Free time isn't free anymore. Trying to schedule time for cooking these days seems out of reach. The days of great homemade meals that mom use to make are mere memories. Between work, sports practices, dropping off kids for after school activities and running errands, who has time for cooking. Many families resort to fast food or convenience foods because of lack of time. However, most convenience foods contain gluten and a lot of restaurants are still not up to speed on separating their kitchens for gluten allergies nor do they have many gluten free food ideas.
However, there is an answer that doesn't rely on fast food restaurants. A pressure cooker is a great kitchen tool that any gluten free family should be using. When you're looking for good gluten free recipes that are quick to prepare you can rely on the pressure cooker to do just that. The newer models of pressure cookers now available, provide a method for cooking gluten free meals at a fraction of the time on a stove top. You'll have more free time in the evenings to do what you want after the pressure cooker prepares your meals in mere minutes, rather than hours.
You can learn how to use a pressure cooker quickly and easily with several online websites providing tutorials. You'll have to look hard for sites specifically dealing with gluten free food ideas in a pressure cooker. However, you can just substitute many of the gluten ingredients for gluten free instead. One chef who has a great series of cookbooks specifically for cooking in a pressure cooker is Lorna Sass. Her recipes are not all gluten free, but most are vegetarian and again you can substitute gluten for gluten free where applicable. Her cookbooks are worth testing.
Lorna's book "Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure" provides great tips for buying and using the pressure cooker for family meals that will save you two-thirds the time to prepare and have on the table. Obviously there are other cook books and tools that will teach you how to use the pressure cooker, but this is a great book to start with.
Using a pressure cooker melts beans into a rich, hearty soup without the addition of any oil. Her herbed lima bean soup comes out tasting like a cream soup if the beans are soaked overnight and the skins rubbed off before cooking. The pressure cooker risotto dishes are as creamy as stove top risotto without the extended time standing over a hot stove cooking. And you certainly haven't lived until you've had hot, chunky applesauce topped with a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream for dessert... and it only takes ten minutes to cook.
Be sure to check out Lorna's cookbook along with the many other cookbooks on using a pressure cooker to prepare fast and tasty meals. You can combine the recipes in a gluten free cookbook with those in the pressure cooker cookbook to develop some gluten free food ideas and recipes to use with the family.
Having an allergy to gluten can be upsetting when trying to prepare meals. With several options for cooking available to you and ones that will save you time it can make life a lot easier in the kitchen. Just keep in mind the ingredients that contain gluten and be sure to switch them out with gluten free products instead to avoid the pains associated with eating gluten.
Finding gluten free meals everyone in your family likes can be difficult. Finding meals to prepare that are fast and easy can be even more difficult. Using a pressure cooker just might be the answer for you.
However, there is an answer that doesn't rely on fast food restaurants. A pressure cooker is a great kitchen tool that any gluten free family should be using. When you're looking for good gluten free recipes that are quick to prepare you can rely on the pressure cooker to do just that. The newer models of pressure cookers now available, provide a method for cooking gluten free meals at a fraction of the time on a stove top. You'll have more free time in the evenings to do what you want after the pressure cooker prepares your meals in mere minutes, rather than hours.
You can learn how to use a pressure cooker quickly and easily with several online websites providing tutorials. You'll have to look hard for sites specifically dealing with gluten free food ideas in a pressure cooker. However, you can just substitute many of the gluten ingredients for gluten free instead. One chef who has a great series of cookbooks specifically for cooking in a pressure cooker is Lorna Sass. Her recipes are not all gluten free, but most are vegetarian and again you can substitute gluten for gluten free where applicable. Her cookbooks are worth testing.
Lorna's book "Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure" provides great tips for buying and using the pressure cooker for family meals that will save you two-thirds the time to prepare and have on the table. Obviously there are other cook books and tools that will teach you how to use the pressure cooker, but this is a great book to start with.
Using a pressure cooker melts beans into a rich, hearty soup without the addition of any oil. Her herbed lima bean soup comes out tasting like a cream soup if the beans are soaked overnight and the skins rubbed off before cooking. The pressure cooker risotto dishes are as creamy as stove top risotto without the extended time standing over a hot stove cooking. And you certainly haven't lived until you've had hot, chunky applesauce topped with a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream for dessert... and it only takes ten minutes to cook.
Be sure to check out Lorna's cookbook along with the many other cookbooks on using a pressure cooker to prepare fast and tasty meals. You can combine the recipes in a gluten free cookbook with those in the pressure cooker cookbook to develop some gluten free food ideas and recipes to use with the family.
Having an allergy to gluten can be upsetting when trying to prepare meals. With several options for cooking available to you and ones that will save you time it can make life a lot easier in the kitchen. Just keep in mind the ingredients that contain gluten and be sure to switch them out with gluten free products instead to avoid the pains associated with eating gluten.
Finding gluten free meals everyone in your family likes can be difficult. Finding meals to prepare that are fast and easy can be even more difficult. Using a pressure cooker just might be the answer for you.
About the Author:
Mel Anne Knight is a mother, wife and expert author on living a gluten free lifestyle. Learn more about gluten free foods shared at Mel's website. In addition get new gluten free cooking ideas and meal plans.
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