Easy Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners
Owner of a new Instant Pot? Don't know where to start? Looking for Easy Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners? We've got you covered. Here are 20+ of our favorite first time recipes, tips and tricks, for new Instant Pot owners.
These recipes will not overwhelm you. They are simple and easy, liked over 100 K times over social media. Tried and tested by us many times and also by many of our readers, so these are fail proof recipes. Good luck fall in love with your Instant Pots.
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20+ Easy Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners
Let's start with some really basic recipes that come handy.
Instant Pot Beans
It's so much more economical and healthier to cook your own dry beans at home than buy a can a beans. Everything you need to know from how to cook them to store them plus recipes.
Instant Pot Garbanzo Beans / Chickpeas
The only Marinara Sauce you will ever need
This Marinara sauce is a must have in every kitchen. Made with only fresh tomatoes, minus all artificial ingredients and sugar. This Spaghetti Sauce is perfect for any Italian meal, pizza, pasta or even soups.
How to make the perfect Basmati Rice / Jasmine Rice / Brown Rice or Sushi Rice everytime?
Whether you like basmati rice, brown rice or jasmine rice, sushi rice we've got them all for you. No burn, no sticky lumps just the perfect texture and consistent results every time. for more rice recipes stop by our Instant Pot Rice Recipes.
Once you start making yogurt at home you will never go back to store bought yogurt. We make our yogurt with just 2 ingredients and it turns out perfect everytime.
Batch cook steel cut oats and you will thank us later when they come handy those busy mornings.
Instant Pot Quinoa (perfect everytime)
Make the perfectly fluffy quinoa every single time. Just the right texture.
How to cook the perfect lentils in Instant Pot?
These come in so handy when you want to throw them into your salad. No more mushy lentils, just the perfect texture, soft and tender.
Once you get used to making these sweet potatoes in a fraction of the time taken in the oven, these sweet potatoes will become your new favorite. The perfect fork-tender texture.
Baked Potatoes in the Instant Pot are so quick and easy turn out perfectly fluffly and creamy .
How to perfectly Steam Broccoli in an electric pressure cooker?
Broccoli can be a hit or a miss, but once your master making steam broccoli in the pressure cooker you will realize how you get consistent results everytime with just the tight texture, soft, tender yet crunchy.
A salty, slurpy, nutty snack perfect for parties, game nights and tailgating. Super easy to make and ready in half the time in your Instant Pots. Oh so addictive!!!
If you haven't already tried popping corn in your Instant Pots, then it's a must try. It's so much healthier than any store but popcorn and easier too. 
How to cook a whole roasted cauliflower in an electric pressure cooker?
This has become our Thanksgiving tradition,a whole roasted cauliflower with an Indian Masala Sauce. It's definitely a show stopper. However if you don't want to make it then you can just simple use the whole roasted cauliflower to make cauliflower rice or rub your favorite herb and spice mix on the whole head.
How to cook Spaghetti Squash in Instant Pot?
We nailed it by mastering the trick to keeping the squash's noodle-like strands intact when cooking.
Instant Pot corn on the cob is a delicious side dish that cooks up in about 2 minutes. Save yourself the time it takes to boil it with this quick recipe.This easy side dish needs only a few ingredients and pairs well with almost any meal. Video Recipe. Stove Top recipe included. Can be made Vegan.
Making Pumpkin Puree at home in the Instant Pot is so easy and budget friendly. You will never go back to buying canned pumpkin puree ever again. Just pressure cook, peel and puree.
If you are fed up of mushy, or uncooked asparagus. This recipe if for you. You will love just the perfectly crispy tender texture of this Instant Pot Asparagus that is ready in less than 15 minutes. Yay, asparagus cooked to perfection.
Beat the heat with this super refreshing homemade lemonade syrup. It's so easy and saves so much money. Perfect to make several bottles of concentrate and use it in the summer. You can use this concentrate to make several flavors.
3 Ingredients Strawberry Jam in Instant Pot
This has to be the easiest strawberry jam recipe ever. Better than the store bought jam. No pectin, no cornstarch just three simple ingredients and this will be on a repeat loop as it will become your new family favorite. 
Another jam to try is this Pineapple Jam. It's refined sugar free and no pectin added. Sure to tantalize your tastebuds.
You can't say no to this home made, sugar-free apple butter. It's perfect to spread on waffles, bagels, muffins and pancakes. You will love the flavors.
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