Instant Pot Italian Beef

Italian Beef is a sandwich favorite of the Midwest! This Instant Pot Italian Beef is super easy to make! There is absolutely no prep work that needs to be done beforehand, which I love! Sandwiches are great for summer get-togethers, picnics, as well as a dinner idea for the family.

My Instant Pot has become a favorite kitchen gadget of mine! It helps make meal time so much easier, especially during the busy times for my family. Summer is always busy with the kids in sports, prepping for our county fair, keeping up the garden, as well as all our usual activities.

This Instant Pot Italian Beef is considered a "dump and go" recipe. You literally just dump all the ingredients into your Instant Pot and push start and your set for the main dish for dinner.

You'll love having this as part of your dinner rotation.

Instant Pot Italian Beef

PRINTABLE RECIPE

Ingredients for Instant Pot Italian Beef

2 Tbsp olive oil

2.5 to 3.5 lb. beef roast, preferably chuck, rump, etc)

12 oz. jar sliced pepperoncini, drained

2 Tbsp minced garlic

2 cups beef broth. 

Directions for Instant Pot Italian Beef

1. Place all the ingredients into the Instant Pot, including half of the pepperoncini juice if you like it to have more of a "kick"

2. Lock the lid in place and make sure the pressure valve is turned to sealing. 

3. Press the 'Manual" button and adjust the time to 80 minutes. 

4. The Instant Pot will beep when it's finished cooking, release the steam valve to let the pressure out. Then unlock the lid and remove. 

5. Shred the meat and stir into the juices. 

6. Enjoy Italian Beef sandwiches on buns or pretzel rolls with sharp cheddar, provolone, or mozzarella cheese. Reserve some Italian Beef juices from the pot if you like to dip your sandwich.

Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes

If you're looking for patriotic cupcakes for your next party, these Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes are a perfect treat! A great addition to any Memorial Day or 4th of July celebrations.

Summer brings may opportunities for get-togethers, cookouts, picnics, backyard BBQs, and pot-lucks with celebrations of holidays, birthday parties, family reunions, and the list goes on. My family has a 4th of July/family reunion every year. Each family brings a side dish or dessert to share along with lots of burgers and hot dogs from the grill. There are games for the kids, corn hole, swimming, beer, lots of visiting with family, and lots of food. At the end of the night we light our own fireworks. A fun all-American celebration.

As we celebrate America's birthday, a delicious addition of Red, White, and Blue homemade straight from the kitchen is always fitting. These yummy cupcakes are perfect for the dessert table at the get-togethers. These homemade cupcakes are super moist as well as fun red, white, and blue to celebrate America!

Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE

Ingredients for Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes

2 1/2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

3 tsp Clabber Girl baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil 

1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract

2 large egg whites

1/4 cup water

white frosting (any kind you like, I used Whipped Vanilla)

red and blue food coloring gel

sprinkles and flag cupcake liners ( I used this fun kit)

Directions for Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare cupcake pan with liners.  

2. Add the flour, sugar, Clabber Girl baking powder, and salt to a large mixing bowl or your stand mixer and mix together. Set aside. 

3. In another mixing bowl, add the milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and egg whites and mix together. 

4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in the large mixing bowl and combine together until well mixed. Add the water to the batter and mix together on low speed until it is all well combined. 

5. Divide the batter into equal amounts into 3 separate bowls. 

6. Use the red and blue food coloring gel and color 2 of the bowls of batter, to have a red, white, and a blue batter. I used about 2 butter knife tips of food coloring, you can add more to or less for desired color. 

7. Spoon a little of each batter into your cupcake liners, filling about 1/2 full. 

8. Bake for 17 to 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. 

9. Let the cupcakes cool for a few minutes, then remove them to a cooling rack to finish cooling. 

10. For the frosting, simply use a premade white frosting. Add the frosting to a piping bag. 

11. When the cupcakes are completely cool, pipe the frosting on top of the cupcakes. I used the round piping tip Wilton #12

12. Add sprinkles and other holiday decorations to cupcakes. 

 

What a fun way to enjoy dessert to celebrate America! 

These can easily be made for graduations by making the batter school colors. 

Enjoy!

This post is sponsored by Clabber Girl but my

 thoughts/opinions are always 100% my own

Barbecue Ribs

Grilling season is here!! Don't you just love it when you're driving or working outside and can smell the amazing aroma of someone grilling out? One thing that screams summer in our house is cooking on the grill! Many nights for dinner and on the weekends we are making meals on the grill.

I am a big fan of ribs as well as barbecue. Actually, when my husband and I travel, we like to find different BBQ restaurants to try out. We have been to so many awesome ones!

We like to make different kinds of barbecue meals at home too and on the grill! Barbecue ribs are definitely a family favorite in our house! All of our kids like them, so ribs go over very well.

