Bay Leaves – The Cozy Cook

Split Pea Soup

Stephanie — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:17:05 +0000

This classic Split Pea Soup recipe is made with a meaty ham bone, carrots, onions, potatoes, and has a thick and flavorful broth. It’s easy to make on the Stove Top, Instant Pot, or Crock Pot!

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Meat Sauce

Stephanie — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:00:31 +0000

This homemade Meat Sauce recipe is perfect for serving with any kind of pasta! It has the best blend of classic Italian flavors and comes together quickly with ground beef, diced onions and peppers, and simple seasonings.

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Ham and Bean Soup (Stove Top, Slow Cooker, or Instant Pot!)

Stephanie — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:30:29 +0000

This hearty ham and bean soup is a perfect recipe for the Slow Cooker, Instant Pot, or Stove Top. It’s made with navy beans and delicious bites of ham in a thick and flavorful broth!

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French Onion Soup

Stephanie — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:30:18 +0000

This traditional French Onion Soup recipe has warm baguettes topped with hot, melted Gruyere cheese. High quality beef broth, a splash of wine, and perfectly caramelized onions are the secrets to this classic recipe. PLUS, check out how you can prepare this recipe in the Crock Pot.

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Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Stephanie — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:30:24 +0000

This traditional Beef Stew is the best Slow Cooker recipe for Fall and Winter. It’s loaded with tender bites of juicy beef, golden potatoes, carrots, peas, red wine, onions, garlic, and a hearty beef broth. Serve it with warm biscuits, cornbread, or even over mashed potatoes.

Be sure to try my Crock Pot Roast recipe next!

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Bobby Flay’s Italian Meatball Recipe

Stephanie — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:15:42 +0000

Bobby Flay’s famous Italian Meatball Recipe has a 3-meat combo that you can make on the stove top or in the Crock Pot. Simmer the meatballs in his homemade marinara sauce and serve with spaghetti or in a sub!

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How to Make Chicken Stock

Stephanie — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 16:15:21 +0000

This easy recipe for homemade chicken stock uses leftover rotisserie or roast chicken and simple vegetables and seasonings. This is the best way to fully enhance homemade soups, stews, sauces, and more! (more…)

Instant Pot French Onion Soup

Stephanie — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:36:04 +0000

This instant pot french onion soup features perfectly caramelized onions in a rich, dark broth topped with a toasted baguette and hot and bubbly Gruyere cheese.

Be sure to try my French Onion Smothered Pork Chops recipe next!

Of all of the recipes I’ve set out to make in the instant pot, I was by far the most skeptical of this one. I am one stubborn French Onion Soup maker and I was sure that my little instant pot couldn’t possibly know how to caramelize onions better than the low and slow method that I use when I make this recipe on the stovetop.

Welp, don’t I feel stupid. The instant pot did the damn thang. Now let’s talk about exactly why that is.

Caramelized Onions

Caramelizing occurs as water is removed from the onions and the sugars are broken down. The Instant Pot is able to do this quite well by using steam to pressure cook them. This simply expedites the breakdown process and allows the onions to caramelize more quickly.

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