Homestead Skill Builder: Learning to Cook in an Instant Pot!
From all the blogs I'm reading, the biggest take away is the need to build skills BEFORE I have to depend on the skills for sufficiency on the Homestead. So here's my first major new skill I've learned! So far this week, I've done Chicken Fajitas, Shredded Pork, BBQ Chicken, Mac N cheese, Creme Brulee, Pot Roast, and have had leftovers each night, half to freeze for later, half for future work meals for hubs. Today! Today I'm making mixed berry jam and applesauce. Sorry for the mess and bad photos... trying to get ANYTHING done with kids underfoot makes perfect photos difficult... For our jam, I took some blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries (don't know how much, just went with what I had, it came to about 3 cups of mashed berries), and mixed them together in the mixer with sugar and pectin. I chopped the strawberries in half after removing the crown and leaves. Poured the whole mix into the instant pot. I set it to