Laurence - Fast Favorites Under Pressure

At the same time, Meredith worked in the world of food and product consulting at the Center for Culinary Development, where she acquired an expertise in creating and testing recipes. She now works as the Blue Jean Chef on live television doing on air cooking demonstrations, giving QVC customers advice on cooking and equipping their kitchens. As the Blue Jean Chef, Merediths belief is that being comfortable in the kitchen is key to successful and enjoyable cooking. How comfortable? Well, as comfortable as you would be in your favorte jeans, relaxing with friends. Merediths first book, Blue Jean Chef: Comfortable in the Kitchen, received rave reviews and helped home cooks broaden their repertoire and become more versatile with a variety of cooking techniques in the kitchen. Merediths next two cookbooks, Blue Jean Chef: Comfortable Under Pressure and Delicious Under Pressure, were both best-sellers and helped home cooks take pressure-cooking to a new level with creative recipes and clear instruction using the time-saving method of pressure-cooking.

In addition to her cookbook writing and appearances on television, Meredith also writes and appears in a web-series called The Basics, which can be seen on YouTube (www.youtube.com/bluejeanchef). The Basics takes viewers through a series of easy cooking techniques and recipes, empowering even the most novice cook. For more information on Meredith, please visit www.bluejeanchef.com.

My mother always used to tell me that the kitchen appliances we are most likely to use are the ones that we keep on our counter-top. This is so true! If you have to run to the basement or garage to retrieve your microwave, toaster oven, or pressure cooker, youre much less likely to use it. Indeed, even if you have to rummage around a lower cabinet to pull the appliance out, youre less likely to use it to make dinner.

It speaks volumes about our need for convenience, or lack of precious time as a society, but its true. Its that same need for convenience that makes us want to use pressure cookers. Cooking under pressure is a great way to put delicious meals on the table in one third of the time it would take to create the same meal on the stovetop or in the oven. Imagine having two thirds of your cooking time given back to you to do with as you wish clean up the kitchen, lay the table, complete another household chore or just relax for a minute!So how to reconcile these two issues needing an efficient appliance AND making sure you use it regularly? Well, its not rocket science. A smaller pressure cooker offers you the best of both worlds you can create the delicious meals in a short period of time AND with its small footprint you can keep it on your counter so that youre sure to use it regularly. Most recipes for pressure cookers are written for larger cookers, making big batches of food to feed 6 or more people.