Instant Pot Method - for eating or decorating.

AKA "Pancake Cereal"

This is a "must-try!"

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Did anyone else ever play the game Fruit Ninja game on their iPad or phone? It’s a personal fave – who doesn’t love JUDO CHOPPING various melons and berries that fly into the air?! HIII-YA!

As you know, I only like to make EASY recipes, and they need to be gluten free. I found a recipe for chicken Pad Thai but it had waaaay too many ingredients (and several I didn’t have in the house), SO, I adapted it for other folks like me, who like to keep it simple. And guess what – it still tastes amazing! Here are the ingredients needed:

I hereby declare Oatmeal Butterscotch cookies my all-time FAVORITE cookie. Mmmmmm. I love them. Always have. Always will. Just look at ’em!

Ingredients & quantity (for a family of 5-6):

I don’t always plan spaghetti on bath night, but when I do, I feel like a very smart mom. ha. Let me start by saying I *L . O . V . E .* my instant pot. I was skeptical to get one and “learn” how to use it, but I am SO glad I did! Okay so you know how everyone says spaghetti is suuuuch an easy meal to make?! *eye roll* I do not agree. Let me paint you a little picture of how spaghetti night used to go for me. I would have one pan browning the meat, one pan for gluten free noodles (for Cor), one pan for regular noodles, another microwavable pan to heat up the sauce *at just the right time*, a cookie sheet for garlic bread to put in the oven *at just the right time*, oh and don’t forget to make a salad! Time to strain the noodles! Now the timer is going off for who-knows-what. Don’t forget to flip the garlic bread! Baaaaaah! I’m sweating just thinking about it. Is there anyone else out there who feels like it was a lot to manage???!! I know I didn’t make it easy on myself by making two kinds of noodles, but even when I made one, it was stressful. Not to mention, the clean up! So. many. pans. Not any more, my friends! Instant pot to the rescue! It has changed my whole life. 😉 Here’s what I do… Brown the meat, usually/ideally way before dinner time. I actually split the pound of meat into two freezer bags, and then it’s super easy when it’s time to make dinner. 1/2 pound for this recipe seems to be perfect and feeds 4 of us, with leftovers usually.