Instant Pot-----Whole Chicken

This recipe was super easy and tasty. I think what I loved most is that the leftover meat that we ate for lunch the next day had such a great depth of flavor. This isn't your typical, chicken, carrots and potatoes. It's a totally different spin on it. We served it with white rice, but you could use just about any starch with it. 

Instant Pot Whole Chicken

1 Whole Chicken

1/2 cup cilantro (no need to chop)

Whole head of garlic, peeled (I love garlic)

6 green onions, chopped

1 inch of ginger root (no need to peel)

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup water

Rinse your chicken, and sprinkle with salt

Turn your Instant Pot onto saute, adjust to the hottest setting

Put cilantro, 1/2 the green onions, 1/2 the garlic and the ginger root inside the chicken

Place chicken in and turn to brown on all sides

Add the remaining garlic and green onions

Add 1/2 cup of water to the bottom of Instant Pot

Pour the soy sauce over the top of the chicken

Close the Instant Pot

Cook on Poultry on high for 25 minutes

Enjoy!

Instant Pot----Creamy Cauliflower & Fennel Soup

It's the first day of September which means Fall is coming, when I think of Fall I think of cozy sweaters and scarves. Now I don't really live in a place that gets "really cold" but I can't help but love pulling on a sweater, wrapping a scarf around my neck and throwing on my boots. And of course when the weather is scarf worthy what is better than a nice warm soup for dinner. When I saw this recipe I knew we'd like it, and as always I tweak it to make it mine, to add flavors I know my family would enjoy. This soup really hit the spot, so creamy and flavorful, and easy.
Creamy Cauliflower & Fennel Soup
1 lb cauliflower
2 medium sized fennel bulbs, fronds removed
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 white onion, chopped
6 cloves of garlic peeled, left whole
1 cup coconut milk
3 cups bone broth
2 tsp salt
1 lb cooked chicken (I used my Instant Pot and cooked my chicken first, then picked it off the bone and kept the bones for bone broth and used the chicken in the soup)

Turn Instant Pot onto saute on high
Add coconut oil, onion and garlic cook for 2-3 minutes
Add cauliflower and Fennel and cook for 5 minutes, make sure to stir them up a bit
Pour in the coconut milk, bone broth, and salt
Cook on soup setting for at least 5 minutes
Once done release pressure, and remove the lid
Use a hand blender to blend until creamy and smooth.
Once smooth pour into a bowl and add chicken to the top and serve.
Enjoy!