You can make pot roast, keto BBQ ribs—even a whole chicken in your Instant Pot. Each Keto Instant Pot recipe turns out fantastic every time, and you’ll have a delicious home-cooked meal without a ton of work on your part. If you haven’t broken down and bought an Instant Pot yet, you really should. It’s a fantastic machine that you’re going to fall in love with. In the meantime, don’t forget to check out these recipes that showcase how truly versatile the appliance is.
What is the Keto diet?
The Keto diet is a style of eating that focuses on high fat content and low carbohydrate content. Most people try to stay under 20 grams of carbs per day. The goal is to trick your body into going into ketosis quickly, a metabolic state where you burn fat, turning it into energy compounds called ketones. It usually takes just a few days for this process to kick in, which means you could lose a lot of weight at a rapid pace. It’s the darling diet for many celebrities and health influencers.
What should you avoid on the Keto diet?
Since the Keto diet focuses on drastically limiting the amount of carbs you take in, you should try to stay away from many grains, starchy vegetables, sugary fruits, most juices, sweeteners, chips, baked goods, and alcohol. That doesn’t mean you can never have them, though. You’ll just need to consume them in moderation, because even one cookie could eat up your daily carb allotment.
What can you eat on Keto?
Avoiding the sweets and carb-heavy stuff doesn’t mean you can’t have anything good. You can fill your plate with meat, seafood, cheese, avocados, poultry, nuts, and more. For keto-friendly sweeteners, you can use things like Swerve, monk fruit, and even sweetened condensed milk. Recipes abound for Keto-friendly replacements of typically non-Keto foods.
What is an Instant Pot?
An Instant Pot is similar to a pressure cooker, but has multiple other functions as well. You can use it as a slow cooker, yogurt maker, rice cooker, steamer, braising pan and even a baking appliance. Typically it comes with a stainless steel rack that’s used to hold food in the pot, or to use as a steamer rack.
What type of recipes can you make in an Instant Pot?
This little appliance makes dump-and-go Instant Pot recipes a breeze to cook. Here are just a few of the things you can make in your Instant Pot—all with very little hassle.
PastaCakeYogurtRibsRiceSoupMeatloafPotatoesTacosCornish game hensChiliAnd many, many more…
Anything you can put in a slow cooker can go in your Instant Pot. For Keto dump meals—recipes where you just toss everything in and let it cook—you don’t have to worry about cooking special foods every night for dinner. You can even accommodate a non-Keto family by making yourself something in the Instant Pot to be ready in the evening while you (or another household member) cooks a different meal. Up next: 50+ Easy Keto Recipes for Beginners Anyone Can Pull Off
