We got an IP-Duo 6qt from my work as a wedding gift last summer
When I plan ahead enough to have food in the house (two teenage boys and a growing 10 year old girl in the house, the youngest teen boy still won't eat more than cereal on any given day) it's a huge time saver! I don't like that it sucks up so much counter space and I haven't found storage room for it that would make it difficult to use. I was just telling my husband I need to do a bunch of batch cooking again and get some freezer meals stocked up again for when we're all running on different schedules during the school year. Mostly I use it for beans, eggs and large roasts. I gave up on rice. I made it perfect the first time I used the IP, and then murphy's law set in and it's either mush or undercooked.
Our favorite meals so far... please note if there are comments in ( ) these are comments to myself as I copied directly from my batch cooking document
You can disregard them if I miss editing them out.
Creamy White Chicken Chili
5 Chicken breast halves
1 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 tsp better than bullion chicken
1 15.5oz can chick peas, drained
1 15.5oz can great northern beans, drained
8oz chopped green chiles
Juice of 1 lime
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1 14.5oz can corn, not drained
1 tbsp cumin
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
Cooking directions for serve day:
1. Thaw your meal enough to pop out of the freezer container.
2. Add frozen meal & 1 cup water to IP.
3. Set IP for high, 25 minutes, NPR.
4.Once IP cycle is finished, shred chicken and stir in 4 oz of the cream cheese, 4 oz of the pepper jack, and 1 cup of half and half.
Extra items needed for meal:
1 cup half and half
4oz cream cheese, softened
4 oz shredded pepper jack cheese