From Freezer to Instant Pot: The Cookbook

This looks like a great new Instant Pot cookbook. I own the author’s previous title The Instant Pot Bible, but this looks more practical for my life. I’ve already recommended this to my Instant Pot group on Facebook and can’t wait to try out some of the recipes. I’ll be buying a hard copy as well when it comes out in a few weeks.

If all you read were the first two chapters of recipes, you would think this book was one of those cookbooks that figure you can make anything in the appliances used. I felt as if they went through the frozen food aisle * picked out everything they thought might work & devised recipes.

But struggle on until you get to the chapters on different kinds of meat. Most these recipes look great.

There are three features that make this book very useful. Each recipe highlights the Instant Pot steps in a chart. This makes them both consistent and easy to find. Each chapter has a "beyond" section at the end with ideas for changes. Finally several recipes in each chapter are called road maps. These recipes give you many options for ingredients and more detailed instructions.

It's a useful book.

This is a great book from fans of slow-cooker cooking. I find I always have plenty of questions about slow-cookers, i.e. can I cook meat from frozen; how can I thicken up a sauce; how can I bulk up a meal. This book answers EVERYTHING! Everything I could possibly need to know about slow-cooking. Brilliant!

Lots of great ideas and super helpful techniques for how to use frozen ingredients for a variety of recipes, from soups to pasta dishes that I didn't even realize could be made in the Instant Pot. The authors did so much troubleshooting to ensure that things don't end up overly watery or any other potential trouble areas. Perfect!

My husband is our cook, but after reading FROM FREEZER TO INSTANT POT, I’ll be able to share kitchen duties from now on. Because I’ve found 75 delicious recipes for easy-to-make wonderful meals concocted from fixings tossed from freezer to an Instant Pot. And what goodness: Butternut Squash (my fave), Sweet-and-Sour Shrimp (yum), Ziti with Sausage (yes!), and so much more. Recipes include timings and ingredients and cover everything from braises to roasts to stews plus healthy sides ... all fabulous! 5/5

Pub Date 16 Jul 2019.

Thanks to Bruce Weinstein, Little, Brown and Company, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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I love the concept of this book. Frozen food is sometimes all I have on hand and these recipes sound delicious! I love that Bruce and Mark include their “roadmap” recipes to let cooks changes ingredients up successfully. Instant Pot cooking can yield delicious food, but alterations, even we’ll-intentioned, can ruin the dish and frustrate the cook. The roadmaps give me confidence and many important tips.

My only problem with the book lies in it’s digital galley- these essential charts were very difficult to follow in e-form. I hope that gets sorted out in the final e-edition.

This cookbook is a keeper!

I received a free digital copy of the book from Netgalley. After looking through about half of the book, and cooking a few recipes, I went ahead and ordered a paper copy of the book from amazon. I really loved the recipes. Easy, quick, and really good. And spoiled kids ate it. The recipes are charted with all the times and settings. I like that they list possible substitutions where they will work, but caution about something that will not.

I received an advanced copy of this cookbook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve never read a recipe book before except to follow a recipe of some sort, but I found this book to have several good suggestions for types of meats to use and plenty of options for ingredients (for picky eaters like me). This is definitely a book that I’ll keep and use again and again.

It is nice to know everything you need for the meal all laid out and how to freeze particular items so the quality of the meal is there. It is also helpful to know the measurements,, so you don't exceed the fill line. I did that the first time I used the instant pot and had sticky orange chicken juice spraying out with the steam. Yuk!:) which is why I decided to read this book, and get some training. The book has a lot of good recipes. I would of like to see some desserts included with the recipes.

Great book with some easy recipes. Every since I bought my instant pot I have often struggled to know what to cook with it but this book and the pot now save so much time in my life!

Another wonderful effect is I can actually see some of my freeze space again! If you have an Instant Pot and only a little time or like me don't want to spend all your time looking for recipes and cooking, this book comes highly recommended!

