What do you do with your Instant Pot you cant do with a crock pot?

[twes36]

Instant Pot black eyed peas for New Years. 15 min prep time -10 min cooking time with dry peas.

 

[Molalla1]

Instant Pot black eyed peas for New Years. 15 min prep time -10 min cooking time with dry peas.

Nice!

 

[txdon]

Nutrition and Pressure cooking.

Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients? | NutritionFacts.org

They did not compare meat and they did not compare it to a crock pot. But the longer you cook beans and vegetables the more nutrients are cooked out. I'm betting a crock pot would be the least nutritious.

 

[MossRoad]

Nutrition and Pressure cooking.

Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients? | NutritionFacts.org

They did not compare meat and they did not compare it to a crock pot. But the longer you cook beans and vegetables the more nutrients are cooked out. I'm betting a crock pot would be the least nutritious.

I'd figure when you cook something in a crock pot, everything stays in the pot. You tend to eat all the juices in crock pot food, therefore, you eat all the nutrients even if they are cooked out of the original carrier, like a carrot. You're eating the carrot water. Make sense?

 

[Doofy]

I'd figure when you cook something in a crock pot, everything stays in the pot. You tend to eat all the juices in crock pot food, therefore, you eat all the nutrients even if they are cooked out of the original carrier, like a carrot. You're eating the carrot water. Make sense?

Makes sense to me. My soups and stews are good 'til the last drop!

 

[txdon]

I'd figure when you cook something in a crock pot, everything stays in the pot. You tend to eat all the juices in crock pot food, therefore, you eat all the nutrients even if they are cooked out of the original carrier, like a carrot. You're eating the carrot water. Make sense?

Any studies you can produce would be helpful.

 

[txdon]

Trap Steam
It is suggested that you trap the steam when cooking in a crock pot, hmm that sounds like pressure cooking.

The best way to make sure no nutrients escape from your vegetables in the slow cooker is to trap the steam. When you place the water or broth into the cooker with your vegetables, double check to make sure the lid fits the pot as tightly as possible. Check to make sure there are no cracks or openings through which steam might escape, and resist the temptation to remove the lid during the cooking process. As your vegetables cook, any leaked vitamins will be preserved in the broth rather than evaporating.
Does Slow Cooking Take Nutrients Out of Vegetables? | Our Everyday Life

 

[Doofy]

Trap Steam
It is suggested that you trap the steam when cooking in a crock pot, hmm that sounds like pressure cooking.

The best way to make sure no nutrients escape from your vegetables in the slow cooker is to trap the steam. When you place the water or broth into the cooker with your vegetables, double check to make sure the lid fits the pot as tightly as possible. Check to make sure there are no cracks or openings through which steam might escape, and resist the temptation to remove the lid during the cooking process. As your vegetables cook, any leaked vitamins will be preserved in the broth rather than evaporating.
Does Slow Cooking Take Nutrients Out of Vegetables? | Our Everyday Life

Does the Instant Pot kill nutrients in your food? - CNET

Good info too.

 

[MossRoad]

Makes sense to me. My soups and stews are good 'til the last drop!

And soups and stews are the main things people use crock pots for. Everything is consumed to the last drop. :licking:

 

[goeduck]

The way I look at it, it does not have to be one or the other. Both are good and many use both as I do. Either way, home cooking is the BEST. In the days of COVID, while I miss my favorite restaurants, my cooking has improved by necessity and I do not think we will be going out to eat as much as we did before. Not that it was all that often before.