Creamy Macaroni (Pressure cook)

My secondborn loves mac and cheese but i feel that mac and cheese is always nicer when eating straight out of the oven after baking, therefore decided to use campbell soup and make a creamy macaroni for recess. Added in some greens and proteins! 

Use simple ingredients that I have at home. Easy peasy prepare them the night before and only need to throw them in the pot. All it takes is 10mins and you get a pot of creamy macaroni ready for school! 🥷

Ready for school ❤️

This is how easy it is! Jus throw, close and stir! 😍

Creamy Macaroni (Pressure cook)

1cup macaroni

1can Campbell Soup (I use cream of chicken)

1.5can Milk (using the can for the soup)

100g beef shabu, cut smaller

Brocolli

Carrot

Frozen corn kernels

1) Put ingredients into pot and spread them out. Then pour in milk and canned soup. Stir them up and break up the beef slices too. 

2) Pressure cook on Hi x 2mins and natural release 5mins. After that quick release if there is still pressure

(Macaroni suggested cooking time is 8-10, so I use 8mins/2 then minus 2)

3) Stir well to combine the macaroni. Ready to eat! 

Priscilla’s Bolognese Beef Fusilli

Today we have ‘baked’ Priscilla’s Bolognese Beef Fusilli to school! Everything dump in a baking dish and let it bake! 🙈🙈🙈 Oh man, love this method and just need to think of ways how to use this around my daily meals 😍 Pasta is always a win-win with the big kids as the youngest still prefer Fried rice a lot. Or anything rice. 😅 

I call it Priscilla’s cos I added milk to the tomato pasta sauce as the kids dont like it too tangy and the milk will sweeten the sauce slightly. Stirring in a bit of parmesan at the ending will add some flavours to the pasta too! The beef bites will get the kids happy as they love beef! 

Easy fuss free method, only washing 1 dish after the cooking. Loving this! Gonna try more creation with this style of pasta cooking ❤️

Kids’ meal to school for today! Ease my work so much. 

Priscilla’s Bolognese Beef Fusilli

1/2cup fusilli

1/2cup pasta sauce

1mini beef patty, tear into pieces

milk, pour enough to submerge the fusilli

grated parmesan

1) Prepare baking dish and pour fusilli in it. (Dont overfill and yes I overfill slightly. Jus enough to fill the base of dish with minimim overlap)

2) Tear beef patty on fusilli. Pour in pasta sauce then follow by milk enough to cover the fusilli and give it a gentle stir to make sure all is covered in milk

3) Bake 180deg x 23mins (I extended another 8mins after the first 15mins as it is not fully cooked yet)

4) Give it a stir and top with more milk and add in grated parmesan cheese. Mix it well and add more milk if needed. Sprinkle some parmesan on top and bake another 5mins.

Serve warm and sprinkle some parsley flakes and chilli powder if you like ❤️

Fusilli & Cheese (Baked version)

Always wanted to try this after seeing many versions of this in my instagram. Finally decided to try this today for dinner as mummy on low batt mode. Jus serving this as carbs for the kids along with grill steak and salad. Simple dinner for everyone. Gonna keep this post short and share this wonderful recipe here 😉

Our simpe dinner ❤️

 

Tips: To cover fully with milk when baking and also to add more milk if it dries up after baking. Serve it straight out once it is out frm baking. 

This is how easy it is, no involvement and all it took is 30mins for a warm cheesy fusilli! Yummy ❤️
 

Fusilli & Cheese (Baked Version)

2/3cup Fusilli

100g Cheddar

Milk (enough to cover fusilli)

Mozerella cheese (to sprinkle on top)

Grated parmesan 

Parsley flakes

Some salt to taste, optional

1) Greased baking pan. Put cheddar block in middle and sprinkle fusilli all around.

2) Pour milk to cover the top of fusilli. Sprinkle mozerella cheese to cover the top and bake at 160deg x30mins.

3) Halfway baking (after 15mins) stir thru fusilli and continue baking at 140deg. 

4) Stir in grated parmesan and parsley flakes once it is ready. Serve with choice of sides ❤️ 

Bacon Risotto (Pressure Cook)

Always wanted to try Risotto but as I had to cook them over stove top, I wasnt that confident. And since now I had Ninja, which I can make use of the pressure cook function so I thought I would try it once and see how it goes with the kids! 

Its quite straightforward and fast as only need to dump in to saute the bacon then add in rice to toast before i add in water and send it for sauna. All in total took me about 20minutes max from start to end. And kids get a flask of risotto for school. Shall see how it goes with my fussy gal at the end of school and update. (Oh and it may dry out as u continue to keep it warm in the thermos, I actually let it cool slightly before closing the lid.) 

Attached a simple video of the cooking process ❤️

Bacon Risotto (Pressure Cook)

1 cup rice

1 cup bacon, strips

3cloves garlic

1Tbsp butter

3cup water

1/2cup Grated parmesan

Parsley flakes

1Tbsp Diced tomato

3Tbsp milk

Pinch of pink salt

1) Saute mode Hi: Fry bacon til crispy then add in garlic and butter. 

2) Add in rice and fry til slightly toasted and browned

3) Add in water and Pressure cook Hi x 7mins and natural release for 10mins.

4) Quick release and stir grated parmesan and parsley flake thru rice. Add in diced tomato, milk and salt to taste. Serve warm