This book is a great addition to the growing body of Instant Pot recipe cookbooks. It also addresses a necessary void, since it seems many of these cookbooks emphasize the use of unfrozen ingredients. I can see this book being a welcome addition to most public library collections.

Thank you to Netgalley, Author Bruce Weinstein and Little Brown and Company & Hachette Book Group for giving me an opportunity to read, enjoy and share with others on this ebook Advanced Reader Copy.

I look at this book as more of a resource guide to my 6Qt Instant Pot. I'm sure other readers will miss the color pictures as I did while reading it. But the information provided is insightful and detailed. This is for the cooks, like me, who believe in having a pantry, buying in bulk or on sale and need to get dinner on the table toot sweet after a long day at work. Seriously, how often have we had take out because we forgot to defrost the chicken on our way out of the house in the morning? This book saves you.

Some important highlights (to me) are the substitution ideas - specifically what will and will not work; the intro to the recipe and with this I am specifically thinking of the Tater Tot Soup. WHAT??? Yes that is what I said but the authors explain the importance of the tater tot and how you can transform them into a yummy Cheese and Potato Soup. Who Knew??

The other section I liked was Beyond - meaning beyond the recipe where you can get details on the 8 QT Instant Pot or sides or thickening a sauce or other good ideas for that next meal.

I like the ideas and clear information of this cookbook. I often have meat in the freezer and dislike what a microwave will do to meats while defrosting.

I cook a lot in instant pot, especially using fresh ingredients from beans to vegetables from my garden, well sooner or later, right now from the farmer's market. Meat is always my unknown.

The very beginning of this book has the information of what needs how much time coming from what kind of frozen state. It lists the needs for a steamer or rack and how much water and broth and then the all important time. It is possible to overcook with an Instant Pot.

This is all written in clear language and the directions are simple and easy.

I am a huge fan of the Instant Pot. I own two of the devices and started a small Facebook group to share the love, recipes and tips on using them. I also belong to a fairly large Instant Pot group on Facebook where I frequently post and comment.
This cookbook is one that I will HIGHLY recommend to every Instant Pot owner I know. It's easy to read, humorous and straightforward. A wonderful cookbook for an Instant Pot beginner or as an addition to your Instant Pot cookbook collection.
It was very apparent from the beginning the amount of research that went into writing this cookbook. From the ingredient suggestions, tips, converting recipes, which type of freezer the ingredients are coming from to what works and doesn't work. The recipe layout is simple, the chart used for cooking times made it easy to quickly check while cooking and the Beyond section after each recipe had wonderful information in it. I have tried two recipes, so far, and they were both huge hits and very accurate on times. I think my favourite part is the ingredients list. Not only is one specific item listed but also substitutions and their measurements. i.e. fresh herbs/dried herbs, heavy or light cream, vegetable or chicken broth.
I am now curious about Bruce Weinstein's other cookbooks and will definitely be checking them out.
I received an advance readers copy from NetGalley for my honest review.

I have shared a review in my Instant Pot groups on Facebook.

As the owner of an Instant Pot and several Instant Pot cookbooks already, I was really impressed by the detail that was present in this one. Even though I do cook in my Instant Pot periodically, I still find myself a bit intimidated by it. After reading this cookbook, I feel much more confident in making the recipes going forward. I'm most looking forward to how practical it will make it for me to utilize the meats that are in my freezer already without having to plan ahead days in advance so that I can thaw things out. I really like the prospect of pulling it out day of and placing it in the pot with other ingredients and viola...dinner is served.

Overall, I was fairly impressed with this cookbook and am looking forward to giving some of these recipes a go. I'm definitely wanting to try the Shrimp Creole and Shrimp Scampi. Also, several of the soups sounded yummy! If they are as good as I hope, I'll be buying a copy for my parents who just purchased their first Instant Pot.

The only downside I see to this cookbook is the lack of photos. I firmly believe that pictures enrich the feel of cookbooks. They show the reader what the recipe will look like when it's completed. It helps to show the appeal in a more visual way. I think that having pictures of at least a few of the recipes would have been a plus.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.