Here are some recipes from Catherine Phipps terrific new book – The Pressure Cooker Cookbook – over 150 Simple, Essential, Time-saving Recipes – published by Ebury Press. Though there is one more to mention: the Korean-Style Braised Pork Ribs, which I am very happy to be sharing with you today!

They both, save time and energy, do wonders for cheap ingredients and have made it possible to make homely comforting food, seems to me it’s time to go rooting in the garage or to invest or re-invest in these two unlikely heroes of our time. Shakshouka with Feta, All in One Macaroni Cheese, Crispy Aromatic Duck, Squid and Chorizo with Black Rice - all the recipes included are delicious and will go down well with hungry friends and family.A classic of the British festive season is the Christmas Pudding, in this post I share Catherine Phipp's Pressure Cooker Christmas Pudding recipe as well as a video tutorial filmed when Catherine came to film at The Kitchen Gadget Hub. At a recent cookery class here at Mrs P’s, the lunchtime conversation revolved around their pros and cons and several people had already taken the plunge.

Meat, game, bean stews and dahls are all cooked in a twinkling thus saving time and expensive energy. Shakshouka with Feta, All in One Macaroni Cheese, Crispy Aromatic Duck, Squid and Chorizo with Black Rice – all the recipes included are delicious and will go down well with hungry friends and family. So, instead of a chilled trifle, use the Christmas pudding, you have to work quickly so you’ve got your regular layers in but put the fried Christmas pudding layer in the middle of it.TOMATOES If I’m cooking anything that has a tomato base, like soup or sauce, instead of adding sugar to balance out the acidity, I add a pinch of cinnamon.