
Hi Donya! The pressure cooker would be perfect for you then! Let us know if you end up giving it a try!
I remember the days when my mother used a Pressure cooker and blew the lid off with soups…. it was everywhere. I love my slow cooker, it does so many things that I can rely on being a success every time. So far I haven’t had a pressure cooker, but have looked at them a few times, still can’t make my mind up to buy one though.
When my slow cookers have lost a handle or knob, I use them for soap making instead, always recycle when you can, then replace it with a new one.
Hi Barbara! Oh dear, that would be so scary! Happily, I haven’t had any issues at all with my pressure cooker – it’s been so useful in my kitchen 🙂
Can you tell us more about how you use the slow cooker to make soap? I’ve been learning soap making here in Bali, but haven’t seen a slow cooker recipe yet!
We have a Magic/Thermal Cooker. It works great for making soups and stews, we even make yoghurt in it! And the upside: it uses no electricity, you use the heat from the food you put in there. You have to heat up what you’re making first on a stove and put it in the thermal cooker. Because it uses no electricity you can even take it with you and enjoy your hot lunch in the office or park! Can’t go greener than that 😉
Hi Mascha! I haven’t used one yet, but sounds incredibly useful!! I’ll have to check that out – thanks for the tip!
Hi there, the best way of learning the hot process soap making process is by going into the Kimberly McNutt dot com website or Kimberly McNutt on You Tube, and she shows you the simple and easy way of making Hot Process soap in the slow cooker. She is very successful in her business and easy directions to follow without making it too complicated. I have been making Cold process soap for many years, and Kimberly helped me change to the Hot process soaps very easily and with great success. I still make soap in both processes, but when pushed to make a batch quickly I find the Hot process very satisfying and enjoyable. Regards Barbara Mundy
Hi Barbara – thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to learning more about soap making!
You are most welcome. It can be a very complicated process to explain, but to watch it, makes it so much easier to understand. Once you start, you will be hooked. I tend to use herbs and flowers from my garden, rather than dyes and chemical perfumes.
Great comparison! Do you know something about the different nutritional values cooking with one or the other?
Hi Valentina. Great question! From what I’ve read, the benefit of pressure cookers is that the short cooking time actually helps to preserve nutrients…
The Food Renegade did an interesting article on this: http://www.foodrenegade.com/pressure-cooking-healthy/
I live on my own and would like to know what would be best for me pressure or slow ,I am retired so do have time but am a bit confused as to what I should buy as some times I would like to cook a quick meal
regards des
Hi Des! I’m a huge pressure cooker fan. I think it gives you that slow cooked taste, but in a fraction of the time. It’s pretty amazing for making quick meals – beans, stews even pulled pork etc.
Two models to consider:
The Presto is a simple pressure cooker – no frills. Some people are a little nervous of cooking under-pressure, but really it’s easy and simple to do. It’s $30-40 on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2p80O6u
Also the Instapot is a great option. It’s a programmable pressure cooker – that gives you a lot of variety. It’s pricier at $90 on Amazon, but you can do all sorts of different recipes from pressure, to steaming and even making yogurt: http://amzn.to/2pK5DH8
Hope that helps! Good on you for taking good care of yourself and eating well!!
PS: If you want pressure cooker recipes, you might try Hip Pressure Cooking
>>http://www.hippressurecooking.com/
All interesting, but what is your answer to your question –
So what do you think? Are you a pressure cooker lover or a slow cooker lover?
I’d love to hear your thoughts and insights too!!
I’ve never had a slow cooker since in my country pressure cookers are way more common. I’m a pressure cooker fan/proud owner/lover, thanks to the facility it has to cook tasteful, fast meals. Maybe one day I buy an slow cooker one, but by now my pressure cooker are my babe <3
Ps: I've never in my life wrote too many times pressure/slow cooker
Amazing post! I am really excited about using a pressure cooker and I know I should purchase one ASAP instead of driving home exhausted and stopping for fast food. Thank you, Militza for your enlightening article!
Pootata potato I work shift so it’s good for me to do my prep set and forget and cone to the house smelling amazing for hours (and that’s one thing you are missing is that when you slow cook the smell is awesome for hours) also psssstt all the time is actually annoying if you want quick and no prep a fry pan will kill the pressure cooker which is why it depends on what works best, and prep is everything so if you know what you are doing you allow for it and having worked in a kitchen slow cooking process is actually better for certain kinds of dishes that feature on the menu you can cover yourself better it’s the same concept if you are in a hurry did you want it already to go under heat lamps or can you wait 5 minutes and I would not use either to make a roast or a pizza or a Mediterranean breakfast so that is your context time management and
Great article. I was a bit confused about which cooker should I buy? But your article helped me a lot to clarify my doubts and now I can choose the best one as per my needs
I love both and it just depends on my mood and need that day, tonight we had tacos and while the ground meat cooked in the cast iron frying pan, I prepped a whole chicken and put it in the stove top pressure cooker, the chicken was done by the time we finished eating. It will be shredded for different recipie this week if I don’t pick and eat it all. I love pressure cooker chicken.
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I actually like them both. My daughter just bought a new pressure cooker and our meals were delicious! Lots of flavor. I have a slow cooker that I use often I love some of the recipes I make but I will be buying a pressure cooker very soon!
I have an instantpot. The best gadget ever. All-in-one Pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice maker, yogurt maker, saute, etc… thanks way I caneed cook both ways & the yogurt is heavenly.