Making dinner for the family is a whole lot easier and delicious with these healthy recipes for your slow cooker, pressure cooker, multicooker, and Instant Pot(R).
In Instant Family Meals, cookbook author and mom-of-two Sarah Copeland shows home cooks how to make dinner time a less stressful proposition with 75 inspired breakfasts, snacks, dinners, and even desserts thanks to the speed and efficiency of the multicooker, pressure cooker, slow cooker, and Instant Pot(R). Sarah's straightforward instructions, encouraging advice, and time saving tips make meal planning, prep, and cooking that much easier.
Dishes like Cacio e Pepe Risotto, Double Vegetable Pot Roast, Late Summer Bean Stew with Fresh Mint, and 10-Minute Pistou with Pasta and Herbs bring an elevated touch and any-night practicality to family meal time favorites. Beyond dinner, Sarah explores hands-off breakfasts like All-Purpose Breakfast Fritatta and Coconut Rice Porridge with Bananas and Raspberry Jam, desserts such as Easy Caramel Flan and Summer Berry Crumble, and cozy drinks like French Hot Chocolate and Spiced Cider.
Instant Family Meals is the busy, modern family's go-to resource for arriving at the kind of meal that fuels not just tonight's ballet lesson or the next soccer game, but a whole delicious way of living.
About the Author
Sarah Copeland is the award-winning author of the books Feast, The Newlywed Cookbook , and Every Day is Saturday which exemplify her standard for gorgeous photography, luscious recipes, and simple luxuries. The former Food Director at Real Simple magazine and a Food Network veteran, Sarah currently lives in the Hudson Valley with her young family, where she tries (and fails) at fruit farming and excels at hosting raucous, twinkly-light dinner parties for friends.
Industry Reviews
"Feeding those you love is one of life's greatest pleasures and this sentiment rings true on every page of Sarah Copeland's Instant Family Meals. In this book, Sarah shows how to build generous, thoughtful family meals that are practical and healthful, yet also deliciously indulgent. From classics like breakfast congee to cacio e pepe risotto and simple saag paneer, this book will transform the way busy families cook, with inventive recipes that can be pulled together quickly and effortlessly."
Hetty McKinnon food writer and author of three bestselling cookbooks, Community, Neighborhood, and Family
"If there's someone who can convince me to break out the Instant Pot or slow cooker from deep in my pantry, it's Sarah Copeland. Having had her recipes over many years, I can tell you that the flavors, techniques, and tips that come from her cookbooks are top notch. I trust her recipes implicitly. Also, Turkey Meatball Soup with Macaroni and Kale, Coconut Salmon with Fresh Herbs and Lime and Deep Dark Chocolate Pudding BE STILL MY HEART!"
Gaby Dalkin author of bestselling books What's Gaby Cooking and Eat What You Want
"Sarah's vibrant new cookbook truly embodies modern cooking for families. It is full of healthy and flavorful ideas with easy instructions for fail-proof home cooked meals using a pressure cooker."
Yumna Jawad founder of Feel Good Foodie
"You can trust the talented Sarah Copeland to help you make the most of your electric pressure cooker! Far from the monochrome mush you may have resigned yourself to, the recipes here are vibrant, flavorful, and enticing. Plus, they have a sensibly healthful focus, making nourishing the whole family that much easier."
Ellie Krieger RD, award-winning cookbook author and TV personality
"Sarah Copeland is the Instant Pot, slow cooker, and pressure cooker whisperer! Instant Family Meals is packed with the behind-the-scenes secrets to making luscious, easy, and full-flavored food using three treasured kitchen tools every home chef should own. Each page offers simple tips and tricks for decadent recipes from breakfast to dinner that will make every home cook feel like a master."
Catherine McCord creator of Weelicious and bestselling author of Weelicious, Weelicious Lunches, and Smoothie Project
"I absolutely love this delicious, nourishing, colorful glimpse into Sarah's family dining table. These recipes are gorgeous yet approachable, a true gift to the multicooker universe. This book is going to get used a LOT in my kitchen!"
Molly Yeh host of Girl Meets Farm and author of Molly on the Range