This recipe for barbecue ribs gives you fall-off-the-bone ribs that are deliciously packed with the smoky, barbecue flavor of summer.

Barbecue Ribs 

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE

Ingredients for Barbecue Ribs

4-5 lb. baby back pork ribs (approx.)

Your favorite rub (I use Dairy Good BBQ Rub)

1 cup red wine vinegar

1/2 cup hot water

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp Dijon mustard

1 Tbsp Worchestershire sauce 

1 Tbsp papirika

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 tsp salt

2 Tbsp ketchup 

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

2 Tbsp Clabber Girl Corn Starch mixed with 1/2 cup cold water

-Recipe makes about 2 cups of barbecue sauce. 

Directions for Barbecue Ribs

1. Put ribs out on a large baking sheet. Generously apply rub to both sides of the ribs. 

2. Place the ribs on the grill and cook until tender, but not falling apart, about 1 to 1.5 hours, make up the barbecue sauce, while they are cooking. 

3. Mix the Clabber Girl Corn Starch with the cold water and set aside. 

4. In a medium sauce pan, combine the water and brown sugar and stir until dissolved. 

5. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat and cook for 3 minutes. 

6. Add the remaining ingredients, including the corn starch mixture, and mix together well. 

7. Bring the mixture back to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes uncovered. 

8. Remove from heat and cool at room temperature. The sauce will then thicken. 

9. About 20 minutes before the ribs are cooking, brush the barbecue sauce to both sides of the ribs. Layer on a heavy amount for extra barbecue flavor. 

10. Remove ribs from grill and enjoy.

This post is sponsored by Clabber Girl but my

 thoughts/opinions are always 100% my own

Top 20 Brunch Recipes

Brunch recipes are perfect to enjoy on weekends! I have rounded up of 20 delicious brunch recipes to share with you! You can prepare some quickly while Saturday morning cartoons are on or you're getting housework done around the house. Try to catch a few extra zzzz's in the morning, or enjoy a Sunday brunch recipe after church.

Brunch is the perfect combination of breakfast and lunch that is eaten during the late morning to early afternoon. Brunch recipes are some of my all time favorite meals! You get the best of all meals in one sitting! Sometimes with tasty drinks as well...plus dessert!

Have a big family brunch coming up? Or a brunch party? Try out all these recipes to have a full brunch assortment.

Have a lazy weekend here and there? or even a busy one? These brunch recipes are perfect to enjoy!

Spring is finally here and things are getting super busy on the farm. After an extended winter this year, everyone is eager to get in the field and outside. Field work, yard work, gardening season, and Spring cleaning all are what we spend a lot of our time once that nice spring weather finally hits. We like to wake up and get started on things right away. Occasionally in our house, we don't have any weekend plans, but just to work around the house. We love eating brunch!

It's perfect to have a full brunch meal a little later in the morning and then just get busy with our weekend plans until dinner time.

Holidays are even better when you serve something special, like a brunch meal, and a special holiday is coming up! Mother's Day! No two moms are alike, but all deserve to be celebrated. What a great way to treat the mother's in your life by honoring them with a delicious brunch meal.

I've put together a round-up of some of my favorite brunch recipes from some of my favorite food blogger friends as well as myself of course.

So scroll, drool, click, print, and pin....and most importantly ENJOY all for your delicious brunch meals!

Apple Fritter Breakfast Casserole from The Backroad Life

Instant Pot Sous Vide Bacon Egg Bites from Chasing Saturdays 

Egg and Sausage Breakfast Casserole from These Old Cookbooks

Crock Pot Biscuits and Gravy Casserole from Beyer Beware

Crock Pot Coffee Cake from Farmwife Cooks

Almond Danish Puff Pastry from Beyer Beware

Slow Cooker Spiced Peach Oatmeal from My Fearless Kitchen 

Double Delight Coffee Cake from The Backroad Life

Cheesy Ham Hashbrown Casserole from The Backroad Life

Mom's Poppy Seed Bread from These Old Cookbooks

Ham, Potato, and Cheddar Quiche from Farmwife Cooks 

Homemade Biscuits and Gravy from The Backroad Life

Blueberry Lemon Scones from Beyer Beware

Apple Brown Betty from The Backroad Life

Western Style Biscuit Crust Quiche from Beyer Beware 

Farmer's Omelette from The Backroad Life

Crock Pot Monkey Bread from Beyer Beware

Other great Mother's Day Brunch Recipes over at My Fearless Kitchen

Enjoy a few tasty drinks for your Brunch occasions as well!

Mimosas from The Farmwife Drinks

Hawaiian Pineapple Mimosas from The Farmwife Drinks

Peach Bellini from The Farmwife Drinks  

This post is sponsored by Indiana Soybean Alliance, but all thoughts/opinions are my own.