Eating the Rainbow, Cooking Dog Treats… All in the same Pot!

Posted on by oldmanskinandbones

On the left is the Instant Pot loaded and ready for a quick steam, and the right is a bowl of these items ready to eat.  That second picture is a lesser quality so it is not as pretty.

The next picture is the NEXT night and almost the same items plus some DOG TREATS in the same pot.

Yes, the carrots are the dog treats.

Our Chief Editor of Blog Publications, Elton LT (the English Bull Dog) has become addicted to Steamed Carrots.  So I can cook for myself and him at the same time, same Pot.

This is a picture of Elton LT begging for some Halloween Candy, which he did not get.  He did get some carrots for part of his Supper, and as a treat.

( Ok, I tried to load a video here but failed…. maybe later … you will love it !)

Any how, my niece asked me how long I steam the veggies, and here is the answer I gave her on that social media site for oldmanskinandbones.com….

“… ‘How long do you cook it?’

Just as quick as possible.
The Instant Pot takes just a few minutes to get to a ‘steam’, and when that steam builds enough to engage the pressure value, the timer starts.
I set the timer for ‘ZERO’ cooking time so the heating unit turns off.
I prefer lightly steamed vegetables, so when the unit locks the pressure value, I will do a manual pressure release, open the lid, and remove the basket as soon as possible.
Since the cup of water I added to the steamer is now a different color, I figure there is some of my nutrients from the vegetables, in that water.
Some times I will add that water to some plain Old Fashion Oats for soaking. That flavor, and color is absorbed into the uncooked Oats, and they become almost like a ‘meatloaf’ to my way of tasting.
I do the same thing to the juice from Blue Berries. I will take a dash of Almond Milk and shake it in a just emptied bag of formally Frozen Blue Berries, then pour it over uncooked Old Fashion Oats, let them soak, and I have pretty BLUE Oats, that I THINK, salvaged all that nutritious color blue from being thrown in the trash.
I have the idea from all my listening to books and the such, that since plants get their particular nutritional values from the Sun, I am getting all the ‘goodies’ offered in Sunlight, photosynthesis, etc and releasing them inside my body for what it needs to function as was intended.
Any ‘colors’ from fruit or vegetables that remain on a cutting board, in a cooking pot or on my white shirt! are wasted opportunity to eat Sunlight… or as others have said, eat the Rainbow.”
So, there you go, eat the rainbow and cook some Doggie Treats at the same time.
No Calories Counted, No Protein Measured, NO CARBS FEARED!
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