I Am... Better than Boxed: Instant Pot Pumpkin Mac and Cheese
The first time I had boxed mac and cheese, it was at a friend's house. We were starving after an intense afternoon of playing with our My Little Ponies and her mom made us some pasta out of a bright blue box. I was hooked! What were these magical tube-y noodle covered in orange sauce!? They were so good and made such a big impression on me that I went home and told my mom about it immediately. I begged her to go to the grocery store so we could buy our own boxes.
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I Am... Stuffing Lovers Unite: 5 Ingredient 15 Minute Instant Pot Mushroom and Onion Stuffing
There are two types of people in the world: stuffing lovers and stuffing haters. The people who are indifferent to stuffing don't matter – are they even really people?! Then there are people who call stuffing "dressing" or are dead serious about whether or not it should go inside the turkey. Here's where I stand: loud and proud stuffing lover, it's definitely stuffing not dressing, and it should never ever be made inside the bird. There you have it, fight me.
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I Am... It’s Easy Being Green: Super Tender Instant Pot Garlic Butter Brussels Sprouts Recipe
If you asked me a week ago if I thought making brussels sprouts in the Instant Pot would be a good idea I would have laughed my face off. Why in the world anyone would want to use an Instant Pot to cook brussels sprouts would have been the most absurd thing ever. But then I tried it, in the name of science, and I've got to say, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, it was kind of sort of good? I know, I too am shocked.
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I Am... Anyone Cran Cook: A Super Simple Make Ahead Instant Pot Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe
If you want to win this Thanksgiving, you should make this make ahead instant pot orange cranberry sauce. If you've never had homemade cranberry sauce, you're missing out. It's nothing like the stuff that comes out of the can. It's kind of funny that I'm even saying this because the truth is, until recently, I didn't get what the deal with cranberry sauce and turkey. Growing up we certainly didn't do cranberry sauce. Heck, we didn't even have regular stuffing made with bread. Nope, my mom did the whole Chinese sticky rice stuffing thing. So, you can see why cranberry sauce isn't a nostalgic thing for me.
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I Am... Homemade Soup is Easier Than You Think with this Instant Pot Ginger Coconut Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
I love soup. It's warming, it's comforting, and because it's liquid, I fool myself into thinking that it's not quite the same as eating real food – it totally doesn't count as a meal so you can eat it as much as you want! The best think about soup though, might be the fact that it's so much easier than you think to make it at home.
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I Am... Instant Pot Butter Chicken Recipe
Last Thursday we celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights, at the Uber office down in Santa Monica. It was our first ever Diwali celebration and it was so nice to see such cultural inclusiveness. Uber is really stepping it up with their initiative to celebrate cultural diversity with their ERGs – employee resource groups. It's so important in a workplace to have not just support but celebration and Uber's Asian Heritage ERG really highlights how much they care about intersectionality within their company. It was so fun to see how Uber is mostly young people from diverse cultural and ethnic heritages who are all supportive and caring of each other.
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I Am... Caramelized Cinnamon Toast Recipe
Lately, Mike and I have been starting every day with a slice of toast. It's kind of novel for us because we usually go for a very simple breakfast of: coffee for him and decaf coffee for me. Sometimes we have eggs and for a while, after he had gone out and found some on sale one morning while looking for more coffee, we had bacon everyday – nothing excessive, just a slice each. Suffice it to say, first breakfasts are usually a casual affair. They're the fuel I need to get going until second breakfast or lunch.
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I Am... The Best Instant Pot Vegan Pho Recipe
Even though I've had hundreds, maybe even thousands of bowls of pho, I can honestly say that the very first bowl of vegan pho that I ate was made by my own two hands. Well, my own two hands and an Instant Pot. It's no secret that I love pho but for some reason vegan pho has never really been on my radar. I'm kind of sad I didn't discover it earlier because it's really really good!
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I Am... What to Cook in November: Thanksgivingspiration
I'm all about turkey, all the time, hence the Thanksgivingspiration. What's Thanksgivingspiration you ask? The inspiration to live the spirit of Thanksgiving all month long. Here are my top turkey picks for the month of November. Don't wait until Thanksgiving to eat turkey. You can eat it all the time! I love making a whole turkey because hello leftovers, but sometimes I just like the flavor of turkey. It's becoming more and more popular as a meat and the best thing about that is that there is more than just whole turkey at the grocery store. You can get legs, or breast, or wings, and I'm really digging ground turkey too. Even if you aren't turkey fans, I'm hoping this list inspires you!
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I Am... Totoro Pumpkin Scone Recipe
Happy Halloween! Are you guys celebrating? Mike and I aren't planning on doing anything really, but we might wander around the neighborhood in hopes of seeing some costumes. We can't give out candy because we live in an apartment, but I bought a bag of fun sized treats just in case. To be honest, I love Halloween, but really only a certain type of Halloween. Not the scary one with horror movies and gore and spooky things. Nope, I pretty much like kid halloween: candy and cute costumes and good old fashioned fun.
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I Am... Totoro Pancake Tutorial: Easy Totoro Pancake Art
I'm back for another day in Totoro Week with some super easy Totoro pancake art! I've made Totoro pancakes before but never pancake art style. What's pancake art you ask? Well, it's when crazy talented artists make multiple colors of pancake mix and then draw on a pan or griddle. It's INSANE. I've devoted way too much of my life to watching pancake art videos on YouTube. I'm not nearly as talented as those peeps, but a simple Totoro I can do. And so can you!
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I Am... Totoro Week: How to Make a Totoro Cream Cheese Bagel
Hai! I'm coming at you with a Totoro cream cheese bagel because it's Totoro Week! Why is Totoro Week starting on a Wednesday you ask? Well, because way back in 2013(!!) I dressed up spam musubi as Totoro and almost died of cuteness. It was the first time I dressed up food as Totoro and I was hooked. It was right around halloween and so the year after that, instead of thinking of a costume for me, I decided to dress up some other food as Totoro and declared the week before halloween Totoro Week. Yup, that is the not-so-interesting birth story of Totoro Week.
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