Pot that are easy and so much more…

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  • Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats

    Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats

    Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats – The easiest way to cook steel cut oatmeal! This Instant Pot steel cut oats recipe is foolproof and perfect for make ahead…

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  • Instant Pot Baked Potatoes

    Learn how to make Instant Pot Baked Potatoes recipe easy and fast in a pressure cooker with fluffy, tender insides, and crispy, seasoned skins. Ingredients 6 medium Russet…

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  • Instant Pot Tamales

    The purpose of this recipe is to create simple instructions specific to Instant Pot. I have glossed over most of the prep work, and focused here on the…

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  • Black Garlic

    Black Garlic

    Introducing a simple food with a wonderfully complex flavor. Black garlic is sweet meets savory, a perfect mix of molasses-like richness and tangy garlic undertones. It has a…

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