Quinoa Baby Food Instant Pot

1 cup diced sweet potato 1 2 cup quinoa and 1 2 cup of water.

Quinoa baby food instant pot.

Add to the instant pot. Rinse quinoa and add to instant pot with 1 1 2 cups cold water. Turn valve to sealing. For a family of 4 or 5 use one cup of quinoa and you ll have this for two nights.

Rinse your quinoa it gets rid of any bitterness. Cover and cook 2 minutes on high pressure and then let pressure release naturally about 10 minutes. Add the quinoa to the pot and continually stir to toast the quinoa. This fiber rich recipe combines sweet potatoes one of our fave stage 1 baby foods and quinoa for a delicious baby approved meal.

It may not be the first thing you want to give your baby but once they ve graduated past sweet. Close the instant pot lid and. Add a pinch. Step 2 release pressure carefully using the quick release method according to manufacturer s instructions about 5.

When cook time is up let the instant pot stay. Put lid on cooker and move valve to sealing set it to cook on manual high pressure for one minute. Seal the lid and press the rice button or manually set it to cook for 12 minutes on low pressure or follow manufacturer s instructions. Use less water there s less evaporation with the instant pot so we need to account for this.

Add the water or broth to the quinoa. How to cook quinoa in a pressure cooker or instant pot to cook 1 cup of rinsed and drained quinoa add 1 5 cups of water or broth and teaspoon of salt optional. Toast the quinoa until fragrant 2 3 mins. Pour in 1 tbsp 15ml olive oil then add in the quinoa.

Instructions rinse the quinoa in a large stainer and let it drain. Directions step 1 combine water and quinoa in a multi functional pressure cooker such as instant pot. Sweet potato quinoa mash. Toast quinoa optional step.

Set on one minute and then do a natural pressure release npr for 10 minutes meaning don t turn it right off and after 10 minutes turn your instant pot off and make sure your sealing valve is all released and your pin has dropped. Perform a manual release of pressure and puree in a blender. Add broccoli to instant pot but do not stir. Add a few dashes of salt and pepper.

Press the saute button on instant pot then wait 1 minute. Turn the instant pot on to saute mode. Here s the key points to making instant pot perfect quinoa. Spray the instant pot with oil it cuts down on foaming and prevents sticking.

Add quinoa and liquid to the instant pot. Lock lid and cook on high for 3 minutes. If necessary give it a quick rinse with cold water and drain really well.