Recipes for the Pressure Cooker

I like this book. Nothing at all actually "wrong" with it. The information is good and all the recipes I have tried turned out really well. It might be a good "starter book". However, I must honestly say that I would not have bought it if Miss Vickie's Big Book of Pressure Cooker Recipes had been available then. I like to get the most for the money. Miss Vickie's book is more than twice the size (considering thickness as well as the size of the pages...maybe more than 3 times larger), with much more information, time charts for every kind of food, and over 400 recipes. Yet, it doesn't cost a whole lot more. No photos in either book...but we all know what food looks like.

I was pursuaded to try pressure cooking, hence buying the book. I well remembered the thing blowing it's top, growing up with the "old fashioned "pressure cookers. Nice to have a book that explains all and took the fear away for me!! Plus a new generation pressure cooker helped. I am slowly trying out all the lovely receipes in this book. I loved the Creamy Pumpkin Soup on page 26. Yummy.

I work and coming home to face a pile of raw ingredients that somehow must be converted into a dinner is pretty depressing sometimes. Besides, I'm hungry too!Many people don't think of the pressure cooker as a tool for speedy cooking, but you can make delicious stews (try the one in this book, it's wonderful) and other roasts and one-pot dishes really quickly. I really love the steamed chicken; it's so digestible and really delicious. It helps to have this cookbook because it isn't always easy to figure out how to convert a regular recipe to a pressure-cooked version. These recipes never fail. We got a T-Fal pressure cooker and really use it a lot. I even make desserts in it.

I absolutely loved this book. It saved me so much time in the kitchen. The recipes were delightful as well. If you like this book, you'll love Angela Spenceley's two new books "A Taste of the Caribbean" and "Just Add Rum! Cookbook". Both books feature recipes which can be easily adapted to the pressure cooker. A must for any good cook who wishes to add exotic island cuisine to her list of accomplishements.

The recipes in this book are easy to follow and taste wonderful. The Steam-Roasted Chicken (page 83) was falling off the bones and was very tender and juicy. The Low-fat Chicken Cacciatore (page 84) was just as wonderful. I had to buy my sister her own copy so she would quit taking mine.